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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Bush Warns Dems to Take Offer in Firings — WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush warned Democrats Tuesday to accept his offer to allow top aides to testify about the firings of federal prosecutors only privately and not under oath, or risk a constitutional showdown from which he would not back down.
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President Bush Addresses Resignations of U.S. Attorneys — White House Counsel's Letter Regarding U.S. Attorneys — THE PRESIDENT: Earlier today, my staff met with congressional leaders about the resignations of U.S. attorneys. As you know, I have broad discretion to replace political …
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bush Clashes With Congress on Prosecutors — President Bush and Congress clashed Tuesday over an inquiry into the firing of federal prosecutors and appeared headed toward a constitutional showdown over demands from Capitol Hill for internal White House documents and testimony from top advisers to the president.
Satyam / Think Progress:
FACT CHECK: There Is No Precedent Barring White House Aides From Testifying To Congress — Senate Judiciary Chairman Pat Leahy (D-VT) has called on Karl Rove and other top White House aides to testify under oath in front of Congress concerning their role in the U.S. attorney purge.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The president's oh-so-noble reliance on "executive privilege" — There are several important facts to note about the President's vow at this afternoon's Press Conference to resist attempts to compel Karl Rove and Harriet Miers to testify to Congress, under oath, with regard to the firing of the U.S. attorneys.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Bush will oppose congressional subpoenas of White House staff; Update: Video added — He's willing to let Gonzales testify before Congress about the U.S. Attorneys matter but the most he'll allow for White House staff like Rove and Harriet Miers is an off-the-record interview for factfinding purposes.
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Leahy: You Do Your Job, I'll Do Mine — Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) is not happy. Not happy at all: … And from House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (D-MI): … The House committee will vote to authorize issuing subpoenas tomorrow, and the Senate committee will vote on Thursday.
SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:President Bush: "I will resist all attempts to subpoena WH officials"
David C. Iglesias / New York Times:
Why I Was Fired — WITH this week's release of more than 3,000 Justice Department e-mail messages about the dismissal of eight federal prosecutors, it seems clear that politics played a role in the ousters. — Of course, as one of the eight, I've felt this way for some time.
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Agence France Presse:
Iraq insurgents used children in car bombing: general — Insurgents in Iraq detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle with two children in the back seat after US soldiers let it through a Baghdad checkpoint over the weekend, a senior US military official said Tuesday.
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Stephen Handwerk / The Daily Advertiser:
Blanco: 'I will not seek re-election'; see photo gallery of the governor in action — BATON ROUGE — Gov. Kathleen Blanco has made it official: she will not run for re-election. — "I am choosing to do what I believe to be what is best for the state," the governor said in a statewide television broadcast.
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Bob Fertik / Democrats.com:
More Dishonesty from Moveon — I'm trying as hard as I can to avoid attacking Moveon, but I'm afraid they are making it very hard for me. — First they ran a dishonest poll on the Iraq Supplemental that left out the one option their supporters want most - a real plan to get out of Iraq as quickly as possible.
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Matt Stoller / MyDD:On Sestak, Again — Ok, I'm going to concede that I was probably …
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Steve Lohr / New York Times:
John W. Backus, 82, Fortran Developer, Dies — John W. Backus, who assembled and led the I.B.M. team that created Fortran, the first widely used programming language, which helped open the door to modern computing, died on Saturday at his home in Ashland, Ore. He was 82.
NY1:
Clinton Says She's Not Worried About "1984" Ad Impact — In an interview with NY1 Tuesday, Senator Hillary Clinton addressed the controversial new video that's attacking her credibility and promoting the presidential campaign of chief rival, Barack Obama. — After talking about Senate …
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Democrats Split on Iraq Bill — Even Vote Counters Aren't Lined Up Behind Spending Measure — One of the Democrats' chief designated vote counters, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), is actively working against the Iraq war spending bill. The leadership's senior chief deputy whip …
Malia Rulon / Cincinnati Enquirer:
Schmidt: Scandal 'overblown' — Rep. Jean Schmidt wrote in her weekly column sent out to reporters on Monday that stories about horrible conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center were "overblown." — Schmidt, a Clermont County Republican, decided to take "several hours" …
Eric Zorn / Change of Subject:
Soldier's dad tells Bush, `This war is wrong' — The two-page letter is signed from the "proud father of a fallen soldier." — A little more than six weeks ago, his soul a cauldron of grief and rage, Richard Landeck, 56, of Wheaton addressed and mailed it to President Bush.
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