memeorandum: Gilchrest Seeking White House Deal on Iraq (John Bresnahan/The Politico)

10:05 PM ET, April 10, 2007

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House Panel Subpoenas Gonzales for Documents — The House Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales today seeking hundreds of pages of new or uncensored records related to the firings of eight U.S. attorneys last year, officials said.

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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:

BREAKING: Rep. Conyers Issues Subpoena Duces Tecum For DOJ Docs — That stalling tactic on document production from the DoJ to Congress finally got old. A Subpoena duces tecum has been issued for any and all documentary evidence pertaining to the USAtty firings, with a return date of April 16th at 2:00 pm ET at the Rayburn Building.

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Nolo / indict dick cheney:

rep. john conyers subpoenas gonzales! ouch! — and the day got away. . . thanks to christy — hardin smith at — firedoglake for — linking me on — this story. . . below are new, — cleaner jpegs of — the docs; i've — not set those — that might — only be of inter-

Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
House judiciary panel subpoenas Gonzales

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David Johnston / New York Times:
Senators Press for More Files on Removing Prosecutors

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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup Poll:

Giuliani Leads GOP Field; McCain Support Down in Latest Trial Heat — Thompson maintains third-place showing — PRINCETON, NJ — The latest Gallup Poll of rank-and-file Republicans' preferences for their party's 2008 presidential nomination shows Rudy Giuliani continues to lead the large field of candidates.

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Frank Newport / Gallup Poll:
Hillary Clinton Remains Dominant Front-Runner Among Democrats

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Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Conservatives, don't ignore McCain

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Bill Theobald / Tennessean.com:
Nearly half of state's GOP voters polled favor Thompson

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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Audio: McCain says someone was laughing during his Baghdad press conference

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Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:

Bush inviting Dems to meet about Iraq — WASHINGTON - President Bush on Tuesday invited Democrats to discuss their standoff over a war-spending bill, but he made clear he would not change his position opposing troop withdrawals. The White House bluntly said the meeting would not be a negotiation.

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David S. Broder / Washington Post:

Time for A Bargain On the War — In the continuing battle between the Democratic Congress and the Bush administration over policy in Iraq, logic is on the Democrats' side, but the crucial political leverage belongs to the president. It behooves the realists in both camps to recognize …

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Bob Geiger:
The Iraq-War Debate - Don't Follow The Money

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Gateway Pundit:

Busted!... Multi-National Force Iraq Scores on Mainstream Media — It's refreshing to see the world's finest military win a battle on the media front! — Of all of the 1,800 plus articles published yesterday on the Al Sadr Anti-US-occupation protest in Najaf, Iraq, not one mentioned …

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Multi-National Force:
Iraqi citizens exercise peaceful right of assembly in Najaf

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Edward Wong / New York Times:
Huge Protest in Iraq Demands U.S. Withdraw

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Matt / Think Progress:

Kerry Forces Gingrich To Admit Inhofe Is Off-Base On Global Warming Science — Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) engaged in head-to-head debate this morning on global warming. During the event, Kerry challenged Gingrich on his commitment to global warming science …

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Patrick Kennedy / BlueClimate:
The John Kerry/Newt Gingrich Climate Change Debate

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Rick Albertson / www.johnkerry.com blog:
Opening Salvos in the Kerry-Gingrich Debate

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Vikas Bajaj / New York Times:

Defaults Rise in Next Level of Mortgages — Some of the problems afflicting mortgages sold to borrowers with weak, or subprime, credit increasingly appear to be cropping up in loans made to homeowners who were thought to be less risky. — The latest sign of possible further deterioration …

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Fester / NewsHog:
Heads up on Housing — I have been following the housing bubble …

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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:

Smerconish on Imus: "I don't interpret it as a racist statement per se..." — It's interesting that only the beltway pols that go on Imus's show regularly are the ones trying to save his job...Of the ones that I can remember, not one of them, not Chris Dodd, (he's issuing a statement soon) …

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Media Matters for America:
Barnes: Rutgers basketball team "acted like victims"

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CNN:
Rutgers players describe how Imus' remarks hurt

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CNN:

Iran plans book, CD on Britons' detention — TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) — Iran plans to release a book and CD detailing the arrest and detention of 15 British sailors and marines whom Tehran blames for illegally crossing into Iranian waters, an Iranian military spokesman said.

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Toby Harnden / Telegraph Blogs:
British disgrace becomes fiasco

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White House:

President Bush Makes Remarks on the Iraq War Supplemental — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Good morning; please be seated. Thank you for your warm hospitality. It's a pleasure to be here at Legion Post 177, Fairfax, Virginia. I appreciate you inviting me.

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John Bresnahan / The Politico:

Gilchrest Seeking White House Deal on Iraq — A diverse collection of House Republicans has formed an ad hoc group to negotiate with the White House on a compromise Iraq spending bill, Politico's Ryan Grim reports. The group plans to hold talks with National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley …

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Dennis Wagner / Arizona Republic:

Producer: PBS dropped 'Islam vs. Islamists' on political grounds — The producer of a tax-financed documentary on Islamic extremism claims his film has been dropped for political reasons from a television series that airs next week on more than 300 PBS stations nationwide.

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Consumerist:

CEO Pay Up 298%, Average Worker's? 4.3% (1995-2005) — There's been a lot of ballyhoo lately about ballooning executive pay, so here's a look at how CEO incomes rose over the years in relation to Joe Blow's paycheck. — It looks like while CEO pay rose 298.2% by 2005 …

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WSJ.com: Washington Wire:

When CEO Buys a Mansion, It's Time to Sell Shares — Judith Burns reports on a new signal to sell stocks. — With House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank pushing a bill to give shareholders more say on executive compensation, a couple of academic researchers suggest another …

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