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President Discusses Global War on Terror — Washington, D.C. — Fact Sheet: The President's National Strategy for Combating Terrorism — In Focus: National Security — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much. (Applause.) Thank you all. Please be seated. General Hendrix, thank you for the invitation to be here.
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New York Times:
U.S. Strategy Shifts Focus From Al Qaeda — The White House today released an updated version of its plan for combating terrorism that focused more on decentralized networks of extremists than on Al Qaeda and that singled out Iran as a potential source of unconventional weapons for terrorist groups.
The Blotter:
Bin Laden Gets a Pass from Pakistan — Brian Ross and Gretchen Peters Report: — Osama bin Laden, America's most wanted man, will not face capture in Pakistan if he agrees to lead a "peaceful life," Pakistani officials tell ABC News. — The surprising announcement comes …
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Washington Post:
President Bush Delivers Remarks on the War on Terror — WASHINGTON, D.C. — SPEAKER: GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES — BUSH: Thanks for the kind introduction. I'm honored to stand with the men and women of the Military Officers Association of America.
Jennifer Nix / Firedoglake:
If Only I Had An ABC-Approved Press Pass — ABC is clearly feeling some heat over their fictionalized drama, "The Path to 9/11," set to air on September 10th and 11th. After pulling the public blog from the movie's web site and stonewalling progressive and liberal bloggers late last week …
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Judd / Think Progress:
Richard Clarke Blasts Key Scene In ABC's 9/11 Docudrama — On September 10 and 11, ABC is planning to air a "docudrama" called Path to 9/11, billed by writer Cyrus Nowrasteh as "an objective telling of the events of 9/11." — The first night of Path to 9/11 has a dramatic scene …
Jeff Stein / CQ.com:
ABC Docudrama Sparks 9/11 Spat — The docudrama that ABC will air next week commemorating the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks seems likely to revive some long-running disputes over whether the Clinton or Bush administration has more to answer for in neglecting indications of a pending al Qaeda attack on the United States.
David Corn / The Nation:
What Valerie Plame Really Did at the CIA — In the spring of 2002 Dick Cheney made one of his periodic trips to CIA headquarters. Officers and analysts were summoned to brief him on Iraq. Paramilitary specialists updated the Vice President on an extensive covert action program in motion …
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TPMmuckraker, The Huffington Post, The Next Hurrah, Booman Tribune, NO QUARTER, TAPPED, The Strata-Sphere, archy, SIVACRACY.NET, JustOneMinute and Needlenose
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Rebecca Carr / Palm Beach Post:
NOT OVER TILL THE FAT LADY SINGS: NEW HOLD PLACED ON TRANSPARENCY IN SPENDING BILL? — Another Democratic senator appears to have placed a "secret hold" on legislation that would pry open the murky world of federal contracting to public scrutiny. — That's the word that Oklahoma Republican …
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Senator Bill Frist:
A Choice for Democrats on S. 2590 — This morning I welcomed the Congress back in session and started work on an aggressive agenda that focuses on fighting and winning the War on Terror. — I also had the chance to speak with my Republican colleagues about S. 2590, the Federal Funding Transparency …
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Condi takes historical analogies to an absurd level — Last week, top administration officials, including Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld, equated the war in Iraq with fighting Nazis in World War II. As part of this analogy, the Bush gang made its critics out to be Neville Chamberlain …
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Media Matters for America, Crooks and Liars, Shakespeare's Sister, The Heretik and Think Progress
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Maggie Haberman / New York Post:
HATEFUL 'MOVE' VS. JOE — SITE'S ANTI-JEWISH SLURS — A string of anti-Semitic rants about Sen. Joe Lieberman have popped up on the liberal MoveOn.org's open forum Web site, drawing criticism from the Anti-Defamation League. — It's the latest flap in the contentious race between Lieberman …
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Bull Moose:
Liberalism of Fools — The Moose objects to the pollution of the blogosphere. — For months, the Moose has observed that if you seek anti-Semitic and anti-Israel filth on the internet, look to the left side. Comment threads and diariists regularly rant against Jews and the Jewish state.
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Lawyers, Guns and Money
Agence France Presse:
Nine arrested in Denmark's 'most serious' terrorism case — Nine men have been arrested in Denmark suspected of planning terrorist attacks, the Danish intelligence service PET said in what the second major anti-terrorism raid in less than a year. — Danish Justice Minister Lene Espersen …
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USA Today:
Immigration drops off the political calendar — WASHINGTON — As Congress returns to work this week after a month-long break, little progress is imminent on an issue that leaders of both parties have identified as urgent: illegal immigration. — No meeting has been scheduled for House …
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Nasser Karimi / Associated Press:
Iranian president wants to purge profs — TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Tuesday for a purge of liberal and secular teachers from the country's universities, urging students to return to 1980s-style radicalism. — "Today, students should shout …
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