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Rep. Foley Quits In Page Scandal — Six-term Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) resigned yesterday amid reports that he had sent sexually explicit e-mails to at least one underage male former page. — Foley, who was considered likely to win reelection this fall, said in a three-sentence letter of resignation …
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Roll Call:
Foley Interviewed About Page Last Year; Democrats Not Told — Ex-Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.), who resigned Friday after reports of his improper communications with a former male House page were made public, was interviewed about some of those contacts by the chairman of the House Page Board and the then-Clerk of the House last year.
Greg Hilburn / thenewsstar.com:Congressman resigns because of e-mail to Monroe teen
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:A Perspective On Democratic Outrage Over Mark Foley
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Michiko Kakutani / New York Times:
A Portrait of Bush as a Victim of His Own Certitude — In Bob Woodward's highly anticipated new book, "State of Denial," President Bush emerges as a passive, impatient, sophomoric and intellectually incurious leader, presiding over a grossly dysfunctional war cabinet and given …
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
White House Disputes Book's Report of Anti-Rumsfeld Moves — New revelations that White House aides tried twice in the past two years to persuade President Bush to fire Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld fueled a caustic election-season debate yesterday over the president's wartime leadership …
Bob Woodward / Washington Post:
STATE OF DENIAL — In May, President Bush spoke in Chicago and gave a characteristically upbeat forecast: "Years from now, people will look back on the formation of a unity government in Iraq as a decisive moment in the story of liberty, a moment when freedom gained a firm foothold …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:White House Disputes Book's Account of Rifts on Iraq
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The Moderate Voice
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
With Senate Vote, Congress Passes Border Fence Bill — The Senate gave final approval last night to legislation authorizing the construction of 700 miles of double-layered fencing on the U.S.-Mexico border, shelving President Bush's vision of a comprehensive overhaul of U.S. immigration laws in favor of a vast barrier.
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New York Times:
Senate Passes Bill on Building Border Fence — The Senate on Friday approved the building of 700 miles of fence along the nation's southwestern border, fulfilling a demand by conservative Republicans to take steps to slow the flow of illegal immigrants before exploring broader changes to immigration law.
Omar / IRAQ THE MODEL:
Fierce clashes in Baghdad; government imposes curfew. — About an hour ago local TV stations reported that the office of PM Maliki announced that a total curfew will be imposed in Baghdad from now until Sunday morning. — The curfew apparently came in response to an acute deterioration …
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Skip Navigation / clerk.house.gov:
Office of the Sixteenth Congressional District of Florida Formerly the Office of Representative Mark Foley — The Washington, D.C. office and the district offices of the Honorable Mark Foley will continue to serve the people of the Sixteenth Congressional District of Florida under the supervision …
Elaine Sciolino / New York Times:
Teacher in Hiding After Attack on Islam Stirs Threats — A French high school philosophy teacher and author who carried out a scathing attack against the Prophet Muhammad and Islam in a newspaper commentary says he has gone into hiding under police protection after receiving a series of death threats …
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Ramola Talwar Badam / Associated Press:
Indian police blame Pakistan in bombings — MUMBAI, India - The police officer leading the investigation into train bombings that killed more than 200 people in the Indian city of Mumbai in July accused Pakistan's spy agency on Saturday of masterminding the attack.
Lawrence Kudlow / Townhall.com:
Facts over Democrat fantasy — As the November elections draw near, the triumph of fact over Democratic-propelled fantasy is becoming all the more evident. On topics as diverse as national security, the economy and the legislative success of the Republican-controlled Congress …
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CNN:
Al Qaeda No. 2: Bush a liar, 'spiller of Muslim blood' — (CNN) — Calling President Bush "the murderer and spiller of Muslim blood," al Qaeda's top deputy released a videotape Friday accusing the U.S. president of being a "deceitful charlatan" who has lied to the American people.
Investor's Business Daily:
97 Reasons Democrats Are Weak On Defense And Can't Be Trusted To Govern In Wartime — Today's Democrats are nothing like Presidents Roosevelt, Truman and Kennedy, who with courage and decisive action kept on top of their jobs and aggressively confronted one national defense crisis after another.
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Rick Hasen / Election Law:
THE REP. MARK FOLEY REPLACEMENT AND THE ELECTION LAW ISSUES — Given the news that Rep. Foley has unexpectedly resigned from Congress and withdrawn from his race for reelection, the question of whether he can be replaced as a candidate is one governed by state law, in this case, Florida.
Ari Berman / The Nation:
Big $$ for Progressive Politics — On December 13, 2004, a month after the re-election of George W. Bush, twenty-five of the wealthiest donors in the progressive community gathered at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington for an important strategy session. The group had collectively poured hundreds …
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