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Nico / Think Progress:
NBC: 11 Republicans Berate Bush Over Iraq In Private White House Meeting — In a sign of the growing fissure between the White House and its congressional allies over the war, NBC News reports tonight that 11 Republican members of Congress pleaded yesterday with President Bush and his senior aides to change course in Iraq.
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New York Times:
G.O.P. Moderates Warn Bush Iraq Must Show Gains — Moderate Republicans gave President Bush a blunt warning on his Iraq policy at a private White House meeting this week, telling the president that conditions needed to improve markedly by fall or more Republicans would desert him on the war.
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John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
BREAKING: Conservative Dems expected to vote with GOP to give Bush unfettered blank check on Iraq tomorrow — It's time to replace some conservative Democrats in Washington, DC. I just heard from an impeccable source that there is serious concern on the Hill that conservative Democrats …
Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:Bush Would Veto New Iraq Bill
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David Bowermaster / Seattle Times:
Charges may result from firings, say two former U.S. attorneys — Two former U.S. attorneys said today they believe ongoing investigations into the dismissals last year of eight federal prosecutors could result in criminal charges against senior Justice Department officials.
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New York Times:
Editorial: U.S. Attorneys, Reloaded — As the United States attorney scandal grows, so does the number of prosecutors who seem to have been pushed out for partisan political reasons. Another highly suspicious case has emerged in the appointment of Bradley Schlozman, a controversial elections lawyer …
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Marty Lederman / Balkinization:Because We Trust Kyle and Monica More than We Trust the Deputy Attorney General
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NYT > National:
Giuliani Plans to Publicly Embrace Abortion Rights — After months of conflicting signals on abortion, Rudolph W. Giuliani is planning to offer a forthright affirmation of his support for abortion rights in public forums, television appearances and interviews in the coming days …
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ABCNEWS:
Romney's Wife Gave Money to Planned Parenthood — Republican Abortion Opponent Accused of Shifting His Views — Former Gov. Mitt Romney's wife, Ann, gave an $150 donation to the abortion-rights group Planned Parenthood in 1994, at a time when Romney considered himself effectively "pro-choice," the Romney campaign confirmed today.
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
All you need to know about the Beltway journalist mind — Radar Online has a new profile of presidential candidate Mike Gravel. The article recounts what happened when the reporter, Jebediah Reed, basically followed Gravel as he was profiled by The Today Show.
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Jebediah Reed / RADAR:
RUNNING WILD WITH MIKE GRAVEL — A long-shot candidate has his media moment — DEBATE AND SWITCH Presidential aspirant Mike Gravel in South Carolina — hat's him!" says a Today show producer. All eyes focus on an old-fashioned Checker cab coming up Broadway, an odd relic in the teeming New York City traffic.
Graham Bowley / New York Times:
Cheney Makes Surprise Visit to Baghdad — Vice President Dick Cheney made an unannounced visit to Baghdad today, meeting with Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki and other Iraqi leaders to pressure them to show more progress in quelling violence in Iraq, and to do so quickly.
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
BILL RICHARDSON....Call me crazy, but am I the only one who thinks that these new ads from Bill Richardson are wildly, bizarrely, wrong? Sure, they're funny, and I know they're aimed at those crazy hipsters who watch YouTube, not the old fogies who watch CNN, but still: isn't Richardson's whole problem …
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Robert H. Reid / Associated Press:
US Embassy: wear flak jackets, helmets — BAGHDAD - The U.S. Embassy has ordered its staff to wear flak jackets and helmets while outdoors or in unprotected buildings following an increase in mortar and rocket attacks against the heavily protected Green Zone.
Fox News:
U.S. … FORT DIX, N.J. — The three brothers being charged as part of the alleged Fort Dix terror plot may have been smuggled across the southern border, FOX News has learned. — Dritan "Anthony" or "Tony" Duka, 28; Shain Duka, 26; and Eljvir "Elvis" Duka, 23, were in the United States illegally.
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Senate Votes to Give F.D.A. Sweeping New Powers — By a vote of 93 to 1, the Senate passed a bill this afternoon that gives the Food and Drug Administration sweeping new power to police drug safety, order changes in drug labels, and restrict the use and distribution of medicines found to pose serious risks to consumers.
Paul Schmelzer / Minnesota Monitor:
On 'Codpieces' and Community: Strib's Boyd Discusses Editorial Page Shakeup — If you've ever heard the Star Tribune called the Red Star, you can probably blame Jim Boyd, at least in part. As deputy editor of the paper's editorial page, he's one of a handful of editorial writers who plots …
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