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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Maybe Gonzales Won't Recall His Painful Day on the Hill — Alberto Gonzales's tenure as attorney general was pronounced dead at 3:02 p.m. yesterday by Tom Coburn, M.D. — The good doctor, who also happens to be a Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, made this clinical judgment …
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New York Times:
Gonzales v. Gonzales — If Attorney General Alberto Gonzales had gone to the Senate yesterday to convince the world that he ought to be fired, it's hard to imagine how he could have done a better job, short of simply admitting the obvious: that the firing of eight United States attorneys was a partisan purge.
Washington Post:
Senators Chastise Gonzales at Hearing — Members of His Own Party Pile On as Attorney General Defends Firings — Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales came under withering attack from members of his own party yesterday over the dismissals of eight U.S. attorneys, facing the first resignation demand …
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
The Media, The Killer & The Video — Did Alberto Gonzales really testify yesterday? — I suspect he did—I saw some clips on the evening news of even Republican senators chiding him—but it was hard to tell during the day, when Virginia Tech once again dominated the cable coverage.
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Al, the President's Man — ALBERTO GONZALES IS BLOODIED BY HIS TRIP TO THE SENATE. — Right before we break for lunch in Alberto Gonzales' star turn before the Senate judiciary committee, he repeats, for about the fifth time, some crazy hokum about how anyone who criticizes the actions …
New York Times:Gonzales Endures Harsh Session With Senate Panel
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:The Reviews Are In... (Photo of angel statue giving a thumbs down via R80o.)
Washington Post:Roughed Up on the Hill — YESTERDAY'S "reconfirmation hearing" …
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Nancy A. Youssef / Real Cities:
Training Iraqi troops no longer driving force in U.S. policy — WASHINGTON - Military planners have abandoned the idea that standing up Iraqi troops will enable American soldiers to start coming home soon and now believe that U.S. troops will have to defeat the insurgents and secure control of troubled provinces.
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Leading Democrat in Senate Tells Reporters, 'This War Is Lost' — As Congressional Democrats sought to reconcile their differences and send an Iraq spending bill to the White House, Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, said Thursday that "this war is lost," a stark assessment …
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White House:
President Bush Discusses the Global War on Terror in Tipp City, Ohio — THE PRESIDENT: Thanks for coming. I'm honored you're here. Steve, thank you for the invitation. It's a real pleasure to be with you. What I thought I would do is share some thoughts with you about a couple of subjects …
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Paul Blumenthal / Sunlight Foundation blogs:
12 Senators Left! Keep Calling. — Major media outlets are reporting that the Senator in question is definitely a Republican. Since we know that the Senator is a Republican we can narrow down our search to the remaining 12 Republican Senators. Help find the anonymous Senator and call these 12 Senators today.
Mike Madden / Arizona Republic:
Renzi steps down from House panel after raid on firm — WASHINGTON - Rep. Rick Renzi stepped down temporarily from the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday, after the FBI raided his family's business in connection with an ongoing federal investigation. — Agents took documents …
Washington Post:
Gonzales Testifies Before Senate Panel, Part II — LEAHY: Before we start the clock on Senator Sessions, just so we'll know what the timing is, after Senator Sessions will be Senator Schumer, then Senator Graham, then Senator Durbin. — Go ahead, Senator Sessions.
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:The Nature Of Accountability And At-Will Employment (Updated)
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Mike Soraghan / The Hill:
Three days after guilty plea, Griles ties the knot — Two Bush administration officials who have been linked in scandal are now linked in wedlock. — The union of former Deputy Interior Secretary J. Steven Griles and Sue Ellen Wooldridge could have implications for the investigation into Griles's ties to ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Joe Bel Bruno / Associated Press:
Stocks Up on Earnings; Dow Nears 13,000 — Stocks Advance Sharply After Google Profit Beats Expectations, Dow Pushes Toward 13,000 — NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street bounded higher Friday after Google Inc. led a series of stronger earnings reports that propelled the Dow Jones industrials further …
Caroline Glick / Jerusalem Post:
Column One: Fighting the next war — Last Friday, Haaretz's military commentator Ze'ev Schiff accused the Barak and Sharon governments of responsibility for last summer's war. As Schiff put it, since the IDF withdrawal from southern Lebanon in May 2000, "a threatening system …
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
A Moment of Silence — What can be said about the Virginia Tech massacre? Very little. What should be said? Even less. The lives of 32 innocents, chosen randomly and without purpose, are extinguished most brutally by a deeply disturbed gunman. With an event such as this …
Chris Kromm / Facing South:
Facing South Exclusive: Murder of farmworker leader feared political — On April 9, the tied and beaten body of Santiago Rafael Cruz — a leader of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee — was found dead in the union's Mexico-based office in Monterrey. Few leads have turned up …
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