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Terence Hunt / Associated Press:
Bush wants 'clarity' on interrogations — WASHINGTON - Facing a GOP revolt in the Senate, President Bush urged Congress on Friday to join in backing legislation to spell out strategies for interrogating and trying terror suspects, saying "the enemy wants to attack us again."
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William Branigin / Washington Post:
Bush Pushes for Terror Legislation — Warning that "time's running out" for Congress to act, President Bush urged lawmakers today to pass legislation that would create special military tribunals to try terrorist suspects and allow the CIA to continue a program in which captured al-Qaeda leaders …
CNN:
Bush: Without my plan, detainee questioning won't continue … WASHINGTON (CNN) — Questioning of suspected terrorists "won't go forward" unless Congress clarifies a U.S. standard for the treatment and interrogation of detainees, President Bush warned on Friday.
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Tony Snow says Colin Powell is confused: So was every other reporter — Olbermann had a good round up on Countdown last night. Tony Snow seems to think that Colin Powell is just a little bit confused over Article 3. He might have been used in the run up to the war, but I think he understands this issue quite well.
Marty Lederman / Balkinization:
At Last, the Issue is Publicly Joined . . . and When All the Smoke has Cleared, the Central Question is Quite Simple — And it is this: Should the CIA be legally authorized to breach the Geneva Conventions by engaging in the following forms of "cruel treatment" prohibited by "common" Article 3(1)(a) of those Conventions?:
Reuters:
Islam row raises pope safety fears — VATICAN CITY (Reuters) — The Muslim world's scathing reaction to Pope Benedict's comments on Islam is the biggest challenge to face the pontiff yet and raises concerns over his security, diplomatic and Church sources said on Friday.
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Agence France Presse:Benedict blunder shows he has failed to master media machine
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BBC:Muslim anger grows at Pope speech
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Zogby:
Zogby: Battle for Congress Tightens — Republican Candidates Trail Democrats by Just 3%; Bush Job Approval Climbs to 39% — Following an aggressive media blitz, the latest Zogby America poll finds the standing of President Bush and congressional Republicans climbing as the November elections rapidly approach.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Democrats Meander in a New New Direction — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, the woman who will become speaker of the House if Democrats get lucky in November, began her weekly news conference yesterday holding up a red-white-and-blue brochure. — "I hope you all received 'A New Direction for America …
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Washington Post:
Rep. Ney Agrees to Plead Guilty — Rep. Robert Ney (R-Ohio) agreed today to plead guilty to conspiring to commit multiple official acts for lobbyists in exchange for campaign contributions, meals and luxury travel, sports tickets and gambling chips. He became the first elected official …
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White House:
Press Conference of the President — THE PRESIDENT: It's always a pleasure to be introduced into the Rose Garden. Thank you, Wendell. Thank you for coming. I'm looking forward to answering some of your questions. — This week our nation paused to mark the 5th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
In a Volatile Region of Iraq, U.S. Military Takes Two Paths — AL-FURAT, Iraq — With a biker's bandanna tied under his helmet, the Special Forces team sergeant gunned a Humvee down a desert road in Iraq's volatile Anbar province. Skirting the restive town of Hit, the team of a dozen soldiers crossed …
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
The Tehran Calculus — In his televised Sept. 11 address, President Bush said that we must not "leave our children to face a Middle East overrun by terrorist states and radical dictators armed with nuclear weapons." There's only one such current candidate: Iran.
Stuart Steers / Rocky Mountain News:
Ritter tops in poll — Democrat holds 17-point lead over Beauprez for guv — Democrat Bill Ritter has a remarkable 17-point lead over Republican Congressman Bob Beauprez in the race for Colorado governor, according to a Rocky Mountain News/ CBS 4 poll of likely voters.
Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
Ace of Spades Reader Spotted Wanted Terrorist? (Updated: Limited Confirmation From FBI) — TKS alerts me of an interesting comment posted here: … Name withheld (and I hope she used a pseudonym). — Later, after Purple Avenger provided the contact information for the Texas FBI, — she reported:
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Richard Miniter / New York Post:
A DEADLY KINDNESS — AT GITMO, PC RULES LET QAEDAS PLOT ON — RICHARD MINITER — ON the military plane back from America's most fa mous terrorist holding pen, the in-flight film was "V for Vendetta," a screed that tries to justify terrorism. It was a fitting end to a surreal, military-sponsored trip.
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum / Washington Post:
House Votes To Disclose Earmarks — The House voted yesterday to shed more light on narrow-interest tax and spending legislation called earmarks, an incremental step toward openness that ended the prospect for a more sweeping overhaul of federal lobbying laws this year.
Denis Horgan / Colin McEnroe:
Citizen Lanny — Lanny Davis is currently flogging a new book about how "Gotcha" politics are destroying America. This is mildly paradoxical because Davis is famous for exactly nothing else except his willingness in 1998 to be the publicity point man for Bill Clinton in the whole Lewinsky mess.
Examiner:
Yeas and Nays: Friday, Sept. 15 — WASHINGTON - Jeff DuFour and Patrick Gavin cover people, power and politics in the beltway each weekday. Email them at yan@dcexaminer.com . — Must be the beautiful blue eyes ... Covering the White House is not an easy beat.
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Obama Watch: Another Hint of '08 Intent? — After yesterday's post on Barack Obama's visit to Iowa this weekend, another tidbit of information came to The Fix's attention that will certainly fuel even more chatter that the Illinois senator is seriously pondering a 2008 presidential bid.
Austin Bay Blog:
Oil Prices — Two years ago -as oil prices began to rise- two friends of mine in the industry said to look for a dramatic climb in prices but "over the long term" (a decade? fifteen years?) look for oil to settle in a zone of $40 to $55 a barrel. When oil reached $70 a barrel I thought about that "zone."
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