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New York Times:
For Queen and First Lady, Bush Will Try White Tie — How does George W. Bush, a towel-snapping Texan who puts his feet on the coffee table, drinks water straight from the bottle and was once caught on tape talking with food in his mouth prepare for a state dinner with the queen?
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Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
A Split Emerges as Conservatives Discuss Darwin — Evolution has long generated bitter fights between the left and the right about whether God or science better explains the origins of life. But now a dispute has cropped up within conservative circles, not over science, but over political ideology …
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Washington Post:
Democrats' Momentum Is Stalling — Amid Iraq Debate, Priorities On Domestic Agenda Languish — In the heady opening weeks of the 110th Congress, the Democrats' domestic agenda appeared to be flying through the Capitol: Homeland security upgrades, a higher minimum wage and student loan interest rate cuts …
Associated Press:
Can Keith Olbermann straddle the line between news and opinion? — NEW YORK - In an angry commentary on April 25, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann accused Rudolph Giuliani of using the language of Osama bin Laden with "the same chilling nonchalance of the madman" to argue that Republicans would keep Americans safer than Democrats from terror.
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dougfeith.com:
AT THE CENTER OF THE STORM — Echoes of "slam dunk" so vex former Central Intelligence Agency Director George Tenet that he has written a book. Had he never blurted those words to the president, Mr. Tenet tells us, he might not have written it. He wants to explain what the words meant …
Jim Martin / The Impolitic:
They'll Fight This War To The Last Man — There is this AP article out about how republican support for the war will probably hurt them in 2008. In the article there are the usual statements about September this and the support is wavering that. It's the republican's war and they better win it blah, blah, blah.
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Fred Dalton Thompson / ABC Radio Networks:
Excerpt: Prepared Remarks for Speech to Lincoln Club Annual Dinner — So we meet again, and I'm honored, because I know we're here for the same reasons: Love of our country and concern for our future. — A lot of Americans have these concerns tonight. They are concerned about the way things are going in our country right now.
Alan S. Blinder / Washington Post:
Free Trade's Great, but Offshoring Rattles Me — I'm a free trader down to my toes. Always have been. Yet lately, I'm being treated as a heretic by many of my fellow economists. Why? Because I have stuck my neck out and predicted that the offshoring of service jobs from rich countries …
Jennifer Parker / ABCNEWS:
Banned From YouTube? — Conservatives Perceive YouTube Bias, Launch New Video-Sharing Site — In the new digital media age, damning political videos can have an immediate impact on campaign 2.0, thanks largely to the availability and immediacy of YouTube.
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Adam C. Smith / St. Petersburg Times:
Giuliani flips on Schiavo case — When Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani came to the home county of Terri Schiavo last month, he said he supported the controversial effort by Congress to intervene to keep the severely brain-damaged woman alive. — But now it's not so clear where he stands on the Schiavo case.
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Karin Brulliard / Washington Post:
Iraq Reimposes Freeze on Medical Diplomas In Bid to Keep Doctors From Fleeing Abroad — BAGHDAD — Iraq is hemorrhaging doctors as violence racks the nation. To stem the flow, the Iraqi government has recently taken a cue from Saddam Hussein: Medical schools are once again forbidden to issue diplomas and transcripts to new graduates.
Matthew Yglesias:
Misfortune? — According to Christopher Hitchens, Karl Rove says "I'm not fortunate enough to be a person of faith." Jon Chait comments: … Ross Douthat replies: … I see Ross's point, but at the end of the day I think Chait's right and it's pretty condescending.
David Shribman / Real Clear Politics:
NH's Leftward Turn May Change National Politics — LEBANON, N.H. — Good newspapers answer questions, but very good newspapers ask them, and the Valley News, which is published in the central area of the Connecticut River Valley hard by the Vermont border, is a very good newspaper.
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CBS News:
Iranian Walks Out Of Dinner With Condi — Claims Female Violinist Was Dressed Too Revealingly; Also Blames U.S. For Iraq Turmoil — (CBS/AP) Iran's foreign minister walked out of a dinner of diplomats where he was seated directly across from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice …
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Washington Post:
Troops at Odds With Ethics Standards — Army Also Finds More Deployment Means More Mental Illness — More than one-third of U.S. soldiers in Iraq surveyed by the Army said they believe torture should be allowed if it helps gather important information about insurgents, the Pentagon disclosed yesterday.
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