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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Santorum: 500 Chemical-Weapons Shells Found In Iraq (Updated And Bumped) — Negroponte letter can be viewed in PDF format here. — According to numerous sources but not yet on the wires, Senator Rick Santorum announced a few minutes ago that the US has found 500 chemical-weapons shells in Iraq.
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Melanie Hunter / CNSNews:
Document Details WMD Recovered In Iraq, Santorum Says — (CNSNews.com) - Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) and Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-Mich.) announced Wednesday the finding of over 500 munitions or weapons of mass destruction, specifically "sarin- and mustard-filled projectiles," in Iraq.
Allahpundit / hotair.com:
Santorum: Military has found 500 chemical munitions shells in Iraq — He's reading from a document about it right now with Pete Hoekstra by his side. The shells allegedly contained degraded mustard or sarin gas. He says they believe there are other shells inside the country that haven't been found yet.
Michael Roston / The Raw Story:
Republican Congress members claim that evidence of Saddam's WMD have been identified — Republican Congress members claimed late today that evidence of weapons of mass destruction hidden by Saddam Hussein had at last been identified in Iraq. — Speaking at a late afternoon press conference …
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santorum.senate.gov:
"This is critically important information that the world community needs to know" - Senator Santorum — Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA), Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, joined Congressman Peter Hoekstra, (R-MI-2), Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee …
Fox News:
Report: Hundreds of WMDs Found in Iraq — WASHINGTON — The United States has found 500 chemical weapons in Iraq since 2003, and more weapons of mass destruction are likely to be uncovered, two Republican lawmakers said Wednesday. — "We have found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq …
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
SPEAKERS: U.S. SENATOR RICK SANTORUM (R-PA) — U.S. REPRESENTATIVE PETER HOEKSTRA (R-NY)
SPEAKERS: U.S. SENATOR RICK SANTORUM (R-PA) — U.S. REPRESENTATIVE PETER HOEKSTRA (R-NY)
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Jason Zengerle / The New Republic:
THE BLOGOSPHERE'S SMOKE-FILLED BACKROOM: — Are Jerome Armstrong and Markos Moulitsas (of the famous Daily Kos) engaged in a pay-for-play scheme in which politicians who hire Armstrong as a consultant get the support of Kos? That's the question that's been bouncing around the blogosphere ever since …
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Jason Zengerle / The New Republic:
THE POWER OF THE PURSE STRINGS: — Following up on this, why did so many of the people on the "Townhouse" e-mail list follow Kos's orders to stay silent about the Armstrong story and the Kosola allegations? Part of it, I'm sure, has to do with their political allegiances to Kos.
Stirling Newberry / The Blogging of the President:
The Nasty Republicans Libel the Blogsphere
The Nasty Republicans Libel the Blogsphere
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David Espo / Associated Press:
Senate rejects bid to raise minimum wage — WASHINGTON - The Republican-controlled Senate smothered a proposed election-year increase in the minimum wage Wednesday, rejecting Democratic claims that it was past time to boost the $5.15 hourly pay floor that has been in effect for nearly a decade.
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Daily Kos, The Reaction, The Moderate Voice, Seeing the Forest, The Democratic Daily, Don Surber and TAPPED
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John / AMERICAblog:
Did George Bush deface American flags in Vienna, Austria today? — UPDATE: The Associated Press caught Bush defacing American flags in 2003. The Democrats need to offer an amendment to the "flag burning amendment" that says that writing on the flag is also illegal.
ABCNEWS:
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
The Democrats Reassess — Effort to Win Battle of Ideas Includes New Web Site and Journal — This is idea week for the Democratic Party. — On Thursday, NDN (formerly the New Democrat Network) will convene its annual conference. NDN, founded by Simon Rosenberg, has recently …
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BuzzMachine, Blue Crab Boulevard, Needlenose, The Democratic Daily and All Things Conservative
David Stout / New York Times:
G.O.P. Senators Attack Iraq Proposal by Democrats — WASHINGTON, June 21 — The Senate was immersed today in an impassioned and prolonged debate over Iraq, with Republicans accusing Democrats of lacking the resolve to see the war to an honorable end and Democrats accusing Republicans of election-year politics.
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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 …
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The Horse's Mouth, Occidentality, Blue Crab Boulevard, Democratic Underground and Adventus
CBC News:
Jihadist video aimed at Muslim youth — CBC News has obtained a copy of the video allegedly handed out by one of the Toronto bomb-plot suspects in the parking lot of a local mosque. — Muhammad Robert Heft, a Canadian convert to Islam, said he was given a copy of the video by Fahim Ahmed, one of 17 people arrested on June 2.