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3:25 PM ET, June 8, 2007

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Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:
Defections to Fred Thompson Pose a Major Threat to McCain  —  John Dowd represented Sen. John McCain in his darkest hour, the "Keating Five" scandal.  He supported McCain the first time he ran for president in 2000 and signed up to be a major fundraiser for him in this year's presidential race.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
A Failure of Leadership in a Flawed Political Culture  —  The collapse of comprehensive immigration revision in the Senate last night represents a political defeat for President Bush, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), the bill's most prominent sponsors.
The Atlantic Online:
Bringing People Together  —  I like to think that people across America's ideological rainbow can agree that this Dan Balz article is terrible.  It's one long extended whine about how congress' failure to pass an immigration reform bill "represents a scathing indictment of the political culture of Washington."
Discussion: Eschaton and Grasping Reality …
CNN Political Ticker:
White House: Bush wants immigration bill back  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush considers it premature to declare the immigration reform bill dead in the Senate, White House adviser Dan Bartlett said Friday.  —  A motion to cut off debate on the measure failed Thursday night, stopping the proposal from coming up for a vote.
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Politico Playbook: McCain-watch
Discussion: Fox News
Cernig / The Newshoggers:
"New Broom" To Head Chiefs Of Staff  —  Pace is out as Chief of Staff, in an unexpected move. … Mullen is obviously intended to repair bridges with America's European defense partners so damaged by Rummie's "Old Europe" policies.  In his bio, his experience in working with NATO and European officers is the big stand-out point.
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CNN:
Pace to be replaced as Joint Chiefs chairman … WASHINGTON (CNN) — Anticipation of a "contentious" confirmation process on Capitol Hill prompted the decision to replace Gen. Peter Pace as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff when his term ends in September, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday.
Discussion: CBS News, The Talent Show and QandO
MSNBC:
Top Joint Chiefs of Staff leaders being replaced  —  Citing war and Congress, Gates to change chairman and vice chairman  —  The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Gen. Peter Pace, is being replaced after six years as chairman and vice chairman of the top military command.  —  MSNBC video
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
David Stout / New York Times:   General Peter Pace to Retire as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Larry Johnson / NO QUARTER:
Bye Bye Perfect Peter
Discussion: The BRAD BLOG
ACSBlog:
Leading Conservative Activist Seeks Punitive Damages  —  Judge Robert Bork, one of the fathers of the modern judicial conservative movement whose nomination to the Supreme Court was rejected by the Senate, is seeking $1,000,000 in compensatory damages, plus punitive damages, after he slipped and fell at the Yale Club of New York City.
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Ted Frank / Overlawyered:
BORK SUES THE YALE CLUB
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
[TS] Op-Ed Columnist: Lies, Sighs and Politics  —  If early campaign reporting is any guide, the bad media habits that helped install the worst president ever in the White House haven't changed a bit.
Jill Gardiner / New York Sun:
Peace Corps Is Edwards Terror Plan  —  Senator Edwards is outlining a new national security strategy that hinges on the creation of a 10,000-person civilian peace corps to stem the tide of terrorism in weak and unstable countries.  —  Mr. Edwards's plan, which he presented in Manhattan yesterday …
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Confederate Yankee:   Silky Pony's Six-Point Plan Against Terrorism
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Two Years of Humble Pie  —  In Britain, Canada and other civilized places, national elections are often called, run and concluded within six weeks.  In America, election campaigns go on forever.  It used to be one year, now it's two.  No one planned this, but like other evolutionary artifacts …
Muckraked:
Turning the Page: The Real Che?  —  He's the ultimate symbol of radical chic but was Che Guevara really a homophobic, racist square who personally ordered the jailing and executions of innocent men, women and children?  —  That's according to Humberto Fontova, the author of …
Discussion: Hot Air and QandO
Jonathan M. Gitlin / Ars Technica:
Ars takes a field trip: the Creation Museum  —  A museum like no other  —  Here at Ars Technica we've written about the US creationist movement and its attack on science quite regularly.  From attempts to alter the way science is taught in different states across the US to statements …
Discussion: Needlenose and Daily Kos
Hilzoy / Obsidian Wings:
Are We Disappearing Children?  —  Today, six human rights groups released a report (pdf) on 39 people who they think the US government might be holding in undisclosed locations, and whose location is presently unknown.  (Thus, they are not counting anyone known to be at Guantanamo or Bagram; just people who are missing.)
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Mvdg / Michael P.F. van der Galiën:
CIA Interrogates and Abuses Children in the War on Terror
Stephen Benjamin / New York Times:
Don't Ask, Don't Translate  —  IMAGINE for a moment an American soldier deep in the Iraqi desert.  His unit is about to head out when he receives a cable detailing an insurgent ambush right in his convoy's path.  With this information, he and his soldiers are now prepared for the danger that lies ahead.
 
 
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David Weigel / Reason Magazine:
"His Personality Cult is All Personality and No Cult."
Mark Krikorian / National Review Online:
Amnesty, R.I.P.  —  How could the Senate amnesty bill have possibly failed?
Discussion: EconoPundit and PoliPundit.com
Leonard Greene / New York Post:
CNN'S BAD NEW$  —  ROMEO 'PAID FOR STORIES'  —  The steamy …
Discussion: Hot Air
Times-Picayune:
Jefferson pleads innocent to charges
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Business fights for Colombia deal, labor pushes back
Krishna Guha / Financial Times:
Construction jobs cloud US productivity
Discussion: QandO and Daniel W. Drezner
Will Wilkinson / The Fly Bottle:
Happiness and the Ideological Mediation of Adaptation
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Marc Kaufman / Washington Post:
Complaints Heard About NASA Inspector General
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Telegraph:
US agrees to join global warming battle
Bob Johnson / Associated Press:
Ala. lawmaker punches Senate colleague
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Light shines on authors of earmarks
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Julie Carr Smyth / Associated Press:
Actor's Risque Past Halts 'Adam' Film
Kevin Sullivan / Washington Post:
Saudi Reportedly Got $2 Billion for British Arms Deal
 

 
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