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Terence Hunt / Associated Press:
Bush slams leak of terror finance story — WASHINGTON - President Bush on Monday sharply condemned the disclosure of a program to secretly monitor the financial transactions of suspected terrorists. "The disclosure of this program is disgraceful," he said.
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William Branigin / Washington Post:
Bush Condemns Bank Record Search Leak — President Bush said today that a secret program to search global bank records for terrorism-related transactions was "fully authorized" under U.S. law, and he denounced the public disclosure of the program as "disgraceful."
Roosevelt Room / White House:
President Bush Meets with Supporters of U.S. Military in Iraq and Afghanistan — THE PRESIDENT: I have just had a remarkable discussion with some of my fellow citizens who have dedicated their lives to making sure our troops know that this country supports them as they help secure our country and spread freedom.
thedenverchannel.com:
CU To Fire Ward Churchill — Professor Has Vowed To Sue If School Fired Him — BOULDER, Colo. — The University of Colorado announced Monday that it will dismiss controversial professor Ward Churchill. — "Today, I issued to Professor Churchill a notice of intent to dismiss …
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colorado.edu:
Recommendation of Interim Chancellor Phil DiStefano with Regard to Investigation of Research Misconduct — Fifteen months ago, I met with you to discuss the findings of specific allegations concerning the scholarship and conduct of Professor Ward Churchill.
Tim Tagaris / Ned Lamont for Senate:
New Ad: Look Who's Talking - George Bush or Joe Lieberman? [14] — New Ad: Look Who's Talking - George Bush or Joe Lieberman? — We are going on the air with a brand new commercial, and we need your help to keep it on the air. While Senator Lieberman distorts facts and outright lies …
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Paul Bass / New Haven Independent:
Lieberman Lies, Leaps Into Gutter — He did it with this new attack flyer mailed to Democratic voters. — Joe Lieberman's reelection campaign for U.S. Senate has already been widely criticized, even by conservatives sympathetic to the candidate, for its low-grade attack tactics on Ned Lamont …
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Borzou Daragahi / Los Angeles Times:
Divisive Plan to Unify Iraq — Sunnis object to much of premier's blueprint for reconciliation. U.S. senators criticize its proposal of amnesty for some insurgents. — BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki on Sunday unveiled an ambitious, U.S.-backed plan for bringing together ethnic …
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Phil Brennan / NewsMax.com:
New Evidence Emerges in Haditha Case — New evidence continues to emerge that U.S. Marines did not wantonly kill Iraqi civilians in Haditha last November - and the soldiers' accounts of what happened are backed up by videotape shot by an ultralight vehicle, NewsMax has learned.
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W. Thomas Smith, Jr / Townhall.com:
Spinning Haditha — So I receive a phone call from a reporter at ABC News. They are working on a story about Haditha, and the reporter's comments to me go something along the lines of; "I am particularly interested in your recent pieces on Haditha in which you say that in order to understand what happened …
Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:
Justices Block Vermont Campaign Finance Law — WASHINGTON, June 26 — The Supreme Court ruled today that a Vermont law restricting campaign donations and expenditures was unconstitutional. The court said that the law's limits on how much a candidate could spend violated …
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USA Today:
Majority of Americans want withdrawal plan for Iraq — WASHINGTON — A clear majority of Americans say Congress should pass a resolution that outlines a plan for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, according to a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Friday through Sunday.
Neil the Ethical Werewolf / Ezra Klein:
Don't Invest In These Internet Scams — Long before I had heard of political blogs, I was an active participant in technology stock message boards. It wasn't radically different from commenting on blogs — there were arguments and things I learned and trolls and smart helpful people.
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
What Would A Weasel Do? — Over the weekend Glenn Greenwald had an interesting 'Kosola' post in which he rode a good point to a laughable conclusion, downplaying key evidence along the way. His good point? There was some problem with one of four emails quoted by TNR writer Jason Zengerle …
Pamela Constable / Washington Post:
Afghan Leader Losing Support — KABUL, Afghanistan, June 25 — Many Afghans and some foreign supporters say they are losing faith in President Hamid Karzai's government, which is besieged by an escalating insurgency and endemic corruption and is unable to protect or administer large areas of the country.
Karl Rove / Time:
Lessons from a Larger-than-Life President — Theodore Roosevelt is one of the most remarkable figures in America's story. Adventurous, brave, opinionated, a larger-than-life personality, he was a man of action, energy and motion. T.R. loved what he called "the literature of history" …
Bill Carter / New York Times:
The 40-Year-Old Virgin Executive — If NBC's selection of Dan Abrams, an on-air anchor, as the new day-to-day boss of MSNBC left employees of that all-news cable channel gasping in shock — and it did — the next steps in the reshaping of the long-struggling network are likely to generate at least a few low whistles of surprise.
Jane Merrick / Daily Mail:
State to interfere in childrens' home lives — The home life of every child in the country is to be recorded on a national database in the ultimate intrusion of the nanny state, it has emerged. — Computer records holding details of school performance, diet and even whether their parents provide …
Sebastian Mallaby / Washington Post:
Why So Lonesome? — The question about loneliness is: Why do people do this to themselves? Why do Americans, who reported an average of nearly three close friends in 1985, now report an average of just over two? And why does one in four have nobody with whom to discuss personal issues?
Broadcasting & Cable:
Ailes Cracks Whip as Fox News Slips — Slackers at Fox News Channel, you're on notice! Your boss is not pleased. Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes is on the warpath following his network's recent ratings slump, and he won't hesitate to clean house to turn things around.
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