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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.
IraqPundit:
From Snark to Syria — "Things are better," Sen. John McCain said in Baghdad this week, "and there are encouraging signs. I have been here many times over the years. Never have I been able to drive from the airport. Never have I been able to go out into the city as I was today."
Aaron Klein / WorldNetDaily:
Editor's note: Listen to audio of terrorists endorsing Nancy Pelosi's visit by clicking here. — JERUSALEM - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit today to Syria - in which she called for dialogue with Damascus - was "brave" and "very appreciated" and could bring about "important changes" …
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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Bloomberg:
Gonzales Aide Sticks to Decision Not to Testify About Firings — An aide to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales refused House Democrats' offer to talk in private to investigators probing the firing of eight U.S. attorneys. — Lawyers for the aide, Monica Goodling, said she is sticking …
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.
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Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:
British navy crew leaves Iran for London
British navy crew leaves Iran for London
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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 …
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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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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Sisyphus Shrugged:
Where's Bill? — As you know, Bill Donohue has been busy this week. — Generally, though, he's not too busy to have a rapid response to Catholic politicians who take political stances contrary to the teachings of the Church. — So it seems odd that he hasn't had anything to say about this
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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.
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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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.
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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