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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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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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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 …
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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Opinion Journal:
Democrats at War — Prime Minister Pelosi and Secretary of State Lantos undermine U.S. foreign policy—and maybe their own party. — Democrats took Congress last fall in part by opposing the war in Iraq, but it is becoming clear that they view their election as a mandate for something far more ambitious …
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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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R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
Hussein's Prewar Ties To Al-Qaeda Discounted — Pentagon Report Says Contacts Were Limited — Captured Iraqi documents and intelligence interrogations of Saddam Hussein and two former aides "all confirmed" that Hussein's regime was not directly cooperating with al-Qaeda before the U.S. invasion of Iraq …
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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:Today's Must Read
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publicbroadcasting.net:
Ehlers Says U.S. Attorney General Should Resign — Republican Congressman Vern Ehlers of Grand Rapids says he thinks U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales should step down. — Ehlers made the remarks before giving an update on the Congress and current events at a noon event at Calvin College.
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Justice Department In New Fight Over Papers on Firings — The Justice Department is refusing to release hundreds of pages of additional documents related to the firings of eight U.S. attorneys, setting up a fresh clash with Capitol Hill in a controversy that continues to threaten Attorney …
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Richard Holt / Telegraph:
Sailors 'blindfolded, bound and threatened' — The British service personnel held hostage in Iran said they were blindfolded, bound and threatened with seven years in prison if they didn't admit they had strayed into Iranian waters. — At a press conference the sailors and Marines confirmed …
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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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Mark Thoma / Economist's View:
Bruce Bartlett: How Supply-Side Economics Trickled Down — Bruce Bartlett says we're all supply-siders now, but as explained in some detail below, I don't fully agree: … As noted above, I don't fully agree, so let me cast this debate in a different framework where it's easier for me to highlight where we differ.
Michelle Malkin:
Anti-gun zealots oppose Navy SEAL memorial statue — Read this. — Did you read it yet? This story is so flabbergasting, I'm going to walk you through it here to ensure you don't miss it. There's no clearer illustration of just how unreality-based and ignorant the Left is in this country.
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El Presidente / Slapstick Politics:Colorado Statue Honoring Fallen Navy SEAL Opposed, "Glorifies Violence"
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Britain's Humiliation — and Europe's — Iran has pulled off a tidy little success with its seizure and release of those 15 British sailors and marines: a pointed humiliation of Britain, with a bonus demonstration of Iran's intention to push back against coalition challenges to its assets in Iraq.
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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 …
New York Times:
Emissions Already Affecting Climate, Report Finds — Earth's climate and ecosystems are already being affected, for better and mostly for worse, by the atmospheric buildup of smokestack and tailpipe gases that trap heat, top climate experts said today. — And while curbs in emissions can limit risks …
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Bassem Mroue / Associated Press:
Chlorine truck bomber kills 27 in Ramadi — BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber driving a truck loaded with TNT and toxic chlorine gas crashed into a police checkpoint in western Ramadi on Friday, killing at least 27 people and wounding dozens, police in the Anbar provincial capital said.
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Matt Lewis / Townhall.com:
Bloggers to Blame for Rudy's Bad Week? — Roger Simon reports: … Is Rudy blaming bloggers for his recent bad publicity? — Rudy's recent problems have arisen from interviews he granted or speeches he gave. — The most damning information has come from YouTube videos …
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