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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.
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.
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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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.
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 …
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.
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Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:
Justices Block Vermont Campaign Finance Law
Justices Block Vermont Campaign Finance Law
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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.
David Burge / iowahawk:
THE BANKING REPORT: LET ME MAKE IT SIMPLE FOR YOU MORONS — [ed. - Our dilligent dumpster divers on 43rd Street have located the first draft of Bill Keller's patient explanation of the New York Times' ethics policy. Related: In New York, Scrappy Newspaper Struggles For Survival]
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Mr. Keller Believes You Are Easily Confused
Mr. Keller Believes You Are Easily Confused
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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" …
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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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 …