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Anne Flaherty / Associated Press:
House Dems more confident on Iraq vote — WASHINGTON - House Democrats are increasingly confident they have the votes to pass legislation designed to force an end to the war in Iraq next year. — Several party members dropped their opposition to the bill following days of wrangling within a deeply divided caucus.
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Washington Post:
Retreat and Butter — TODAY THE House of Representatives is due to vote on a bill that would grant $25 million to spinach farmers in California. The legislation would also appropriate $75 million for peanut storage in Georgia and $15 million to protect Louisiana rice fields from saltwater.
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New York Times:
Democrats Shore Up Support for Iraq Votes — For days, Democratic leaders have scrambled to shore up enough support to pass their Iraq legislation. They delayed the final vote by a day, fearful that a few undecided lawmakers — on the left and right — could jeopardize their plan to set …
Washington Post:
E-Mails Show Machinations to Replace Prosecutor — Administration Worked for Months to Make Rove Aide U.S. Attorney in Arkansas — Two months before Bud Cummins was fired as U.S. attorney in Little Rock, a protege of presidential adviser Karl Rove was maneuvering with the Justice Department to take his place.
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New e-mails prompt the question: Did Bush make the decision to fire the U.S. Attorneys? — McClatchy's article from earlier today discusses the potentially overlooked role of President Bush in the decision to fire the U.S. Attorneys: … As you can see by reading that e-mail interaction here …
Joe Conason / Salon:
Rove, proven liar — President Bush's "offer" to let Congress interview Karl Rove about the U.S. attorney firings without an oath is a joke. As we learned in Plamegate, Rove cannot be trusted to tell the truth. — White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove (L) and Press Secretary Tony Snow listen …
Amanda / Think Progress:O'Donnell Tells Leahy: 'You're Going To Get The Truth From Karl Rove'
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:An Inside-the-Bushies Mentality — If you read the obituary pages …
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Robert Barr / Associated Press:
Iran nabs British sailors in Iraq waters — LONDON - Iranian naval vessels seized 15 British sailors who had boarded a ship suspected of smuggling cars in the Persian Gulf off the Iraqi coast on Friday, officials said. — The British government demanded "the immediate and safe return of our people and equipment."
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MSNBC:
U.K. says 15 soldiers detained by Iranian navy — Ministry summons Iranian ambassador, seeks immediate return of troops — The HMS Cornwall on patrol in the North Arabian Gulf earlier this month. — NBC VIDEO — March 23: Fifteen British sailors have been detained by Iranian vessels.
Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
White House Spokesman to Undergo Surgery — WASHINGTON (AP) - Presidential spokesman Tony Snow is undergoing surgery Monday to remove a growth in his lower abdomen, a procedure he said was being done "out of an aggressive sense of caution" because he had colon cancer two years ago.
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New York Post:
H'WOOD'S 9/11 IDIOT BRIGADE — SOME celebrities don't know when to keep their traps shut - like Charlie Sheen and Rosie O'Donnell, who are throwing their weight behind the twisted theory that the United States government was behind the 9/11 terror attacks. — Page Six has learned that Sheen …
Pew Research Center:
Trends in Political Values and Core Attitudes: 1987-2007 — Political Landscape More Favorable To Democrats — Summary of Findings — View the complete report in pdf format — Increased public support for the social safety net, signs of growing public concern about income inequality …
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William Branigin / Washington Post:
House OKs Timetable for Troops in Iraq — $124B Emergency Bill Sets Binding Benchmarks for Progress in Iraq — The House of Representatives today passed a $124 billion emergency spending bill that sets binding benchmarks for progress in Iraq, establishes tough readiness standards …
Kesher Talk:
Weird New Ad Campaign Spotted Around New York — Manhattan Mini Storage has a new ad campaign going on NY city, to help publicize their three new locations. — I spotted the first Manhattan Mini Storage ad yesterday as, it happened, that I was strolling with two other republicans after gym.
Jackie Calmes / Wall Street Journal:
From Obama's Past: An Old Classmate, A Surprising Call — In High School, 'Ray' and 'Barry' — Were Friends, Then Took Different Paths — Sen. Barack Obama had just come off the Senate floor last Thursday, rushing to get to New Hampshire for a weekend of campaigning for president …
Jamie Glazov / Front Page Magazine:
Symposium: The First Nuclear Terrorist Power — An Islamist insurgency is afoot in Pakistan, posing a dire threat of overthrowing Musharraf. — And this may happen sooner rather than later. — If the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is created, it means Islamists get their hands on Pakistan's nuclear weapons.
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Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
GAO Faults U.S. Military Over Munitions in Iraq — Report Says Insurgents Took Unsecured Explosives — The U.S. military's faulty war plans and insufficient troops in Iraq left thousands and possibly millions of tons of conventional munitions unsecured or in the hands of insurgent groups …
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Unnecessary Scandal — Alberto Gonzales has to go. I say this with no pleasure — he's a decent and honorable man — and without the slightest expectation that his departure will blunt the Democratic assault on the Bush administration over the firing of eight U.S. attorneys.
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