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9:40 PM ET, March 13, 2007

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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.
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.
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" …
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 …
TRex / Firedoglake:
That's All, Folks!
Discussion: TalkLeft and Needlenose
Andrew Cohen / CBS News:
Gonzales & The White House: The Plot Thickens
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
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
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.
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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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 …
Discussion: Hot Air and Matthew Yglesias
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Adviser Regrets Pushing Edwards on Iraq
Discussion: TigerHawk
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)
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
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 …
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 …
Minneapolis Star Tribune:
One of imams removed from plane says incident caused them extreme harm  —  Six Muslim imams ordered off a US Airways flight at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport last November want to hold the airline responsible for how it treated them, one of the imams on the flight …
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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