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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 …
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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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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.
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austinbay.net:
UPDATED: TV report: Artillery shells with chemical munitions found in Iraq — I heard a report on Fox News about twenty minutes ago (5 PM Central) that Senator Rick Santorum claims coalition investigators in Iraq found chemical weapons — artillery shells filled with a chemical agent (perhaps sarin nerve agent).
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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 …
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
SPEAKERS: U.S. SENATOR RICK SANTORUM (R-PA) — U.S. REPRESENTATIVE PETER HOEKSTRA (R-NY) — SANTORUM: Good afternoon. Senator Rick Santorum. With me, Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Pete Hoekstra. Today we are here to make public a document, an unclassified version …
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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.
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 …
Faiz / Think Progress:
Santorum: We Found the WMD — Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) took to the microphone today to announce a shocking discovery — that WMD have been found in Iraq: … The Bush administration commissioned the Iraq Survey Group to determine whether in fact any WMD existed in Iraq.
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.
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
THE BLOGOSPHERE'S "SMOKE-FILLED BACKROOM:"
THE BLOGOSPHERE'S "SMOKE-FILLED BACKROOM:"
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Stirling Newberry / The Blogging of the President:
The Nasty Republicans Libel the Blogsphere
The Nasty Republicans Libel the Blogsphere
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Washington Post:
If Necessary, Strike and Destroy — North Korea Cannot Be Allowed to Test This Missile — North Korean technicians are reportedly in the final stages of fueling a long-range ballistic missile that some experts estimate can deliver a deadly payload to the United States.
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Carolyn Marshall / New York Times:
Military Charges 8 With Murder of Iraqi — CAMP PENDLETON, Calif., June 21 — Seven marines and a Navy corpsman were charged today with murder, kidnapping and conspiracy in connection with the shooting death of an Iraqi civilian in April. — The men, all members of the Third Battalion …
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New York Times:
Rallied by Bush, Skittish G.O.P. Now Embraces War as Issue — WASHINGTON, June 21 — Just a few weeks ago, some Republicans were openly fretting about the war in Iraq and its effect on their re-election prospects, with particularly vulnerable lawmakers worried that its growing unpopularity was becoming a drag on their campaigns.
ESPN:
Guillen apologizes for use of homosexual slur — Outspoken Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen apologized Wednesday for using a derogatory term in referring to Chicago Sun-Times columnist Jay Mariotti, then kept up his criticism of the writer. — Guillen went into a profanity-laced tirade …
Philip Shenon / New York Times:
Ex-Budget Aide Is Guilty of Lying in Lobbyist Case — WASHINGTON, June 20 — A former White House aide was convicted on Tuesday of lying to government investigators about his ties to the disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, in the first trial to result from the influence-peddling inquiry centered on Mr. Abramoff.
Thomas F. Schaller / American Prospect:
Cat Scratch Fever — My run-in with Dave "Mudcat" Saunders, the Democrats' Dixie huckster. — It was moments before my panel with political consultant Dave "Mudcat" Saunders on the significance of the South to the Democratic Party at the Yearly Kos convention last week in Las Vegas.