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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Israel's Lost Moment — Israel's war with Hezbollah is a war to secure its northern border, to defeat a terrorist militia bent on Israel's destruction, to restore Israeli deterrence in the age of the missile. But even more is at stake. Israel's leaders do not seem to understand how ruinous …
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Eli Lake / New York Sun:
Iran Is Racing To Resupply Hezbollah — TEL AVIV, Israel — Iran is racing to resupply Hezbollah across the Syrian border ahead of a possible cease-fire being ironed out this week at the United Nations. Meanwhile, Israeli jets have begun a new bombardment of Beirut's suburbs and Hezbollah …
Sam F. Ghattas / Associated Press:
Israel severs Lebanon road link to Syria — BEIRUT, Lebanon - Israel expanded its assault on Lebanon Friday, launching its first major attack on the Christian heartland north of Beirut and severing the last significant road link to Syria. — Hezbollah renewed attacks on northern Israel …
Barry Schweid / Associated Press:
Rice signals possible Lebanon compromise
Rice signals possible Lebanon compromise
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Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
Lieberman rival owns stock in Wal-Mart — Connecticut millionaire businessman Ned Lamont, who sharply criticized the employment practices of Wal-Mart this week in his campaign to unseat Sen. Joe Lieberman in the Democrat primary, owns stock in the company, Senate records reveal.
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Jeff Greenfield / CNN:
It's more than just Iraq — Lieberman has long been on the outs with his party's base — NEW YORK (CNN) — If the latest Quinnipiac University Poll is right, three-term Sen. Joseph Lieberman is headed for defeat Tuesday in Connecticut's Democratic primary, and Iraq — more specifically …
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Lieberman More Popular With Republicans Than Democrats — Favorable image dips further among Democrats — PRINCETON, NJ — U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman has faced mounting difficulties among fellow Democrats in his home state of Connecticut over his pro-Iraq war stance, possibly culminating …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Ned Lamont Fails First Test Of Character
Ned Lamont Fails First Test Of Character
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Charles Babington / Washington Post:
GOP Bid On Wages, Estate Tax Is Blocked — Senate Democrats blocked a Republican bid to combine a tax cut for the wealthy with a wage increase for the working poor last night, adding a volatile economic issue to this fall's congressional campaigns. — GOP leaders fell three votes short …
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Murtada Faraj / Associated Press:
Iraqi Shiites chant 'Death to Israel' — BAGHDAD, Iraq - Hundreds of thousands of Shiites chanting "Death to Israel" and "Death to America" marched through the streets of Baghdad's biggest Shiite district Friday in a show of support for Hezbollah militants battling Israeli troops in Lebanon.
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Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
Bush Starts 10-Day Texas Vacation — Shorter Summer Break Reflects Post-Katrina Criticism — President Bush arrived here Thursday evening to begin a 10-day stretch at his Prairie Chapel ranch, his longest planned period away from Washington during this summer vacation season.
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Associated Press:
Ahmadinejad's call to destroy Israel draws French condemnation — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday the solution to the Middle East crisis was to destroy Israel, Iranian state media reported. — In a speech during an emergency meeting of Muslim leaders in Malaysia …
The Raw Story:
Video - Clinton to Rumsfeld: Why should we believe your assurances now? — United States Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) tore into Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld today as he testified before a Senate hearing. — Yesterday, Clinton wrote Rumsfeld urging him to appear in open proceedings …
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Devlin Barrett / Associated Press:
AP Interview: Sen. Clinton Rips Rumsfeld; Calls for His Resignation
AP Interview: Sen. Clinton Rips Rumsfeld; Calls for His Resignation
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Agence France Presse:
Iran to supply Hezbollah with surface-to-air missiles — LONDON (AFP) - Iran will supply Hezbollah with surface-to-air missile systems in the coming months, boosting the guerrillas' defences against Israeli aircraft, according to a report by specialist magazine Jane's Defence Weekly, citing unnamed Western diplomatic sources.
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
More Frequent Heat Waves Linked to Global Warming — U.S. and European Researchers Call Long Hot Spells Likely — Heat waves like those that have scorched Europe and the United States in recent weeks are becoming more frequent because of global warming, say scientists who have studied decades …
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E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The End Of the Right? — Is conservatism finished? — What might have seemed an absurd question less than two years ago is now one of the most important issues in American politics. The question is being asked — mostly quietly but occasionally publicly — by conservatives themselves …
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William K. Rashbaum / New York Times:
Officials Say Kerik Faces a Second Investigation — Former Police Commissioner Bernard B. Kerik is under federal investigation for possible financial improprieties unrelated to the crimes he pleaded guilty to last month in state court, two law enforcement officials said yesterday.
Billmon / Whiskey Bar:
The War Party — It looks as if Ned Lamont is riding the anti-war wave to victory in the Connecticut Democratic primary — or so the latest polls suggest. — I'm sure this will be proclaimed a major breakthrough for the anti-war wing of the Democratic Party — tangible proof that Left Blogistan …
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Kristin Roberts / Reuters:
General briefed Murtha after murder comment, Corp says — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Marine Corps briefed Rep. John Murtha (news, bio, voting record) on the Haditha case after the vocal war critic publicly said Marines had killed innocent civilians in that Iraqi city, the Corps said on Thursday.