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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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David Stout / New York Times:
Bush Says Iraq War Is Part of a Larger Fight — President Bush began a new drive today to rally the American people behind him on the Iraq war and national security, declaring that the United States must stay the course in Iraq because it is a battleground in an epic struggle between democracy and tyranny.
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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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George Jahn / Associated Press:
Bolton: Unanimity not necessary on Iran — VIENNA, Austria - Iran remained defiant Thursday as a U.N. deadline arrived for it to halt uranium enrichment, and the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said unanimity among the Security Council was not needed to take action against Tehran.
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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Captain's Quarters, Balloon Juice, Swing State Project, Beltway Blogroll, Redstate, MyDD, Booman Tribune and Daily Kos
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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 …
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Begging To Differ, Cold Fury, Say Anything, Redstate, The Right Angle and Done With Mirrors
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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.
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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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.
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.
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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.
Ynetnews:
Hizbullah: We're arming for second round — In interview to Iranian news agency, group representative in Tehran says his organization is preparing for 'second round against Israel,' contrary to UN resolution — Hizbullah representative in Iran Muhammad Abdullah Sif al-Din …
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."
Elizabeth Holmes / Wall Street Journal:
No Day at the Beach — Bloggers Struggle With What to Do About Vacation — A banner stripped across the top of the Daily Dish declares that the popular Web log's host, Andrew Sullivan, has "gone fishing." Mr. Sullivan declared a two-week vacation and opted to leave his political blog behind.
Lois Romano / Washington Post:
Tweaking of 'No Child' Seen — Education Chief Urges Bigger Role for States in Initiative — As schools nationwide open for business, Education Secretary Margaret Spellings took the opportunity yesterday to compare the centerpiece of the administration's education policy to soap.
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
The Democrats' Dysfunctional Calendar — Well, the Democrats have gone and messed it up again. — I came back from a one-week vacation, out of reach of the news, to learn that the Democratic National Committee in its wisdom had further muddled the calendar of events for choosing the 2008 presidential nominee.
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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Omran Salman / Philly.com:
Misguided Muslim groups — Focus should be on extremists' war against the West. — On Aug. 10, British police arrested 24 Muslim suspects in a plot to blow up 10 U.S.-bound jetliners over the Atlantic. If successful, the attack would have killed thousands of people.