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9:30 PM ET, April 6, 2007

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Robert F. Turner / Opinion Journal:
Illegal Diplomacy  —  Did Nancy Pelosi commit a felony when she went to Syria?  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may well have committed a felony in traveling to Damascus this week, against the wishes of the president, to communicate on foreign-policy issues with Syrian President Bashar Assad.
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Greg Sargent / Horses Mouth:
Oh, dear.  Guess who's taking the Washington Post's editorial board to task for its editorial stance against Nancy Pelosi's trip to Syria?  One of the Post's own Op ed columnists, Eugene Robinson.  —  Check out this appearance by Robinson on Hardball.  Robinson defends Pelosi's trip to Syria …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Matthew Yglesias
Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
Cheney Sticks to His Delusions  —  Faced with overwhelming evidence to the contrary, even President Bush has backed off his earlier inflammatory assertions about links between al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein.  —  But Vice President Cheney yesterday, in an interview with right-wing talk radio host Rush Limbaugh …
Tom Lantos / USA Today:
Within the bounds  —  USA TODAY's views distort both the nature of Speaker Pelosi's trip and the constitutional role of Congress in foreign policy.  As a member of the speaker's delegation who accompanied her to every meeting, I would like to set the record straight.  —  Let's be clear.
Discussion: The Impolitic and Wake up America
Michael Young / Lebanon Daily Star:
When a dilettante takes on Hizbullah
Discussion: TigerHawk
Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:
Gonzales aide who asserted Fifth resigns  —  WASHINGTON - A top aide to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales abruptly quit on Friday, almost two weeks after telling Congress she would not testify about her role in the firings of federal prosecutors.  —  There was no immediate reason given …
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Associated Press:
Goodling said she would invoke 5th Amendment if called before Congress  —  WASHINGTON - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' top aide, who refusedto testify before Congress about her role in the politically charged firing of eight U.S. attorneys, abruptly quit her job Friday.
David Stout / New York Times:
Gonzales Aide Who Refused to Testify Resigns
Tom Kelly / Daily Mail:
Blindfolded Britons tell of the moment the guards' guns clicked  —  * We were blindfolded and subjected to interrogation  —  * We were told we faced seven years in prison if we did not 'confess'  —  * Iranians entered Iraqi waters deliberately to detain us.  Fighting back was not an option
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Britain's Humiliation — and Europe's
Tariq Panja / Associated Press:
Britons: Iran bound, threatened captives
Discussion: NewsHog
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Royal Marine Captain says "fighting back was not an option" …
Discussion: Telegraph Blogs and Sister Toldjah
Bruce Bartlett / New York Times:
How Supply-Side Economics Trickled Down  —  AS one who was present at the creation of "supply-side economics" back in the 1970s, I think it is long past time that the phrase be put to rest.  It did its job, creating a new consensus among economists on how to look at the national economy.
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Mark Thoma / Economist's View:
Bruce Bartlett: How Supply-Side Economics Trickled Down
Discussion: Angry Bear and Ezra Klein
Associated Press:
Cheney reasserts al-Qaida-Saddam connection  —  Vice president's words come as latest Pentagon report again dismisses link  —  WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney repeated his assertions of al-Qaida links to Saddam Hussein's Iraq on Thursday as the Defense Department released a report citing …
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El Presidente / Slapstick Politics:
Colorado Statue Honoring Fallen Navy SEAL Opposed, "Glorifies Violence"  —  **Welcome Michelle Malkin readers—scroll for updates  —City of Littleton confirms that statue will proceed with the unveiling on July 4, Dietz family speaks as police officers applaud:
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Joey Bunch / Denver Post:   Line drawn in park over statue
Minneapolis Star Tribune:
3 federal prosecutors quit manager posts  —  They left their management jobs with the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office and will go back to prosecuting cases.  —  In a surprising move, three top lawyers in the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office resigned their management positions Thursday and will return to prosecuting cases.
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Guardian:
How the web became a sexists' paradise  —  Everyone receives abuse online but the sheer hatred thrown at women bloggers has left some in fear for their lives.  Jessica Valenti, editor of Feministing.com, reports  —  Last week, Kathy Sierra, a well-known software programmer and Java expert …
Tim Sullivan / Associated Press:
India High-Tech Industry Out of Workers  —  MYSORE, India (AP) - At the heart of the sprawling corporate campus, in a hilltop building overlooking the immaculately shorn lawns, the sports fields and the hypermodern theater complex, young engineers crowd into a classroom.
Discussion: Political Animal and Sirotablog
Charlotte Martin / Yale Daily News:
Lawyer: Fire was a 'prank'  —  Attorney for three students says burning of flag was not politically motivated  —  Three Yale students arrested for burning an American flag attached to a house were not politically motivated, their lawyer said Thursday.  —  The attorney, William Dow …
 
 
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