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5:50 PM ET, March 29, 2007

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New York Times:
Ex-Aide Says Gonzales Was Involved in Firings  —  The former chief of staff to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales testified today that contrary to Mr. Gonzales's earlier assertions, the attorney general was involved in discussions to fire United States attorneys.
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Nico / Think Progress:
Conservatives shut down Sampson hearing?
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Rick Klein / Boston Globe:
Kennedy: Justice firings are keyed to '08 vote
Edith M. Lederer / Associated Press:
Britain takes case against Iran to U.N.  —  UNITED NATIONS - Britain took its case to free its 15 sailors and marines held by Iran to the United Nations on Thursday, asking the Security Council to support a statement that would "deplore" Tehran's action and demand their immediate release.
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Associated Press:
Blair: Britain Won't Negotiate With Iran  —  LONDON (AP) - Prime Minister Tony Blair said Thursday that Britain would not negotiate over British sailors and marines held hostage by Iran.  In an interview with ITV News, Blair again called for the unconditional return of the 15 Royal Navy personnel …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Hostage update: Blair threatens to bring out the big gun — a UN resolution; Update: Iran airs footage of sailors' arrests; Update: New hostage letter calls for withdrawal from Iraq  —  My, things certainly are getting tense now.  Yawn. … There was a report of some total awesomeness outside …
Anne Flaherty / Associated Press:
Senate OKs war bill with Iraq timeline  —  WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats ignored a veto threat and pushed through a bill Thursday requiring President Bush to start withdrawing troops from "the civil war in Iraq," dealing a rare, sharp rebuke to a wartime commander in chief.
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Robin Toner / New York Times:
Democrats Are Building on Unity Over Iraq Pullout  —  No one has seemed more surprised by the Democrats' success in pushing an exit strategy for Iraq than the Democrats.  —  Their aggressiveness and unity on a major foreign-policy challenge to the president is a striking change for a party that has …
Associated Press:
Giuliani, wife discuss White House roles  —  WASHINGTON - Republican presidential contender Rudy Giuliani says if elected, he'd be open to his wife attending Cabinet meetings on issues in which she's interested.  —  In an interview with Barbara Walters to air Friday on ABC News' "20/20," …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
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ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: Rudy Giuliani 'Couldn't Have A Better Adviser' Than Wife Judith  —  Judith and Rudy Giuliani Talk to Barbara Walters About Their Controversial Relationship and His Presidential Campaign  —  In an interview with Barbara Walters, former New York City Mayor and presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani …
Discussion: The Caucus and On Politics
Zogby:
Zogby Poll: "America's Mayor" Top Pick of Iowa Republicans
Discussion: Pollster
Claus Christian Malzahn / Spiegel Online:
Evil Americans, Poor Mullahs  —  Forty-eight percent of Germans think the United States is more dangerous than Iran, a new survey shows, with only 31 percent believing the opposite.  Germans' fundamental hypocrisy about the US suggests that it's high time for a new bout of re-education.
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
It's Safer To Hate Us
Discussion: Dr. Sanity
Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
A 'Law & Order' Presidential Candidate?  —  "Law & Order" star and former U.S. senator Fred Dalton Thompson is considering a bid for the White House that would test whether Hollywood can once again launch a Republican to the world's premier political stage.  —  His interest, confirmed …
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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Thompson Run Could Trigger 'Equal Time' Rule
Discussion: August J. Pollak, NewsHog and Wonkette
David Cay Johnston / New York Times:
Income Gap Is Widening, Data Shows  —  Income inequality grew significantly in 2005, with the top 1 percent of Americans — those with incomes that year of more than $348,000 — receiving their largest share of national income since 1928, analysis of newly released tax data shows.
Pew Research Center:
Democrats Fail to Impress in First 100 Days  —  Government Faulted on Vets' Care, Military Ratings Slip Post-Walter Reed  —  Summary of Findings  —  Also inside...  Reps see McCain, Giuliani and Romney as more moderate than "self"  —  Hillary and Obama Backers differ little on Iraq
Ross Douthat / The American Scene:
Sullivan on Brooks II: Nobody wants to read a fisk of a fisk, I assume, so I'll confine my own response to Andrew's critique of David Brooks to one point, which is that I don't actually think Andrew and Brooks actually have a major substantive disagreement about public policy.
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
THE JIM WEBB / PHILLIP THOMPSON GUN ARREST STORY has had the salutary effect of bringing more attention to the District of Columbia's silly gun laws.  The Washington Post headlines its story this way: You Can Bring Gun to Capitol, But Not Through D.C. and observes: … Jeez.
White House:
Press Briefing by Dana Perino  —  White House Conference Center Briefing Room  —  MS. PERINO: Just a couple of announcements, and then we'll go to questions.  You heard the President this morning.  He had a meeting with the House Republican Conference, in which they talked about a range of issues …
New York Sun:
Supply-Side Giuliani  —  The announcement yesterday by the magazine executive and former presidential candidate, Steve Forbes, that he is endorsing Mayor Giuliani in 2008 and joining the campaign as a national co-chairman and senior policy adviser, crystallizes for us a feeling that has been germinating …
Hassan M. Fattah / New York Times:
U.S. Iraq Role Is Called Illegal by Saudi King  —  King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia told Arab leaders on Wednesday that the American occupation of Iraq was illegal and warned that unless Arab governments settled their differences, foreign powers like the United States would continue to dictate the region's politics.
Discussion: Washington Post
Johanna Neuman / Los Angeles Times:
Gore climate event turned away from D.C.  —  GOP senator says the proposed 'Live Earth' concert is partisan and shouldn't be at the Capitol.  —  WASHINGTON — When former Vice President Al Gore testified before Congress last week, his appearance was viewed as the triumph of environmentalists …
 
 
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Joyce Wadler / New York Times:
It's Not You, It's Your Apartment
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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Sampson Suggested Removing Fitzgerald
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Alissa J. Rubin / New York Times:
70 Killed in Wave of Revenge in Northern Iraq
Discussion: At-Largely and TIME: Swampland
White House:
President Bush Attends Radio and Television Correspondents' Annual Dinner
N.Z. / Victory Caucus:
Senate Passes Cut-and-Run Supplemental; Cuts-and-Runs Home for Spring Break
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Joseph D. Rich / Los Angeles Times:
Bush's long history of tilting Justice
Bryan / Hot Air:
Video: President Bush knocks 'em dead Updated with better video
Discussion: On Politics
USA Today:
Question for Hillary: What will Bill's impact be?
Hindrocket / Power Line:
MCCAIN STANDS IN THE GAP
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Culture Of Corruption, Democrat Style
Katherine Kersten / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Moderate American Muslim gives a challenging response to the six imams
 

 
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