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Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
U.S. General in Iraq Outlines Troop Cuts — WASHINGTON, June 24 — The top American commander in Iraq has drafted a plan that projects sharp reductions in the United States military presence there by the end of 2007, with the first cuts coming this September, American officials say.
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Rod Nordland / Newsweek:
Maliki's Master Plan — A national reconciliation plan for Iraq calls for a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. troops and, controversially, amnesty for insurgents who attacked American and Iraqi soldiers. — Ali Haider / Reuters-pool — Maliki is scheduled to unveil a national reconciliation plan on June 25
Michelle Malkin:
HOW ABOUT A NICE BIG GLASS OF... The New York Times and their traitorous, leaking sources have done it again. (Hat tip: LGF) This time they're broadcasting classified information on troop levels. Hey, Bill Keller—al Qaeda thanks you: … "Closely held secret." Not. Anymore.
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Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
"A BROAD, CONDITIONS-BASED TIMETABLE"....The fine folks at Newsweek have gotten hold of a draft copy of the national reconciliation plan soon to be announced by Iraq's new Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki. Among other things, it will ask for a firm U.S. withdrawal plan to be enforced by a United Nations resolution:
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
NYT Reveals Secret Briefing On The Painfully Obvious — The New York Times has revealed yet another war secret, this time publishing details of negotiations between CENTCOM and the Iraqi government on troop reductions in Iraq. Michael Gordon reveals that General George Casey has briefed …
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Wizbang
The Raw Story:
NY Times columnist Brooks attacks 'Kingpin' of Daily Kos — In Sunday's paper, conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks attacks the founder of Daily Kos for acting like a "Kingpin" who "commands his followers" to "unleash their venom on those who stand in the way," RAW STORY has found.
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Glenn Greenwald's Career In Comedy
Glenn Greenwald's Career In Comedy
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James Wolcott:
HARD FASCISM, SOFT HEADS — Admittedly, I don't circulate as much as Mickey Kaus, who I gather is moonlighting as the Jerry Zipkin for fright-night bachelorettes, but you would think that by now I would have come across some of those Angry Bloggers I keep reading about …
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Firedoglake
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Lee Siegel / The New Republic:
THE ORIGINS OF BLOGOFASCISM: — At the end of my post yesterday, I wrote, "The blogosphere's fanaticism is, in many ways, the triumph of a lack of focus." It just so happens that on his blog today, none other than Andrew Sullivan, hardly an ideological soulmate of mine, quotes Santayana …
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Warnings on WMD 'Fabricator' Were Ignored, Ex-CIA Aide Says — In late January 2003, as Secretary of State Colin Powell prepared to argue the Bush administration's case against Iraq at the United Nations, veteran CIA officer Tyler Drumheller sat down with a classified draft of Powell's speech to look for errors.
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
The boys who cried wolf — By any reasonable measure, the Bush administration's track record on exposing dangerous terrorist plots isn't terribly impressive. When Abu Zubaydah was captured in Pakistan in March 2002, the president described him as al Queda's chief of operations and emphasized the significance of his capture.
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Tony Karon / Time:
The Miami Seven: How Serious Was the Threat?
The Miami Seven: How Serious Was the Threat?
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Jim Henley / Unqualified Offerings:
Money for Nothing — Wild speculation: You don't suppose …
Money for Nothing — Wild speculation: You don't suppose …
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Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:
Patterico Cancels his Subscription to the L.A. Times — I cancelled my subscription to the Los Angeles Times this morning. — I explained to the person who answered the phone that I was cancelling because I am outraged that the newspaper revealed classified details of a successful anti-terror operation.
PZ Myers / Pharyngula:
'Brights' — Since it was brought up in the comments, I thought I'd bring back my statement on the "Brights." — There's a lot of noise on the net right now about The Brights, the idea that we can invent a pleasant new name for godless atheists and thereby improve our image.
Richard Perle / Washington Post:
Why Did Bush Blink on Iran? (Ask Condi) — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran knows what he wants: nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them; suppression of freedom at home and the spread of terrorism abroad; and the "shattering and fall of the ideology and thoughts of the liberal democratic systems."
Radio Blogger:
Powerline's John Hinderaker and Scott Johnson on the New York Times' story blowing another weapon in the War On Terror. — HH: The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times did a very bad thing. They endangered American lives, they assisted terrorists. And to discuss the consequences of that …
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wtnh.com:
Lieberman, Lamont differ on Iraq — (East Hartford-WTNH, June 23, 2006 6:00 PM) _ The man looking to force Sen. Joseph Lieberman out of his job is using the war in Iraq as the catalyst. But Lieberman says his Democratic primary opponent Ned Lamont is waffling over ending the war in Iraq.
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RJ Eskow / skippy the bush kangaroo:
I've Done A Lot More Television Than Geraldo Rivera — Crooks and Liars has the video of Geraldo Rivera saying he's "seen a lot more combat than John Kerry." He uses his "foxhole cred" to support the eternal occupation of Iraq. I'll just say this: — I've done a lot more television than Geraldo Rivera.
Washington Post:
Bank Surveillance — The Treasury Department should be monitoring overseas bank transfers. Congress should make sure it's done right. — THE TREASURY Department's just-disclosed program of searching records of overseas bank transfers may provoke outraged comparisons …
Democrat Taylor Marsh Blogs Politics:
Duncan Hunter and the Swiftboating of Jack Murtha — It began yesterday and kept on rolling when I was directed to yet another vile spewing Republican anti-veteran blog. — Then reader Vanmojo wrote this little beauty in the comment section this afternoon.
Hindrocket / Power Line:
GREAT STRATEGY! — The Scratching Post documents the effects on the New York Times of "Compromising National Security as a Marketing Strategy." The chart below shows the NYT's stock price over the last five years: — From a business standpoint, the Times' embrace of far-left politics on page one has been a disaster.
Charles Babington / Washington Post:
One Party's Lawmaking Is Another's Electioneering — The Republican-controlled Congress seems to be struggling lately to carry out its most basic mission: passing legislation. A proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage failed miserably. Long-debated immigration legislation has reached an impasse.