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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
In Ex-Aide's Testimony, A Spin Through VP's PR — Memo to Tim Russert: Dick Cheney thinks he controls you. — This delicious morsel about the "Meet the Press" host and the vice president was part of the extensive dish Cathie Martin served up yesterday when the former Cheney communications director took …
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Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:
Ex-Cheney Aide Contradicts Libby — A former spokeswoman for Vice President Dick Cheney gave testimony in the trial of I. Lewis Libby Jr. on Thursday that directly contradicted Mr. Libby's version of events during a crucial period that is at the center of the perjury case against him.
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Libby Trial: Oncoming Train — As a lawyer, your most valuable commodity in terms of courtroom and professional currency is your reputation for honesty, integrity and sticking to the agreed upon rules and the law, whatever the stakes of your case at bar. This morning, that question came running headlong …
Dafna Linzer / Washington Post:
Troops Authorized to Kill Iranian Operatives in Iraq — Administration Strategy Stirs Concern Among Some Officials — The Bush administration has authorized the U.S. military to kill or capture Iranian operatives inside Iraq as part of an aggressive new strategy to weaken Tehran's influence across …
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New York Times:
Groups Head to Capital to Step Up Antiwar Drive — Tens of thousands of demonstrators are set to arrive in the capital this weekend for a major antiwar march, staging the first of several protests intended to persuade the new Democratic-controlled Congress to do more than simply speak against President Bush's Iraq policy.
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Marc Santora / New York Times:
Iraq Leader and Sunni Officials in Clash on Security — Iraq's Shiite prime minister and Sunni lawmakers hurled insults at one another during a raucous session of Parliament on Thursday, with the prime minister threatening a Sunni lawmaker with arrest and the Sunni speaker of Parliament threatening to quit.
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Marc Santora / New York Times:
Angry Dispute Erupts Among Iraqi Lawmakers — Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki's presentation of a new Baghdad security plan to the Iraqi Parliament on Thursday broke down in bitter sectarian recriminations, with Mr. Maliki threatening a Sunni Arab lawmaker with arrest and, in response …
Aaron Klein / WorldNetDaily:
Jimmy Carter: Too many Jews on Holocaust council — Former president also rejected Christian historian because name sounded 'too Jewish' — TEL AVIV - Former President Jimmy Carter once complained there were "too many Jews" on the government's Holocaust Memorial Council, Monroe Freedman …
Stella Dawson / Reuters:
DAVOS-U.S. invasion was "idiot decision"-Iraq vice president — Source: Reuters — The U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 was an "idiot decision" and Iraqi troops now need to secure Baghdad to ensure the country's future, Vice-President Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Thursday.
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Jonathan S. Landay / Real Cities:
Rockefeller: Cheney applied 'constant' pressure to stall investigation on flawed Iraq intelligence — WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney exerted "constant" pressure on the Republican former chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee to stall an investigation into the Bush administration's use …
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CBS News:
Pelosi Says She Wasn't Consulted On Iraq — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday that President George W. Bush did not consult her before announcing his new strategy for the war in Iraq — a sign that, despite the cozy rhetoric, the relationship between Washington's two powerhouses has already had its share of friction.
Pundit Review Radio / BLACKFIVE:
Does Anyone Else Detect a Trend? — Read through the last couple or three weeks of posts at B5 and Mudville, and one might get the impression that something good is afoot. Without sounding too optimistic, I'm sure there must be a reason for the progress we are seeing in Iraq, and …
Justin M. Norton / Associated Press:
R.I. School Bans Talking at Lunch — WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — Class, from now on there will be no talking at lunch. — A Roman Catholic elementary school adopted new lunchroom rules this week requiring students to remain silent while eating. The move comes after three recent choking incidents in the cafeteria.
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Dean Barnett / Townhall.com:
FAQ - The Pledge! — 1) I see you right wing bloggers who are demanding a loyalty oath as virtually goose-stepping through the internet. I am gobsmacked. I am filled with heart-ache. — Huh? Are there any questions? — 2) What is the purpose of the pledge? — It is not a loyalty oath.
Emil Steiner / Offbeat:
Perverted Justice — A Georgia Tragedy — America's history is littered with instances when laws have been misused — their intended purposes subverted and lives destroyed. However, no case in recent memory can compare to the tragedy of Genarlow Wilson, a promising Georgia high schooler sentenced …