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End of an Affair — WE'RE RELUCTANT to return to the subject of former CIA employee Valerie Plame because of our oft-stated belief that far too much attention and debate in Washington has been devoted to her story and that of her husband, former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson IV, over the past three years.
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
WaPo Whacks Wilson — The editors of the Washington Post have had enough of the Joe Wilson saga. Writing on the denouement - Richard Armitage provided the first leak to Bob Novak - they deliver this broadside: … Ouch. — This editorial makes a book-end with the controversial WaPo editorial …
Associated Press:
FBI searches offices of Alaska lawmakers — Legislators targeted in five locations as part of 'pending investigation' — JUNEAU, Alaska - Federal agents raided the offices of at least six Alaska lawmakers Thursday in a search for any ties between the legislators and a large oil field services company, officials said.
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Bill Allison / Sunlight Foundation:
Catalog of Ted Stevens' Actions That Have Benefitted Clients of Ben Stevens
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abc.go.com:
The Path to 9/11 — Starring Harvey Keitel, Donnie Wahlberg, Michael Benyaer, Shirley Douglas, Patricia Heaton — The miniseries will take viewers behind closed doors at the CIA, the FBI and the White House and into the world of Richard Clarke, Madeleine Albright, Condoleezza Rice …
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Donald H. Rumsfeld / Los Angeles Times:
New Enemies Demand New Thinking — The secretary of Defense clarifies and expands on what he said in his recent speeches about appeasing extremists. — IN THE LAST FEW DAYS I have had the opportunity to speak at the annual conventions of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion.
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Perfect Storm for the Poor — In Income Data, Something More Damaging Than Katrina — After a week of remembering the horrors of Hurricane Katrina, the most depressing realization is how easily our leaders forgot their fervent promises to lift up our nation's poorest citizens.
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Jim Wolf / Reuters:
Interceptor downs missile in test over Pacific — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military shot down a target ballistic missile over the Pacific on Friday in the widest test of its emerging antimissile shield in 18 months, the Defense Department announced. — The Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency …
New York Times:
In Latest Push, Bush Cites Risk in Quitting Iraq — President Bush said Thursday that withdrawing now from Iraq would leave Americans at risk of terrorist attacks "in the streets of our own cities," and he cast the struggle against Islamic extremists as the costly but necessary successor …
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USA Today:
GOP lags in key races for Senate — As the Labor Day weekend launches a final nine weeks of campaigning, USA TODAY/Gallup Polls in five key states show Democrats poised to gain Senate seats but facing an uphill battle to regain control. — Democrats seem more likely to carry the House …
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Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Pentagon Releases Grim Report on Iraq — Iraqi casualties soared by more than 50 percent during the roughly three-month period ending in early August, the product of spiraling sectarian clashes and a Sunni-based insurgency that remains "potent and viable," the Pentagon noted today in an comprehensive assessment of security in Iraq.
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Democrats Target Rumsfeld — Lawmakers to Seek a Vote of No Confidence in Defense Secretary — Under assault from Republicans on issues of national security, congressional Democrats are planning to push for a vote of no confidence in Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld this month as part …
Jodi Kantor / New York Times:
On the Job, Nursing Mothers Find a 2-Class System — When a new mother returns to Starbucks' corporate headquarters in Seattle after maternity leave, she learns what is behind the doors mysteriously marked "Lactation Room." — Whenever she likes, she can slip away from her desk and behind those doors …
Jonathan D. Glater / New York Times:
Education Dept. Shared Student Data With F.B.I. — The Federal Education Department shared personal information on hundreds of student loan applicants with the Federal Bureau of Investigation across a five-year period that began after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, the agencies said yesterday.
Jeannine Aversa / Associated Press:
Jobless Rate Dips in August — Hiring perked up in August as employers added 128,000 jobs, pulling down the unemployment rate to 4.7 percent, sending a Labor Day message that the economic expansion still has staying power. — The latest snapshot, released by the Labor Department Friday …
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Sam F. Ghattas / Associated Press:
Annan: Syria to enforce arms embargo — DAMASCUS, Syria - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Friday that Syria has pledged to step up border patrols and work with the Lebanese army to stop the flow of weapons to Hezbollah. — Annan also said that he had asked Syrian President Bashar Assad …
Mark Almond / Daily Mail:
What if Bush really was assassinated? — Held up by a Secret Service bodyguard in his dying moments after being shot in the stomach, this is President Bush being assassinated. — The American leader is surrounded by a crowd of panicking onlookers just seconds after being gunned …
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
The full-chested warriors — Up Close and Personal — (updated below) — When Fox News journalists Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig were being held by Gaza kidnappers, they were used as solemn symbols of our grand struggle against Islamic fascists. But ever since they were released …
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Karol / Alarming News:
R.I.P. Hina Saleem, I will be intolerant in your name — "She was simply a daughter who did not obey", said the mother of the 20-year old dead girl, Hina Saleem. Hina was found buried, with her throat slit, in the garden of her family home in Brescia, Italy. The "honor" killing has rocked Italy.
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Joseph Kahn / New York Times:
Where's Mao? Chinese Revise History Books — When high school students in Shanghai crack their history textbooks this fall they may be in for a surprise. The new standard world history text drops wars, dynasties and Communist revolutions in favor of colorful tutorials on economics, technology, social customs and globalization.