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Nasser Karimi / Associated Press:
Protest in Iran targets British Embassy — TEHRAN, Iran - About 200 students threw rocks and firecrackers at the British Embassy on Sunday, calling for the expulsion of the country's ambassador because of the standoff over Iran's capture of 15 British sailors and marines.
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Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
Taking of hostages by Iran is not Britain's finest hour — Twenty-seven years ago, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was a student in Tehran and is said (by a former Iranian president, for one) to be among those in the U.S. embassy who seized and held American citizens hostage for more than a year.
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Amanda / Think Progress:
Graham's Signs Of Progress In Iraq: 'I Bought Five Rugs For Five Bucks' — Today, Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) held a press conference in Iraq. Both McCain and Graham charged that the media are not giving the American people "the full picture of what's happening here."
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Kim Gamel / Associated Press:
McCain: Americans don't see Iraq's gains — View related video — BAGHDAD — Sen. John McCain criticized reports out of Iraq he said focused unfairly on violence, saying Sunday that Americans were not getting a "full picture" of progress in the security crackdown in the capital.
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Angry Bear
Kim Gamel / Associated Press:
6 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq bombings — BAGHDAD - After a heavily guarded trip to a Baghdad market, Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record) insisted Sunday that a U.S.-Iraqi security crackdown in the capital was working and said Americans lacked a "full picture" of the progress.
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The American Street
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:April Fools — This morning, Sen. Orrin "Never Met A Bushie …
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philly.com
Hindrocket / Power Line:"AN ACTIVIST, NOT A REPORTER" — We wrote here about CNN's report …
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Redstate
Nico / Think Progress:
Mitchell: Petraeus Held Closed-Door Strategy Meeting With Republican Caucus — This morning on the Chris Matthews Show, NBC News' Andrea Mitchell revealed that Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, met "very recently" with the Senate Republican caucus to discuss their strategy on Iraq legislation.
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Booman Tribune:
The Republicans are going to crack — Via Think Progress, we learn that General Petraeus met privately with the Republican caucus and told them he will deliver 'real progress' by August. According to Andrea Mitchell, who was bandying about this scoop, the Republicans are deeply skeptical …
Faiz / Think Progress:
Fox Catches McConnell Hypocrisy Over Testimony Of White House Officials Under Oath — This morning on Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace aired archived video of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) calling on the Clinton White House to testify before Congress under oath. Here's what McConnell said on June 16, 1996:
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DownWithTyranny!
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MTP Transcript for April 1, 2007 — Patrick Leahy, Orrin Hatch, Charlie Rangel — MR. RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: Tough words on Capitol Hill over the firing of eight U.S. attorneys. — SEN. PATRICK LEAHY (D-VT): The Republicans are the ones who don't want to have the hearings.
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Clinton Raises $26M... Good, Bad, Or Brick-Crap Time? — Here it is: Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign raised a record-setting $26 million for her presidential campaign in the first three months of a year, an impressive feat that may nonetheless be overshadowed in the next few days by news that Sen. Barack Obama managed to keep pace.
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Albert Aji / Associated Press:
U.S. House Visit Syria to Discuss Ties — DAMASCUS, Syria — U.S. House members meeting with President Bashar Assad Sunday said they believed there was an opportunity for dialogue with the Syrian leadership. — The U.S. House members, who included Virginia Republican Frank Wolf …
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Associated Press:
Tommy Thompson to run for president — WASHINGTON - Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson on Sunday joined the crowded field of Republicans running for the White House in 2008 and proclaimed himself the "reliable conservative" in the race. — Thompson, who was health and human services …
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Washington Post:
Prosecutor Posts Go To Bush Insiders — Less Preference Shown for Locals, Senators' Choices — About one-third of the nearly four dozen U.S. attorney's jobs that have changed hands since President Bush began his second term have been filled by the White House and the Justice Department with trusted administration insiders.
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Mike Glover / Associated Press:
Obama says Congress will fund Iraq war — SIOUX CITY, Iowa - If President Bush vetoes an Iraq war spending bill as promised, Congress quickly will provide the money without the withdrawal timeline the White House objects to because no lawmaker "wants to play chicken with our troops," …
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