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Robert Burns / Associated Press:
Rumsfeld: Terrorists Manipulating Media — FALLON NAVAL AIR STATION, Nev. (AP) — Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Monday he is deeply troubled by the success of terrorist groups in "manipulating the media" to influence Westerners. — "That's the thing that keeps me up at night …
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Associated Press:
Rumsfeld: Bush foes lack courage on terror — Adjust font size: — SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) — Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Tuesday accused critics of the Bush administration's Iraq and counterterrorism policies of lacking the courage to fight terror.
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CNN:
Iran's leader calls for TV debate with Bush — Adjust font size: — TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called on U.S. President George W. Bush to participate in a "direct television debate with us," so Iran can voice its point of view on how to end world predicaments.
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Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:
Bush Visits Gulf Coast, Stressing Progress — On the eve of the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's strike here, President Bush returned to the devastated region on Monday promising to continue federal assistance and, with his presidency still under the shadow of the slow response to the storm …
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Matt / 1115.org:
A Victory Lap for Broken Promises
A Victory Lap for Broken Promises
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Fauxtography: The incredible disappearing Katie (Update: Innocent explanation?) (Bumped) — She's on the Adnan Hajj diet. Try it and watch the pounds melt away from your waist and neck. — Unfortunate side effect of the Adnan Hajj diet: your chin is sharpened to the point where it can cut glass.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Reuters van attack: 70mm unguided rocket? — So I e-mailed Noah Shachtman of Defense Tech and asked him to look at the photo of the Reuters van that was hit by the IAF in hopes of identifying what ordnance they used. While conceding that the damage looked "strange, strange," …
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
The Glenn & Helen Show: Richard Posner on Terrorism and the Constitution — With the fifth anniversary of the September 11th attacks coming up, we thought we'd talk to law professor and U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Richard Posner, whose latest book, Not a Suicide Pact: The Constitution …
Michael Chertoff / Washington Post:
A Tool We Need to Stop the Next Airliner Plot — Imagine that our troops in Afghanistan raided an al-Qaeda safe house and captured a computer containing the cellphone numbers of operatives in Europe. Wouldn't it be important to know whether one of those cellphone numbers was used to book a transatlantic flight?
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Ed Sealover / Gazette:
Hefley ponders run at seat as write-in — Rep. Joel Hefley is seriously considering running as a writein candidate to retain his seat rather than risk handing it over to Republican nominee Doug Lamborn. — In meetings with national political consultants, Hefley and his supporters have come …
R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
Ex-Colleague Says Armitage Was Source of CIA Leak — The leak of information about an undercover CIA employee that provoked a special prosecutor's investigation of senior White House officials came from then-Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage, according to a former Armitage colleague at the department.
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DefenseLINK:
Address at the 88th Annual American Legion National Convention — Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, Salt Lake City, Utah, Tuesday, August 29, 2006 — Tom [American Legion Commander Tom Bock], I understand that your son is flying a Chinook in Iraq …
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David Burge / iowahawk:
ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE LEAVES REUTERS AMBULANCE IN FLAMES, CHOPPED, CHANNELED — QANA, LEBANON - Israeli Defense Forces face fresh charges of war atrocities today, as international press agency Reuters released stark photos showing the devastation caused by a daylight IDF missile attack on a clearly marked Reuters press ambulance.
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The Conservative Case Against Rudy Giuliani In 2008 — Rudy Giuliani, a contender for the Presidency in 2008, is receiving an inordinate amount of positive attention. That's quite understandable since Rudy is charismatic, did a great job on the campaign trail for President Bush in 2004 …
Senator Bill Frist:
The Bright Light of Public Scrutiny — Last week, I blogged on the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act, S. 2590, a crucial step towards fixing the federal government's spending problem. S. 2590 would create a single, easily searchable database capable of tracking approximately $1 trillion …
Chris Bowers / MyDD:
MyDD House Forecast 2006 — Note: We are looking for an organization to sponsor this forecast, which will allow us to put it into nice-looking html. If your organization or company wants to sponsor what will probably be the most viewed House forecast in the nation this year, please contact me at chris@mydd.com.
Lynda Gledhill / San Francisco Chronicle:
Assembly approves universal health care — Passage of bill seen as election-year test for Schwarzenegger — (08-29) 04:00 PDT Sacramento — The Democratic-controlled Legislature is on the verge of sending Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger a bill that would create a state-run universal health care system …
Associated Press:
Perry calls special election for DeLay's unexpired term — AUSTIN — Republican Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday called a Nov. 7 special election to temporarily fill the seat left vacant when former U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay resigned. — DeLay, a Republican whose term would have expired in January, resigned in June.