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Hugh Hewitt:
Mr. Keller Believes You Are Easily Confused — The NYT's Executive Editor Bill Keller refuses interviews but does provide a wholly unpersuasive reponse that is, at best, defensive posturing. … First, unless Mr. Keller makes himself available for interviews on this subject, he is not taking the questions and concerns seriously.
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Michael Barone / Real Clear Politics:
The New York Times at War With America — Why do they hate us? No, I'm not talking about Islamofascist terrorists. We know why they hate us: because we have freedom of speech and freedom of religion, because we refuse to treat women as second-class citizens, because we do not kill homosexuals, because we are a free society.
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.
New York Times:
Letter From Bill Keller on The Times's Banking Records Report — The following is a letter Bill Keller, the executive editor of The Times, has sent to readers who have written him about The Times's publication of information about the government's examination of international banking records:
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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 …
Washington Post:
Democrats Cite Report On Troop Cuts in Iraq — Pentagon Plan Like Theirs, Senators Say — Senate Democrats reacted angrily yesterday to a report that the U.S. commander in Iraq had privately presented a plan for significant troop reductions in the same week they came under attack …
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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" …
Washington Post:
Call for Lobbying Changes Is A Fading Cry, Lawmakers Say — Calming of Political Storm Cited as Reason for Attitude Shift — When Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) announced his resignation as majority leader in January — soon after lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty to corruption charges — House Republicans panicked.
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Ray Robison / Fox News:
Was Saddam Regime a Broker for Terror Alliances? — Prologue: — Newly declassified documents captured by U.S. forces indicate that Saddam Hussein's inner circle not only actively reached out to the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan and terror-based jihadists in the region …
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Decisions: campaign finance limits nullified; five rulings overall — (NOTE: The next decision day will be Wednesday, the Supreme Court announced. Five decisions remain (see below). Presumably, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., will announce on Wednesday when the Term will end.
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.
Los Angeles Times:
The Dems' Iraq gap — Senate Democrats' resolutions on the war are dubious from both a policy and political standpoint. — IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE THAT DEMOCRATS in the U.S. Senate would use the war in Iraq to send a political message to the party faithful, as some did last week in voting …
Susan Milligan / Boston Globe:
Democrats split on a 2d run by Kerry — Some embrace recent rhetoric; others say it's time for a new face — WASHINGTON — Senator John F. Kerry has intensified his quest to regain the Democratic presidential nomination with a sharp move to the left, presenting himself in high-profile speeches …
Opinion Journal:
Saddam's WMD — Why is our intelligence community holding back? — On Wednesday, at our request, the director of national intelligence declassified six "key points" from a National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) report on the recovery of chemical munitions in Iraq.
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Sarah Womack / Telegraph:
Family life faces State 'invasion' — Government surveillance of all children, including information on whether they eat five portions of fruit and vegetables a day, will be condemned tomorrow as a Big Brother system. — Experts say it is the biggest state intrusion in history into the role of parents.
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