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10:35 PM ET, March 13, 2007

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Crew / Citizens Blogging for Responsibility …:
BREAKING: CREW wants Special Prosecutor to investigate potential criminal violations in U.S. Attorney firings  —  CREW wants the immediate appointment of a Special Prosecutor to investigate potential criminal violations related to the recent dismissals of eight U.S. Attorneys.
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CNN:
Gonzales: 'Mistakes were made' in U.S. attorneys' firings … WASHINGTON (CNN) — Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday that "mistakes were made" regarding the firing of eight U.S. attorneys and he accepts responsibility for the ordeal.  —  "My pledge to the American people is to find out what went wrong here," he said.
Jay Carney / time-blog.com:
Where Credit Is Due  —  Twelve days ago, after David Iglesias went public, I said that if there turned out to be a broad conspiracy behind the firing of the U.S. Attorneys, "I will take my hat off to Marshall and others in the blogosphere and congratulate them for having been right …
Bill Brubaker / Washington Post:
Gonzales Accepts Responsibility for 'Mistakes'  —  Schumer Warns Sampson's Resignation Does Not Absolve Attorney General  —  Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales said today he does not regret firing eight federal prosecutors last year, but he accepts responsibility for "mistakes" …
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Gonzales: I'm "Dismayed"  —  We just watched Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' press conference here.  The gist: Gonzales said that he accepts responsibility for the "mistakes" made at the Justice Department... but argued that he is not "aware" of "all decisions" at the Justice Department.
Andrew Cohen / Bench Conference:
Alberto Gonzales: A Willing Accessory at Justice  —  Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales is the 80th attorney general of the United States and if recent events in the law and at the Justice Department are any indication, he is rapidly staking a claim to being among the worst.
ABCNEWS:   EXCLUSIVE: Hillary Clinton Calls for Gonzales' Resignation
TRex / Firedoglake:
That's All, Folks!
Discussion: TalkLeft and Needlenose
Andrew Cohen / CBS News:
Gonzales & The White House: The Plot Thickens
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
Gonzales Admits Errors in Prosecutor Firings
Discussion: Discourse.net and On Deadline
CNN:
Top general: Remarks on gays were 'personal moral views' … WASHINGTON (CNN) — The top U.S. military officer, Gen. Peter Pace, said Tuesday he should have focused more on military policy and less on his own opinion when he told a newspaper homosexual acts are immoral.
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Aamer Madhani / Chicago Tribune:
Don't drop `don't ask, don't tell,' Pace says
Discussion: At-Largely and Donklephant
Newsdesk / The Swamp:
Warner hits Pace on gay remarks
Discussion: PoliPundit.com
Mark Green / The Politico:
Air America's Invitation  —  Tweaking the Fox News Channel, the president of liberal Air America Radio this morning sent a letter to the chairmen of four state Republican parties, offering to host and broadcast the state parties' upcoming presidential debates.
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Adviser Regrets Pushing Edwards on Iraq  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards was skeptical about voting for the Iraq war resolution and was pushed into it by advisers looking out for his political future, according to an upcoming book by one of his former consultants.
Discussion: TIME and TigerHawk
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Pelosi hears boos at AIPAC  —  Members of the main pro-Israel lobbying group offered scattered boos to a statement by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) that the Iraq war has been a failure on several scores.  —  The boos, mixed with some polite applause, stood in stark contrast …
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Matt Stoller / MyDD:
List of Blue Dog Saboteurs  —  From a source close to the House Democratic caucus, here's a list of Blue Dogs that don't want to vote for this bill because it has a certain date for withdrawal.  —  Michael Arcuri (NY-24)  —  John Barrow (GA-12)  —  Melissa Bean (IL-08)  —  Dan Boren (OK-02)
The Blotter:
Exclusive: Curveball, the Defector Whose Lies Led to War  —  Brian Ross and Rhonda Schwartz Report:  —  The Iraqi defector known as Curveball, whose fabricated stories of "mobile biological weapons labs" helped lead the U.S. to war four years ago, is still being protected by the German intelligence service …
Michael Yon / Fox News:
ERNIE IS DEAD: WEB CORRESPONDENT MICHAEL YON REPORTS FROM IRAQ  —  Michael Yon is an independent writer, photographer and former Green Beret who was embedded in Iraq for nine months in 2005.  He has returned to Iraq for 2007 to continue reporting on the war.  Here is a portion of his first dispatch for FOXNews.com.
Discussion: Confederate Yankee and Media Blog
Bruce Loudon / The Australian:
US looks at plan to oust Musharraf  —  THE US has indicated for the first time that it might be willing to back plans by elite echelons of the military in Islamabad to oust Pervez Musharraf from power, as the Pakistani President was beset by major new difficulties over his attempts to sack the country's chief justice.
Associated Press:
Lange: May cut social service funds to pass budget  —  HELENA - The Republican House leader said he is prepared to strip $2 billion in federal money out of the social services budget if that's what it takes to advance the GOP budget bills.  —  The announcement comes as the House gets ready …
Discussion: Sirotablog and Left in the West
 
 
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Journeys to the Distant Fields of Prime
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Duncan Hunter - pottymouth when talking about God!
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