memeorandum: Powell: Close Guantanamo Now, Restore Habeas (Nico/Think Progress)

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, Democratic Underground …, The Reaction, Middle Earth Journal, The Gun Toting Liberal™, JammieWearingFool, Blue Crab Boulevard, Jules Crittenden and Instapundit.com

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

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 …

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.

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: The Newshoggers

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: Find Habeas

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:

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

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: The Sideshow

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 and TMZ.com

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

Discussion: Observer

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

Discussion: Telegraph, New York Times, Associated Press and Liberal Values

MSNBC:

Sarkozy set for big majority in parliament — French President Nicolas Sarkozy was on course on Sunday night to win a commanding majority in parliament after the centre-right UMP party and its allies won an estimated 46 per cent of the vote in the first round of France's general election.

Discussion: International Herald Tribune and Austin Bay Blog

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 …

Discussion: Ezra Klein, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Mahablog, Big Brass Blog, The Newshoggers and Brian Beutler

Jeff / Firedoglake:

FDL Book Salon Welcomes Murray Waas and Jeff Lomonaco — (Welcome to FDL Book Salon, where today we are privileged to have Murray Waas and Jeff Lomonaco online with us to discuss The Unived States v. I. Lewis Libby. As always, please keep the discussion on point.

Gateway Pundit:

Bush Mobbed in Albania!... Pro-US Nation Celebrates Historic Visit —Updated and Bumped- — This Pro-American Muslim country was fired up for the historic visit by President Bush. — They mobbed the president in the village of Fushe Kruje. — U.S. President George Bush greets crowds …

Discussion: Fausta's blog

White House:
President Bush Participates in Joint Press Availability with Prime …

Discussion: Austin Bay Blog and Best of Both Worlds

Mark Townsend / Observer:

MI6 probes UK nuclear link to Iran — A British company has been closed down after being caught in an apparent attempt to sell black-market weapons-grade uranium to Iran and Sudan, The Observer can reveal. — Anti-terrorist officers and MI6 are now investigating a wider British-based plot allegedly …

Discussion: Hot Air, BLACKFIVE, The Newshoggers, National Review and Jihad Watch

Mark Kleiman / The RBC:

The giggle test — Jane Galt asks a good question: what happened to the idea of replacing black roofs (and, for that matter, black roadways) with white (or light gray) ones as a way of increasing the albedo of the Earth (and also reducing the summer temperature in big cities)?

Discussion: Outside The Beltway

Hope Yen / Associated Press:

Snow: Bush standing firm behind Gonzales — WASHINGTON - The White House on Sunday dismissed Senate plans to hold a no-confidence vote on the attorney general and said the outcome will not undermine President Bush's resolve to keep Alberto Gonzales at the Justice Department. — "Not a bit.

Discussion: The American Street and Talking Points Memo

Clark Hoyt / New York Times:

Plots, Politics and the Weight of Page 1 — PUBLIC Editor No. 3 doesn't officially open his window for business until next week. But already an issue has popped up that is filled with themes I'm sure to revisit over the next two years of examining and commenting on the news judgment of The Times.

Discussion: Hot Air