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3:25 PM ET, June 21, 2006

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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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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
House Delays Renewal of Voting Rights Act  —  House GOP leaders delay renewal of Voting Rights Act under objections from Southern Republicans  —  (AP) House Republican leaders on Wednesday postponed a vote on renewing the 1965 Voting Rights Act after GOP lawmakers complained it unfairly singles …
Discussion: A Newer World and Flopping Aces
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 …
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
House GOP Settles for Less Than Full Repeal of Estate Tax
Discussion: MaxSpeak and ShopFloor.org
David Espo / Associated Press:
Leaders: Broad Immigration Bill Unlikely
Discussion: QandO, PoliBlog and Andrew Sullivan
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.
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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 …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
August 22nd?  —  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has replied to the joint …
Discussion: Hyscience
Qassim Abdul-Zahra / Associated Press:
Another one of Saddam's lawyers killed  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - One of Saddam Hussein's main lawyers was shot to death Wednesday after he was abducted from his Baghdad home by men wearing police uniforms, the third killing of a member of the former leader's defense team since the trial started some eight months ago.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
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Qassim Abdul-Zahra / Associated Press:
Lawyer Representing Saddam Hussein Killed
Associated Press:
Some 85 Iraqi workers abducted by gunmen
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
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 …
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.
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.
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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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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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.
Discussion: The American Street
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Kim Chipman / Bloomberg:
Bid to boost minimum wage suffers setback
Discussion: Shakespeare's Sister
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 …
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.
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 …
Brittney Booth / themonitor.com:
Defendant expected to take stand in sexual harassment case  —  EDINBURG — Political consultant and ad producer Carey Lee Cramer is expected to testify today defending himself against charges he sexually molested two young girls.  —  Cramer, 44, took the stand shortly before court recessed at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
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 …
ABCNEWS:
Global Warming Affecting Your Life?  E-Mail Us  —  Send Us Your Stories and Video...Extend the Reach of ABC News' Reporting by Sharing Your Observations  —  Witnessing the impact of global warming in your life?  —  ABC News wants to hear from you.  We're currently producing a report …
 
 
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CBC News:
Jihadist video aimed at Muslim youth
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Associated Press:
France Detains 17 Suspected Finance Associates of Radical Islamic Terror Group
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Agence France Presse:
Angelina Jolie criticizes Iraq war and US priorities
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CNN:
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Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
Cheney Stands by His 'Last Throes' Remark
The Blotter:
Three Foiled Hijack Plots Revealed in U.S. Document
Weekly Standard:
Passing on Zarqawi  —  BEFORE THE DUST SETTLED on the rubble …
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