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President Hugo Chavez Delivers Remarks at the U.N. General Assembly — SPEAKER: HUGO CHAVEZ, PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA — CHAVEZ (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): ... over our heads. I had considered reading from this book, but for the sake of time, I shall just leave it as a recommendation. It reads easily.
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CNN:
Bush would send troops inside Pakistan to catch bin Laden — NEW YORK (CNN) — President Bush said Wednesday he would order U.S. forces to go after Osama bin Laden inside Pakistan if he received good intelligence on the fugitive al Qaeda leader's location. — "Absolutely," Bush said.
Colum Lynch / Washington Post:
Venezuelan Leader Demonizes Bush — Chavez Calls President a Racist 'Devil' — President Hugo Chavez, the combative Venezuelan leader, denounced President Bush in a U.N. speech Wednesday as a racist, imperialist "devil" who has devoted six years in office to military aggression and the oppression of the world's poorest people.
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Helene Cooper / New York Times:Iran Who? Venezuela Takes the Lead in a Battle of Anti-U.S. Sound Bites
New York Times:
Poll Finds Most Americans Displeased With Congress — With the midterm elections less than seven weeks away, Americans have an overwhelmingly negative view of the Republican-controlled Congress, with substantial majorities saying that they disapprove of the job it is doing and that its members …
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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Allen's Mother Revealed Jewish Heritage to Him Last Month — Henrietta "Etty" Allen said Wednesday that she concealed her upbringing as a Jew in North Africa from her children, including Sen. George Allen (R-Va.), until a conversation across the dining room table in late August.
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Ideals and Realities Clash In Bush 'Freedom Agenda' — At the United Nations lectern this week, President Bush hailed the spread of democracy. "From Beirut to Baghdad," he said, "people are making the choice for freedom." Yet even as he spoke, tanks were rolling through the streets …
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Thomas Fuller / New York Times:
Leader of Coup in Thailand Sets Timetable — Thailand will probably not restore democracy for at least a year, Gen. Sondhi Boonyaratkalin, the commander who seized power in a bloodless coup, announced today. — Speaking to reporters for the first time since tanks and troops under …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Bombshell: ABC independently confirms success of CIA "torture" tactics — Ace e-mailed me the instant this finished airing on O'Reilly with the subject header "must record". He was right, as you'll see. — Anti-"torture" absolutists like Sullivan adamantly deny that harsh tactics produce reliable information.
Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Klobuchar aide loses job for viewing leaked Kennedy ad — Communications director was asked to resign after watching an unreleased Kennedy ad on the Web. — A high-level staffer on Amy Klobuchar's U.S. Senate campaign has lost her job and the DFLer's race against Republican Mark Kennedy …
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David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Independence Days — American politics reached a critical turn last week. The revolt of several Republican senators against President Bush's insistence on a free hand in treating terrorist detainees signaled the emergence of an independent force in elections and government.
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
U.S. Policy on Iran Evolves Toward Diplomacy — Before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, U.S. officials confidently predicted that the toppling of Saddam Hussein would lead to renewed momentum on the Israeli-Palestinian peace track. "The road to Jerusalem leads through Baghdad" was a common refrain.
Martin Kady II / CQ.com:
Senate GOP Flock Wanders as Election Nears — Tuesdays in the Senate are normally reserved for catered "policy lunches" aimed at getting the party on message for the week. But things are far from normal in the Senate these days. — Republicans circulated in and out of this week's luncheon …
Ryan J. Donmoyer / Bloomberg:
Rangel Vows Bipartisanship, Action on Trade as House Panel Head — Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) — Democratic Representative Charles Rangel vowed to reach out to Republicans if his party wins control of the House in November, while acknowledging that they may find his plans for changing tax policy unpalatable.
Edmund L. Andrews / New York Times:
Suits Say U.S. Impeded Audits for Oil Leases — Four government auditors who monitor leases for oil and gas on federal property say the Interior Department suppressed their efforts to recover millions of dollars from companies they said were cheating the government.
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The Rightroots 15 Day Challenge: Success! — When we started the whole 15 day challenge, I figured it wouldn't be all that hard to pull in a 100 contributions for each of our 21 candidates. However, we got off to a really slow start and something that normally is a big positive …
Jamie Holly / Crooks and Liars:
Keith Olbermann and Jane Hamsher Discuss Politics and Blogs — Keith had Jane from Firedoglake on tonight to talk about the meeting last week with Bill Clinton and progressive bloggers, as well as Hillary's possible 2008 run. — Video -WMV Video - QT — It is good to see Bill Clinton …
Washington Post:
Ehrlich Wants Paper Ballots For Nov. Vote — State Election Chief Says Staff Toiling to Fix Electronic Glitches — A week after the primary election was plagued by human error and technical glitches, Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) called yesterday for the state to scrap …
Nature:
Libya's travesty — Six medical workers in Libya face execution. It is not too late for scientists to speak up on their behalf. — Imagine that five American nurses and a British doctor have been detained and tortured in a Libyan prison since 1999, and that a Libyan prosecutor called …
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The Next Hurrah
FactCheck.org:
False Claims About Body Armor — A new group falsely accuses Republicans of voting against body armor for troops. Both sides have misled the public about this issue. — Summary — A new ad claims Republican Sen. George Allen of Virginia "voted against giving our troops" modern body armor.
Brian Micklethwait / Samizdata.net:
Carey defends the Pope — I was all set to concoct a posting called something like "Why I am not a Christian - reason number seventeen" ho ho, about how you can't expect much in the way of a robust defence of Civilisation against Islamic barbarism from people whose basic belief about their enemies …
Larry Lipman / Palm Beach Post:
Harris to stump with president afterall — WASHINGTON — On Tuesday morning, it looked like U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris was going to miss Thursday's rally in Orlando with President Bush and Republican gubernatorial nominee Charlie Crist. — Harris' schedule showed her participating in votes …
New York Observer:
Times Draws Ragged Line Between Fact and Opinion — The New York Times has a rule about presenting opinions in its news columns: Henceforth, they must all conform to the left. — this morning, if you're reading a brand-new copy of The Observer—The Times has instituted a sweeping but subtle redesign …
New York Times:
Rules for the Real World — The White House has been acting lately as though the struggle over the proper way to handle prisoners is a debate about how tough to get with Osama bin Laden if he's ever actually caught. This week, we've had two powerful reminders of the real issue …
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