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Washington Post:
GOP Plans Hearings on Issue of Immigrants — In a move that could bury President Bush's high-profile effort to overhaul immigration law until after the midterm elections, House GOP leaders yesterday announced a series of field hearings during the August recess, pushing off final negotiations on a bill until fall at the earliest.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
House Plan May Delay Immigration Overhaul — WASHINGTON, June 20 — In a decision that puts an overhaul of immigration laws in serious doubt, House Republican leaders said Tuesday that they would hold summer hearings around the nation on the politically volatile subject before trying …
Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
Bush Accuses Iran of Dragging Its Feet — President Bush on Wednesday accused Iran of dragging its feet on a Western incentive package aimed at getting Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment activity. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said earlier in the day that his country will respond …
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Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:
Iran won't respond to offer 'til August — TEHRAN, Iran - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that Iran will respond in mid-August to the package of incentives on its nuclear program offered by the West, but President Bush accused Tehran of dragging its feet. — "We are studying the proposals.
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
On Iraq, Kerry Again Leaves Democrats Fuming — WASHINGTON, June 20 — When Senator John Kerry was their presidential nominee in 2004, Democrats fervently wished he would express himself firmly about the Iraq war. — Mr. Kerry has found his resolve. But it has not made his fellow Democrats any happier.
Kimberly Hefling / Associated Press:
Troops echo frustration over war in Iraq — JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - While Staff Sgt. Randy Myers was dodging roadside bombs in Iraq, his congressman was calling the war a lost cause. — Sixteen-term Rep. John Murtha (news, bio, voting record), a decorated Vietnam veteran and military hawk …
AKA GayPatriotWest / Gay Patriot:
Murder & Media Manipulation: Al-Qaeda's Strategy in Iraq — Since I first learned of the murder of the two U.S. soldiers whose booby-trapped bodies were recovered earlier today, I've been trying to find words to express my outrage at this atrocity. Simply put, it shows the barbarity of our adversary …
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Harold Meyerson / Washington Post:
Lieberman Vs. the Democrats — Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman is as seasoned a pol as anyone can find, but he seems to have forgotten the very purpose of elections. — In a remarkable interview he recently gave to The Post's David S. Broder [op-ed, June 18], the Democrats' 2000 vice …
Billmon:
The Wages of Sin … I have to admit, even I didn't think the political pimps in control of our national whorehouse would have the gall to sneak through a pay raise for themselves, then turn around a week later and kill the first increase in the minimum wage in almost ten years.
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Eric Boehlert / Washington Monthly:
Shill Wind — All of Washington's political reporters read ABC's The Note. That's why they keep missing the story. — In the spring of 2005, a story came along that was so important, so history-altering that it threatened to revive a killer press instinct that had been dormant for the previous four years.
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Pew Research Center:
Iraq Views Improve, Small Bounce for Bush — After Zarqawi's Death... Navigate this report — Summary of Findings — Summary of Findings — Americans are now more positive about the way things are going in Iraq than in the past few months, following the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi …
Jeff Emanuel / Townhall.com:
Human rights groups silent on death of Americans — Two American soldiers, missing since an insurgent ambush at the checkpoint they were manning last Friday, were found dead Monday night on a street just south of Baghdad. An Iraqi General confirmed to the Associated Press that the soldiers' bodies showed …
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Jason DeParle / New York Times:
An A-to-Z Book of Conservatism Now Weighs In — WASHINGTON, June 20 — It has red states and blond pundits; home schoolers and The Human Life Review; originalists, monetarists, federalists and evangelists; and no shortage of people named Kristol. — Now American conservatism can claim another mark …
Josephine Hearn / The Hill:
Rahm nixes second term — Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) will step down from the House Democrats' campaign operation after the November elections to spend more time with his family, he told The Hill yesterday. — Emanuel has been a leading strategist, fundraiser, cheerleader and recruiter …
Qassim Abdul-Zahra / Associated Press:
Lawyer Representing Saddam Hussein Killed — BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - One of Saddam Hussein's lawyers was shot to death Wednesday after he was abducted from his home by men wearing police uniforms in Baghdad, court and police officials said. — Khamis al-Obeidi, who represented Saddam …
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Kim Zetter / Salon:
Is the NSA spying on U.S. Internet traffic? — Salon exclusive: Two former AT&T employees say the telecom giant has maintained a secret, highly secure room in St. Louis since 2002. Intelligence experts say it bears the earmarks of a National Security Agency operation.