memeorandum: Obama overstates Kansas tornado deaths (Bob Lewis/Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

9:35 AM ET, May 9, 2007

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Bob Lewis / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:

Obama overstates Kansas tornado deaths — RICHMOND, Va. — Barack Obama, caught up in the fervor of a campaign speech Tuesday, drastically overstated the Kansas tornadoes death toll, saying 10,000 had died. The death toll was 12. — "In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas.

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NYT > National:

Kansas Tornado Renews Debate on Guard at War — For months, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas and other governors have warned that their state National Guards are ill-prepared for the next local disaster, be it a tornado a flash flood or a terrorist's threat, because of large deployments …

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Andrew Glass / The Politico:

Justice Dept. diversity under fire — The House Judiciary Committee will summon Attorney General Alberto Gonzales this week to answer fresh charges stemming from the failure of the Justice Department's civil rights division to hire more minorities. — Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) …

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Reed Hundt / The Coffee House:

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Anne Applebaum / Slate:

So, Farewell Then, Jacques Chirac — TAKE YOUR SCORN FOR THE ANGLO-AMERICAN WORLD WITH YOU. — "All political careers end in failure," a British statesman once wisely said. Judging by the wreckage of the famous political career that ended this week, he was even wiser than he knew.

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obama.senate.gov:

Debunked Insight Magazine and Fox News Smear Campaign — Contact: Tommy Vietor or Robert Gibbs, 202-228-5511 — Debunked Insight Magazine and Fox News Smear Campaign — In the past week, many of you have read a now thoroughly-debunked story by Insight Magazine, owned by the Washington Times …