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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 …
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 …
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Lauer On Pelosi Syria Visit: 'Let's Face It, A Lot Of People Think She Messed Up On This One' — This morning, NBC's Today Show ran a biased segment casting doubt on Pelosi's Syria trip. Every single question asked by anchor Matt Lauer was framed around conservative talking points.
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USA Today:
Pelosi steps out of bounds on ill-conceived trip to Syria — Bush's no-talk policy is flawed, but speaker's tactics are no solution. — Democrats in Congress have been busy flexing their foreign policy muscles almost from the moment they took power in January, for the most part responsibly.
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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.
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.
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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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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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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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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Aaron Gould Sheinin / The State:
Giuliani downplays abortion issue in S.C. — Republican for president Rudy Giuliani is betting S.C. primary voters are more interested in his national security credentials than his moderate views on abortion. — The former New York City mayor was in South Carolina Thursday …
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.