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9:25 AM ET, June 19, 2006

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Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Murtha, a War Critic, Assails Rove Over Speech  —  WASHINGTON, June 18 — Representative John P. Murtha, the Pennsylvania Democrat and Vietnam War veteran pushing for a quick withdrawal of American troops from Iraq, on Sunday mocked Karl Rove, the president's senior adviser, for championing the war while …
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Froggy / BLACKFIVE:
THE ZARQAWI OPERATION: MURTHA STYLE  —  This morning on Meet the Cuomo aide, Tim Russert's guest was firebrand Congressman and Congressional Cowardice Caucus Chairman, John Murtha.  In addition to reiterating his invocation of the Clinton evacuation from Somalia in 1993 as the example the US …
Opinion Journal:
Iraq and Congress  —  The Murtha withdrawal policy is a counsel of defeat.  —  American and Iraqi forces are on the offensive once again, deploying around the terrorist stronghold of Ramadi and beginning a drive to bring order to Baghdad.  This is welcome news, not least because it underscores …
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Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
Help Wanted (UPDATED with video)  —  What follows is an excerpt from a June 18 transcript of "Meet the Press," featuring a Tim Russert interview with Rep John Murtha (D-PA) that I'm hoping somebody will please translate for me.  Because I'm afraid I don't speak Murtha—which I'd previously assumed …
MSNBC:
Transcript for June 11  —  John Murtha, John Hofmeister, James Mulva, David O'Reilly.  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: The president digs in on Iraq.  —  (Videotape):  —  PRES.  GEORGE W. BUSH: And we will do what it takes to help them succeed.
Associated Press:
Spokesman: Bush polls don't rule Iraq war
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Michelle Malkin:
IN MURTHA'S OWN WORDS
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Froggy / BLACKFIVE:
MURTHA JUMPS THE SHARK
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Stephanie Strom / New York Times:
A.C.L.U. Warned on Plan to Limit Members' Speech  —  A lawyer in the New York state attorney general's office informally warned the American Civil Liberties Union that his office had concerns about proposed standards that would limit the group's board members from speaking publicly about policies …
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Iraqi Nervous Breakdown
New York Times:
North Koreans Could Be Close to Missile Test  —  WASHINGTON, June 18 - North Korea appears to have completed fueling a long-range ballistic missile, American officials said Sunday, a move that greatly increases the probability that Pyongyang will go ahead with its first important test launch in eight years.
CNN:
CNN RELIABLE SOURCES  —  Coverage of Rove's Role in Plame Leak Investigation; Interview With Jim Lehrer  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.  —  HOWARD KURTZ, HOST: Rove's reprieve.  After years of media speculation …
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Charles R. Babcock / Washington Post:
The Project That Wouldn't Die  —  Over the past decade Vibration & Sound Solutions Ltd., a small Alexandria defense contractor, has received a steady flow of federal contracts to work on "Project M" — $37 million in all from annual "earmarks" by congressional supporters such as Rep. James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.).
Examiner:
Freedom of speech and thought R.I.P.  —  The Washington DC Examiner Newspaper, The Examiner  —  WASHINGTON - Robert Smith, Roman Catholic and now-former Metro board member, believes homosexuality is a form of "deviancy."  Jim Graham, District of Columbia Council member, believes Smith's beliefs are "ancient and archaic."
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John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Trying to Get Even  —  Democrats keep betting on failure in Iraq.  —  During last week's congressional debate over the war in Iraq, critics of the Bush administration's policy made three arguments: that President Bush more or less lied when claiming Saddam Hussein was a threat to the U.S. …
Newsweek:
Doubts About Duke  —  The prosecutor insists his rape case is strong.  One big problem: the facts thus far.  —  June 29, 2006 issue - The order had come, signed by a judge, requiring that the Duke lacrosse team give DNA samples.  The prosecutor was trying to identify the three players …
Robert F. Worth / New York Times:
Mideast Analysis, Fast and Furious  —  WHEN an Iraqi insurgent group releases a new videotape or claims responsibility for an attack, Western reporters in Baghdad rarely hear about it firsthand.  Nor do they usually get the news from their in-house Iraqi translators.
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New York Times:
A Long Road Ahead in Iraq  —  Rather than engage in a serious debate about America's future course in Iraq, President Bush and the Republican Congress have again opted for sound bites and partisanship.  Yet all the choreographed posturing and a one-week flurry of good news cannot blot …
 
 
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