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Washington Times:
Resign, Mr. Speaker — The facts of the disgrace of Mark Foley, who was a Republican member of the House from a Florida district until he resigned last week, constitute a disgrace for every Republican member of Congress. Red flags emerged in late 2005, perhaps even earlier …
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Opinion Journal:
Paging Mr. Hastert — Could a gay Congressman be quarantined? — Florida Republican Mark Foley's sexually explicit emails to a Congressional page certainly warranted his resignation from the House, and they may well merit prosecution. But this being five weeks from an election …
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New York Times:
Pressure Grows for G.O.P. Over Foley Scandal — Speaker J. Dennis Hastert faced intensifying questions on Monday about why Republicans had not reacted more assertively to Representative Mark Foley's messages to a teenage page, as members of his party, fearing a political debacle, demanded a strong response.
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Washington Post:
After Foley, New Fears For the GOP — Some Say Party Could Lose House and Senate — Republican strategists said yesterday that public revulsion over the sexually graphic online conversations between Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) and former House pages could compound the party's problems enough …
Brian Ross Reports / The Blotter:
Warnings About Foley's Behavior Failed to Move Congress to Action — Brian Ross Reports: — Despite repeated warning signs going back at least five years, almost nothing was done in Congress to stop Foley's suspect behavior with pages. — Today, Republican leaders said they had no idea …
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Senator Bill Frist:
America will Never Negotiate with Terrorists or Support their Entry into Afghanistan's Government — I'm currently overseas visiting our troops in Afghanistan, but I wanted to take a moment to address an Associated Press story titled, "Frist: Taliban Should Be in Afghan Gov't."
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Jim Krane / Associated Press:
Frist: Taliban Should Be in Afghan Gov't — world-news, afghanistan, bill-frist, frist — QALAT, AFGHANISTAN — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Monday that the Afghan war against Taliban guerrillas can never be won militarily and urged support for efforts to bring …
Associated Press:
U.S. Senate majority leader calls for efforts to bring Taliban into Afghan government — QALAT, Afghanistan U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Monday that the Afghan guerrilla war can never be won militarily and called for efforts to bring the Taliban and their supporters into the Afghan government.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Lieberman says he has been promised seniority — Sen. Joe Lieberman, the longtime Democratic senator from Connecticut running for re-election as an independent, says the party leadership has assured him he would keep his seniority if he returns to Congress.
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Robert Novak / Chicago Sun Times:
Former President Clinton warns Dems to watch out for right-wing onslaught — More than just assailing the ABC and Fox networks, Bill Clinton is taking an unusually partisan stance for a former president with a fund-raising attack on the Republican ''right wing.''
New York Times:
C.I.A. Chief Warned Rice on Al Qaeda — President Bush, Condoleezza Rice and George J. Tenet met after the Sept. 11 attacks. An earlier meeting by Ms. Rice and Mr. Tenet, who have long had a contentious relationship, is now the subject of dispute. — A review of White House records …
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John / AMERICAblog:
BREAKING: Cong. Tom Reynolds' (R-NY) chief of staff tried to get ABC to cover-up evidence of Foley predatory sex chat — It's confirmed. Congressman Tom Reynolds' (R-NY) chief of staff, Kirk Fordham, tried to broker a secret deal last Friday to get ABC News to cover up the worst part …
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Pete Hegseth / Opinion Journal:
More Troops, Please — "Not losing" isn't the same as winning. — I've heard President Bush repeatedly state he will send more troops to Iraq if the commanders on the ground ask for them. I think, having returned home from Iraq two months ago, that there must be a breakdown in communication somewhere along the line.
theweeklystandard.com:
The Buck Starts Here — George W. Bush was never a fiscal conservative. — WHEN THE Washington Monthly recently asked seven conservatives to explain why they were rooting for GOP defeat this November, some of them complained about the Iraq war, some about the Bush administration's expansive view …
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