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5:15 PM ET, April 19, 2007

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David Stout / New York Times:
In Testimony, Gonzales Says Firings Were Justified  —  Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales encountered anger and skepticism from senators today as he insisted that he had nothing to hide in the dismissals of eight United States attorneys, an episode that has cast a shadow on the Justice Department and brought calls for his resignation.
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MSNBC:
Embattled attorney general plays down role in attorneys' dismissals  —  LIVE VIDEO: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee following the firings of eight U.S. attorneys.  —  NBC News Live  —  See photos of quirky landmarks that you sent in!  Click "launch."
Discussion: Pacific Views and Macsmind
Jesse Lee / The Gavel:
A Letter from Anonymous Justice Employees
Discussion: Firedoglake and TalkLeft
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Gonzales Hearing: Live Blog
Discussion: Firedoglake
Agence France Presse:
"War in Iraq lost": US Democrat leader  —  The war in Iraq "is lost" and a US troop surge is failing to bring peace to the country, the leader of the Democratic majority in the US Congress, Harry Reid, said Thursday.  —  "I believe ... that this war is lost, and this surge is not accomplishing anything …
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Agence France Presse:
Iraq war is 'lost': US Democrat leader  —  The war in Iraq "is lost" and a US troop surge is failing to bring peace to the country, the leader of the Democratic majority in the US Congress, Harry Reid, said Thursday.  —  "I believe ... that this war is lost, and this surge is not accomplishing anything …
Washington Post:
Democrats Would Make Iraq Timetable in Bill 'Advisory'  —  Congressional Democratic leaders are moving to make their proposed timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq "advisory" as they seek to reconcile two versions of war spending legislation into a single bill that they plan to pass next week …
Scott Harper / zwire.com:
McCain visits Murrells Inlet  —  Even though he was nursing a cold, Republican Presidential candidate Sen. John McCain spent nearly 90 minutes talking to nearly 500 people who crammed into the Murrells Inlet VFW Hall Wednesday morning.  —  The "Straight Talk" tour, as it's called, included stops in Summerville and Charleston.
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Political Radar:
American Idol for Politicians?  —  ABC News' Bret Hovell Reports: Sen. John McCain's, R-Ariz., campaign insists he was only kidding when he combined a Beach Boys impression with foreign policy Wednesday before a group of Veterans at a VFW hall in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina.  —  See the YouTube video here.
Discussion: democracyarsenal.org
Jon Soltz / The Huffington Post:
A Sneak Peak at the Danger of President McCain
Discussion: DownWithTyranny! and David Corn
Bill Carter / New York Times:
Package Forced NBC to Make Tough Decisions  —  The package that arrived yesterday at NBC headquarters in New York was almost immediately flagged as suspicious, because it had been mailed from Blacksburg, Va., and bore the return name A. Ishmael.  —  Last night, the anchor of "The NBC Nightly News …
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David Maraniss / Washington Post:
'That Was the Desk I Chose to Die Under'  —  The roommates crossed paths near the bathroom door at 5 in the morning.  In the Monday darkness, another school week at Virginia Tech was about to begin.  Karan Grewal had pulled an all-nighter to finish his accounting paper.
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Network Says It Debated for Hours Whether to Air Shooter's Images
John Edwards '08 Blog:
I'm Signing On  —  I really thought that the 2004 presidential campaign would be the last I would be involved in.  I have always wanted to make a difference, but for me I thought those days were over.  —  A few weeks ago, John and Elizabeth Edwards made their decision to continue …
Nazila Fathi / New York Times:
Iran Exonerates Six Who Killed in Islam's Name  —  The Iranian Supreme Court has overturned the murder convictions of six members of a prestigious state militia who killed five people they considered "morally corrupt."  —  The reversal, in an infamous five-year-old case from Kerman …
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Nathan Newman / The Coffee House:
Supreme Ct Kills Range of State Banking Laws in Gift to Predatory Lenders
Discussion: Sirotablog, TAPPED and theGarance.com
Erica Werner / Associated Press:
Embattled lawmaker gives up panel seat  —  WASHINGTON - Rep. John Doolittle (news, bio, voting record) has decided to temporarily give up his House Appropriations Committee seat after FBI agents searched his house in a congressional influence-peddling investigation.
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Gonzales: Criticism Damages DoJ Employees  —  Under questioning from Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), Gonzales cautioned against criticizing the good employees of the Justice Department: "when there are attacks against the department, you're attacking the career professionals."
Liz Mair / GOPProgress.com:
Which lame-o Senator likes dark-ages campaign finance reports and secret holds?  —  Great.  I thought we were done with this nonsense about certain Senators placing secret holds on legislation that might cause them a spot of bother, back last year when this site, together with Porkbusters and TPM …
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Drinking Age Paradox  —  Public policy often illustrates the law of unintended consequences.  Society's complexity — multiple variables with myriad connections — often causes the consequences of a policy to be contrary to, and larger than, the intended ones.
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
The Media in the Mud  —  It pales in comparison to the carnage and loss of life this week at Virginia Tech.  But last week the tattered reputation of journalism in this country saw severe damage.  The role of the media in the phony Duke lacrosse rape story and the Don Imus firing left large parts …
 
 
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Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
The Case of the Logistically Pernicious Ham Steak: Tales of Heroic …
Richard Lardner / TBO.com:
Message-Minded Admiral Ditches 'Long War' Phrase
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Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
Pentagon can pay for war through June
Discussion: Think Progress
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Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard:
Nobody's First Choice  —  Another Air Force deal that doesn't pass the smell test.
Discussion: BLACKFIVE, Defense Tech and Op For
Matthew Yglesias:
About That Constitution
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 Earlier Items: 
Robynn Tysver / Omaha World-Herald:
Bruning may yet take on Hagel in '08
Discussion: The Fix and On Politics
Michael J. Totten:
Where Kurdistan Meets the Red Zone
Discussion: Instapundit.com
New York Times:
No Solution in Sight as Bush and Lawmakers Discuss Iraq Spending Measure
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Shakesville
Tom Humphrey / KnoxNews:
House vote permits guns in more places
Discussion: Tammy Bruce and TIME
Sherwood Ross / CounterPunch:
Massacre at Va Tech
Greg Gordon / Real Cities:
Campaign against alleged voter fraud fuels political tempest
Washington Post:
Giuliani's Lead Shrinks, Clinton's Margin Holds