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9:45 PM ET, September 26, 2006

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White House:
President Bush Welcomes President Karzai of Afghanistan to the White House  —  PRESIDENT BUSH: Thank you.  Please be seated.  It's my honor to welcome President Karzai back to the White House.  Mr. President, Laura and I fondly remember your gracious hospitality when we met you in your capital.
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MSNBC:
President says NIE leak was political, denies Iraq has worsened terrorism  —  WASHINGTON - President Bush on Tuesday announced that he will declassify parts of the National Intelligence Estimate, which reportedly concluded that the war with Iraq has worsened terrorism.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Karzai responds to reporter's question about terrorism; Update: Reporter was left-wing shill Jennifer Loven  —  We've gotten four or five requests for this since it aired this morning.  It's not so much what he says as how he says it: the long pauses, the look of utter incredulity …
Brian Knowlton / New York Times:
Bush Makes Public Parts of Report on Terrorism  —  The Bush administration released late this afternoon declassified parts of a major intelligence report stating that intelligence agencies found the Iraq war had become a "cause célèbre" for Islamic militants …
Bill Brubaker / Washington Post:
Bush to Declassify Parts of Intelligence Assessment on Iraq
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Bloggers gather at White House for pork bill signing; Update: Video added; Update: Ace spotted; Update: Mary K spotted  —  I was taping three different cable news networks at 9:45 this morning in hopes that they might look in briefly on this moronic event, and that within that shot …
Discussion: Porkbusters
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White House:
President Bush Signs Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act  —  Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building  —  Fact Sheet: Achieving Greater Transparency and Accountability in Government  —  THE PRESIDENT: Please be seated — except for you all.  (Laughter.)  Welcome.
Discussion: Right Wing News
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
ATTENDED THE BILL SIGNING for S. 2590, the "Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act," and then a followup meeting with Clay Johnson, Deputy Director of OMB, about implementation.  —  I'll have a full report later, but what struck me at the signing was the fully bipartisan nature …
Will / Attytood:
Why I'm mad: An open letter to David Broder from a fellow journalist  —  This is an open letter that I am sending today to columnist David Broder of the Washington Post, the so-called "dean of American journalism."  I am hoping that others will read it, because it touches on many of the important issues …
Discussion: Suburban Guerrilla
Laura Sessions Stepp / Washington Post:
Syndicate Says 'Boondocks' May Not Return  —  Cartoonist Hasn't Answered Pleas to Resume Comic Strip  —  It's over for "The Boondocks" comic strip, at least for now.  After six years — a remarkably short run for a strip that found its way into 300-plus newspapers, including The Washington Post …
Matthew Yglesias / American Prospect:
Rogue State  —  Lawbreaker and torturer — that's America, loud and proud.  —  "The United States is committed to the world-wide elimination of torture," George W. Bush explained in a June 2003 speech, "and we are leading this fight by example."  Oh, the irony!
Bob Cusack / The Hill:
Anxious Dems eye power of the purse on Iraq  —  Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) will chair the powerful Ways and Means Committee if Democrats win control of the House next year, but his main goal in 2007 does not fall within his panel's jurisdiction.  —  "I can't stop this war," …
Kim Sengupta / Independent:
The woman who defied the Taliban, and paid with her life  —  Women's rights campaigner in Afghanistan shot dead  —  One in two Afghan women a victim of violence  —  Suicide on the rise as Taliban's power increases  —  Safia Amajan promoted women's education and work …
Adam Schrager / KUSA-TV:
Perlmutter surges ahead in 7th CD Poll  —  KUSA - Democrat Ed Perlmutter has surged to a 17-point lead over Republican Rick O'Donnell in a new 9NEWS poll conducted by Survey USA in the race to represent Colorado's 7th Congressional District.  —  A Survey USA poll conducted last month …
Discussion: MyDD and TIME
Randolph E. Schmid / Associated Press:
White House said to bar hurricane report  —  WASHINGTON - The Bush administration has blocked release of a report that suggests global warming is contributing to the frequency and strength of hurricanes, the journal Nature reported Tuesday.  —  The possibility that warming conditions …
 
 
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Gerald Prante / taxfoundation.org:
Summary of Latest Federal Individual Income Tax Data
The Raw Story:
US declassifies small portion of controversial security report
Discussion: NewsHog and The Next Hurrah
BBC:
Religious fears force off opera
Times of London:
How we found Pearl buried in ten pieces
NY Daily News:
Fox News' war zone is the D.C. bureau
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Pushback: NRO questions Sabato's racism charges against Allen
Atrios / Eschaton:
Faithful Democrats  —  I'm not religious, and it is generally bad form …
John McIntyre / Real Clear Politics:
Where is Election 2006 Headed?
Discussion: TIME, TAPPED and Ezra Klein
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Dan / Daniel W. Drezner:
SO WHAT'S OUR IRAN POLICY RIGHT NOW?
Paul Hughes / Waterbury Republican American:
Lieberman presents proposals on continuing warfare in Iraq
Discussion: Sirotablog
Justin Rood / TPMmuckraker:
Dems: We Won't Let GOP "Paint Us Into a Corner" On Torture, Wiretapping
Talking Points Memo:
A little background on NIEs.
Roger Scruton / Opinion Journal:
Who Is Noam Chomsky?  —  Someone who should have stuck to syntax.
Discussion: The Remedy
BBC:
US loses top competitiveness spot
Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
BIG NEWS: John Bolton Confirmation Battle Really, Really Dead
Discussion: Firedoglake and Booman Tribune
epw.senate.gov:
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