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10:10 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 …
Discussion: PrairiePundit and AMERICAblog
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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.
Discussion: Hit and Run
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Murtha bumbling through "Meet the Press."
Discussion: TPRS and TBogg
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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Jay / Stop The ACLU:   The ACLU's Fading Light Of Liberty
Associated Press:
Group Claims It Kidnapped U.S. Soldiers  —  An umbrella group that includes al-Qaida in Iraq claimed in a Web statement Monday that it had kidnapped two U.S. soldiers reported missing south of Baghdad.  There was no immediate confirmation that the statement was credible …
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Associated Press:   7 U.S. Troops Wounded Looking for Comrades
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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Cori Dauber / Rantingprofs:   Reporters, Bloggers, the Internet
Associated Press:
Spokesman: Bush polls don't rule Iraq war  —  WASHINGTON - President Bush understands there is growing U.S. concern over his handling of the Iraq war but will not rely on polls to determine when to withdraw troops, his spokesman said Sunday.  —  "The president understands how a war can wear on a nation …
Discussion: Say Anything
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Juan / Informed Comment:
Bush's Abuse of History  —  Snow's Battle of Bilge
Discussion: First Draft and Rising Hegemon
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 …
Discussion: Flopping Aces and
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 …
Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
'Wash Post' Obtains Shocking Memo from U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Details Increasing Danger and Hardship  —  NEW YORK The Washington Post has obtained a cable, marked "sensitive," that it says show that just before President Bush left on a surprise trip last Monday to the Green Zone in Baghdad …
Carol Vogel / New York Times:
Lauder Pays $135 Million, a Record, for a Klimt Portrait  —  A dazzling gold-flecked 1907 portrait by Gustav Klimt has been purchased for the Neue Galerie in Manhattan by the cosmetics magnate Ronald S. Lauder for $135 million, the highest sum ever paid for a painting.
Discussion: Althouse
Washington Post:
Illegal Hiring Is Rarely Penalized  —  Politics, 9/11 Cited in Lax Enforcement  —  The Bush administration, which is vowing to crack down on U.S. companies that hire illegal workers, virtually abandoned such employer sanctions before it began pushing to overhaul U.S. immigration laws last year, government statistics show.
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.
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.).
Jane Perlez / New York Times:
U.S. Competes With China for Vietnam's Allegiance  —  HANOI, Vietnam — With the fastest growth in East Asia after China and a capitalist game plan that is attracting global investment, Communist Vietnam is emerging as a regional economic power as it moves steadily from rice fields to factories.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
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. …
 
 
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Mark Pazniokas / Hartford Courant:
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Houston Chronicle:
LOCAL SOLDIER 1 OF 2 MISSING IN IRAQ
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Ginger Thompson / New York Times:
Mexico Worries About Its Own Southern Border
Los Angeles Times:
Inland Empire Pays Firm for D.C. Clout
Examiner:
Freedom of speech and thought R.I.P.
Matt Barr / New World Man:
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David Rose / Observer:
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Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
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New York Times:
A Long Road Ahead in Iraq
Linda R. Hirshman / Washington Post:
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