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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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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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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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Tariq Panja / Associated Press:
Britons: Iran bound, threatened captives — ROYAL MARINE BASE CHIVENOR, England - British sailors and marines held for nearly two weeks in Iran were blindfolded, bound and threatened with prison if they did not say they had strayed into Iranian waters, a Royal Navy lieutenant who was among the capitives said Friday.
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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 …
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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David Johnston / New York Times:
Panel Seeks Written Account From Gonzales — The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee asked Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales on Thursday to provide the panel with a written account of his role in last year's dismissals of eight United States attorneys at least two days before his scheduled April 17 testimony.
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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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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.
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 …
Robin Givhan / Washington Post:
Nancy Pelosi, Respectfully Maintaining Her Own Image — Over the past week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi toured the Middle East with a congressional entourage and a generous collection of scarves. The scarves provided her with an additional bit of sartorial modesty when the situation required …
Chris Bowers / MyDD:
Go Bloomberg, Go! — This week, I have twice blogged (see here and here) about my hope that Mitt Romney would win the Republican nomination, because I believe he would be relatively easier to defeat in the general election than either John McCain or, especially, Rudy Giuliani.
New York Times:
Guantánamo Follies — There has been much speculation about the Supreme Court's decision not to hear an appeal from a group of Guantánamo Bay inmates until they have exhausted their legal options. Was the court signaling that the appeal had no merit?
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 …
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