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1:05 AM ET, June 15, 2006

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Schumer: Dems Have Their 8th  —  At a briefing for the Washington, D.C. political press corps today, DSCC chair Chuck Schumer was in a mood to marvel and brag.  Last night, with the victory of Jim Webb, Democrats finally found their eighth competitive Senate contest.
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Susan Haigh / Associated Press:
Lieberman weighing run as independent  —  HARTFORD, Conn. - Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman, warily watching his primary challenger advance in the polls, must soon decide whether to start collecting signatures for a possible independent bid this November.  —  Lieberman's campaign contends …
Hotline On Call:   Schumer vs. Kos?
Editor and Publisher:
EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon Orders U.S. Reporters to Exit Guantanamo  —  NEW YORK In the aftermath of the three suicides at the notorious Guantanamo prison facility in Cuba last Saturday, reporters with the Los Angeles Times and the Miami Herald were ordered by the office of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to leave the island today.
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
A Prison We Need to Escape  —  When I hear U.S. officials describe the suicides of three Muslim prisoners at Guantanamo Bay last Saturday as "asymmetric warfare" and "a good PR move," I know it's time to close that camp — not just because of what it's doing to the prisoners but because of how it is dehumanizing the American captors.
Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
Reporter On 'Suicide Watch' at Gitmo
Discussion: charlotte.com and Riehl World View
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
GOP Measure Forces House Debate on War  —  Divisions Within Party Likely to Surface  —  Nearly four years after it authorized the use of force in Iraq, the House today will embark on its first extended debate on the war, with Republican leaders daring Democrats to vote against a nonbinding resolution …
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Boehner On The Contrasts GOPers Will Try To Draw With Dems  —  House Maj. Leader John Boehner (R-OH), in a "confidential" memo to his caucus, previews the distinctions GOPers will draw with Dems as the debate over Iraq gets underway.  The House will consider a resolution equating the war in Iraq with the broader war on terror.
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Top Bush Adviser to Step Down  —  Michael J. Gerson, one of President Bush's most trusted advisers and author of nearly all of his most famous public words during the past seven years, plans to step down in the next couple weeks in a decision that colleagues believe will leave a huge hole in the White House at a critical period.
Associated Press:
Marine says song he wrote about killing Iraqi was a 'joke'  —  JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — A Marine Corps corporal seen in a video signing about killing members of an Iraqi family says the song was only a joke and not tied in any way to allegations that Marines killed as many as two dozen unarmed civilians in Haditha last year.
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William Branigin / Washington Post:
Bush Upbeat on Iraq After Baghdad Visit
Discussion: Firedoglake and Left I on the News
NY Daily News:
It's 'Putdown With Keith Olbermann'  —  Now that Dan Abrams has given up his MSNBC show to run the third-place cable news outlet, he might want to focus on the rising tensions between two of his prime-time personalities: Keith Olbermann and Rita Cosby.  —  Olbermann, whose …
CNN:
Quick Guide & Transcript: Inside al Qaeda  —  (CNN Student News) — June 14, 2006  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.  —  Inside al Qaeda  —  DEANNA MORAWSKI, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Thanks for checking in with CNN Student News!
Discussion: Texas Rainmaker
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Andrew Cochran / Counterterrorism Blog:
CNN Editor Equates "Terrorism" With "Freedom Fight," Insulting All Coalition Forces
Discussion: Ed Driscoll.com and Flopping Aces
White House:
Press Conference of the President  —  THE PRESIDENT: Good morning.  Thank you.  I've just returned from Baghdad, and I was inspired to be able to visit the capital of a free and democratic Iraq.  —  It was a pleasure to meet face-to-face with the Prime Minister.
David Zucchino / Los Angeles Times:
An English-Only Beef in a Cheesesteak Joint?  Comin' Right Up  —  PHILADELPHIA — The sign contains just eight words and is hardly big enough to wrap around a cheesesteak.  But here in South Philadelphia, home of the cheesesteak, the sign that Joey Vento posted at Geno's Steaks speaks volumes.
sunlightfoundation.com:
Dennis Hastert's Real Estate Investments  —  Written by Bill Allison on June 14, 2006 - 2:16pm.  —  House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert has used an Illinois trust to invest in real estate near the proposed route of the Prairie Parkway, a highway project for which he's secured $207 million in earmarked appropriations.
Adam Cohen / New York Times:
Could a 15-Year-Old With a Laptop Be the New Campaign Media Guru?  —  Daily Kos's convention — the in-person gathering of the nation's most-read online political blog — was practically carpeted with presidential candidates.  But perhaps the most notable presentation came from Ava Lowery …
Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
House panel approves line-item veto bill  —  WASHINGTON - Congress is moving to give President Bush and his successors greater power to try to weed bills of certain spending, though the new power would pale compared with the line-item veto law struck down by the Supreme Court in 1998.
Andrew Ryan / Associated Press:
ICE Arrests About 2,000 Illegal Immigrants  —  A swarm of federal immigration agents sped silently, headlights off, down a Boston side street early Wednesday and surrounded an apartment house.  —  "Police!  Policia!  Police!" yelled Daniel Monico, a deportation officer …
 
 
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Congressman in F.B.I. Inquiry Corrects Errors in Financial Disclosure Forms
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Dinitia Smith / New York Times:
Outspoken New Englander Is New Poet Laureate
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Excerpt Of The Day: Business Is Not A Zero-Sum Game
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Juan / Informed Comment:
Bush Sneaks In and Out of Baghdad Again  —  24 Dead in Kirkuk Bombings
Medea Benjamin / commondreams.org:
Peace Activists at Hillary Clinton's Speech Try to Take Back "Take Back America"
USA Today:
'New Direction' is new theme for Democratic plan