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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
In Newly Usual Way, McCain Says He'll Run — Senator John McCain of Arizona took the platform of a late-night talk show Wednesday and said he would formally announce his campaign for the presidency in early April. His remarks erased entirely whatever doubt could have existed about his ambitions for the Republican nomination.
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McCain announces '08 bid on Letterman … WASHINGTON (CNN) — Setting aside any doubt, Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona announced Wednesday he would seek the presidential nomination. — McCain, who had a presidential exploratory committee, made the declaration on the "Late Show with David Letterman," taped earlier Wednesday.
New York Times:
U.S. Concedes Uncertainty on North Korean Uranium Effort — Last October, the North Koreans tested their first nuclear device, the fruition of decades of work to make a weapon out of plutonium. — For nearly five years, though, the Bush administration, based on intelligence estimates …
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Helene Cooper / New York Times:
In U.S. Overtures to Foes, New Respect for Pragmatism — In the span of just two weeks, the United States has agreed to hold high-level contacts with Iran and Syria, and to start down the path toward formal diplomatic recognition of North Korea. — Has the Bush administration gone soft on its foes?
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Cheney's contempt for American public opinion — Since the smashing repudiation his party suffered at the hands of the American voter in the 2006 midterm elections, Dick Cheney's behavior has become palpably more secretive, combative, and scornful. The embittered interview he gave …
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Matthias Gebauer / Spiegel Online:
The Star of Afghanistan's Jihad — The Taliban are gearing up for their "spring offensive" in Afghanistan. A series of brutal propaganda films is heralding thousands of suicide attacks. And the Taliban have a new bloodthirsty leader, whom Western intelligence agencies are taking very seriously: Mullah Dadullah.
Douglas Martin / New York Times:
Arthur Schlesinger, Historian of Power, Dies at 89 — Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., the historian whose more than 20 books shaped discussions for two generations about America's past, and who himself was a provocative, unabashedly liberal partisan, most notably in serving in the Kennedy White House, died last night in Manhattan.
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Hillel Italie / Associated Press:Kennedy insider Schlesinger dies at 89
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Washington Post:
Hospital Officials Knew of Neglect — Complaints About Walter Reed Were Voiced for Years — Top officials at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, including the Army's surgeon general, have heard complaints about outpatient neglect from family members, veterans groups and members of Congress for more than three years.
Patrick Ishmael / The News Buckit:
"Seven words you can never say on television"... but which are said on the Internet. A lot. — Talk about potty-mouths. — The Net's not always a kid-friendly place; there is plenty of foul language out there. And of course, the blogosphere is no different.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Post:
NEWT RIPS 'NASTY' HILL — DROPS NICE-GUY APPROACH TO 'RUTHLESS' RIVAL — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich yesterday called Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton "a nasty woman" who runs an "endlessly ruthless" campaign machine. — The conservative Republican made the surprising comments …
Lyndsey Layton / Washington Post:
House GOP Pushes Floor Vote For Rep. Jefferson Appointment — House Republicans plan to force a floor vote on the appointment of Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.), who is the subject of a federal bribery investigation, to a seat on the Homeland Security Committee.
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Giuliani-Appointed Judges Tend to Lean to the Left — When Rudy Giuliani faces Republicans concerned about his support of gay rights and legal abortion, he reassures them that he is a conservative on the decisions that matter most. — "I would want judges who are strict constructionists because I am …
Opinion Journal:
Walter Reuther's Ghost — Democrats vote to bar secret union ballots. — The House of Representatives has scheduled a vote as early as today on a bill that strips 140 million U.S. workers of the right to decide in private whether to unionize. Naturally, it's called the Employee Free Choice Act.
Simon Tisdall / Guardian:
Military chiefs give US six months to win Iraq war — An elite team of officers advising US commander General David Petraeus in Baghdad has concluded the US has six months to win the war in Iraq - or face a Vietnam-style collapse in political and public support that could force the military into a hasty retreat.
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Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal:
'Instant Book' Bets on Obama Appeal — Publisher Moves — Fast to Tap Interest — While It's Still Hot — Last Christmas, J.P. Leventhal, publisher of the small independent press Black Dog & Leventhal, was invited to the Barnes & Noble Inc. holiday party at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Manhattan's Time Warner Center.
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