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9:35 AM ET, May 15, 2007

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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Deputy A.G. McNulty Announces Resignation  —  Deputy Attorney General Paul J. McNulty announced his resignation today, saying he is leaving the Justice Department later this summer to enter the private sector, officials said.  —  McNulty announced his plans to leave in a letter …
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Michael Isikoff / Newsweek:
Bloody Monday  —  In a blow to the Bush administration, the deputy attorney general and the only Democrat on the White House's Privacy and Civil Liberties Board have resigned.  —  The White House was hit by two sudden resignations late Monday when Paul McNulty, a top Justice Department official …
Discussion: Washington Post, WSJ.com and TalkLeft
David Johnston / New York Times:
Gonzales's Deputy Quits Justice Dept.  —  Paul J. McNulty, the deputy attorney general whose Congressional testimony in February provided a spark that turned a smoldering issue over the firings of federal prosecutors into a raging inferno, announced his resignation on Monday.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:
McNulty, Justice Dept. No. 2, resigning  —  WASHINGTON - Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty said Monday he will resign, the highest-ranking Bush administration casualty in the furor over the firing of U.S. attorneys.  —  McNulty, who has served 18 months as the Justice Department's second-in-command …
CNN:
No. 2 official at Justice Department resigns
Discussion: Liberal Values
Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
What is Andrew Bacevich's Son's Life Worth?  —  Or any of our sons? or daughters? on any side of this incredibly reckless escapade in Iraq?  —  Boston University Professor Andrew J. Bacevich is a brave, thoughtful public intellectual who has tried — in reserved, serious terms — to challenge the legitimacy of the Iraq War.
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Talking Points Memo:
No. 582-07 IMMEDIATE RELEASE … I don't think I knew whether Bacevich had a son.  But he comes from that class of career military where professional military service is often an intergenerational endeavor.  Age sounds about right.  And I just had a hard time seeing how many Andrew J. Baceviches there would be in Massachusetts.
Discussion: Daily Kos and rubber hose
Associated Press:
Son of war critic is killed in Iraq
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
Bloomberg poised for third-party campaign  —  New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is prepared to spend an unprecedented $1 billion of his own $5.5 billion personal fortune for a third-party presidential campaign, personal friends of the mayor tell The Washington Times.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Atomic Agency Concludes Iran Is Stepping Up Nuclear Work  —  Inspectors for the International Atomic Energy Agency have concluded that Iran appears to have solved most of its technological problems and is now beginning to enrich uranium on a far larger scale than before, according to the agency's top officials.
Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Top GOP Hopefuls Keep Distance on Immigration  —  Bipartisan Plan in Danger as McCain Pulls Away, Romney Shifts Stance and Giuliani Is Silent  —  Less than a year ago, Sen. John McCain of Arizona was the most visible Republican in the fight for immigration reform, having joined forces …
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Opinion Journal:
World Bank Jobbery  —  More evidence the Wolfowitz accusers chose to ignore.  —  The World Bank board meets today to consider the fate of President Paul Wolfowitz, and the truth is that the verdict may already be in.  The board will consider the report of an investigating committee dominated …
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Instapundit.com:
« |  MAIN |  »  —  THE ANSWER TO THE EXAMINER'S QUESTION IS SIMPLE: It's because people are afraid they'll blow things up.  —  Sooner or later, you know, fundamentalist Christians are going to pick up on this lesson, engage in similar behavior, and make similar demands.
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Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:
GOP torn: Clean house or shield members?  —  House Minority Leader John A. Boehner took his job last year with a pledge to cleanse his party's scandal-stained reputation on Capitol Hill.  In recent weeks, Boehner has been getting an unpleasant education in how hard that turns out to be.
Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Reid To Allow Vote On Feingold Measure To End Iraq War  —  Good news for war foes: Harry Reid just spoke on the Senate floor, revealing that he'll allow a vote this week on the Feingold-Reid amendment, which would cut off funding for the war by March 31, 2008.
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Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
Who Killed Kennedy?  One Man's Answer  —  The prosecutor who put Charles Manson behind bars now wants to solve another crime — a really simple one, he insists.  So simple that it takes only 1,612 pages to prove his case.  —  Vincent Bugliosi, whose prosecution of Charles Manson in 1970 led …
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David Talbot / Chicago Sun Times:
Bobby Kennedy: America's first assassination conspiracy theorist
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Attytood
Joseph Carroll / Gallup Poll:
Congress Approval Down to 29%; Bush Approval Steady at 33%  —  Both ratings are slightly lower than 2007 averages  —  PRINCETON, NJ — A new Gallup Poll finds continued low levels of public support for both Congress and President George W. Bush.  Twenty-nine percent of Americans approve of Congress …
Riaz Khan / Associated Press:
Suicide bomber kills 24 in Pakistan  —  PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A suicide attacker detonated a bomb that ripped through a crowded hotel restaurant in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing at least 24 people and wounding 25, police said.  —  The blast deepened instability in Pakistan …
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Leila Fadel / Real Cities:
U.S. Embassy employees fearful over Green Zone attacks  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. Embassy employees in Iraq are growing increasingly angry over what they say are inadequate security precautions in the heavily fortified Green Zone, where recent mortar and rocket attacks have claimed the lives of six people, including two U.S. citizens.
 
 
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