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10:50 PM ET, May 29, 2006

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CBS News:
Deadly Attack On CBS News Crew  —  Two Team Members Killed, Correspondent Seriously Injured By Roadside Bomb In Baghdad  —  (CBS/AP) Two members of a CBS News team, veteran cameraman Paul Douglas, 48, and soundman James Brolan, 42, were killed and correspondent Kimberly Dozier, 39 …
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Krista Larson / Associated Press:
2 CBS crew members killed; reporter hurt  —  NEW YORK - Cameraman Paul Douglas had spent more than a decade covering the world's hot spots for CBS News.  Freelance soundman James Brolan was part of a CBS team honored for its dispatches on the earthquake in Pakistan.
Atrios / Eschaton:
Iraq'd  —  One of the things which constantly amazes me is the willingness of the mainstream media to give platform to people who hate them.  I don't mean harsh critics - I'd welcome more presentation of serious harsh criticism - I mean people who have literally no respect for what journalism aspires to be.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
cbs4.com:
2 CBS Crew Members, U.S. Soldier Killed In Baghdad  —  Correspondent Kimberly Dozier Injured In Car Bombing  —  (CBS News) BAGHDAD Two members of a CBS News team were killed and correspondent Kimberly Dozier was seriously injured Monday when the U.S. Army unit in which they were embedded was attacked.
CNN:   2 CBS News staff, U.S. soldier killed in Iraq blast
Pachacutec / Firedoglake:
Memorial Day Truth: There Is No "War on Terror"  —  There is no "War on Terror."  —  There is, however, a "war" on the U. S. Constitution.  —  After September 11, 2001, we've learned that we can take a punch and move on.  We've faced far worse threats to our national survival in our history …
Discussion: MyDD, Dr. Sanity, lgf and Democrats.com
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New York Times:
Iran's Drive to Nuclear Fuel Slows, Diplomats Say  —  After boasting last month that it had joined the "nuclear club" by successfully enriching uranium on an industrial scale — and portraying its action as irreversible — Iran appears to have slowed its drive to produce nuclear fuel …
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Dafna Linzer / Washington Post:   U.S. Urges Financial Sanctions On Iran
Joschka Fischer / Washington Post:
The Case for Bargaining With Iran
Discussion: QandO and The Washington Monthly
Owen West / New York Times:
The Troops Have Moved On  —  N EITHER party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained.  Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with or even before the conflict itself should cease.  So said Abraham Lincoln in his second inaugural address …
Ron Fournier / Associated Press:
Democrats Eye November Landslide  —  Republicans are three steps from a November shellacking _ each a grim possibility if habitually divided Democrats get their acts together.  —  First step: Voters must focus on the national landscape on Nov. 7 rather than local issues and personalities that usually dominate midterm elections.
US News:
Washington Whispers  —  The CIA's class of '85 must have been a doozy.  Three alumni of that year's fall career training class are much in the news these days.  There's Valerie Plame, the now retired spy whose outing is being investigated by special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald.
Hindrocket / Power Line:
SUMMER'S HERE AND THE TIME IS RIGHT...  ...for arguing about literature.  I don't know about you, but we need a break from poltics.  So, in anticipation of time at the beach, in the hammock or on the dock, we thought it would be fun to see what our readers consider to be the best American novels ever written.
Christopher Hitchens / Opinion Journal:
Memorial Day  —  Reflections on those who made the ultimate sacrifice.  —  LONDON—In the Cotswold hills, in deep England, there is a pair of villages named Upper Slaughter and Lower Slaughter.  In addition to its rather gruesome name, Lower Slaughter possesses a unique distinction.
Discussion: Roger L. Simon and Decision '08
Diane Cardwell / New York Times:
Mayor Says No National Bid, but Actions Keep Question Alive  —  For a man who says he is not running for president, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has been sounding a lot like a candidate for the White House lately.  —  He spent last week thrusting himself into national politics …
White House:
President Bush Honors Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all.  Laura and I are honored to join you today.  Thank you for coming.  Mr. Secretary, thank you for your kind words.  Members of my Cabinet, General Pace, Members of Congress …
Sebastian Mallaby / Washington Post:
Bush's Talk And Results On AIDS  —  The Bush administration's critics should give credit where it's due.  And when it comes to the global AIDS crisis, it is due — big-time.  —  Five years ago, the U.S. government's total contribution to fighting HIV-AIDS abroad stood at $840 million.
Discussion: Andrew Sullivan and Say Anything
Smash / The Indepundit:
Remember  —  EVERY YEAR, tens of thousands of people visit Cabrillo National Monument, on the tip of San Diego's Point Loma.  On either side of the road leading to the monument lies a cemetery.  —  Most people never stop, or even slow down, to think about the legions who lie in that massive graveyard.
 
 
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