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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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Nico / Think Progress:
Washington Post Misleads, Contradicts Own Reporting, To Attack Pelosi — The Washington Post editorial page today published a vicious editorial attacking Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), calling her "ludicrous" and describing her bipartisan trip to Syria as an "attempt to establish a shadow presidency."
Associated Press:
U.S. Congressman Darrell Issa meets Syrian president in Damascus — DAMASCUS, Syria: A visiting U.S. congressman held talks with President Bashar Assad Thursday, a day after a congressional delegation headed by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sparked controversy by meeting the Syrian leader.
Dugald McConnell / CNN:
Carter backs Pelosi's trip, despite Bush's rebuke … WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former President Jimmy Carter expressed his support for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to Syria, rejecting White House criticism of the visit. — "I was glad that she went," Carter said Wednesday.
Telegraph:
They're free, but Britain has been humiliated — Relief at the freeing of the British sailors and Marines in Iran is tempered with dismay at the humiliation to which they and the country they serve have been subjected. — The 14 men and one woman are due to return to Britain today …
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Guardian:
Diplomacy or a deal - how the standoff ended — Julian Borger, Michael Howard in Baghdad, Robert Tait in Tehran — The release of the 15 Britons was a "gift" to the British people to celebrate the birth of the prophet Muhammad and Easter, according to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:British navy crew leaves Iran for London
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Washington Post:
Gonzales Prepares to Fight for His Job in Testimony — Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales has retreated from public view this week in an intensive effort to save his job, spending hours practicing testimony and phoning lawmakers for support in preparation for pivotal appearances in the Senate this month …
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United States Central Command:
Al-Sahab Expected To Release New Bin Ladin Video — Terrorism: Al-Sahab Reportedly To Release New Bin Ladin Video Message — On 4 April, a jihadist website carried the following posting: — "After a long absence by the shaykh of mujahidin, whom we have missed as well as his speeches …
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Rusty / The Jawa Report:
New bin Laden Video Expected — Marvellous. Let's hope this is old footage, given a new spin. As-Sahab has been known to recycle bin Laden's speeches in the past, edited and translated by our own American traitor Adam Gadahn. — But if bin Laden's speech does include the recent Arab summit …
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en.rian.ru:
Belgium to impose tax on barbequing to fight global warming — The government of Belgium's French-speaking region of Wallonia, which has a population of about 4 million, has approved a tax on barbequing, local media reported. — Experts said that between 50 and 100 grams of CO2 …
Michael J. Totten:
An Army, Not a Militia — SULEIMANIYA, IRAQ - Iraq is a country with three armies and I'm-not-sure-how-many militias and death squads. The Iraqi Army is nominally the national army, but it's still being trained, supplied, and augmented by the coalition forces, which is to say the Americans.
Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Money talks for Obama — $25 million haul shows just how powerful a candidate he really is — In a first test of political strength, Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama outraised chief rival Hillary Rodham Clinton during the first three months of the year for money to use …
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Bush Uses Recess to Fill Envoy Post and 2 Others — President Bush used the Congressional recess on Wednesday to push through his choice to be ambassador to Belgium and to fill two domestic policy positions, provoking Democratic ire with all three appointments.
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Zogby:
Zogby: Romney Rockets! — Latest New Hampshire telephone poll shows Romney's support nearly doubles to 25% to tie McCain; Giuliani trails at 19% — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has rocketed to the top of the field of contenders for the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary crown …
Glen Johnson / Associated Press:
Romney calls himself a longtime hunter — BOSTON - In boasting about his lifelong experience as a hunter, Mitt Romney may have shot himself in the foot. — The Republican presidential contender has told audiences on several occasions, most recently this week in gun-savvy — and early voting …
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