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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Gonzales's Senior Counselor Refuses to Testify — The senior counselor to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales will refuse to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the unfolding U.S. attorneys scandal, invoking her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, her attorneys said today.
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Pete Williams / MSNBC:
Gonzales: Firings were not improper — The attorney general talks to NBC's Pete Williams in an exclusive interview … Pete Williams: Mr. Attorney General, what is it that you would like people to know about this controversy? — Attorney General Alberto Gonzales: Let me begin with the attacks …
Jan Crawford Greenburg / ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: DOJ Official Ignored White House Guidance — Testimony Contradicted Gonzales in U.S. Attorney Matter, Sparked Controversy — The firestorm over the fired U.S. attorneys was sparked last month when a top Justice Department official ignored guidance from the White House …
Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Gonzales aide to invoke Fifth Amendment — WASHINGTON - Monica Goodling, a Justice Department official involved in the firings of federal prosecutors, will refuse to answer questions at upcoming Senate hearings, citing Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination, her lawyer said Monday.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Senator's Aide Held on Gun Charge — A close aide to Senator Jim Webb, Democrat of Virginia, was arrested on Monday and jailed after trying to take a loaded handgun into a Senate office building, officials said. — The aide, identified by Mr. Webb's office as Phillip Thompson, 45 …
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Associated Press:
Webb Aide Arrested for Gun Possession — WASHINGTON (AP) - An aide to Sen. Jim Webb was arrested Monday when he entered a Senate office building with a loaded pistol, Capitol Police said. — Spokeswoman Sgt. Kimberly Schneider said the aide was charged with carrying a pistol without …
Taylor Marsh:
Webb's Gun — If you didn't see Fox "News" earlier this afternoon with Bush's boy Brit you missed a doozy. Brit was tripping all over himself trying to discuss Webb's aide being taken into custody after being found with what was first described as an unregistered firearm, with unregistered ammunition in a bag.
NBC4:
Capitol Police: Webb Aide Arrested With Handgun — WASHINGTON — An aide to U.S. Sen. Jim Webb was arrested Monday after a loaded 9-millimeter handgun allegedly was found in his possession, authorities said. — Capitol police said the aide was arrested during a security check upon entering …
USA Today:
Americans back Edwardses' choice — WASHINGTON — Americans by 2-1 support the decision of former North Carolina senator John Edwards to stay in the Democratic presidential race even though his wife, Elizabeth, has been diagnosed with a recurrence of breast cancer.
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Pew Research Center:
Solid Majority Favors Congressional Troop Deadline — 36% Think Surge Will Work — Summary of Findings — A solid majority of Americans say they want their congressional representative to support a bill calling for a withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq by August 2008.
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Opinion Journal:
Tehran's Hostages — Iran's act of war against our British allies. — Advocates of engagement with Tehran often claim that the Islamic Republic long ago shed its revolutionary pretensions in favor of becoming a "status quo" power. They might want to share that soothing wisdom with the families …
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Mark Coultan / Sydney Morning Herald:
Hicks pleads guilty — An artist's impression of David Hicks, left, who sits with his defence counsel in the US military courtroom in Guantanamo Bay. — David Hicks has pleaded guilty to one count of supporting a terrorist organisation. — The plea to a late night specially convened …
The Neal Boortz Show:
WHY PEOPLE THINK CONSERVATIVES ARE IDIOTS — Sorry .. it's true. Liberals love to paint conservatives as being ignorant, stupid, obtuse, mindless, irrational and, on occasion, retarded. For the most part leftists use this "stupid" tactic in order to avoid actually having to intellectually engage …
New York Times:
U.S. Long Worried Iran Supplied Weapons in Iraq — More than 20 months ago, the United States secretly sent Iran a diplomatic protest charging that Tehran was supplying lethal roadside explosive devices to Shiite extremists in Iraq, according to American officials familiar with the message.
Kathy Sierra / Creating Passionate Users:
Death threats against bloggers are NOT "protected speech" (why I cancelled my ETech presentations) — As I type this, I am supposed to be in San Diego, delivering a workshop at the ETech conference. But I'm not. I'm at home, with the doors locked, terrified.
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