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10:25 PM ET, April 4, 2007

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White House:
Personnel Announcement  —  President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate ten individuals, appoint twelve individuals, recess appoint four individuals and designate one individual to serve in his Administration.  The President today also announced that he has appointed one individual to serve in his Administration.
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Associated Press:
Bush Bypasses Dems to Name Ambassador  —  President Bush named Republican fundraiser Sam Fox as U.S. ambassador to Belgium on Wednesday, using a maneuver that allowed him to bypass Congress where Democrats had derailed Fox's nomination.  —  Democrats had denounced Fox for his 2004 donation to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.
David Stout / New York Times:
Bush Defies Democrats With 3 Appointments  —  President Bush used Congress's Easter break today to defy Democratic lawmakers and appoint three officials who have already drawn heavy criticism on Capitol Hill.  —  The president used recess appointments to install Sam Fox …
Bob Geiger:
Bush To Recess-Appoint Swift-Boat Scumbag Fox  —  In a move that should disgust all and surprise nobody, the White House announced today that George W. Bush will recess-appoint Sam Fox, who gave $50,000 to the Swift Boat Liars to help finance their 2004 smear of John Kerry, to be the new U.S. Ambassador to Belgium.
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:   Joe Lieberman's BFF, Swiftboatin' Sam, Gets Recess Appointment
CNN:
Iran president to free UK sailors … TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has pardoned 15 British military personnel being held in Iranian custody and vowed to set them free shortly.  —  "I declare that the people of Iran and the government of Iran …
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Daily Mail:
Freed British sailors to fly home in time for Easter  —  The President of Iran shook hands with the British hostages this afternoon after announcing he was freeing them.  —  The sailors will leave Tehran early Thursday and arrive at London's Heathrow airport around 1200 GMT, said Robin Air, father of Royal Marine Capt. Chris Air.
Discussion: The Corner and Riehl World View
BBC:
Iranians release British sailors
Discussion: Fox News and digg
Scott Horton / Harper's:
A Hostage Swap?  —  Yesterday I spoke with a British diplomat …
Discussion: Political Animal
Howard Schneider / Washington Post:
Iranian Leader Says He Will Free Britons
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: Obama Bests Clinton in Primary Fundraising  —  Newcomer Obama Raises More Primary Cash than Clinton  —  ABC News has learned that the $23.5 million Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., raised for his presidential campaign for use in the primaries is more than that raised by the Democratic frontrunner, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y.
Discussion: AMERICAblog and MyDD
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Chicago Tribune:
Obama fundraising rivals Clinton  —  Sen. Barack Obama raised at least $25 million dollars during the first quarter for his presidential campaign, a total surprisingly close to the $26 million collected by his chief rival for the Democratic nomination, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Anne E. Kornblut / Washington Post:
Obama Raises $25M for Presidential Campaign  —  Sen. Barack Obama raised at least $25 million for his presidential campaign in the first quarter of the year, putting him just shy of Sen. Hillary Clinton, the Democratic frontrunner, who made a splash with her announcement Sunday that she had drawn a record-breaking $26 million.
Zogby:   UPDATED - Zogby: Three-Way Race as Hillary Holds Narrow Dem Lead in New Hampshire
Bjohnson / RADAR:
OBAMA STRUGGLES TO FIND HIS LINE
Alexander Mooney / CNN Political Ticker:
Giuliani stands by support of publicly-funded abortions  —  TALLAHASSEE, Florida (CNN) — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani told CNN Wednesday he supports public funding for some abortions, a position he advocated as mayor and one that will likely put the GOP presidential candidate at odds with social conservatives in his party.
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SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
A Video Clip Rudy is Bound to Regret
Discussion: Redstate
pmo.gov.il:
Clarification from the Prime Minister's Bureau  —  Following quotes attributed to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, during her visit to Damascus, the Prime Minister's Bureau wishes to clarify the following:  —  During Mrs. Pelosi's meeting with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, before her visit to Syria …
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John Holusha / New York Times:
Three Yale Students Arrested for Flag Burning  —  Three Yale University students were arrested early Tuesday morning for burning an American flag on a pole attached to a house in New Haven, the Yale Daily News reported today.  —  The three men, all of foreign origin, were charged …
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Charlotte Martin / Yale Daily News:   One of three students released on bail after flag-burning arrests
Newsweek:
Docked for Duty?  —  The Justice Department called David Iglesias, the U.S. attorney in New Mexico, an 'absentee landlord'—a key reason listed for his firing last December.  Just one problem: Iglesias, a captain in the Navy Reserve, was off teaching classes as part of the war on terror.
Discussion: Seeing the Forest
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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:   Newsweek: Agency to Investigate Iglesias Firing
Mary Ann Akers / The Sleuth:
Edwards Provides Lesson in E-Campaigning 101  —  When you visit the John Edwards for President Web site, you're invited to send a sympathy note to the Edwardses.  And tens of thousands of well wishers have done so since that heart-wrenching news conference two weeks ago at which Elizabeth …
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Nedra Pickler / ABCNEWS:
Elizabeth Edwards Gets Some Good News
New York Sun:
Cheney's Chance  —  For all the talk about potential candidates who haven't entered the 2008 presidential race — from Mayor Bloomberg to Vice President Gore to Senator Thompson and Speaker Gingrich — the one that who would bring the most to the race is Vice President Cheney.
Michelle Malkin:
Land of the lost: Left-wing blogs get punked  —  Take a close look at this photo—focus on the folder tucked under Karl Rove's arm and keep a mental note of what's on the TV monitor (big hat tips to Gid and Ace):  —  Now, look at all the heavy breathing from left-wing blogs about the name on the folder, "Coptix:"
 
 
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