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Warner's Statement: "I Have Decided Not To Run For President" — Nine months ago, I left the office of Governor in Virginia. I was immensely proud of what we had accomplished. We faced historic challenges and got real results. — Upon leaving office, I committed all my time and energy …
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Bob Lewis / Associated Press:
No '08 White House run for ex-Va. leader — RICHMOND, Va. - Democrat Mark R. Warner, the former governor of Virginia, has decided not to run for president in 2008, fearing the impact of a drawn-out campaign on his family. "I want to have a real life," he said.
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Breaking: Warner May Not Run In '08 — Ex-VA Gov. Mark Warner plans to make a major announcement today about his 2008 presidential bid, three Virginia Democratic sources said. According to two Virginia Democrats who have been formally briefed, Warner is expected to say that he has decided not to run for president in 2008.
Bill Gertz / Washington Times:
Intelligence failure cited in Korean crisis — Recent U.S. intelligence analyses of North Korea's nuclear and missile programs were flawed and the lack of clarity on the issue hampered U.S. diplomatic efforts to avert the underground blast detected Sunday, according to Bush administration officials.
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:Bush Faults Clinton Policy, But the Debate is Complex
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New York Times:
Political Climate Warms to Lieberman's Favor — Two months after a tumultuous Senate primary that was hailed as a watershed moment in American politics, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut appears to be comfortably ahead of his challenger Ned Lamont in their general election rematch.
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Hartford Courant:
Lieberman Says Angrily: `It Is A Lie' — Lashing Out At Lamont, He Rejects A Black Leader's Charge Of Misrepresenting 1960s Civil Rights Work — Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman angrily disputed a black leader's unsubstantiated accusation Wednesday that Lieberman lied about his civil rights work in Mississippi 43 years ago.
Jonathan Larsen / MSNBC:
Exclusive: Book says Bush just using Christians — 'Tempting Faith' author David Kuo worked for Bush from 2001 to 2003 — More than five years after President Bush created the Office of Faith-Based Initiatives, the former second-in-command of that office is going public with an insider's tell …
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Olbermann Exclusive: Dissecting new Book: Tempting Faith — According to Kuo, Karl Rove's office referred to evangelical leaders as 'the nuts.' — Tonight on Countdown-David Kuo, who was the number two guy at the Office of Faith Based initiatives in the White House writes a scathing account …
Washington Post:
Reform Run Amok — A MAJOR piece of the United Nations reform promised by Secretary General Kofi Annan was a new Human Rights Council. The idea was to replace the Commission on Human Rights, which had been hijacked by rogue states such as Libya and Sudan, with a body that could refocus attention …
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The New Republic:
HOW ROVE TWISTED FOLEY'S ARM: — It seems increasingly clear that the GOP congressional leadership, eager for every safe incumbent in the House to run for re-election, looked the other way as evidence accumulated that Mark Foley had a thing for pages. Holding onto his seat became more important …
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Hastert Aides Interest Ethics Panel — Staff Members' Knowledge of Foley's Actions With Former Pages in Question — With House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert denying personal knowledge of former representative Mark Foley's activities, investigators for the House ethics committee are bearing …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Reid Offers To Disclose His Land Deal ... Five Years Late — Harry Reid, stung by the AP's exposure of his complicated land deals with a lobbyist he helped make rich through his personal interventions in Congress, has told the Senate Ethics Committee that he will file amended disclosure statements …
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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:AP's Reid Story Doesn't Add Up
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David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Will Voters Pull the Trigger? — The old theater adage demands that if you show a pistol in Act 1, you'd better fire the gun in Act 3. That same wisdom applies to politics. — The voters have been pointing a symbolic gun at the Republican regime in Washington for many months now.
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Tony Snow Knows How to Work More Than One Room — It's Gloves Off (and Pass the Hat) for Bush Spokesman — On the morning of Oct. 2, Tony Snow did six back-to-back television interviews from the White House lawn, and one phrase came back to haunt him. — While criticizing Mark Foley …
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NUREMBERG-STYLE TRIALS PROPOSED FOR GLOBAL WARMING SKEPTICS — CONTACT: MARC MORANO ( marc_morano@epw.senate.gov ), MATT DEMPSEY ( matthew_dempsey@epw.senate.gov ) — A U.S. based environmental magazine that both former Vice President Al Gore (http://gristmill.grist.org/print/ 2006/9/19/11408/1106? …
Jason D. O'Grady / The Apple Core:
Muslims offended by 5th Avenue Apple store — A Middle East research organization reports that Apple's flagship retail store on 5th Avenue in midtown Manhattan (between 58th and 59th) is offensive to Muslims. The report cites an Islamic Web site urging Muslims to spread the word in hope that …
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