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Ian Bishop / New York Post:
BUBBA GOES BALLISTIC ON ABC ABOUT ITS DAMNING 9/11 — MOVIE — INSISTS NET PULL DRAMA — A furious Bill Clinton is warning ABC that its mini-series "The Path to 9/11" grossly misrepresents his pursuit of Osama bin Laden - and he is demanding the network "pull the drama" if changes aren't made.
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Clinton Administration Officials Assail ABC's 'The Path to 9/11' — Top officials of the Clinton administration have launched a preemptive strike against an ABC-TV "docudrama," slated to air Sunday and Monday, that they say includes made-up scenes depicting them as undermining attempts to kill Osama bin Laden.
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Three From Clinton Administration Urge Disney to Cancel or Revise 9/11 Mini-Series — Three members of the Clinton administration have written the chief executive of the Walt Disney Company, ABC's parent, to complain that the network's coming two-part miniseries "The Path to 9/11" is fraught with factual errors and fabrications.
Associated Press:
U.S. Senate panel postpones vote on Bolton nomination as U.N. ambassador — WASHINGTON A U.S. Senate panel postponed a vote scheduled for Thursday on the nomination of John Bolton as U.N. ambassador. — Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Richard Lugar, a Republican …
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Richard Simon / Los Angeles Times:
Senate Republicans Say `No' to a Vote on Rumsfeld — Democrats, hoping to focus voters' attention on discontent with the Iraq war, float a resolution urging Bush to oust the Defense chief. — WASHINGTON — The Senate's Republican majority on Wednesday blocked a no-confidence vote …
Washington Post:
President Shifts Argument, Catches Critics Off Guard — With a series of forceful speeches on terrorism and a dramatic announcement that he has sent top-tier terrorism suspects to the Guantanamo Bay prison, President Bush this week has demonstrated anew the power of even a weakened commander …
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
President Moves 14 Held in Secret to Guantánamo
President Moves 14 Held in Secret to Guantánamo
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The Hill:
Senators: Welcome back, Joe — If Sen. Joe Lieberman's Democratic colleagues are anxious to get rid of him, they gave no indication of it in their first gathering since Lieberman lost a Connecticut primary to Ned Lamont last month and launched an independent bid.
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BBC:
Blair confirms plan to stand down — Tony Blair has confirmed he will be stepping down as prime minister within the next 12 months. — Mr Blair said the Labour conference in two weeks' time would be his last. — He did not set a precise date but said he would do so in the future - when it was in the best interests of the country.
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David S. Broder / Washington Post:
One Leak and a Flood of Silliness — Conspiracy theories flourish in politics, and most of them have no more basis than spring training hopes for the Chicago Cubs. — Whenever things turn dicey for Republicans, they complain about the "liberal media" sabotaging them.
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Rebecca Santana / Associated Press:
Iraq takes control of military from U.S. — BAGHDAD, Iraq - Coalition forces handed over control of Iraq's armed forces command to the government Thursday, a move that U.S. officials have hailed as a crucial milestone on the country's difficult road to independence.
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Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
BREAKING: THE LAST "TRUE" CONSERVATIVE (WELL, IF YOU DON'T COUNT GLENN GREENWALD, THAT IS) DUSTS OFF THE "GOB SMACKING," ENCOURAGES VOTERS TO PULL THE LEVER FOR DEMOCRATS — Turns out Andy Sullivan wasn't all too thrilled with the President's speech yesterday—which, in true recent-vintage Sullivan fashion …
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Nicholas Wapshott / New York Sun:
Iran's Leader Declares Intent To Speak at U.N. — Diplomats at the United Nations were sent into disarray yesterday when President Ahmadinejad of Iran declared that he intended to attend the General Assembly of the world body on September 19 and to debate his country's nuclear program with President Bush …
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Rasmussen Reports:
Michigan Governor: In Competitive Race, It's Now DeVos by 2 — DeVos (R) 48%; Granholm (D) 46% — Michigan's edge-of-the-seat battle for Governor remains as competitive as ever, with Republican challenger Dick DeVos now edging out Democratic Governor Jennifer Granholm 48% to 46% (see crosstabs).
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Newt Gingrich / Opinion Journal:
Bush and Lincoln — Echoes of the past in today's strategic mistakes. … WASHINGTON—Five years have passed since the horrific attack on our American homeland, and, still, there is one serious, undeniable fact we have yet to confront: We are, today, not where we wanted to be and nowhere near where we need to be.
Shannon McCaffrey / Associated Press:
War turns southern women away from GOP — MACON, Ga. - President Bush's once-solid relationship with Southern women is on the rocks. "I think history will show him to be the worst president since Ulysses S. Grant," said Barbara Knight, a self-described Republican since birth and the mother of three.
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Matthew Yglesias:
Divides — Kevin Drum was making the argument the other day that Democrats aren't really divided about national security issues. There's something to what he's saying, but I also think it's problematic in a variety of ways. I guess I'll try to do an opus on this subject at some point …
CBS News:
Poll: Many Americans Feel Less Safe — Five Years After 9/11, Many Feel Terror Threat Has Grown — (CBS) Do Americans feel safer now than before 9/11? For many, the answer is no, according to a CBS News/New York Times poll. — Fifty-four percent of Americans say they generally feel safe …
Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
The Islamic Emirate of Waziristan and Greater Talibanistan — North Waziristan is not al-Qaeda's endgame, the entire border region is the target — References: Dawn provides an overview of the North Waziristan Truce. Compare this to my report from Tuesday night.
Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
How We Dummies Succeed — If you're looking for the action in education, forget the Ivy League. Talk instead to Anthony Zeiss, president of Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte. It has six campuses and 70,000 students taking classes in everything from remedial English to computer networking.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Weldon seeks plan for Iraq withdrawal — The second-ranking Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, who is a strong supporter of the U.S. military mission in Iraq, has drafted a resolution that would give military commanders — instead of President Bush or Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld …