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Newsweek:
Cheney vs. Rice: A Foreign-Policy Showdown — Condoleezza Rice has steered the administration back toward diplomacy, but she's still being harried by hard-liners. — Newsweek International — Condoleezza Rice seems in control of everything—except events.
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Robin Wright / Washington Post:
Iranian Flow Of Weapons Increasing, Officials Say — Arms Shipments Tracked To Iraqi, Afghan Groups — Iran has increased arms shipments to both Iraq's Shiite extremists and Afghanistan's Taliban in recent weeks in an apparent attempt to pressure American and other Western troops operating …
Reuters:
Iran president sees "countdown" to Israel's end — TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's president said on Sunday the Lebanese and the Palestinians had pressed a "countdown button" to bring an end to Israel. — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who triggered outrage in the West two years ago when he said Israel …
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Ynetnews:
Countdown to Israel's destruction has begun, says Ahmadinejad — Iranian president says Israel's disappearance imminent, 'Zionist regime' will have to bow down to Palestinians. Iranian FM meets with Hamas, Jihad, leader in Damascus, urging them to continue struggle against Jewish state — Dudi Cohen
Arthur Silber / Once Upon a Time:
Unreasoning Hysteria as the Default Position: Joan Crawford Does Foreign Policy — With regard to the fearsome plot that might have, maybe, perhaps, in some other world subject to significantly different scientific laws, resulted in the Destruction of All the Universes for All Time Forevermore The End Period …
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Megan Garvey / Los Angeles Times:
Alleged plot's damage would have been limited
Alleged plot's damage would have been limited
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Washington Post:
After the Surge — THE BUSH administration's invocation of South Korea as a model for the future of the U.S. military mission in Iraq is misleading in some ways. Opponents of the war, such as Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.), tend to jump to the conclusion that President Bush hopes …
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The Road to Surfdom, Happy Furry Puppy Story …, Talking Points Memo, TalkLeft, Don Surber and Newsweek
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Lawrence Solomon / National Post:
They call this a consensus? — "Only an insignificant fraction of scientists deny the global warming crisis. The time for debate is over. The science is settled." — S o said Al Gore ... in 1992. Amazingly, he made his claims despite much evidence of their falsity.
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Blue Crab Boulevard, WILLisms.com, The Strata-Sphere, The Jawa Report, small dead animals and Jay Currie
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
ABCNews.com: 'Murtha Ties Foiled JFK Plot to U.S. in Iraq' — On Saturday, a NewsBusters headline asked the following question: "JFK Terror Plot: How Soon Before Media Blame Bush For Timing of Arrests?" — Well, Sunday morning, ABCNews.com actually went one better by using a statement made by John Murtha …
Dean Barnett / Townhall.com:
In Memory of a Blogger — Most of you have probably never heard of Steve Gilliard. Steve was a Daily Kos front-pager, and then when his time there expired he formed his own blog. I always thought he was the most gifted wordsmith in the left half of the blogosphere.
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Libby Spencer / The Newshoggers:
Is America ready for a trophy wife as First Lady? — Fred Thompson made a big splash at a recent fundraiser. Of course, being a professional actor, he delivered his lines perfectly, but didn't say anything particularly noteworthy. As the WaPo reports, "Thompson managed to hit …
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Washington Post:
Democrats to Face Off in Second Debate — Iraq War, Health Care Issues Likely to Dominate Discussion — The Democratic presidential candidates meet here Sunday night for their second debate of the young campaign season, with Iraq and health care likely to dominate much of the discussion.
MSNBC:
'Meet the Press' transcript for June 3, 2007 — Bob Shrum on his new book; political strategists on Decision 2008 — MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: Fred Thompson gears up for a presidential run. What does this mean for Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, Mitt Romney and the Republican field?
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
Soviet-Style 'Torture' Becomes 'Interrogation' — HOW did the United States, in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, come to adopt interrogation techniques copied from the Soviet Union and other cold war adversaries? — Investigators for the Senate Armed Services Committee are examining how the methods …
Matt Browner-Hamlin / Chris Dodd for President:
Talk Clock — Want this on your site? copy the code below! — Seriously, keep making stuff like this. It's awesome.
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Clinton backs off Defense of Marriage Act — Human Rights Campaign has released the results (.pdf) of its candidate questionnaires in the form of a spreadsheet showing that ... all the leading Democrats agree on everything. — The form — which shows the candidates to be identical …
Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
House keeps pet projects from scrutiny — WASHINGTON - After promising unprecedented openness regarding Congress' pork barrel practices, House Democrats are moving in the opposite direction as they draw up spending bills for the upcoming budget year. — Democrats are sidestepping rules approved …
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QandO, Don Surber, Betsy's Page, TigerHawk, Scared Monkeys, Blue Crab Boulevard, Flopping Aces, Macsmind and Sister Toldjah
Los Angeles Times:
14 U.S. troops die as battle deepens — BAGHDAD, Iraq — The U.S. military on Sunday announced the deaths of 14 more soldiers in the last three days, a heavy toll that underscored the increased exposure of American forces as reinforcements push deeper into war-torn neighborhoods of Baghdad …