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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.
New York Times:
Lawmaker Quits Over Messages Sent to Teenage Pages — Mark Foley's office in the Capitol was closed after he resigned. His office released a three-sentence statement. — In six terms representing a wealthy swath of southern Florida, Representative Mark Foley, a Republican …
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Unclaimed Territory
Greg Hilburn / thenewsstar.com:
Congressman resigns because of e-mail to Monroe teen
Congressman resigns because of e-mail to Monroe teen
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Crooks and Liars
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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NO QUARTER
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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 …
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 …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
White House Disputes Book's Account of Rifts on Iraq
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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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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MSNBC:
Baghdad under curfew over suspected plot — Man linked to Sunni leader suspected of planning bombings in Green Zone — BAGHDAD - Iraq imposed a total daylight curfew on Baghdad on Saturday, banning all movement, as U.S. forces said they had foiled a possible suicide plot to attack the city's sprawling …
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All Spin Zone
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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 …
Associated Press:
Police in India Say Pakistan's Spy Agency Planned Train Blasts — MUMBAI, India (AP) — 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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The Mahablog
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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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Macsmind