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10:45 AM ET, April 20, 2007

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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.
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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 …
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Washington Post:
Gonzales Testifies Before Senate Panel  —  SEN. PATRICK J. LEAHY, D-VT. CHAIRMAN: Good morning.  —  This week, like all Americans, we join in mourning the tragic killings at Virginia Tech on Monday.  The innocent lives of students and — before we start, I noticed the people holding outside.
New York Times:
Gonzales Endures Harsh Session With Senate Panel  —  Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, trying to salvage his job, endured withering questioning on Thursday from Senate Judiciary Committee members who expressed grave doubts about his truthfulness and judgment in the firing of federal prosecutors.
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 …
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Gonzales Flops In Senate Hearings And Loses Republican Support
Discussion: Salon and Kiko's House
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
On a Very Hot Seat With Little Cover and Less Support
Discussion: Discourse.net
Washington Post:
Roughed Up on the Hill  —  YESTERDAY'S "reconfirmation hearing" …
Discussion: TPMCafe blogs
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.
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Swopa / Needlenose:   As the Iraqis stand up, we'll tell them to sit back down
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 …
Discussion: The Caucus and Cliff Schecter
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.
Rick Perlstein / commonsense.ourfuture.org:
Rick Perlstein's blog  —  Last year I attended a major conference of conservative intellectuals and activists at Princeton University as the token liberal.  There I heard Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention say that the Democratic Party ostracizes all pro-life Democrats.
Kenneth Green / canada.com:
Canada joins anti-Kyoto bloc  —  This week's announcement by the Canadian government — that it may join a U.S.-led coalition focused on voluntary emissions cuts — could be part of a global shift away from Kyoto's binding targets.  —  In a somewhat surprising development, Canada …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
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 …
Discussion: Salon, Althouse, Slate and Betsy's Page
David Whitney / Sacramento Bee:
Doolittle off powerful panel  —  As a federal investigation unfolds, he takes a leave of absence from the House Appropriations Committee.  —  Story appeared in MAIN NEWS section, Page A4  —  Rep. John Doolittle, R-Roseville, had his Virginia home searched as the FBI looked for business papers of his wife, Julie.
Open Congress:
S.223  —  Blog articles for S.223  —  S.223: A bill to require Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in electronic form.  —  APRIL 20, 2007  —  S.223  —  S.223 A bill to require Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and reports in electronic form. introduced Jan. 09, 2007 293 views
 
 
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