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Peter Spiegel / Los Angeles Times:
Army Warns Rumsfeld It's Billions Short — An extraordinary action by the chief of staff sends a message: The Pentagon must increase the budget or reduce commitments in Iraq and elsewhere. — WASHINGTON — The Army's top officer withheld a required 2008 budget plan from Pentagon leaders …
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David S. Cloud / New York Times:
Unit Makes Do as Army Strives to Plug Gaps — FORT STEWART, Ga. — The pressures that the conflict in Iraq is putting on the Army are apparent amid the towering pine trees of southeast Georgia, where the Third Infantry Division is preparing for the likelihood that it will go back to Iraq for a third tour.
Robert Burns / Associated Press:
U.S. Army extends Iraq duty for 4,000 — WASHINGTON - In a new sign of mounting strain from the war in Iraq, the Army has extended the combat tours of about 4,000 soldiers who would otherwise be returning home, defense officials said Monday. — The 1st Brigade of 1st Armored Division …
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Dave Collins / Associated Press:
Lieberman Attacks Lamont's Iraq Plans — EAST HAMPTON, Conn. — Sen. Joe Lieberman argued on Monday that anti-war rival Ned Lamont's call for a troop withdrawal timeline in Iraq is "doomed to fail" and could leave the U.S. more vulnerable to terrorism. — "The clear choice before Connecticut's voters …
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Mark Pazniokas / Hartford Courant:
Iraq Report Rattles Races — Twist Hits Lieberman Before Speech On War — A conclusion by American intelligence agencies that the U.S. invasion of Iraq spawned a new generation of Islamic radicalism threw Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman a curve on the eve of a major campaign speech he intends to deliver today on the war.
Michael Rule / NewsBusters.org:
Harry Smith Taken Aback as CBS Analyst Blames Clinton for bin Laden Failures — Despite Bill Clinton's angry protestations, the bulk of the blame for America's failure to catch or kill Osama bin Laden lies squarely on the Clinton administration, at least according to terrorism analyst Michael Scheuer.
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Why Clinton "Lost His Temper" — The former president knew what he was doing. — LET'S DO A THOUGHT experiment: Perhaps Bill Clinton, an experienced and sophisticated politician, knew what he was doing when he made big news by "losing his temper" in his interview with Chris Wallace.
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:Chris Wallace, Caught Off Balance?
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Jon Henke / The Allen Blog:
Webb's Dirty Tricksters: Salon — Sadly, the Webb campaign is continuing their attempt to make this Virginia Senate race about lies and rumor-mongering, rather than about issues. In Salon today, an anti-tobacco and environmental activist claims Senator Allen "used "N-word" in college".
Agence France Presse:
Iraqi president asks for long-term US military presence in Iraq — Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, in an interview, asked for a long-term US military presence in Iraq, saying his country will need two permanent US air bases to deter "foreign interference." — "I think we will be in need …
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Martha Raffaele / Associated Press:
Pa. judge to drop candidate from ballot — HARRISBURG, Pa. - A judge on Monday said he would remove the Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate from the November ballot because the party did not have enough valid signatures in its nominating petitions. — Carl Romanelli's candidacy had been challenged by state Democrats.
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Times of London:
Women's rights campaigner shot dead in Afghanistan — A senior women's affairs official who has criticised the Taleban's treatment of women was shot dead outside her home in southern Afghanistan today. — Safia Ama Jan was getting into a car outside her house in the city of Kandahar when two gunmen on motorcycles opened fire.
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Christian Conservatives Look to Re-energize Base — Openly anxious about grass-roots disaffection from the Republican Party, conservative Christian organizers are reaching for ways to turn out voters this November, including arguing that recognizing same-sex marriage could also limit religious freedom.
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Brian M. Riedl / Heritage Foundation:
Still Spending: Senate Set to Bust Budget Caps by $32 Billion — WebMemo #1222 — Federal spending in 2006 is set to rise 9 percent, the largest increase since 1990 and enough to earn Congress near failing grades from the Heritage Foundation's third quarter report card.
Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:
U.S. to allow some liquids on airliners — WASHINGTON - The government is partially lifting its ban against carrying liquids and gels onto airliners, as long as they are purchased from secure airport stores, and will also permit small, travel-size toiletries brought from home, officials said Monday.
William Glaberson / New York Times:
In Tiny Courts of New York, Abuses of Law and Power — Some of the courtrooms are not even courtrooms: tiny offices or basement rooms without a judge's bench or jury box. Sometimes the public is not admitted, witnesses are not sworn to tell the truth, and there is no word-for-word record of the proceedings.
BBC:
Senior militant 'killed in Iraq' — British forces have killed a senior al-Qaeda fugitive in a raid on a house in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, security sources say. — Officials named the dead man as Omar Farouq, a top lieutenant of Osama Bin Laden in south-east Asia.
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Who wanted to "cut and run" from Somalia? — My post this morning on Salon concerns the accusation voiced this weekend by Chris Wallace in his Fox News interview with President Clinton (a favorite accusation of neoconservatives) that Clinton "emboldened" Al Qaeda when he withdrew American troops …
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John O'Neil / New York Times:
Senate Panel Debates Detainee Bill — Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee sought to slow down the effort by President Bush and Congressional leaders to speed the passage of legislation on the treatment of terror suspects. — Senator Arlen Specter …
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The Raw Story:
GOP aide busted for fake blog posts on liberal sites — Liberal bloggers have uncovered a staff member to Rep. Charles Bass (R-NH) using government computers to make fake posts on liberal blogs in New Hampshire, today's ROLL CALL reports. — Heard on The Hill columnist Mary Ann Akers …
Isaac Schrödinger:
Fear and Loathing in The Land of the Pure — I am a refugee claimant in Canada. This essay goes in great detail about why I am asking for asylum in the West. — Thank you to those who contributed the numerous sources. I hope that, at the very least, the Immigration and Refugee Board …
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POLITICS: How Wrong Was Josh Marshall? — Plenty Wrong. — Now that it has been revealed that the main source for Bob Novak's column "outing" Valerie Plame Wilson as a CIA employee was Richard Armitage, Colin Powell's right-hand man at the State Department and (like Novak) no fan of the Iraq War …
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