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• Bush, GOP rebels reach tribunal deal — President urges Congress to pass bill on interrogating terror suspects — WASHINGTON - The White House and rebellious Senate Republicans announced agreement Thursday on rules for the interrogation and trial of suspects in the war on terror.
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Brian Knowlton / New York Times:
Agreement Is Reached on Detainee Bill — Three Republican senators said this afternoon that they had reached an agreement with the Bush administration on legislation to clarify which interrogation techniques can be used against terror suspects and to establish trial procedures for those in military custody.
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Punked — The "compromise" will, as I predicted, allow the "tough interrogations" by amending the war crimes act. And they will reportedly create a new JAG office to review classified information and determine if terrorist suspects can see it if it's being used against them in a trial.
Marty Lederman / Balkinization:
Senators Snatch Defeat From Jaws of Victory: U.S. to be First Nation to Authorize Violations of Geneva — I hope that that headline is a gross exaggeration, but based on a few quick seconds purusing the "compromise," I'm afraid it's not. [The Administration appears to agree.
Anne Plummer Flaherty / Associated Press:
Bush, GOP Rebels Agree on Detainee Bill — WASHINGTON — The White House and rebellious Senate Republicans announced agreement Thursday on rules for the interrogation and trial of suspects in the war on terror. President Bush urged Congress to put it into law before adjourning for the midterm elections.
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Deal Reached On Terror Interrogations
Deal Reached On Terror Interrogations
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The Democratic Daily
Reuters:
Leading Bush critic at home calls Chavez a "thug" — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of President George W. Bush's fiercest political opponents at home took his side on Thursday, calling Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez a "thug" for his remark that Bush is like the devil.
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CNN:
Democrats warn Chavez: Don't bash Bush — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Two of President Bush's staunchest domestic critics leapt to his defense Thursday, a day after one of his fiercest foreign foes called him "the devil" in a scorching speech before the United Nations.
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Emile Milne / house.gov:
CONG. RANGEL CONDEMNS CHAVEZ'S ATTACK ON BUSH — WASHINGTON - I want to express my extreme displeasure with statements by the President of Venezuela attacking U.S. President George Bush in such a personal and disparaging way during his remarks at the United Nations General Assembly.
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Darwin Danielson / radioiowa.com:
Harkin defends Venezuelan President's U-N speech against Bush — Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, a democrat, today defended Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's United Nations speech in which Chavez called President George Bush the devil. Harkin said the comments were "incendiary", then went on to say …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Rangel warns Chavez not to attack "my president"; Update …
Video: Rangel warns Chavez not to attack "my president"; Update …
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
BEDFELLOWS — We haven't commented on Hugo Chavez's bizarre speech …
BEDFELLOWS — We haven't commented on Hugo Chavez's bizarre speech …
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Agence France Presse
Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
PICTURE IDs....Stephen Bainbridge is unhappy over Democratic opposition to voter ID requirements: … But guess what? Outside of Westwood lots of people don't do these things! And they overwhelmingly tend to be poor, non-white, elderly, and disabled. It's funny that a Republican-backed bill …
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TAPPED
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Matthew Yglesias:
Mahmoun's Style — I keep talking about this with people in real life, but it deserves a blog mention as well — Mahmoun Ahmadinejad has a pretty sweet hipster style. It all starts with a beard not unlike the one I and many of my twentysomething male friends sport. But it goes deeper.
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Little Green Footballs:
Fauxtography at the United Nations — Salam Daher, also known as "Green Helmet Guy," the corpse-posing ghoul from Qana photographed by discredited Reuters propagandist Adnan Hajj, makes it to the podium of the UN General Assembly via Hizballah's poodle, Emile Lahoud: … UPDATE at 9/21/06 11:05:53 am:
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Asif Shahzad / Associated Press:
Pakistani clerics demand pope's removal — LAHORE, Pakistan - About 1,000 Muslim clerics and religious scholars meeting Thursday in eastern Pakistan demanded the removal of Pope Benedict XVI for making what they called "insulting remarks" against Islam. — Benedict "should be removed …
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Reuel Marc Gerecht / Opinion Journal:
The Pope's Divisions — Benedict XVI promotes "interfaith" dialogue.
The Pope's Divisions — Benedict XVI promotes "interfaith" dialogue.
Declan Butler / Nature:
Lawyers call for science to clear AIDS nurses in Libya — Lawyers defending six medical workers who risk execution by firing squad in Libya have called for the international scientific community to support a bid to prove the medics' innocence. The six are charged with deliberately infecting …
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Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss / Reuters:
U.S. threatened to bomb Pakistan after 9/1: Musharraf — NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan said that after the September 11 attacks the United States threatened to bomb his country if it did not cooperate with America's campaign against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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Jacob Weisberg / Slate:
May the Best Man Lose — SHOULD ANYONE WANT TO WIN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION? — With the 2006 midterm elections less than two months away, a growing number of Republicans are desperately hoping that their party will ... get its head handed back on a plate. The fashionable conservative theory …
Ronald Brownstein / Los Angeles Times:
Bush and GOP Making Gains Among Voters — The turnaround is a sign that the election battle in November could be fierce. But history shows Democrats remain poised to claim seats. — WASHINGTON — President Bush's approval rating has reached its highest level since January …
Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press:
Judge Hands Libby Defense Initial Win — WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge handed a victory to the defense Thursday in the Valerie Plame case, siding with Vice President Dick Cheney's indicted former chief of staff in a fight over release of classified information.
Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
HUD staff told to favor allies — Exclusive: Inquiry finds no proof aides heeded Jackson's urgings — WASHINGTON - Housing Secretary Alphonso Jackson urged top aides to take contractors' politics into account when handing out grants and deals, an internal department review has found …
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Amends Remark on Torture Case — In an embarrassing turnabout, the Department of Justice backed away Wednesday from a denial by Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales of responsibility for the treatment of a Canadian who was seized by American authorities in 2002.
Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
Bush vs. Reality — On the dominant issue of our time, the president is in denial. — By most reliable accounts, three and a half years into the U.S. occupation, Iraq is in chaos — if not in a state of civil war, then awfully close. But President Bush insists it's not so.