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AG, FBI Chief Made A Stand Over Raid — Gonzales And Mueller Hinted At Resignation In Battle With Congress — (CBS/AP) Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI director Robert Mueller signaled they would resign this week rather than give in to Congress in a dispute over an FBI raid …
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John King / CNN:
Rumpus over FBI raid leads to talk of resignations — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Top officials at the Justice Department and the FBI were prepared to resign if President Bush had ordered them to return materials seized from a Congressman's office, two senior administration officials said.
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Threats led Bush to intervene in FBI fight — WASHINGTON - The constitutional showdown that followed the FBI's search of a congressman's office came down to this: The House threatened budgetary retaliation against the Justice Department. Justice officials raised the prospect of resigning.
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Back in the Limelight, Gore Insists He's Over Politics — WASHINGTON, May 27 — "I wanted it, and it was not to be," said Al Gore, the former vice president and two-time presidential candidate. "I am not pursuing it. I have been there, and I have done that."
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Caroline Daniel / Financial Times:
Democrats wary about signing up as Clinton campaign gathers pace — At a breakfast in Washington recently, a former senior member of Bill Clinton's cabinet offered only an exaggerated Gallic shrug when faced with this question: Could Hillary Clinton win a national election?
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Craig Crawford / CQPolitics.com:
Homing In on Hillary — The new swoon for Al Gore among …
Homing In on Hillary — The new swoon for Al Gore among …
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Robert H. Reid / Associated Press:
Analysis: Marine scandal could roil Iraq — BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. military is bracing for a major scandal over the alleged slaying of Iraqi civilians by Marines in Haditha — charges so serious they could threaten President Bush's effort to rally support at home for an increasingly unpopular war.
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Bring It On — John Kerry wants to re-fight the Swift Boats wars. My goodness, that is the only thing that could get the Times to cover this - during his campaign they stayed about as far from this story as Kerry was from Cambodia at Christmas time. — Let me seize on just one detail …
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Agence France Presse:
'Gunfire' false alarm sparks panic in the US Capitol — WASHINGTON (AFP) - Tactical teams wearing flak jackets and police sniffer dogs swarmed through several US Congress buildings after an erroneous report of gunfire forced a lockdown of the sprawling Capitol office complex.
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Alberto J. Mora / Washington Post:
An Affront To American Values — In response to the 3,000 murders on Sept. 11, 2001, our nation went to war. In Afghanistan, our targets were the al-Qaeda perpetrators and the Taliban regime that aided and abetted them. In Iraq, the target was an unstable tyrant who had a history …
Matt Bai / New York Times:
Can Bloggers Get Real? — Las Vegas, as the ad campaign likes to remind us, is a place people go to untether themselves from reality — to become, if only for a weekend, anonymous and uncensored. It's odd, then, that Vegas is about to play host to a gathering of ordinary Americans whose objective is precisely the reverse.
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Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
With a Few Humble Words, Bush Silences His Texas Swagger — WASHINGTON, May 26 — What happened to the Texas swagger? — Maybe it went the way of his poll numbers. Maybe this is a newly reflective President Bush. Or maybe the first lady had her say. — Whatever the case …
White House:
President Delivers Commencement Address at the United States Military Academy at West Point — United States Military Academy at West Point — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you for the warm welcome. General Lennox, Secretary Harvey, members of the United States Congress, Academy staff and faculty …
Hossam el-Hamalawy / The Arabist:
A Letter from Sharqawi — Mohamed el-Sharqawi has sent a testimony on his arrest and torture, from Tora Prison. — Here's the English translation of it: — A Letter from Mohamed el-Sharqawi — Kidnapped on 25 May, Currently in Cell 8-1, Mahkoum Tora — How I was kidnapped, beaten and tortured for eight hours?
Hindrocket / Power Line:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US — Power Line is four years old this weekend. I originally set the site up on Blogger; I was stumped for a name, and "Power Line" was suggested by a thirteen-year-old friend of my oldest daughter. On the Tuesday after Memorial Day, I asked Scott, my long-time writing partner, to join me on the site.
Jerusalem Post:
Ahmadinejad threatens Europe — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned Europe that it should support his country's nuclear program or "suffer the consequences." — In an interview to be published in the German Der Spiegel on Sunday, Ahmadinejad also expressed his doubt regarding the Holocaust …
Alan Sipress / Washington Post:
Residents Flee Violence in East Timor Capital — DILI, East Timor, May 27 — Thousands of people in East Timor's capital fled Saturday to churches, schools and other sanctuaries after surging violence between factions inside the security forces this week ignited a wider feud between residents …
CNN:
Iraqi minister defends Iranian nuclear program — 'Every country has right' to nuclear technology, Zebari says — BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Iran has a right to develop nuclear technology and the international community should drop its demands that Tehran prove it's not trying to build a nuclear weapon …
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