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6:15 PM ET, July 24, 2006

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Washington Post:
Rice Makes Unannounced Visit to Beirut  —  BEIRUT, July 24 — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced stop in Beirut Monday in an effort to shore up Lebanon's fragile government, beleaguered by nearly two weeks of relentless bombing raids that have wrecked much of the country's infrastructure …
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Reuters:
Eight hurt as north struck by new barrage of Hezbollah rockets  —  Eight people were wounded - two of them were in moderate to serious condition - Monday afternoon when a barrage of rockets fired by Hezbollah guerillas in Lebanon landed in cities and towns across northern Israel.
Discussion: AMERICAN FUTURE and Daily Pundit
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
A War Between Neighbors, Seen From Their Back Yard
New York Times:
In Surprise, Rice's Trip to Mideast Begins in Beirut
Discussion: TalkLeft and FP Passport
Suzanne Goldenberg / Guardian:
Blasted by a missile on the road to safety
Discussion: Harry's Place
Ynetnews:
Monday: 81 rockets hit north, 50 hurt
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Dialing for Spines...And the Constitution  —  Last week Pachacutec asked all of the Roots project members to reach out to their senators to find out how they intended to vote on Arlen Specter's revision of FISA legislation.  [If you haven't yet joined the Roots Project, you should] (see UPDATE below).
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Arlen Specter / Washington Post:
Surveillance We Can Live With  —  President Bush's electronic surveillance program has been a festering sore on our body politic since it was publicly disclosed last December.  Civil libertarians, myself included, have insisted that the program must be subject to judicial review to ensure compliance with the Fourth Amendment.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton / dlc.org:
About the American Dream Initiative  —  Editor's Note: Due to the large size of these files, and increased website traffic, these files may take a few moments to load.  —  At the 2005 national conversation in Columbus, Ohio, DLC Chair Gov. Tom Vilsack asked Sen. Hillary Clinton to lead …
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Dean Barnett / Weekly Standard:
Kos, Hezbollah, and Israel  —  WHEN THE BOMBS began to fall in the Middle East, the Daily Kos had a problem.  And the Daily Kos's problem could soon be the Democratic party's problem.  —  On the one hand, one of the most solid blocks of support for the Democratic party is America's Jewish community.
Jeff Jacoby / Boston Globe:
'Chickenhawk'  —  ``IT'S TOUCHING that you're so concerned about the military in Iraq," a reader in Wyoming e-mails in response to one of my columns on the war.  ``But I have a suspicion you're a phony.  So tell me, what's your combat record?  Ever serve?"
Charlie Savage / Boston Globe:
Civil rights hiring shifted in Bush era  —  Conservative leanings stressed  —  WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is quietly remaking the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, filling the permanent ranks with lawyers who have strong conservative credentials but little experience in civil rights …
Annabelle McDonald / The Australian:
Peace prize winner 'could kill' Bush  —  NOBEL peace laureate Betty Williams displayed a flash of her feisty Irish spirit yesterday, lashing out at US President George W.Bush during a speech to hundreds of schoolchildren.  —  Campaigning on the rights of young people at the Earth Dialogues forum …
Eric Pfeiffer / Washington Times:
Democrats pledge to fight Bolton nod  —  Senate Democrats have promised a "bruising fight" over the administration's nomination of John R. Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.  —  Mr. Bolton's nomination was sent out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last year without …
Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
'It Looked Weird and Felt Wrong'  —  From its first days in Iraq in April 2003, the Army's 4th Infantry Division made an impression on soldiers from other units — the wrong one.  —  "We slowly drove past 4th Infantry guys looking mean and ugly," recalled Sgt. Kayla Williams …
New York Post:
RUDY, THE FRONT-RUNNER  —  CRUISING AHEAD OF MCCAIN  —  July 24, 2006 — IT'S early in the game yet, but it's becoming undeniable: Rudy Giuliani will run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 - as the clear front-runner.  —  For months, the media have treated their favored candidate …
Patrick Cockburn / Independent:
Sectarian break-up of Iraq is now inevitable, admit officials  —  The Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, meets Tony Blair in London today as violence in Iraq reaches a new crescendo and senior Iraqi officials say the break up of the country is inevitable.
Daniel Gilbert / New York Times:
He Who Cast the First Stone Probably Didn't  —  LONG before seat belts or common sense were particularly widespread, my family made annual trips to New York in our 1963 Valiant station wagon.  Mom and Dad took the front seat, my infant sister sat in my mother's lap and my brother and I had what we called "the wayback" all to ourselves.
 
 
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Carolyn Thompson / Associated Press:
Gore Makes Personal Environmental Appeal
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David Adesnik / OxBlog:
THE DEMOCRATS STAND WITH ISRAEL.  WHERE DO THE LIBERALS STAND?
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Jude Nagurney Camwell / The American Street:
Who's Fiddling While the Middle East Burns?
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B.A. / Connecticut Bob:
Sen. Boxer and Sen. Lieberman today
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Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Weighing Foreign Forces: Sea Change for Israel
Washington Post:
Democrats Tweak the Primary Calendar
Discussion: The Carpetbagger Report and FP Passport
Brian E. Crowley / Palm Beach Post:
Wexler falls into a comedic interviewer's trap — and he's not laughing
Discussion: The RCP Blog and The Agitator
Ron Brynaert / The Raw Story:
Time: Presidential adviser wants Bush to 'beef up' White House …
Discussion: Time, The Next Hurrah and Booman Tribune
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Pakistan Expanding Nuclear Program
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Legal Group Faults Bush for Ignoring Parts of Bills
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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