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Mike Allen / Time:
Exclusive: Bush Picks a Replacement for Harriet Miers — In a signal that he could be open to working more closely with congressional Democrats rather than stonewalling, President Bush plans to name the widely respected Republican lawyer Fred F. Fielding as White House counsel this week, party sources tell TIME.
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Hope Yen / Associated Press:
Bush to announce Iraq plan on Wednesday — WASHINGTON - President Bush will address the nation at 9 p.m. EST Wednesday about his new approach for the war in Iraq, the White House said. Bush is expected to announce an increase of up to 20,000 additional U.S. troops.
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Democrats Revise Agenda To Deal With War in Iraq — With Bush to Announce New Plan, Domestic Policy No Longer Primary Focus — Democratic leaders who had hoped to emphasize their domestic agenda in the opening weeks of Congress have concluded that Iraq will share top billing …
Yitzhak Nakash / Los Angeles Times:
If U.S. drops the ball, Iraq shatters — The U.S. must bring all Iraqis to the negotiating table while maintaining support for a Shiite-led government. — MORE THAN a year after the December 2005 Iraqi parliamentary elections, which resulted in the appointment of a four-year Shiite-led government in Iraq …
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Robert Collier / San Francisco Chronicle:
Talks with radicals called key to ending violence — U.S. must negotiate with insurgents and militias, experts say — As President Bush prepares this week to announce a new plan for the war in Iraq, doubts are growing in Baghdad and among some international analysts over whether U.S. attempts …
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Juan / Informed Comment:
Sunnis in Parliament Criticize al-Maliki's Security Plan
Sunnis in Parliament Criticize al-Maliki's Security Plan
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wnbc.com:
Gas Smelled Over Large Area Of Manhattan — NEW YORK — People over a large part of New York City are smelling a gas, but no cause has been identified. — Numerous people have called 911 concerned about the odor. Con Edison, the Fire Department and the U.S. Coast Guard are investigating.
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Fox News:
BOMB SQUAD DETONATES SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE AT PORT OF MIAMI — MIAMI — A suspicious device was found Monday at the Port of Miami, and later detonated, according to officials. — Officials later gave the "all clear" sign for the area. — A spokesman for the Miami-Dade Police …
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David Carr / New York Times:
Slimmer Time in the Age of the Internet — Richard Stengel, the managing editor of Time, took his wife and kids out to dinner Friday night. — As historic moments go, not a big deal, but it does reflect a seismic change. Time magazine, which has been coming out every Monday for over 36 years, hit the streets on Friday instead.
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Glenn Greenwald / Crooks and Liars:
Pajamas Media and "major embarrassment" — connect the dots — (1) Michael Ledeen of the American Enterprise Institute (and a Contributing Editor of National Review), on his Pajamas Media blog last Thursday: "BREAKING NEWS -Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader, is dead."
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Edmund L. Andrews / New York Times:
Tax Cuts Offer Most for Very Rich, Study Says — Families earning more than $1 million a year saw their federal tax rates drop more sharply than any group in the country as a result of President Bush's tax cuts, according to a new Congressional study. — The study, by the nonpartisan …
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
ATTENTION: War supporters - your country needs you — (updated below - updated again) — One of the two principal architects of the "surge" strategy about to be adopted by the President is Frederick Kagan of the American Enterprise Institute. He recently appeared at an AEI event …
Wesley K. Clark / Washington Post:
The Smart Surge: Diplomacy — The odds are that this week President Bush will announce a "surge" of up to 20,000 additional U.S. troops into Iraq. Will this deliver a "win"? Probably not. But it will distract us from facing the deep-seated regional issues that must be resolved.
Judd / Think Progress:
VIDEO FLASHBACK: Bush Says Sending More Troops To Iraq Would 'Undermine Our Strategy' — On Wednesday night, President Bush is expected to announce plans to escalate the war in Iraq by sending more U.S. troops. On June 28, 2005 — just 18 months ago — Bush said that sending more troops to Iraq would …
Morris B. Hoffman / New York Times:
Free-Market Justice — SIXTEEN years as a state trial judge have left me with a deep respect for the professionalism and competence of the public defenders who handle felony cases for indigent criminal defendants in my courtroom. In fact, I've told friends, only half-jokingly …
Peter Brown / Real Clear Politics:
Poll: Critique of Wal-Mart is a Political Loser — Democratic presidential candidates who attack Wal-Mart due to concerns about the ill effects of globalization, the firm's business practices and its pay for workers are hurting their own election prospects.