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3:30 PM ET, March 13, 2007

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Washington Post:
Firings Had Genesis in White House  —  Ex-Counsel Miers First Suggested Dismissing Prosecutors 2 Years Ago, Documents Show  —  The White House suggested two years ago that the Justice Department fire all 93 U.S. attorneys, a proposal that eventually resulted in the dismissals of eight prosecutors last year …
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.
Amanda / Think Progress:
Gonzales Lied Under Oath, Said All Bush-Appointed Attorneys Would Be 'Senate-Confirmed'  —  A little-noticed provision slipped into the Patriot Act in 2005 allows the President to appoint "interim" U.S. attorneys for an indefinite period of time, without Senate confirmation.
Discussion: TAPPED
New York Times:
White House Said to Prompt Firing of Prosecutors  —  The White House was deeply involved in the decision late last year to dismiss federal prosecutors, including some who had been criticized by Republican lawmakers, administration officials said Monday.  —  Last October, President Bush spoke …
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.
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Today's Must Read  —  OK, there's a lot to sift through in the two stories out from The Washington Post and New York Times today, but let's just focus on the tick-tock of events outlined in the two stories.  —  So here's the storyline (and please save your expressions of disbelief until the end):
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.
MSNBC:
Gonzales acknowledges mistakes in firings
Discussion: Bring it On! and War and Piece
Associated Press:
White House mulled firing all prosecutors
Discussion: Washington Post and MyDD
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
How U.S. Attorneys Get Appointed
Discussion: PoliBlog (TM)
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 …
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CNN:
Poll: 58 percent want Iraq withdrawal by 2008 or sooner … WASHINGTON (CNN) — Nearly six in 10 Americans want to see U.S. troops leave Iraq either immediately or within a year, and more would rather have Congress running U.S. policy in the conflict than President Bush, according to a CNN poll out Tuesday.
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 …
Discussion: Hang Right Politics and Power Line
Bruce Kesler / Democracy Project:
We do need morality, Speaker Pelosi  —  "We don't need moral judgment from the chairman of the Joint Chiefs," says Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, third in line for succession to the presidency.  —  (The transcript of her remark is here, commenting on Chairman …
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Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
Republican Rebukes Pace, but Defense Secretary Defends 'Don't Ask' Policy
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Reuters:
Top U.S. General Calls Homosexuality Immoral: Report
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.
Discussion: Think Progress and Daily Kos
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Clinton nabs K St. backers her rivals shun  —  Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has a network of lobbyists and political insiders three times the size of her closest Democratic rival, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), but many influential party members inside the Beltway are holding back to see how their race plays out.
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Devlin Barrett / Associated Press:
Clinton: Right-wing conspiracy is back
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Hot Air
Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Unity is overrated  —  Calls to 'put politics aside' really mean 'stop disagreeing with me and shut up.'  —  BECAUSE WE'RE AT the start of the electoral roller coaster, the part where the car slowly chugs upward, building anticipation for the gut-wrenching plunges and loop-the-loops ahead …
Discussion: Polimom Says and TAPPED
Daniel Terdiman / CNET News.com:
Dan Rather: Journalism has 'lost its guts'  —  AUSTIN, TEXAS—To longtime CBS broadcaster Dan Rather, American journalism in recent years "has in some ways lost its guts."  —  During his hour-long keynote address at South by Southwest Interactive, Rather opined at length on the state of his profession …
 
 
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