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New York Times:
Transcript: Third G.O.P. Debate — The following is a transcript of the 2008 Republican presidential candidates debate hosted by CNN, WMUR-TV and The New Hampshire Union Leader. The participants were Senator Sam Brownback, the former Virginia Gov. James Gilmore, the former …
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
GOP Big Three play nice at debate - mostly — MANCHESTER, N.H. — After two debates with clear memorable moments, the Republican presidential hopefuls met tonight in a forum that lacked significant fireworks. All 10 of the candidates seem to have sharpened their presentations and it showed …
The Atlantic Online:
What is Rudy Giuliani talking about??? — This is what I am denied, or spared, by being trapped in Chinese factories or hospitals and getting only intermittent glimpses of real-time Campaign 2008 rhetoric: — Rudy Giuliani's answer to the first substantive question of the debate.
Selcan Hacaoglu / Associated Press:
Turkish officials: troops enter Iraq — ANKARA, Turkey - Several thousand Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq early Wednesday to chase Kurdish guerrillas who operate from bases there, Turkish security officials told The Associated Press. — Two senior security officials …
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DEBKAfile:
Another Middle East war erupts Wednesday as 50,000 Turkish troops invade N. Iraq to strike rebel Kurdish PKK bases — The official Turkish news agency Cihan reports the force, backed by armored vehicles and combat aircraft, is targeting rebel strongholds in 11 provinces in southeastern Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan Wednesday, June 6.
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Democrats Hope to Expand Rights at Guantánamo — A day after two military judges ruled against the Bush administration's system for trying terrorism detainees, Democrats seized on the rulings on Tuesday as evidence that Congress should restore the right of those held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to challenge their detentions.
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Megan K. Stack / Los Angeles Times:
In Saudi Arabia, a view from behind the veil — As a woman in the male-dominated kingdom, Times reporter Megan Stack quietly fumed beneath her abaya. Even beyond its borders, her experience taints her perception of the sexes. — Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — The hem of my heavy Islamic cloak trailed over floors that glistened like ice.
National Review:
Mitt Romney Won — According to a Frank Luntz focus group, he reported on Fox and Friends this morning. His watchers said things like: "His answers, he is answering the questions right off the bat. He is not giving any bull." and "He is answering the questions the best he can honestly."
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Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:
Libby Given 30 Months for Lying in C.I.A. Leak Case — I. Lewis Libby Jr., the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney and one of the principal architects of President Bush's foreign policy, was sentenced Tuesday to 30 months in prison for lying during a C.I.A. leak investigation …
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Noam Cohen / New York Times:
Steven Gilliard Jr., 42, Dies; Founder of Liberal Political Blog — Steven Gilliard Jr., a political journalist who found his calling as a combative and influential blogger on the left, died on Saturday in Manhattan. He was 42. — He died after having been hospitalized …
New York Times:
Is U.S. Safer Since 9/11? Clinton and Rivals Spar — The Bush administration's efforts to thwart terrorism at home have created a fissure among the three leading Democratic presidential candidates, with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton coming under attack for saying that America is safer …
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AlterNet.org:
Exclusive: Iraqi Lawmakers Pass Resolution That May Force End to Occupation — War on Iraq: While Washington lawmakers play procedural games with an out-of-control executive branch, Iraqi legislators are working to bring an end to the occupation of their country.
Rasmussen Reports:
Support for Senate Immigration Bill Falls, 49% Prefer No Bill At All — Public support for the Senate immigration reform bill has slipped a bit over the past week. A Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Monday and Tuesday night found that just 23% of voters now support the bill while 50% are opposed.
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
The Democrats' Leap of Faith — You know it's a different kind of candidate forum when Hillary Clinton allows that she sometimes prays (no doubt, she says, to some divine eye-rolling) "Oh, Lord, why can't you help me lose weight?" and describes how "prayer warriors" sustained her through …
Daily Mail:
PC brigade ban pin-ups on RAF jets - in case they offend women and Muslims — In killer heels and little else, they have a definite deadly charm. — But the risque images of women that have decorated warplanes since the First World War have been scrubbed out.