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Washington Post:
Sen. Allen's Remarks Spark Ire — Democrat James Webb's Senate campaign accused Sen. George Allen (R) of making demeaning comments Friday to a 20-year-old Webb volunteer of Indian descent. — S.R. Sidarth, a senior at the University of Virginia, had been trailing Allen with a video camera …
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Jeffrey Feldman / FRAMESHOP:
'Macaca' or 'Macaque' — News breaking out of Virginia is that Senator George Allen called a person a 'macaca' while on the campaign trail. The person was dark skinned and, as it happens, working for Jim Webb's campaign. — There has been some question as to what this word 'macaca' means …
Caroline Glick / Jerusalem Post:
Our World: The Olmert government must go — From all sides of the political spectrum calls are being raised for the establishment of an official commission of inquiry to investigate the Olmert government's incompetent management of the war in Lebanon. These calls are misguided.
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Bush Says Israel Defeated Hezbollah — President Bush said Monday that Hezbollah guerillas suffered a defeat at the hands of Israel in their monthlong Mideast war. — "There's going to be a new power in the south of Lebanon," Bush said. — The president also said the war was part …
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Anshel Pfeffer / Jerusalem Post:
The countdown for Olmert has begun — Whatever way you analyze UN Security Council Resolution 1701 and the cease-fire that might have broken out at 8 a.m. Monday morning, and even if you accept the government's claims that it's good for Israel, there is no way that it can be good for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
Ben Webster / Times of London:
Muslims face extra checks in new travel crackdown — THE Government is discussing with airport operators plans to introduce a screening system that allows security staff to focus on those passengers who pose the greatest risk. — The passenger-profiling technique involves selecting people …
Steven R. Hurst / Associated Press:
Rockets hit Lebanon despite cease-fire — BEIRUT, Lebanon - Tens of thousands of Lebanese jammed bomb-cratered roads Monday as they returned to still-smoldering scenes of destruction after a tenuous cease-fire ended 34 days of vicious combat between Israel and Hezbollah.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Democrats See Security as Key Issue for Fall — After being outmaneuvered in the politics of national security in the last two elections, Democrats say they are determined not to cede the issue this year and are working to cast President Bush as having diminished the nation's safety.
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White House:
President Discusses Foreign Policy During Visit to State Department — Washington, D.C. — In Focus: Global Diplomacy — THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. Today I met with members of my national security team, both here at the State Department and at the Pentagon.
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Amy Fox / WZZM-TV:
Men held in Michigan suspected of plan to attack Mackinac Bridge — Federal authorities helped with the investigation into a possible terror threat to the Mackinac Bridge. The FBI office in Detroit worked with local law enforcement authorities before the police arrested three men in Caro on Friday.
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Talking Points Memo:
From TPM Reader DN ... I have mixed feelings about what DN has to say. But I do recognize a lot in it I identify with. TPM has always been pretty aggressive and pugilistic in its politics. The site, after all, started during the 2000 recount, the founding political bad act from which, you might say, everything else followed.
Don Michak / Journal Inquirer:
Senate rivals' lieutenants launch ideological salvoes — So much for civility in the now three-way race for the U.S. Senate. — In separate e-mails sent to reporters over the weekend, top officials in the campaigns of Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman and his Democratic challenger …
Ynetnews:
CNN Int'l snubs Israeli civilians — Highly unbalanced report mostly ignores plight of Israeli civilians, portrays Israelis as soldiers and politicians in suits, while coverage from Lebanon features in-depth interviews with Lebanese civilians and images of children and ruins …
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Hot Air, Liberty and Justice, Roger L. Simon, Blue Crab Boulevard and Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler
Associated Press:
2 Fox News Journalists Kidnapped in Gaza — Palestinian gunmen ambushed a car carrying a Fox News crew in Gaza City on Monday and kidnapped two of the journalists inside, according to witnesses and Fox. "We can confirm that two of our people were taken against their will in Gaza," Fox News said in a statement.
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Defeatism and attacks on the Commander-in-Chief during a time of war — We have a rule in our country that "attacking the Commander-in-Chief during a time of war" helps The Terrorists and emboldens our enemies. Joe Lieberman put it this way: "in matters of war, we undermine presidential credibility at our nation's peril."
Spencer Ackerman / American Prospect:
A Hawk for All Seasons — When it comes to foreign policy, Joe Lieberman's hawkish consistency is the hobgoblin of a little mind. — It took all of two days for Joe Lieberman to jettison the high-minded justifications for his post-primary campaign against Democratic Senate nominee Ned Lamont.
Emptypockets / The Next Hurrah:
Will the AFL-CIO back Lieberman? — Senator Joe Lieberman (Lieberman-CT) has gotten his beleaguered website back on-line, and there is something fishy on it. Or rather, in it. Many websites contain "metadata" which is not shown in your web browser but is used by search engines to help categorize and prioritize the page.
BBC:
Step up extremism fight - Kelly — The government and Muslim communities must do more to combat the growth of extremism, communities secretary Ruth Kelly has said. — She said there had been some "sharp" and "challenging" exchanges during more than three hours of talks with Muslim leaders in London.
Media Matters for America:
Media Matters to CNN: Will anchor Roberts be disciplined for suggesting Lamont is "the Al Qaeda candidate"? — Dear Messrs. Klein and Santos: — I am writing to express my great concern over an incident that occurred on your network Friday, August 11, 2006.