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7:40 PM ET, June 20, 2006

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Associated Press:
Iraqi: U.S. Bodies Showed Signs of Torture  —  An Iraqi military official said Tuesday that the bodies of two missing U.S. soldiers showed signs of torture, and that men appeared to have been killed "in a barbaric way."  Also, the umbrella group for Iraqi insurgents claimed responsibility for the soldiers' deaths.
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Dexter Filkins / New York Times:
Bodies of G.I.'s Show Signs of Torture, Iraqi General Says  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, June 20 — The American military said today that it had found the remains of what appears to be the two American soldiers captured by insurgents last week in an ambush south of the capital, and a senior Iraqi military official …
Associated Press:
Missing Soldier's Uncle Criticizes U.S.  —  DALLAS — The uncle of a U.S. soldier who disappeared after a firefight in Iraq lashed out at the government Tuesday after learning two bodies had reportedly been found not far from where his nephew and another soldier were last seen.
Fox News:
Military Confirms Bodies Are of Missing GIs  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq — The bodies of two U.S. soldiers who were reported missing have been recovered, and an Iraqi official said Tuesday the men were "killed in a barbaric way."  —  At a press conference in Baghdad, U.S. military spokesman …
Jonathan Finer / Washington Post:
Two Missing U.S. Soldiers Found Dead, Iraq Official Says  —  BAGHDAD, July 20—The two U.S. soldiers missing since an attack on a checkpoint last week were found dead near a power plant in Yusifiyah, south of Baghdad, according to an Iraqi defense official.  —  General Abdul Aziz Muhammed …
Ron Suskind / Washington Post:
The Shadow War, In a Surprising New Light  —  a Washington Post staff writer who reports on intelligence and national security … Simon & Schuster.  368 pp.  $27  —  This is an important book, filled with the surest sign of great reporting: the unexpected.
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Michiko Kakutani / New York Times:
Personality, Ideology and Bush's Terror Wars  —  The title of Ron Suskind's riveting new book, "The One Percent Doctrine," refers to an operating principle that he says Vice President Dick Cheney articulated shortly after 9/11: in Mr. Suskind's words, "if there was even a 1 percent chance …
Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
The Cheney Supremacy  —  The part of Ron Suskind's …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
AQI Top 5 Terrorist Killed (Update: Confirmed, Perhaps Plus Another AQI Leader Captured)  —  CENTCOM announced minutes ago that one of the men expected to take the place of the now-room temperature Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has also reached thermal equilibrium near Baghdad.
Discussion: Suitably Flip
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BBC:
US soldiers' bodies found in Iraq  —  Two US soldiers missing in Iraq since Friday have been found dead south of Baghdad, the US military has said.  —  The bodies were found in the Yusifiya area on Monday.  An Iraqi defence ministry spokesman said the bodies had shown signs of torture.
Pete Yost / Associated Press:
Safavian Found Guilty of Lying, Obstruction  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A jury found former Bush administration official David Safavian guilty Tuesday of covering up his dealings with Republican influence-peddler Jack Abramoff.  —  Safavian was convicted on four of five felony counts of lying and obstruction.
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Justin Rood / TPMmuckraker:   Safavian Trial: Guilty Verdict Was Expected, But Announcement a Surprise
Will Dunham / Reuters:
US makes missile defense system operational  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has moved its ground-based interceptor missile defense system from test mode to operational amid concerns over an expected North Korean missile launch, a U.S. defense official said on Tuesday.
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Arab News:
Saudis Offered Scholarships for Aviation Courses in US  —  JEDDAH, 20 June 2006 — The Ministry of Higher Education and the General Authority of Civil Aviation are offering scholarships to Saudi men and women to study various majors related to civil aviation in the United States.
Discussion: Debbie Schlussel
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Michelle Malkin:
THE SAUDI 9/11 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Weekly Standard:
Making Victory Rhyme with Defeat  —  FROM NEWSWEEK to the New York Daily News, nearly every major media outlet has fallen for at least one of the three major myths concerning Abu Musab al-Zarqawi: that he was an "American creation"; that he was not a unique warlord but was easily replaceable …
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Nadia Abou El-Magd / Associated Press:
Al-Zarqawi's Successor Gets the Credit
Discussion: Riehl World View
CBS News:
Dan Rather Signs Off  —  Veteran Newsman Exits CBS After 44 Years With Tiffany Network  —  (CBS) Dan Rather is leaving CBS after 44 years with the Tiffany Network.  —  Sean McManus, president of CBS News and Sports, made the announcement.  —  "Of all the famous names associated with CBS News …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
High Infidelity  —  What if three admitted adulterers run for president and no one cares?  —  Last month, The New York Times published a 2,000-word, front-page dissection of Bill and Hillary Clinton's marriage.  It contained no real news, few named sources, and plenty of gossip masquerading as political coverage.
Randall Balmer / Chronicle of Higher Education:
Jesus Is Not a Republican  —  In November 2002, 30 years after my previous visit to Wheaton College to hear George McGovern, I approached the podium in Edman Chapel to address the student body.  At evangelical colleges like Wheaton, in Illinois, there are two kinds of required gatherings: chapel and convocation.
Miami Herald:
Official coverup?  Conspiracy theories no excuse for Dallas  —  There could not be a more perfect locale than Dallas for these NBA Finals to resume tonight.  Just a few miles from the basketball arena is the infamous grassy knoll, national Mecca of conspiracy theorists.
Washington Post:
The Way Out of Iraq: A Road Map  —  There has been much talk about a withdrawal of U.S. and coalition troops from Iraq, but no defined timeline has yet been set.  There is, however, an unofficial "road map" to foreign troop reductions that will eventually lead to total withdrawal of U.S. troops.
 
 
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Flynt Leverett / New York Times:
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MSNBC:
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USA Today:
Revived Taliban waging 'full-blown insurgency'
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Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
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Tanker Inquiry Finds Rumsfeld's Attention Was Elsewhere
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