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7:50 PM ET, March 13, 2007

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Associated Press:
Gonzales Accepts Resignation of Top Aide  —  WASHINGTON — Attorney General Alberto Gonzales abruptly canceled travel plans Tuesday amid growing calls for his ouster over the firings of eight federal prosecutors during a White House-directed housecleaning of 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.
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.
David Bowermaster / Seattle Times:
McKay "stunned" by report on Bush  —  Former U.S. Attorney John McKay said Monday night he was "stunned" to hear President Bush told Attorney General Alberto Gonzales last October that Bush had received complaints about U.S. attorneys who were not energetically investigating voter-fraud cases.
TRex / Firedoglake:
That's All, Folks!  —  TINAT (This is not a transcript.)  —  Weee-heh-heell, Porky's little 2:00 presser didn't go very well, did it?  Gonzo walked into that one like the proverbial man in a pork chop suit walking into the lion cage.  —  For those of you who missed it …
Discussion: TalkLeft and Needlenose
Andrew Cohen / CBS News:
Gonzales & The White House: The Plot Thickens
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:   Gonzales speaks  —  UPDATE: As Atrios notes, if Harriet Miers …
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:   What Rove Knew  —  One point that needs to be made about the flurry …
Aamer Madhani / Chicago Tribune:
Don't drop `don't ask, don't tell,' Pace says  —  Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Monday that he supports the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" ban on gays serving in the military because homosexual acts "are immoral," akin to a member of the armed forces conducting …
Discussion: At-Largely and Donklephant
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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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Washington Post:
The Pelosi Plan for Iraq  —  THE RESTRICTIONS on Iraq war funding drawn up by the House Democratic leadership are exquisitely tailored to bring together the party's leftist and centrist wings.  For the Out of Iraq Caucus, which demands that Congress force a withdrawal of all U.S. troops …
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.
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 …
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
Rasmussen Reports:
MN Senate Poll: Coleman 46% Franken 36%  —  Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman (R) knows he is high on the Democrats' wish list this cycle and the first Rasmussen Reports Senate poll for Election 2008 shows the incumbent starting off below the 50% level of support.
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Justices to Hear Landmark Free-Speech Case  —  Defiant Message Spurs Most Significant Student 1st Amendment Test in Decades  —  The most important student free-speech conflict to reach the Supreme Court since the height of the Vietnam War hinges on a somewhat absurd, vaguely offensive, mostly nonsensical message of protest.
Discussion: The BLT, Lean Left and SCOTUSblog
 
 
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