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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Monica Goodling Testimony, Part I — (Shot of spilled beans via Dougalug.) — The House Judiciary Committee will be taking testimony from Monica Goodling this morning, beginning at 10:15 am ET in 2141 Rayburn. C-Span3 and C-Span radio will be broadcasting the testimony live.
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Brad Friedman / The BRAD BLOG:
Goodling Says Dep. Attorney General 'Incomplete or Inaccurate' in Regard to 'Vote Caging' Allegations About Karl Rove Aide — Says DAG Paul McNulty Withheld Knowledge of Tim Griffin's Involvement in Challenging Minority Voter Registration in 2004 — Former Rove Aide Griffin Posted to U.S. Attorney Position in Arkansas...
Think Progress:
Goodling Hints Attorney Firings Came From 'White House Judicial Selection Committee' — In her opening statement before the House Judiciary Committee today, Monica Goodling — the Department of Justice's White House liaison — said she had no idea where the idea to fire several U.S. attorneys may have originated.
David Stout / New York Times:
Ex-Official Testifies on Attorney Firings — The Justice Department's former liaison to the White House testified before Congress today that she improperly weighed political factors in considering applicants for career positions in the department, and she said she was sorry.
CNN:
Bush uses bin Laden info to defend Iraq war … NEW LONDON, Connecticut (CNN) — President Bush used declassified intelligence about Osama bin Laden Wednesday to defend his Iraq war policy. — During a commencement address at the Coast Guard Academy, the president mentioned declassified intelligence …
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Alan Cooperman / Washington Post:
Survey: U.S. Muslims Assimilated, Opposed to Extremism — Unlike Muslim minorities in many European countries, U.S. Muslims are highly assimilated, close to parity with other Americans in income and overwhelmingly opposed to Islamic extremism, according to the first major, nationwide random survey of Muslims.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Large number of Americans favor violent attacks against civilians — The hysteria over the Pew poll about American Muslims continues unabated, with the focus now on the finding that while 80% of American Muslims oppose attacks on civilians in all cases, 13% said they could be justified in some circumstances.
Elana Schor / The Hill:
Guest-worker program dodges its first bullet — The guest-worker program in the new immigration bill survived its first test late yesterday but remains under siege. — The debate pits resurgent Democratic populists against negotiators determined to hold together the tenuous immigration reform deal.
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New York Times:
Senate Votes to Keep Temporary Worker Program — A comprehensive immigration bill survived a significant test on Tuesday as the Senate voted to keep a provision that would let hundreds of thousands of temporary foreign workers enter the country each year. — If the guest worker program …
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
DEMOCRATS FIND ETHICS OVERHAUL ELUSIVE IN HOUSE — House Democratic leaders pushing a promised lobbying overhaul are facing resistance from balky lawmakers and fending off accusations that a prominent member is flouting new ethics rules. — The Democratic leaders were forced to scrap …
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Sean-Paul Kelley / The Agonist:
IAEA Report Contradicts Major Media Narrative On Iran — I read the IAEA interim report this morning with my tea. One thing which is very clear is that in many respects the Iranians are not being cooperative, especially in three key areas: … This comes as no surprise and is not the most urgent aspect …
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New York Post:
WOLFOWITZ AND GAL PAL SPLIT UP — PAUL Wolfowitz has really had a bad couple of weeks. He not only lost his job, he lost his girlfriend, too. — Wolfowitz, one of the architects of the Iraq war, was pushed out as president of the World Bank over a controversial pay and promotion package …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Democrats Pull Troop Deadline From Iraq Bill — Congressional Democrats relented Tuesday on their insistence that a war spending measure set a date for withdrawing American combat troops from Iraq. Instead, they moved toward a deal with President Bush that would impose new conditions on the Iraqi government.
Mary Milliken / Reuters:
Call me Lopez, presidential hopeful says — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In the heartland of America he is just Gov. Bill Richardson. But in big Hispanic states like California the Democratic U.S. presidential hopeful tells voters he is also a Lopez. — "California has a lot of Hispanic voters …
Joe Strupp / Editor and Publisher:
McClatchy's D.C. Bureau Claims It's Barred From Defense Secretary Plane — NEW YORK Staffers at McClatchy's Washington, D.C., Bureau — one of the few major news outlets skeptical of intelligence reports during the run-up to the war in Iraq — claims it is now being punished for that coverage.
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Michael Cooper / New York Times:
Political Memo: Giuliani Above the Fray as McCain and Romney Skirmish — The contrast could hardly be more striking. Senator John McCain and Mitt Romney have been mixing it up on the trail with increasing intensity ever since their feisty exchange at the last Republican debate.
Rasmussen Reports:
Just 26% Favor Senate Immigration Plan — Initial public reaction to the immigration proposal being debated in the Senate is decidedly negative. — A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey conducted Monday and Tuesday night shows that just 26% of American voters favor passage of the legislation.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Nuclear war erupts on "The View" — With Rosie on her way out I guess there's no reason for them to pretend they're friends anymore. Here she is at her disingenuous worst, playing the "big, fat, lesbian" victim while deliberately twisting Hasselbeck's point about the enemy in Iraq …
Jeff Emanuel / Opinion Journal:
'I Love Those Guys' — Embedded journalists in Iraq are having their minds changed left and right by U.S. soldiers. — Operation Iraqi Freedom saw the advent of a practice that revolutionized modern war reporting: the embedding of journalists with frontline combat units in war.
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