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Associated Press:
Tests Show Snow's Cancer Has Returned — WASHINGTON (AP) - Presidential spokesman Tony Snow's surgery to remove a small growth showed that his cancer has returned, the White House said Tuesday. — Snow, 51, had his colon removed in 2005 and underwent six months of chemotherapy after being diagnosed with colon cancer.
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Tests Show Snow's Cancer Has Returned — White House press secretary Tony Snow, who has become the face of the Bush presidency over the last year, has cancer again. — Snow's deputy, Dana M. Perino, broke into tears at an off-camera briefing this morning as she announced that the cancer has spread to his liver.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
John McCain's MySpace Page "Enhanced" — Someone on Presidential hopeful John McCain's staff is going to be in trouble today. They used a well known template to create his Myspace page. The template was designed by Newsvine Founder and CEO Mike Davidson (original template is here).
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Hacking John McCain — politics, humor, myspace, gay-marriage, mccain, john-mccain, hacks — If you visit John McCain's MySpace page (as of 9am PST Tuesday morning), you will notice an interesting announcement from him. He's apparently reversed his position on gay marriage as well as revealed a bias towards attractive lesbians.
William Branigin / Washington Post:
Senate Signals Support for Iraq Timeline — The Senate today narrowly endorsed a Democratic-led effort to set a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq a year from now, voting down a Republican amendment that would have stripped the provision from a $122 emergency spending bill.
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David Espo / Associated Press:
Senate Signals Support for Iraq Timeline — WASHINGTON (AP) - Defying a veto threat, the Democratic-controlled Senate narrowly signaled support Tuesday for the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by next March. — Republican attempts to scuttle the non-binding timeline failed on a vote of 50-48, largely along party lines.
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Republicans to Rely on President Bush's Veto to Block Troop Withdrawal Plan — As the Senate opened debate Monday on a $122 billion Iraq spending bill, Republicans vowed not to allow Congress to impose a withdrawal date for American troops, but said they would rely on President Bush's veto pen rather …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Drudge and The Politico — poisonously joined at the hip — The new online political magazine, The Politico, is a pernicious new presence in our media landscape. As I noted the other day, it really is nothing more than the Drudge Report dressed up with the trappings of mainstream media credibility.
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Jeff Coen / Chicago Tribune:
Questions on firings shorten Gonzales news conference — Atty. Gen. Alberto Gonzales today cut short a press conference about Internet safety, leaving the room at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago when reporters questioned him about the firings of U.S. attorneys.
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Jeff Coen / Chicago Tribune:Attorney general coming here, expects questions
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Sydney Morning Herald:
US captures car-bombing ring in Iraq — The US military has captured the leaders of a car-bombing ring blamed for killing hundreds of Iraqis. — The news came as the departing US ambassador said Americans are in ongoing talks with insurgent representatives to try to persuade them to turn against al-Qaeda.
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Jules Crittenden:
By The Way, It's Official ... ... we can win in Iraq, we are winning in Iraq, and George Bush's surge strategy is responsible for it. Not even the AP can ignore it* anymore: … * The AP here grudgingly leaves out the kind of helpful interpretive graphs that usually are added to explain …
Fox News:
WEBB DENIES HE GAVE AIDE GUN THAT LED TO ARREST — Sen. Jim Webb, whose aide was arrested Monday for carrying a handgun into a Senate office building, gave the Democratic response to President Bush's State of the Union address in January. — WASHINGTON — Virginia Sen. Jim Webb said Tuesday …
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Kelly McCormack / The Hill:
Fifty percent of adults would not vote for Clinton — Half of voting-age Americans say they would not vote for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) if she became the Democratic nominee for president in 2008, according to a Harris Interactive poll released Tuesday.
Justin Rood Reports / The Blotter:
Exclusive: Report Charges Broad White House Efforts to Stifle Climate Research — Justin Rood Reports: — Bush administration officials throughout the government have engaged in White House-directed efforts to stifle, delay or dampen the release of climate change research that casts …
Jerome R. Corsi / WorldNetDaily:
Embattled AG now accused in teen sex scandal 'cover-up' — Attorney General Gonzales among officials who allegedly ignored abuse of minor boys — Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, both already under siege for other matters, are now being accused of failing …
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The Impolitic, CANNONFIRE, Preemptive Karma, The Democratic Daily, Wonkette and Pam's House Blend
White House:
Press Briefing by Dana Perino — White House Conference Center Briefing Room — MS. PERINO: Good afternoon. I have a readout for you this afternoon of the President's meeting with the Big 3 automakers. They had a very good meeting. It was scheduled to go just 30 minutes; it almost went to 45 minutes.
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