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President Bush Addresses American Legion National Convention — Fact Sheet: Winning the Struggle Between Freedom and Terror in the Middle East — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much. Please be seated. Thanks for the warm welcome. It's great to join you here in one of America's most beautiful cities.
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Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:
Bush Shifting Public Focus to Terrorism and Iraq War — With the midterm elections approaching, President Bush is beginning an extended tour to draw attention to the threat of terrorism and the Iraq war, quickly pivoting to more comfortable territory after the focus on the Hurricane Katrina anniversary.
Vital Perspective:
IAEA Reports on Iran's Continued Defiance; UNSC Must Swiftly Enact Sanctions — We've just received a copy of the IAEA report being distributed to diplomats at the UN today on Iran's nuclear program. Read the whole IAEA report exclusively here on Vital Perspective.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Iran nuke deadline passes, traces of weapons-grade uranium found — I'm going to stop blogging this subject. I've written the same g-ddamned post 15 times now: Iran's still enriching uranium, western diplomats are expressing "grave concerns," the UN's afraid it might have to act …
This Is London:
PRESIDENT BUSH 'ASSASSINATED' IN NEW TV DOCUDRAMA — This is the dramatic moment when President George Bush is gunned down by a sniper after a public address at a hotel, in a gripping new docudrama soon to be aired on TV. — Set around October 2007, President Bush is assassinated as he leaves the Sheraton Hotel in Chicago.
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Jamie Frevele / The Huffington Post:
Olbermann vs. Rumsfeld: Defining the Real "New Fascism" — MSNBC's Keith Olbermann reminded us why it is so great to be an American. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's insulting rhetoric reminded us why we are allowed to disagree with the government. Being a great American means having …
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sltrib.com:
Salt Lake sounds off in protest and support — A crowd of thousands cheered Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson for calling President Bush a "dishonest, war-mongering, human-rights violating president" whose time in office would "rank as the worst presidency our nation has ever had to endure."
TPMmuckraker:
Is a Dem Also Holding Up the Porkbusting Bill? — There's a loose thread to this "secret hold" story, and it bothers us. — By this morning, the dogged persistence of hundreds of bloggers and blogreaders garnered denials from 98 senators saying they did not hold up the Coburn/Obama spending transparency database bill.
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Rebecca Carr / Palm Beach Post:
BYRD ADMITS HE PLACED A HOLD, NOW LIFTS IT — West Virginia Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd admits that he placed a "secret hold" on legislation that would make uncovering the Byzantine world of federal contracting as easy as typing a Google search. — Tom Gavin, spokesperson for Byrd …
ric.edu:
Laffey Takes Commanding Lead in Republican U. S. Senate Primary — U.S. Senator Lincoln Chafee may lose his seat to challenger Steve Laffey, according to a new statewide Republican primary voter poll released today by the Bureau of Government Research and Services at Rhode Island College.
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Jim Davenport / myrtlebeachonline.com:
Gingrich: Powerful Pelosi 'would be a disaster' — COLUMBIA, S.C. - Ex-U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Wednesday that the thought of California Rep. Nancy Pelosi becoming the next leader of the House and being third in line to the presidency is frightening.
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Andrew Rosenthal / New York Times:
There Is Silence in the Streets; Where Have All the Protesters Gone? — It was almost painful the other night to hear Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young sing about a war whose purpose Americans never really understood, started by a president who didn't tell the truth and then waged the war ineptly.
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Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
Positive Press on Iraq Is Aim of U.S. Contract — U.S. military leaders in Baghdad have put out for bid a two-year, $20 million public relations contract that calls for extensive monitoring of U.S. and Middle Eastern media in an effort to promote more positive coverage of news from Iraq.
Telegraph:
Pinocchio and friends converted to Islam — Malcolm Moore in Antalya — Pinocchio, Tom Sawyer and other characters have been converted to Islam in new versions of 100 classic stories on the Turkish school curriculum. — "Give me some bread, for Allah's sake," Pinocchio says to Geppetto …
Opinion Journal:
Back to the Congressional Future — Let's think about how the Democrats would govern. — With a little more than two months to go before midterm elections, the polls show Democrats well positioned to win the House after 12 years out of power. So it's not too soon to consider who these Democrats are and how they would govern.
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Matt Gouras / Associated Press:
Burns says terrorists drive taxis by day — BELGRADE, Mont. - Republican Sen. Conrad Burns (news, bio, voting record), whose recent comments have stirred controversy, says the United States is up against a faceless enemy of terrorists who "drive taxi cabs in the daytime and kill at night."
Mercury News:
Cousin: Rampage driver became enraged after argument with mother — The arguments began over the weekend. Omeed Popal begged his father for permission to return to Afghanistan to be with his new bride. — The tension heightened Tuesday morning when his mother, like his father, refused to let him go.
Daily Mail:
Stereotyping is leading to terror, says first Muslim Miss England — The first Muslim to be crowned Miss England has warned that stereotyping members of her community is leading some towards extremism. — Hammasa Kohistani made history last year when she was chosen to represent England in the Miss World pageant.
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