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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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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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Annie Karni / New York Sun:
Thousands of Israel Supporters Rally for Release of Kidnapped Soldiers — As world leaders convened for the second day of the United Nations General Assembly, tens of thousands of supporters of Israel gathered across the street from United Nations headquarters to protest President Ahmadinejad …
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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:
CNN:
Chavez: Bush 'devil;' U.S. 'on the way down' … UNITED NATIONS (CNN) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez tore into his U.S. counterpart and his U.N. hosts Wednesday, likening President Bush to the devil and telling the General Assembly that its system is "worthless."
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.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:Video: Rangel warns Chavez not to attack "my president"; Update …
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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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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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Randall Mikkelsen / Reuters:
Bill Clinton warns against wide torture approval — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton joined a chorus of critics of Bush administration proposals for treating suspected terrorists, saying it would be unnecessary and wrong to give broad approval to torture.
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Guy Dinmore / Financial Times:CIA 'refused to operate' secret jails
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New York Times:
Keep Away the Vote — One of the cornerstones of the Republican Party's strategy for winning elections these days is voter suppression, intentionally putting up barriers between eligible voters and the ballot box. The House of Representatives took a shameful step in this direction yesterday …
RADAR:
BILL O'REILLY'S DEATH WISH — Bill O'Reilly may be the most fervent flag waver on cable—a patriot who believes in torturing terrorists and profiling all Muslims. But is that enough to get him targeted by Al Qaeda? — The loofah-loving Fox News host is raising plenty of eyebrows around …
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.
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 …
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.
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
The NY Times, Keeping Hope Alive — The NY Times headlines great news for the Democrats! … Dead Tree readers of a liberal persuasion get even more encouragement in this version, (sub heds not on-line): … The Democrats are going to party like its 1994! Adam Nagourney and Janet Elder return to this in the second paragraph:
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 …
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Iran's Leader Relishes 2nd Chance to Make Waves — When President Bush and his advisers decided to allow President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran into the country to address the United Nations, their strategy was simple: containment. — There would be no visits to other cities …
Think Progress:
Matthews: 'I Have Been...Against This Bulls**t War From The Beginning' — This morning on Imus, MSNBC's Chris Matthews blasted the media for not covering the Iraq war. Matthews said that while people are still fighting and dying the Iraq, war "has been taken off television, and Bush must love it."
Ben Evans / ledger-enquirer.com:
Ga. Republican says he supports "methods necessary" for detainees — WASHINGTON - Georgia congressman Lynn Westmoreland backed away from comments he made suggesting that he supports torturing terrorism suspects, but said intelligence agencies should be given latitude to use "the methods necessary" to get information from detainees.
George Weigel / Los Angeles Times:
The Pope Was Right — In his controversial speech last week, Benedict set forth a bold agenda for the civilized world. — IN A BRILLIANT lecture at the University of Regensburg last week, Pope Benedict XVI made three crucial points that are now in danger of being lost in the polemics …
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.
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.
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