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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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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.
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 …
Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:McNulty, Justice Dept. No. 2, resigning
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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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Ryan Sager / Latest Politics:
Romney's South Carolina Embarrassment — There are two interesting things about the most recent poll out of South Carolina, done by Ayres McHenry & Associates: 1) Mitt Romney is in a weak fifth place, despite a massive effort in the state (though he is still ahead of Lindsay Lohan), and 2) …
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Richard Adams / Guardian:
Angry Wolfowitz in four-letter tirade — An angry and bitter Paul Wolfowitz poured abuse and threatened retaliations on senior World Bank staff if his orders for pay rises and promotions for his partner were revealed, according to new details published last night.
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Peter S. Goodman / Washington Post:
Bank Rebukes Wolfowitz On Ethics — A World Bank investigating committee sharply rebuked President Paul D. Wolfowitz, concluding that he broke ethics rules and undermined the integrity of the institution in engineering a hefty pay raise for his girlfriend. — "These actions manifest a lack …
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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.
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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 …
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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.
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.
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 …
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Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
New Detainees Strain Iraq's Jails — Sharp Rise Follows Start of Security Plan; Suspects Housed With Convicts — BAGHDAD — The capture of thousands of new suspects under the three-month-old Baghdad security plan has overwhelmed the Iraqi government's detention system …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Various items — (1) It is necessary to return briefly to the episode reported last week by Radar Online's Jebediah Reed, in which Tom Edsall referred to David Broder as "the voice of the people." I've become convinced, more or less, that Edsall made that comment sarcastically, not seriously.
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