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WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN BLASTS SEN. BOXER'S EXCHANGE WITH SECRETARY RICE — Jan. 11: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice discusses U.S. policy in Iraq while testifying on Capitol Hill. — WASHINGTON — The White House fired back Friday at Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer's verbal slap …
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New York Post:
BOXER'S LOW BLOW — Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, an appalling scold from California, wasted no time yesterday in dragging the debate over Iraq about as low as it can go - attacking Secre tary of State Condoleezza Rice for being a childless woman. — Boxer was wholly in character for her party …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Boxer gets personal with Condi at Senate hearing; Update: "Great leap backward for feminism," says Snow — I don't recall the lack of fruit from Janet Reno's womb figuring heavily into scrutiny of Waco or l'affaire Elian, but that was a different time.
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:The President's power to attack Iran
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Democrats in Senate Fail to Block Bill on Ethics — After campaigning for months on a promise to tighten ethics rules, Senate Democratic leaders tried unsuccessfully Thursday to block a measure that would shine a light on the shadowy practice of earmarking federal money for lawmakers' pet projects.
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Kasie Hunt / Associated Press:
Clock ticking on Dems' 100-hour agenda — WASHINGTON - The clock is ticking for House Democrats, but it's hard to tell what time it is. — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record), D-Calif., was touting a plan to push six bills through a Democratic House in 100 hours or less as early as June of last year.
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Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
GOP hits Pelosi's 'hypocrisy' on wage bill — House Republicans yesterday declared "something fishy" about the major tuna company in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco district being exempted from the minimum-wage increase that Democrats approved this week.
Lara Setrakian / ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: DA in Duke Rape Case Asks to Be Taken off Case — After Weeks of Criticism, District Attorney Mike Nifong Asked to Be Recused — ABC News Law & Justice Unit — District Attorney Mike Nifong has requested that he have himself removed from prosecuting the Duke Lacrosse rape investigation, ABC News has learned.
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Washington Post:
Unveiled Threats — A Bush appointee's crude gambit on detainees' legal rights — MOST AMERICANS understand that legal representation for the accused is one of the core principles of the American way. Not, it seems, Cully Stimson, deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee affairs.
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Murray Waas / National Journal:
CIA Leak Probe: Inside The Grand Jury — Late in the morning of July 12, 2003, Vice President Dick Cheney stood atop a pier at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia awaiting the commissioning of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, a ship 20 stories high that took eight years to construct.
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Amir Taheri / New York Post:
HOW IRAQIS SEE W'S NEW PLAN — GREAT RELIEF - AND SOME CONCERNS — 'A SIGH of relief! So one resident of Haifa Street, in the heart of Baghdad's badlands, reacted to the new plan to secure the Iraqi capital with the help of thousands of additional American troops.
Jim Abrams / Associated Press:
Convicted lawmakers to lose pensions — WASHINGTON - Members of Congress convicted of serious crimes would lose their taxpayer-paid pensions, sometimes totaling more than $100,000 a year, under a measure unanimously approved by the Senate Friday. — The 87- vote to deprive lawbreaking lawmakers …
Sky News:
Leftist Group Claims Attack — A leftist group has reportedly claimed responsibility for a rocket attack on the US embassy in Athens. — The Greek government said it had received two calls claiming the guerrilla group Revolutionary Struggle was behind the attack.
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CBS News:
Read more about the CBS News poll '08 Contenders Weigh In — Bush, visiting with troops at Fort Benning, Ga., cautioned that the troop increase "is not going to yield immediate results. It's going to take a while." — The president's plan, outlined in a prime-time address to the nation on Wednesday …
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San Diego Union-Tribune:
Lam is asked to step down — Job performance said to be behind White House firing — The Bush administration has quietly asked San Diego U.S. Attorney Carol Lam, best known for her high-profile prosecutions of politicians and corporate executives, to resign her post, a law enforcement official said.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Fauxtography: DU blows the lid off Malkin photoshop! Update: Hook, line, and sinker at dKos — The flag's been photoshopped in!! The bottom of the stick isn't aligned with the top!! IT'S NOT A PHOTOGRAPH, IT'S A PAINTING!!! LMAO!!! — Two good reasons to believe it's real:
Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
Note from Flynt Leverett: Most Important Parts of Bush Speech About Iran — Not Iraq — I asked former CIA and Bush administration National Security Council senior official Flynt Leverett for a quick summary of his thoughts on President Bush's Address to the Nation.
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