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12:45 AM ET, June 11, 2007

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Lieberman: Bomb Iran If It Doesn't Stop — Conn. Senator Says The U.S. Should Strike If Tehran Keeps Helping Anti-U.S. Forces In Iraq — (CBS) The United States should launch military strikes against Iran if the government in Tehran does not stop supplying anti-American forces in Iraq …

Discussion: The Caucus, The Newshoggers, Happy Furry Puppy Story …, Sister Toldjah, Democratic Underground …, The Reaction, JammieWearingFool, Macsmind, Middle Earth Journal, The Gun Toting Liberal™, Blue Crab Boulevard, Jules Crittenden and Instapundit.com

Associated Press:

Lieberman: U.S. should weigh Iran attack — WASHINGTON - Sen. Joseph Lieberman (news, bio, voting record) said Sunday the United States should consider a military strike against Iran because of Tehran's involvement in Iraq. — "I think we've got to be prepared to take aggressive military action …

Discussion: TalkLeft

Michael Ledeen / National Review:

Lieberman for Secretary of State — On Face the Nation, he just called for military strikes against terrorist training camps inside Iran, echoing, ahem, myself lo these several years. He put it perfectly, for my money: … Meanwhile, the appeasers over at the State Department …

Discussion: Unqualified Offerings

DEBKAfile:

Syrian and Iranian Generals in Intensive War Consultations — DEBKAfile Exclusive Report — DEBKAfile's intelligence and Middle East sources take a look at the actions behind the words issuing from Damascus officials affirming Syria's willingness to go into peace talks with Israel.

Faiz / Think Progress:

Lieberman: 'We've Got To Be Prepared To Take Aggressive Military Action' Against Iran — This morning on CBS's Face the Nation, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) strongly advocated preparing for a strike against Iran. — "I think we have to be prepared to take aggressive military action …

Discussion: At-Largely, Talking Points Memo and Cliff Schecter

Michael Smith / Times of London: Iran threatens Gulf blitz if US hits nuclear plants

John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Lieberman is Bombs away on Iran

Discussion: My Two Sense

Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Lieberman: Iran Should Be Bombed If It Meddles In Iraq

Discussion: Israpundit and Michael P.F. van der Galiën

MSNBC:

'Meet the Press' transcript for June 10, 2007 — Colin Powell on the war in Iraq, Decision 2008 and much more — MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: February 5th, 2003, then Secretary of State Colin Powell goes before the United Nations to lay out the case against Saddam Hussein.

Discussion: About Liberal Politics and Find Habeas

Walter Pincus / Washington Post:

Powell Calls for Closure of Military Prison at Guantanamo — Former secretary of state Colin L. Powell said yesterday that he would close down the U.S. military prison for enemy combatants at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, "this afternoon" because it has become a major problem in "the way the world perceives America."

Discussion: Booman Tribune and Truthdig

Libby Quaid / Associated Press:

Richardson: I'd leave no troops in Iraq — WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Richardson said Sunday he wanted a total withdrawal of U.S. forces in Iraq and that American troops are targets in a civil war. — "I would leave no troops in Iraq whatsoever," Richardson said.

Discussion: The American Street, Democratic Underground … and Talking Points Memo

Nico / Think Progress:

Powell: Close Guantanamo Now, Restore Habeas — This morning on NBC's Meet the Press, Gen. Colin Powell strongly condemned the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, calling it "a major problem for America's perception" and charging, "if it was up to me, I would close Guantanamo — not tomorrow, this afternoon."

Libby Quaid / Associated Press:
Powell Calls for Closing Guantanamo Bay

Discussion: the talking dog

Joe Sudbay / AMERICAblog:
"Too early" for Colin Powell to say he'll endorse a Republican for President

Discussion: The Reaction and My Two Sense

John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Colin Powell: Get rid of Gitmo and restore Habeas Corpus

Discussion: DownWithTyranny! and The Sideshow

Bob Geiger:

GOP Senator To Propose Vote of No Confidence — In Congress — Those wacky Republican Senators from Oklahoma... If it's not James "Ice-Age" Inhofe raving like a crazy man on a street corner about climate change being a big liberal hoax, it's his colleague, Dr. Tom Coburn …

Discussion: The Next Hurrah

Washington Post:

Immigration Judges Often Picked Based On GOP Ties — Law Forbids Practice; Courts Being Reshaped — The Bush administration increasingly emphasized partisan political ties over expertise in recent years in selecting the judges who decide the fate of hundreds of thousands of immigrants …

Hope Yen / Associated Press:
Snow: Bush standing firm behind Gonzales

Discussion: The Reaction, The American Street and Talking Points Memo

TheOnlineWire:

The Sopranos Finale: will Tony live or will he get whacked? — Will Tony Soprano live or will he get whacked in tonight's final episode of The Sopranos? Momentum is building up among the popular TV series "aficionados", so is the betting frenzy surrounding the last episode of The Sopranos.

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, TMZ.com, Liberal Values and Taylor Marsh

Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
The Sopranos Ends — British Tourists Suffer Most

Discussion: Observer

Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Sopranos Finale — In the end, all of the predictions failed.

Discussion: Sister Toldjah

Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
How Will The Sopranos (And Tony Soprano) End?

Discussion: Telegraph, Liberal Values and New York Times

Robert Tanner / Associated Press:

Studies say death penalty deters crime — Anti-death penalty forces have gained momentum in the past few years, with a moratorium in Illinois, court disputes over lethal injection in more than a half-dozen states and progress toward outright abolishment in New Jersey.

Discussion: Liberal Values, The Jawa Report, Sister Toldjah and Blue Crab Boulevard

Hindrocket / Power Line:

WHAT DID THE CIA TELL PRESIDENT BUSH ABOUT IRAQ? — Earlier today, Scott discussed a recent article by Paul Pillar, in which Pillar defended the CIA's performance on Iraq. Pillar, who was largely responsible for Iraq intelligence, wrote about the Senate Intelligence Committee's release …

Reuters:

Gaza militants' "TV" sign draws reporters' anger — Source: Reuters — The Palestinian journalists' union criticised militants on Sunday for using a vehicle marked with a "TV" sign to approach Gaza's border with Israel and attack an Israeli military position across the frontier.

Discussion: TigerHawk, Instapundit.com and The Jawa Report

George F. Will / Washington Post:

Democrats' Prosperity Problem — Early in George W. Bush's presidency, liberal critics said: The economy is not growing. Which was true. He inherited the debris of the 1990s' irrational exuberances. A brief (eight months) and mild (the mildest since World War II) recession began in March 2001 …