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5:40 PM ET, March 20, 2007

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Associated Press:
Senate limits Gonzales' hiring authority  —  WASHINGTON - The Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to end the Bush administration's ability to unilaterally fill U.S. attorney vacancies as a backlash to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' firing of eight federal prosecutors.
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New York Times:
White House Voices Support for Gonzales  —  The Senate voted overwhelmingly today to revoke the authority it granted the Bush administration last year to name federal prosecutors without Senate confirmation.  —  By a vote of 94 to 2, the Senate restored the previous system for naming federal prosecutors.
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
TPM Needs YOU to Comb Through Thousands of Pages  —  Josh and I were just discussing how in the world we are ever going to make our way through 3,000 pages when it hit us: we don't have to.  Our readers can help.  —  So here's what we're going to do.  This comment thread will be our HQ for sorting through tonight's document dump.
ABCNEWS:
White House Offers Interview With Rove  —  White House Offers to Make Rove, Miers Available for Interview in Attorneys Probe  —  The White House offered Tuesday to make political strategist Karl Rove and former counsel Harriet Miers available for interviews but not testimony under oath …
Discussion: State of the Day
Dave Wedge / Boston Herald:
Mitt's Commie phrase sparks rage  —  Cubans in Miami are steaming mad at former Gov. Mitt Romney for shooting his mouth off in stumbling Spanish, mispronouncing names and erroneously associating a notorious Fidel Castro-spewed Communist catch phrase with freedom fighters.
Allan Hall / Daily Mail:
'We want this baby polar bear dead' say animal rights lobby  —  Tiny, fluffy and adorable, Knut the baby polar bear became an animal superstar after he was abandoned by his mother.  —  He rapidly became the symbol of Berlin Zoo, whose staff bottle-fed him and handed out cuddles in between
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
War Bill Includes Tempting Projects  —  Democrats' Tactic Poses Dilemma for Some Lawmakers  —  House Democratic leaders are offering billions in federal funds for lawmakers' pet projects large and small to secure enough votes this week to pass an Iraq funding bill that would end the war next year.
Gordon Cucullu / New York Post:
THE IRAQ SURGE: WHY IT'S WORKING ...  'I WALKED down the streets of Ramadi a few days ago, in a soft cap eating an ice cream with the mayor on one side of me and the police chief on the other, having a conversation.  " This simple act, Gen. David Petraeus told me, would have been "unthinkable" just a few months ago. "
Eric Pfeiffer / Washington Times:
Climate scientist sees cover-up  —  A NASA scientist who said the Bush administration muzzled him because of his belief in global warming yesterday acknowledged to Congress that he'd done more than 1,400 on-the-job interviews in recent years.  —  James Hansen, director of NASA's Goddard Institute …
New York Times:
Material Shows Weakening of Climate Reports  —  A House committee released documents Monday that showed hundreds of instances in which a White House official who was previously an oil industry lobbyist edited government climate reports to play up uncertainty of a human role in global warming or play down evidence of such a role.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup Poll:
Giuliani Top Choice Among Both Moderate, Conservative Republicans  —  Gingrich, Romney do better among conservatives than moderates  —  PRINCETON, NJ — With the 2008 Republican presidential field beginning to come into shape, there are still questions and apparent opportunities for a favorite "conservative" candidate to emerge.
Kansas City Star:
Bush at Claycomo: Hybrids one of the avenues to energy independence  —  President Bush continued his drumming for less reliance on foreign oil Tuesday, using two Kansas City-area auto assembly plants as his backdrop.  —  Speaking at Ford's Claycomo facility, he offered it and GM's Fairfax operation …
FIRE:
Victory for Free Expression at San Francisco State University  —  No Punishment for Stepping on Hamas, Hezbollah Flags  —  In a crucial victory for free expression, San Francisco State University (SFSU) announced yesterday that its College Republicans will face no punishment for hosting …
Frank Newport / Gallup Poll:
Congress Job Approval Back Down Again This Month  —  January and February uptick appears to have dissipated  —  PRINCETON, NJ — The modest uptick in approval of the job being done by Congress has dissipated for the most part after only two months.  Congress job approval had risen …
Discussion: MyDD and The Swamp
White House:
President Bush Discusses Energy Initiatives in Missouri  —  Ford Motor Company, Kansas City Assembly Plant  —  Fact Sheet: Twenty In Ten: Reducing America's Dependence on Oil  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all.  Please be seated.  (Applause.)  Alan, thank you.  It's good to be here in Kansas City.
Discussion: Washington Wire and First Draft
 
 
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Obama's record shows caution, nuance on Iraq
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