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Mary Ann Akers / The Sleuth:
Democrats Outraged Over Fox Recess Appointment — Senate Democrats are livid over what they view as President Bush's illegal maneuver to bypass the Senate confirmation process and appoint controversial nominee Sam Fox as ambassador to Belgium while Congress is away on recess.
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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 …
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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.
Al Kamen / Washington Post:
Recess Appointments Granted to 'Swift Boat' Donor, 2 Other Nominees — President Bush, defying Senate Democrats, gave recess appointments yesterday to three controversial nominees, including, as ambassador to Belgium, Republican donor Sam Fox, who had contributed to Swift Boat Veterans for Truth …
Bob Geiger:Bush To Recess-Appoint Swift-Boat Scumbag Fox
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Michael Roston / The Raw Story:Bush recess appoints major Swift Boat Vets donor
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Hindrocket / Power Line:WELL DONE, W — It' s a small point, but I was disappointed …
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Washington Post:
Pratfall in Damascus — Nancy Pelosi's foolish shuttle diplomacy — HOUSE SPEAKER Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) offered an excellent demonstration yesterday of why members of Congress should not attempt to supplant the secretary of state when traveling abroad.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:Did Pelosi give Assad the wrong message from Israel?
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Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:
British navy crew leaves Iran for London — TEHRAN, Iran - Fifteen British sailors and marines held captive for nearly two weeks left Iran early Thursday aboard a commercial flight bound for London, ending a standoff a day after Iran's president announced their surprise release.
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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.
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Associated Press:
Students peacefully protest Cheney's upcoming appearance at BYU — PROVO, Utah (AP) — More than 200 demonstrators held a quiet rally Wednesday at Brigham Young University to protest Vice President Dick Cheney's upcoming commencement speech, while his supporters staged a counter-protest.
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Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
Two Soldiers Likely Killed by 'Friendly Fire' — Contrary to Press Reports — And One Was Not Fully Trained — WASHINGTON Two soldiers killed in Iraq in February may have died as a result of friendly fire, Army officials said Wednesday, not from enemy fire, as the press reported.
Andrew Mangino / Yale Daily News:
At Law School, Koh is liberal lion — This is the first part of a two-part profile. — Fate brought Harold Hongju Koh to the Yale Law School deanship. He was six years old at the time. — The year was 1961, and Eugene V. Rostow — outspoken, energetic and controversial — was dean.
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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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Murray Waas / The Huffington Post:
Favoritism Towards Wolfowitz Girl Friend — Employees of the World Bank have been "expressing concern, dismay, and outrage" regarding favoritism shown by the bank and the Bush administration towards the one-time girl friend of World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz, according …
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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Francis Fukuyama / DO NOT WRITE HERE …:
The history at the end of history — Condoleezza Rice wants to bring democracy to the Middle East. Ms. Rice, an expert on what is now an obsolete subject, the Soviet Union, believes this can be done the way the United States brought democracy to Chile or Iran or Afghanistan - that is, by violently overthrowing governments.
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Dan Arnall / ABCNEWS:
'Strong Possibility' Gas Will Rise to $4 — Oil Prices Ease After Iran Hostages Are Freed, but Analysts Say High Demand to Keep Gas Prices High — ABC News Business Unit — For the past two weeks, Iran has not just been holding 15 British soldiers captive; it's been holding the world's oil markets hostage, too.
Opinion Journal:
Iraq's Real 'Civil War' — Sunni tribes battle al Qaeda terrorists in the insurgency's stronghold. — ANBAR PROVINCE, Iraq—Last fall, President Bush, citing the violence in Baghdad, said that the U.S. strategy in Iraq was "slowly failing." At that time, though, more Americans were dying …
Arnold Tsunga / Washington Post:
Mugabe's Enablers — When the heads of state of the Southern African Development Community convened last week in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to discuss the political situation in Zimbabwe, hopes among the Zimbabwean people ran high. President Robert Mugabe had recently extended his brutal efforts …
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