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12:00 PM ET, May 16, 2007

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New York Times:
Terror Attack Scenario Exposes Deep Differences Among G.O.P. Hopefuls  —  The scenario presented to the 10 Republican presidential candidates was chilling: Three American shopping malls had been bombed, producing huge casualties.  Terrorists with detailed knowledge of another imminent …
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New York Times:
Republican Presidential Debate in South Carolina  —  The following is a transcript of the Republican presidential primary debate at the University of South Carolina on May 15, 2007, as recorded by the Federal News Service:  —  Participants: Senator Sam Brownback; former Virginia Governor James Gilmore …
Roger Simon / The Politico:
Gloves come off at second GOP debate
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Pajamas Media:
South Carolina GOP Debate
Discussion: Austin Bay Blog
John Dickerson / Slate:   Fox and Frienemies  —  REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTICAL CANDIDATES FINALLY JAB EACH OTHER.
Digby / Hullabaloo:   Getting Our Hair Mussed
Nico / Think Progress:
Romney: 'We Ought To Double Guantanamo'
Discussion: World Public Opinion
Aaron Gould Sheinin / The State:
GOP rivals mix it up
Discussion: The Caucus, MSNBC and No Left Turns
Washington Post:
Mr. Comey's Tale  —  JAMES B. COMEY, the straight-as-an-arrow former No. 2 official at the Justice Department, yesterday offered the Senate Judiciary Committee an account of Bush administration lawlessness so shocking it would have been unbelievable coming from a less reputable source.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Comey's testimony raises new and vital questions about the NSA scandal  —  The testimony yesterday from James Comey re-focuses attention on one of the long unresolved mysteries of the NSA scandal.  And the new information Comey revealed, though not answering that question decisively, suggests some deeply troubling answers.
David Johnston / New York Times:
President Intervened in Dispute Over Eavesdropping  —  President Bush intervened in March 2004 to avert a crisis over the National Security Agency's domestic eavesdropping program after Attorney General John Ashcroft, Director Robert S. Mueller III of the F.B.I. and other senior Justice Department aides …
White House:
Press Briefing by Tony Snow
Discussion: First Draft and Salon
Ben Feller / Associated Press:
Pentagon General to Be 'War Czar'  —  WASHINGTON — President Bush has chosen Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, the Pentagon's director of operations, to oversee the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan as a "war czar" after a long search for new leadership, administration officials said Tuesday.
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
HEALTHCARE IN AMERICA....The Commonwealth Fund has released its latest comparison of healthcare performance among various countries, and you can read all about it here.  However, since I know you're all busy people, I'll just cut to the chase: we suck.  Despite the fact that we see doctors less often …
Discussion: Angry Bear
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commonwealthfund.org:
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: An International Update on the Comparative Performance of American Health Care  —  Authors: … Overview  —  Despite having the most costly health system in the world, the United States consistently underperforms on most dimensions of performance, relative to other countries.
Discussion: TomPaine.com
Toby Harnden / Telegraph:
We must attack Iran before it gets the bomb  —  Iran should be attacked before it develops nuclear weapons, America's former ambassador to the United Nations said yesterday.  —  John Bolton, who still has close links to the Bush administration, told The Daily Telegraph that the European Union had to …
Steven R. Weisman / New York Times:
Bush Opens Door to Wolfowitz's Resigning Voluntarily  —  The Bush administration, shifting strategy in the face of mounting opposition to Paul D. Wolfowitz, opened the door Tuesday to his resigning voluntarily as World Bank president if the bank board dropped its drive to declare him unfit to remain in office.
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Peter S. Goodman / Washington Post:
White House Support for Wolfowitz Wavers
Discussion: Financial Times and Obsidian Wings
Stephen Labaton / New York Times:
Bush Pick Gets Extra Payment From Old Job  —  A senior lobbyist at the National Association of Manufacturers nominated by President Bush to lead the Consumer Product Safety Commission will receive a $150,000 departing payment from the association when he takes his new government job …
Bernard Lewis / Opinion Journal:
Was Osama Right?  —  Islamists always believed the U.S. was weak.  Recent political trends won't change their view.  —  During the Cold War, two things came to be known and generally recognized in the Middle East concerning the two rival superpowers.  If you did anything to annoy the Russians, punishment would be swift and dire.
Michael Rubinkam / Associated Press:
Pa. mayor who targeted illegals on way to third term  —  ALLENTOWN, PA. —Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta, who gained national prominence by targeting illegal immigrants living in his small northeastern Pennsylvania city, cruised to the Republican nomination for a third term on Tuesday - and unexpectedly won the Democratic nomination, too.
Discussion: Hot Air and Vox Popoli
 
 
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Discussion: AMERICAN FUTURE
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Imagining winner's mayoralty
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The Case for Bombing Iran
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The Roberts Court  —  After the partial-birth abortion decision …
The Hill:
Dems revive '06 ethics bill
Discussion: MyDD
Roxana Tiron / The Hill:
House Dems indicate they are more united on Iran legislation
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