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EXCLUSIVE: Hillary Clinton Calls for Gonzales' Resignation — Senator Tells ABC News 'Buck Should Stop Somewhere' Over Issue of Fired Attorneys — In an exclusive interview to air Wednesday morning, March 14, on "Good Morning America," Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., the front-runner …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The Grand Elusion — Attorney General Alberto Gonzales faced the cameras for all of nine minutes yesterday, but he managed to contradict himself at least four times as he fought off calls to resign over the firing of U.S. attorneys. — "Mistakes were made," he said in fluent scandalese, but "I think it was the right decision."
New York Times:
'Loyalty' to Bush and Gonzales Was Factor in Prosecutors' Firings, E-Mail Shows — Late in the afternoon on Dec. 4, a deputy to Harriet E. Miers, then the White House counsel and one of President Bush's most trusted aides, sent a two-line e-mail message to a top Justice Department aide.
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Emails detail plans for firing U.S. attorneys — WASHINGTON - Deflecting calls to resign, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales acknowledged Tuesday that he mishandled the firings of eight U.S. attorneys as new details emerged about the Bush administration's efforts to oust prosecutors who had fallen out of favor.
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.
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Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:
Gonzales rejects calls for resignation — WASHINGTON - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales rejected growing calls for his resignation Tuesday as scores of newly released documents detailed a two-year campaign by the Justice Department and White House to purge federal prosecutors.
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New York Times:
Politics, Pure and Cynical — We wish we'd been surprised to learn that the White House was deeply involved in the politically motivated firing of eight United States attorneys, but the news had the unmistakable whiff of inevitability. This disaster is just part of the Bush administration's sordid history …
Les Blumenthal / Fort Wayne News-Sentinel:
GOP leader confirms he called U.S. attorney about governor's race — WASHINGTON - A former chairman of the Washington state Republican Party said Tuesday he talked with the GOP-appointed U.S. attorney in Seattle during the agonizing recounts in the 2004 governor's race.
New York Times:
'Mistakes' Made on Prosecutors, Gonzales Says — Under criticism from lawmakers of both parties for the dismissals of federal prosecutors, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales insisted Tuesday that he would not resign but said, "I acknowledge that mistakes were made here."
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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" …
Crew / Citizens Blogging for Responsibility …:BREAKING: CREW wants Special Prosecutor to investigate potential …
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The Hill:
House Dems will 'survey' but not whip Iraq bill votes — House Democratic leaders will not whip the Iraq supplemental spending bill, on grounds they don't want to apply political pressure on a matter of war and peace. — "It's a conscience vote," House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) …
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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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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)
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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.
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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.
Will / Attytood:
Why Bob Shrum is a loser...and what's so "serious" about invading other countries? — There was a reality show on TV not so long ago called "The Biggest Loser" — I'm pretty sure it was about shedding weight, since if it had been about politics, it would have simply featured 60 minutes every week …
Real Cities:
U.S. allies in Africa may have engaged in secret prisoner renditions — NAIROBI, Kenya - A network of U.S. allies in East Africa secretly have transferred to prisons in Somalia and Ethiopia as many as 150 people who were captured in Kenya while fleeing the recent war in Somalia, according to human rights advocates here.
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