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11:25 AM ET, June 6, 2007

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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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Roger Simon / The Politico:
Debate winners!  Guaranteed accurate!  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Here are the winners and losers of Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate, accurate to three decimal places.  —  FIRST PLACE: Mitt Romney  —  Analysis: Strong, clear, gives good soundbite and has shoulders you could land a 737 on.
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:   The "gay stuff" from the GOP debate
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
GOP Big Three play nice at debate - mostly
John Derbyshire / National Review:
Principia Mathematica in GOP Debate
Discussion: EconoPundit
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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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
In the West Wing, Pardon Is A Topic Too Sensitive to Mention  —  The sentence imposed on former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby yesterday put President Bush in the position of making a decision he has tried to avoid for months: Trigger a fresh political storm by pardoning …
Josh Gerstein / New York Sun:
Establishment Who's Who Fails To Rescue Libby
Discussion: Washington Post and New York Times
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.
Discussion: The Heretik and Flopping Aces
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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 …
Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Associated Press' Crappy Reporting Makes Obama's Rhetoric Sound Racially Threatening  —  This is some really, really rank journalism.  The Associated Press is badly distorting a speech Barack Obama gave today, giving his words a scary and racially-threatening cast that they simply didn't have in reality.
Discussion: Lynn Sweet and Prometheus 6
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Andrew Grice / The Independent:
Blair and Bush: the final reckoning  —  On the eve of his last G8 meeting, Tony Blair has made a last-ditch appeal to President Bush to repay Britain's loyalty over Iraq  —  Tony Blair will make a final appeal to George Bush to repay his loyal support over Iraq by signing up to a firm global target …
Discussion: AMERICAblog
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Guardian:   I can persuade George Bush on climate change - Blair
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 …
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.
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.
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.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Hot Air
Michelle Malkin:
Video: Harry Reid said what?  "12 million undocumented Americans"  —  The concept of American citizenship is dead.  Sen. Harry Reid drove the final nail in the coffin with his floor statement yesterday, in which he referred to the 12 million illegal aliens currently in the U.S. as "12 million undocumented Americans."
Donna Smith / Reuters:
Fate of Senate immigration bill in doubt  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans on Tuesday accused Democrats of trying to rush a vote on immigration reform, casting doubt on the fate of the White House-backed bill that would tighten border security and legalize millions of illegal immigrants.
Sridhar Pappu / Washington Post:
Ron Paul's One-Man Band in the Granite State  —  Young Staffer Hopes to Put Candidate on N.H. Map  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — "Two days was not enough," Jared Chicoine says, standing in the lobby of a Holiday Inn Express on the eve of Tuesday's third Republican presidential debate.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and MSNBC
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Panel Asks Official About Politics in Hiring  —  A senior Justice Department official acknowledged to Senate investigators Tuesday that he once bragged about his success in hiring conservative Republican lawyers onto his staff that handled civil rights cases.
Marcia Kramer / WCBS-TV:
Bloomberg On JFK Plot: 'Stop Worrying, Get A Life'  —  (CBS) NEW YORK While questions continue to arise about the alleged plot to blow up a fuel pipeline beneath JFK Airport and surrounding neighborhoods, some are questioning why New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg hasn't had a louder voice since the plot was foiled on Saturday.
 
 
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Reuters:
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Fred's Founders seek $4.6M
Discussion: MSNBC and Sirotablog
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The Carmela Soprano primary
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Sen. Mike Gravel / The Huffington Post:
Don't Ask Hillary: She Still Doesn't Get It
New York Times:
Talk to the Newsroom: National Editor Suzanne Daley
Daily Mail:
PC brigade ban pin-ups on RAF jets - in case they offend women and Muslims
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Fox News apologizes for tape goof
 

 
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Jason Cowley, the editor-in-chief of UK magazine the New Statesman, is stepping down from the position at the end of December after 16 years

Ayodeji Rotinwa / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the Agora Center for Research, a Ugandan newsroom sitting between activism and investigative reporting, posting its work on various social media sites

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