memeorandum: Bush Uncensored: President Uses Expletive During Chat At G8 Summit (Think Progress)

1:15 PM ET, July 17, 2006

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Adam / Adam Boulton Weblog:

Bush & Blair Raw & Uncut — A fascinating conversation between Tony Blair and George Bush has been caught by the microphones at the G8, when the two men didn't think they were being overheard. It tells us a lot about the relationship between the two men, about the US-UK special relationship and the two men's views on the Middle East.

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Peter Baker / Washington Post:

Microphone Captures Bush's Unscripted Comments at G-8 — ST. PETERSBURG, July 17 — President Bush should know that in Russia, someone is always listening. In this case, it was the rest of the world. — During a lunch with other leaders at the Group of Eight summit on Monday …

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Think Progress:

Bush Uncensored: President Uses Expletive During Chat At G8 Summit — Yesterday during the closing lunch at the G8 summit, a stray microphone picked up a private conversation between President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Bush is seen munching on a buttered roll and using …

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CNN:

Rockets again hit Israeli city of Haifa — Blair, Annan urge international force to help curb fighting — BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) — Several suspected Hezbollah rockets hit the northern Israeli city of Haifa on Monday. — A large cloud of smoke could be seen coming from near the port area of Haifa, Israel's third-largest city.

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Hassan M. Fattah / New York Times:

Blame by Some Arab Leaders for Fighters — BEIRUT, Lebanon, July 16 — With the battle between Israel and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah raging, key Arab governments have taken the rare step of blaming Hezbollah, underscoring in part their growing fear of influence by the group's main sponsor, Iran.

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Anton La Guardia / Telegraph:
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Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
Troops briefly enter southern Lebanon

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Ynetnews:
Haifa under rocket attack again; 3-story building hit

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Bush Administration Plans Medicare Changes — WASHINGTON, July 16 — The Bush administration says it plans sweeping changes in Medicare payments to hospitals that could cut payments by 20 percent to 30 percent for many complex treatments and new technologies.

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