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5:25 PM ET, September 5, 2006

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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.
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White House:
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.
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.
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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 …
louise.house.gov:
Slaughter Calls for ABC to Come Clean on New 9-11 Docudrama  —  Divisive and Politicized Accounts of September 11th Attacks and National Security Issues Endanger Nation  —  Washington, DC - Rep. Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY-28), Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee …
Discussion: Think Progress
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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David Corn:   What Valerie Wilson Really Did at the CIA
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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Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Who Set the Wayback Machine for 1939?  —  With George W. Bush talking so much about Nazis and fascism, Donald Rumsfeld warning ominously against lily-livered appeasement and Dick Cheney quoting Franklin Roosevelt on the "dirty business" of war, one might worry that this direction-challenged administration …
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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Jerusalem Post:
Abbas confirms deal on Shalit's release  —  Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas confirmed Tuesday that a deal had been reached to secure the release of kidnapped IDF soldier Cpl. Gilad Shalit.  —  Abbas told Bahrain-based newspaper El-Halij that Shalit would be transferred to Egypt …
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David Rohde / New York Times:
Afghan Symbol for Change Becomes a Symbol of Failure  —  LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan — It began last summer.  —  On a July morning, Taliban gunmen shot dead the province's most powerful cleric as he walked to the main city mosque to lead morning prayers.  Five months later …
J. Harvie Wilkinson III / Washington Post:
Hands Off Constitutions  —  This Isn't the Way to Ban Same-Sex Marriage  —  The chief casualty in the struggle over same-sex marriage has been the American constitutional tradition.  Liberals and conservatives — judges and legislators — bear responsibility for this sad state of affairs.
Maura Reynolds / Los Angeles Times:
Security Is Atop GOP's Agenda  —  In the run-up to the elections, Republican leaders in Congress are planning to highlight issues they believe play to the party's strengths.  —  WASHINGTON — It's going to be "Security September" on Capitol Hill.  —  With GOP control of the House …
 
 
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Todd Zywicki / The Volokh Conspiracy:
HISTORY OF TRUSTEE ELECTION RULES AT DARTMOUTH: Proponents …
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Caryle Murphy / Washington Post:
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Louise Roug / Baltimore Sun:
Killings on rise in Iraqi capital
Discussion: AMERICAblog and PBD
Nasser Karimi / Associated Press:
Iranian president wants to purge profs
 Earlier Items: 
TCS Daily:
Countdown to Genocide  —  The final countdown for Darfur looms.
NY Daily News:
At Bill library, Bush sounds sub-versive
Examiner:
Yeas and Nays: Tuesday, Sept. 5
Discussion: Abovethelaw.com
Agence France Presse:
British hospital introduces burka-style gown for Muslim patients
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
"All of this blogging-in-drag is bewildering and appalling."
Robert Novak / Chicago Sun Times:
Bush looking to revive Social Security, tax reform
Washington Post:
'Mortgage Moms' May Star in Midterm Vote
U.S. Newswire:
United House and Senate Democratic Leaders Urge President …
 

 
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