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Washington Post:
Justice Weighed Firing 1 in 4 — 26 Prosecutors Were Listed As Candidates — The Justice Department considered dismissing many more U.S. attorneys than officials have previously acknowledged, with at least 26 prosecutors suggested for termination between February 2005 and December 2006 …
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New York Times:
Loyal to Bush but Big Thorn in G.O.P. Side — For a loyal George W. Bush Republican, James B. Comey has made a remarkable amount of trouble for the White House. — As deputy attorney general in 2003, he appointed his old friend Patrick J. Fitzgerald as independent counsel in the C.I.A. leak case …
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Jerry Seper / Washington Times:
Clinton aide forfeits law license in Justice probe — Samuel R. Berger, the Clinton White House national security adviser who was caught taking highly classified documents from the National Archives, has agreed to forfeit his license to practice law. — In a written statement issued by Larry Breuer …
R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
No Dissent on Spying, Says Justice Dept. — The Justice Department said yesterday that it will not retract a sworn statement in 2006 by Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales that the Terrorist Surveillance Program had aroused no controversy inside the Bush administration …
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Crystal Patterson / HillaryClinton.com:
Cast Your Vote for Hillary's Campaign Song — Hillary Clinton is getting the 2008 voting started early, posting a YouTube video on her website this afternoon in which she urges supporters to cast their vote for her official campaign theme song. — Coming on the heels of her text messaging …
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Skippy / skippy the bush kangaroo:
don't...stop...thinking about her morals — hillary.com wants us to vote for hillary's theme song. they've provided a list of suggestions to choose from. — we think it's more appropriate to suggest our own nominations. — for example, sammy davis, jr: — or some elton john: — or ace of base:
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Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
For '08 Résumés, Don't Ask Them to Fill in Blanks — Stealing a page from the Soviet playbook, the current crop of presidential candidates has taken to eliminating whole chapters of their histories. — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's turbulent final years as first lady?
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Simon Barnes / Times of London:
Gaza lurches towards civil war as leaders lose control of gunmen battling on street — Sonia Verma in Jerusalem and Azmi Keshawi in Gaza — Gaza was on the brink of civil war last night as violent clashes between Palestinian factions spiralled out of control.
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Al Gore / Time:
Book Excerpt: The Assault on Reason — Not long before our nation launched the invasion of Iraq, our longest-serving Senator, Robert Byrd of West Virginia, stood on the Senate floor and said: "This chamber is, for the most part, silent—ominously, dreadfully silent.
Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
A Disaster: The GOP Caves On Border Security — Word is leaking that the GOP in the Senate are on the verge of agreeing to an immigration bill that has —as a concession to the GOP— less than half of the fencing promised by law last year. — White flag time on the border, and a national security and thus a political disaster.
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Washington Post:
It's Our Cage, Too — Torture Betrays Us and Breeds New Enemies — Fear can be a strong motivator. It led Franklin Roosevelt to intern tens of thousands of innocent U.S. citizens during World War II; it led to Joseph McCarthy's witch hunt, which ruined the lives of hundreds of Americans.
Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
Rove's Worrisome Witness — On the day presidential senior adviser Karl Rove administered a tongue-lashing to a Republican congressman, disturbing news about his former executive assistant was spread on Capitol Hill. GOP House members learned that Susan Ralston is requesting immunity …
Josh Gerstein / New York Sun:
Plame Seeks Showdown With Cheney — A lawsuit brought by a CIA agent whose cover was blown by Bush administration officials, Valerie Plame, is expected to face a withering attack this morning at a court hearing in Washington. — Through their attorneys, the defendants in the case …
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Nancy Benac / Associated Press:
Democrats seek diversity in advisers — WASHINGTON - When the leading Republican presidential candidates sit down with their top advisers, those with a seat at the table don't exactly look like America, to use the phrase popularized by former President Clinton.
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Reports Show Wealth as a Common Factor Among 2008 Contenders — Former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani of New York, who just six years ago told a divorce court he had only $7,000 in assets under his control, has amassed a net worth of more than $30 million, much of it from paid speeches.