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10:30 AM ET, April 3, 2007

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Kirk Semple / New York Times:
McCain Wrong on Iraq Security, Merchants Say  —  A day after members of an American Congressional delegation led by Senator John McCain pointed to their brief visit to Baghdad's central market as evidence that the new security plan for the city was working, the merchants there were incredulous about the Americans' conclusions.
Media Matters for America:
CNN's Malveaux parroted White House criticism of Pelosi's Syria visit, but ignored GOP-led trip  —  During an interview with former Ambassador John Bolton on the April 2 edition of CNN's The Situation Room, guest host and CNN White House correspondent Suzanne Malveaux noted the White House's denunciations …
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Jackie Kucinich / The Hill:   House Republicans to back Bush's war-spending veto
Zeina Karam / Associated Press:   Pelosi shrugs off White House criticism
Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Reid Backs Iraq War-Funds Cutoff  —  Senate Leader Makes It Clear a Bush Veto Wouldn't End Debate on Withdrawal  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid yesterday endorsed the Senate's toughest antiwar bill yet, a bid to cut off funding within a year, sending a clear signal to President Bush …
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Jerome Armstrong / MyDD:
Reid moves to cut off funding for the war
Discussion: Daily Kos
CNN:
Supreme Court rejects appeal by Gitmo prisoners … WASHINGTON (CNN) — In a victory for President Bush, the Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by suspected terrorists challenging their imprisonment at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Supreme Court Denies Guantánamo Appeal  —  The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear urgent appeals from two groups of detainees at Guantánamo Bay.  The 45 men sought to challenge the constitutionality of a new law stripping federal judges of the authority to hear challenges …
Discussion: Althouse
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:   Supreme Court refuses to hear Guantanamo detainees' case — for now
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Justices Say E.P.A. Has Power to Act on Harmful Gases  —  In one of its most important environmental decisions in years, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to regulate heat-trapping gases in automobile emissions.
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
The Money Primary  —  I'm going to crawl out on a lonely limb here.  —  On one level it's impressive that Hillary Clinton raised $26 million in the last three months, shattering the previous record, and equally impressive that Mitt Romney raised $20 million.
Discussion: Orcinus
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Romney Reaps $20 Million to Top G.O.P. Rivals
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Washington Post:
Romney Outpaces GOP Pack in Fundraising
Discussion: Prometheus 6 and ScrappleFace
Peter Eisner / Washington Post:
How Bogus Letter Became a Case for War  —  Intelligence Failures Surrounded Inquiry on Iraq-Niger Uranium Claim  —  It was 3 a.m. in Italy on Jan. 29, 2003, when President Bush in Washington began reading his State of the Union address that included the now famous — later retracted …
Patrick Cockburn / The Independent:
The botched US raid that led to the hostage crisis  —  A failed American attempt to abduct two senior Iranian security officers on an official visit to northern Iraq was the starting pistol for a crisis that 10 weeks later led to Iranians seizing 15 British sailors and Marines.
Barry R. McCaffrey / Los Angeles Times:
No choice: Stay the course in Iraq  —  U.S. leadership deserves support for one last effort to succeed, says a retired Army general.  —  IRAQ IS BEING ripped apart by a low-grade civil war compounded by a dysfunctional, Shiite-dominated government.  As many as 3,000 Iraqis are being killed …
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Edward Wong / New York Times:
Shiite Cleric Opposes Return of Baathists in Iraq
Discussion: toohotfortnr and Matthew Yglesias
Lou Young / WCBS-TV:
Featured Slideshow II: Openly Gay Celebrities  —  (CBS) NEW YORK Several candidates for president are on a fast pace for fundraising.  Democrat Hillary Clinton has set a record and Republican Rudy Giuliani isn't far behind.  —  But it's what Giuliani said Monday that will likely steal the headlines.
Stephen Taylor:
Press shuts down blogger  —  A couple of weeks ago, I headed down the street to Parliament Hill to cover the budget for my blog and for Blogging Tories.  You can see the product of that effort here, here, here, and here.  I have a Hill pass that indicates that I have been pre-screened …
Discussion: Jay Currie
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Blogger Gets Bounced From Parliament
Discussion: Sister Toldjah
New York Times:
Classical Music Looks Toward China With Hope  —  Yu Zhenyang, a self-assured 15-year-old violinist with a picture of Jascha Heifetz in his bedroom, glided through the Mendelssohn Concerto from memory.  His teacher bounded across the room, flailing his arms, swooning to demonstrate pathos and urging Zhenyang to play with more passion.
Discussion: The Corner
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Still more extraordinary anti-democracy comments from Giuliani  —  Over the weekend, it was revealed by National Review's Ramesh Ponnuru that Rudy Giuliani believes that, as President, he would have the power to imprison American citizens without any sort of review of any kind …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Newsweek:
'I'm Not Praying for God to Save Me'  —  Elizabeth Edwards talks about cancer and how the death of a son gives her the perspective she needs to cope.  —  After disclosing that her breast cancer, first diagnosed before the 2004 election, had spread to her bones, Elizabeth Edwards became a symbol of how to cope with recurrence.
Discussion: Shakesville
 
 
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Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
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The Newsman More Terrorists Trust
New York Times:
Obama Built Donor Network From Roots Up
Tawfik Hamid / Opinion Journal:
The Trouble With Islam  —  Sadly, mainstream Muslim teaching accepts …
Discussion: PrairiePundit
David Stringer / Associated Press:
Blair: Next 2 days 'fairly critical'
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Newsweek:
The God Debate  —  At the Summit: On a cloudy California day …
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Warren P. Strobel / Real Cities:
Bush losing key adviser on Iraq
Discussion: Think Progress
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
I'm not trying to dredge up the old Bloggingheads thing...
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