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7 GOP Senators Back War Debate — Lawmakers Had Blocked Action on Troop Resolution — Senate Republicans who earlier this week helped block deliberations on a resolution opposing President Bush's new troop deployments in Iraq changed course yesterday and vowed to use every tactic at their disposal to ensure a full and open debate.
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House Sets Path for Iraq Vote, but Must Decide What to Say — As the House prepares for three days of debate next week on Iraq, Democratic leaders sought Wednesday to reconcile deep differences within the party in order to shape a symbolic resolution denouncing President Bush's troop buildup plan.
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THE PANDAGON PAPERS — [Strong content warning - ed.] — Dear Senator Edwards: — I am f**king delighted to accept your offer of the position of Official Blogger for the Edwards 2008 presidential campaign. Please find attached my f**king W-2 form. — I would like to express …
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IMPORTANT ACTION ALERT: Stop taking yourselves so seriously
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The Libby Trial: Why Did Tim Russert Fight So Hard to Avoid Telling the Grand Jury What He Had Already Told the FBI? — Tim Russert hobbled into the courtroom this afternoon on crutches. When he left the stand at the end of the day (slated to return for more cross-examination tomorrow) …
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Libby Live: Tim Russert, Two — More cross-examination by Wells of Tim Russert ... NOTES: (1) This is not an official transcript — just a very loose paraphrase, at best — so don't treat it as one. Even exchanges that look like verbatim dialogue are just the gist of each question and each answer …
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Russert Says He Didn't Tell Libby About CIA Officer — Journalist Says He Learned Plame's Role After Leak — Tim Russert, the Washington bureau chief for NBC News, yesterday swiftly and firmly rejected I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's assertion that the journalist revealed the identity …
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At Libby Trial, Russert of NBC Gives and Gets — The prosecution in the perjury trial of I. Lewis Libby Jr. neared the end of its case Wednesday with a final dramatic flourish — putting Tim Russert of NBC News on the witness stand to deliver what could be a serious blow to Mr. Libby's defense.
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NANCY PELOSI RIDES A GAS-GUZZLING SUV TO A ... GLOBAL-WARMING HEARING! — Many, if not all, Chevrolet Tahoe models are not available in Pelosi's home state of California because they do not meet the state's environmental standards — As if the flap over Nancy Pelosi's private military jet …
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Pentagon Rejects Speaker Pelosi's Request for Military Aircraft — Speaker Wants Aircraft That Can Handle Nonstop Cross-Country Flight, Citing Security Concerns — A source close to the controversy over the request made by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., for use of a military plane …
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Charged Astronaut Returns to Texas — HOUSTON (AP) - Hiding her face from the cameras, astronaut Lisa Nowak returned to Texas on Wednesday, a day after being charged in Florida with trying to murder the woman she believed was her romantic rival for a space shuttle pilot's affections.
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Copter Crashes Suggest Change in Iraqi Tactics — With two more helicopter crashes near Baghdad, including a Marine transport crash on Wednesday that killed seven people, the number of helicopters that have gone down in Iraq over the past three weeks rose to six.
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Mormon Candidate Braces for Religion as Issue — As he begins campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination, Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, is facing a threshold issue: Will his religion — he is a Mormon — be a big obstacle to winning the White House?
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Kaizen, That Continuous Improvement Strategy, Finds Its Ideal Environment — Remember when Japanese manufacturing techniques were all the rage? You could hardly read the business press without encountering mention of "lean manufacturing," "just-in-time inventory systems" and "total quality management."
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Atlanta officers to face murder indictment — Fulton DA seeks charges in shooting of elderly woman in her home — Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard will seek criminal charges, including felony murder, against three Atlanta narcotics officers involved in a botched drug raid …
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NY Times publisher: Our goal is to manage the transition from print to internet — Despite his personal fortune and impressive lineage, Arthur Sulzberger, owner, chairman and publisher of the most respected newspaper in the world, is a stressed man. — Why would the man behind the New York Times be stressed?
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The climate of climate change research keeps getting chillier — Following up on my two previous posts on the atmosphere building up in the field of climate science I see that Roger Pielke is reporting that two state's governors are trying to remove their state climatologists from their position due …