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New York Times:
The Failed Attorney General — During the hearing on his nomination as attorney general, Alberto Gonzales said he understood the difference between the job he held — President Bush's in-house lawyer — and the job he wanted, which was to represent all Americans as their chief law enforcement officer …
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Nico / Think Progress:
Sen. Schumer Calls For Alberto Gonzales To Resign — Today on CBS's Face the Nation, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to resign. Schumer said Gonzales has "been even more political than his predecessor, Attorney General Ashcroft," and that Gonzales …
Associated Press:
Report: Rove was urged to oust U.S. attorney — N.M. GOP chief says he complained about prosecutor, was told 'he's gone' — WASHINGTON - The chairman of the New Mexico Republican Party was quoted Saturday as saying he urged presidential adviser Karl Rove and one of his assistants to fire the state's U.S. attorney.
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Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
The 'Surge' Is Succeeding — A front-page story in The Post last week suggested that the Bush administration has no backup plan in case the surge in Iraq doesn't work. I wonder if The Post and other newspapers have a backup plan in case it does. — Leading journalists have been reporting …
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Upset Over Canceled Fox Debate, Kondracke Attacks 'Left-Wing Liberals' As 'Junior-Grade Stalinists' — On Fox News' Beltway Boys, co-host Mort Kondracke blasted the decision by the Nevada Democratic Party to pull out of a Fox News-sponsored presidential debate.
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Chrish / News Hounds:
FOX chooses article carefully to outsource condemnation of Nevada Dems' cancellation — The editors at FOXNews.com ignored 145 articles listed in a Google search that objectively told of the decision by Nevada Democrats to cancel a Democratic presidential candidate debate that would have been hosted by the right-wing network.
Chris Wallace / Fox News:
TRANSCRIPT: FORMER SEN. FRED THOMPSON ON 'FOX NEWS SUNDAY' — The following is a partial transcript of the March 11, 2007, edition of "FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace": — "FOX NEWS SUNDAY" HOST CHRIS WALLACE: Well, chances are you've never heard of U.S. President Charles Ross …
Associated Press:
Poll: Character trumps policy for voters — WASHINGTON - For all the policy blueprints churned out by presidential campaigns, there is this indisputable fact: People care less about issues than they do about a candidate's character. — A new Associated Press-Ipsos poll says 55 percent …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
New John Edwards Sells Less Biography, More Liberal Issues — When he first ran for president, then-Sen. John Edwards (N.C.) was the fresh face in the Democratic Party, a perpetually buoyant campaigner who built his candidacy around his own biography and whose success in the primaries earned him a place on the 2004 Democratic ticket.
Observer:
Climate scientist 'duped to deny global warming' — A Leading US climate scientist is considering legal action after he says he was duped into appearing in a Channel 4 documentary that claimed man-made global warming is a myth. Carl Wunsch, professor of physical oceanography …
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Times of London:
Defector spied on Iran for years — AN Iranian general who defected to the West last month had been spying on Iran since 2003 when he was recruited on an overseas business trip, according to Iranian sources. — This weekend Brigadier General Ali Reza Asgari, 63, the former deputy defence minister …
Colin Freeman / Telegraph:
Iran tells US to set timetable for Iraq exit — Iranian officials last night demanded a timetable for US troop withdrawal from Iraq as they attended a rare meeting with American diplomats in Baghdad. — The conference was aimed at stopping Iraq being used as a sectarian battleground by Sunni and Shia neighbours.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Post:
HILL: I'M THE JFK OF 2008 — VOWS TO BEAT ODDS — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton invoked the campaign of the nation's lone Catholic president, John Kennedy, last night as she talked about her challenge in becoming the first female commander-in-chief. — "He was smart, he was dynamic, he was inspiring and he was Catholic.
Faiza Saleh Ambah / Washington Post:
Episode at Guantanamo Leaves Family at a Loss — MEDINA, Saudi Arabia — Mishal al-Harbi's brain was deprived of oxygen for several minutes on the evening of Jan. 16, 2003, while he was in U.S. detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. As a result, he cannot stand, his speech is slurred …
Telegraph:
Cameron considers tax hikes on air travel — Harsh new taxes on air travel, including a strict personal flight "allowance", will be unveiled by the Conservatives tomorrow as part of a plan that would penalise business travellers, holidaymakers and the tourist industry.
Benedict Carey / New York Times:
Lotto Makes Sense, Even for Losers — AT least poker tables have some atmosphere, a jingle of highball glasses, a hint of 1990s menthol smoke in the armchairs, the sweet musk of nearby cash. The same goes for playing the horses: there are characters, scandals, competition, not to mention real payoffs.
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