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9:55 AM ET, June 11, 2007

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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Her Way  —  On Meet the Press yesterday, Tim Russert asked Jeff Gerth and Don Van Natta what was the most important thing in their new book, Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton.  —  Gerth: "She's now running for president, and we felt that people needed to understand how …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
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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.
Eli Lake / New York Sun:
GOP's Powell Is Now Advising Obama
Discussion: Central Sanity
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:   Is Colin Powell An Obama Advisor?
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Washington Post:
Tribal Coalition in Anbar Said to Be Crumbling  —  U.S.-Backed Group Has Fought Al-Qaeda in Iraq  —  A tribal coalition formed to oppose the extremist group al-Qaeda in Iraq, a development that U.S. officials say has reduced violence in Iraq's troubled Anbar province, is beginning to splinter …
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.
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Bluto / The Jawa Report:   Each Fried Felon Saves Up to 18 Victims
Gaius / Blue Crab Boulevard:   "What Am I Going To Do, Hide Them?"  —  These are words you really need to read.
Robert Stacy McCain / Washington Times:
Reagan's famous line nearly clipped from Berlin speech  —  SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Top administration officials said the speech was all wrong.  Too provocative, said the National Security Council.  Too tough, said the State Department.  —  The president overruled his advisers and …
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John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Hitting the Wall  —  Reagan's prophetic Berlin speech, 20 years later.
Discussion: Power Line
Nikki Finke / Deadline Hollywood Daily:
THAAAT'S What We Were All Waiting For?  Angry 'Sopranos' Fans Crash HBO Website  —  The line to cancel HBO starts here.  What a ridiculously disappointing end lacking in creativity to The Sopranos saga.  But if you're one of those who found it perversely interesting, then don't bother to read on.
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Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
Standing by the Wrong Guy  —  Just when it seemed George W. Bush's sinking prestige with his Republican base had bottomed out, his stock hit new lows.  The president's seeming indifference to the sentencing of Scooter Libby was bad enough.  But it coincided with Bush's apparent determination …
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Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Romney's Run Has Mormons Wary of Scrutiny  —  LOGAN, Utah — In this wide valley where the twin spires of the Mormon temple dominate the landscape and some neighborhoods have a Mormon chapel every few blocks, Mitt Romney's bid for president is both a proud sign of progress and a cause of trepidation.
Stacey Stowe / New York Times:
Marijuana Law in Connecticut Gains Ground  —  Seventeen years ago, Mark Braunstein dived 60 feet off a footbridge into a river, landed wrong and became a paraplegic.  A librarian at Connecticut College, Mr. Braunstein, 55, walks with the aid of crutches and leg braces.
Discussion: TalkLeft
Liz Lightfoot / Telegraph:
'Political meddling' ruining learning in schools  —  The curriculum in state schools in England has been stripped of its content and corrupted by political interference, according to a damning report by an influential, independent think-tank.  —  It warns of the educational apartheid opening …
Opinion Journal:
General Retreat  —  Secretary of Defense Levin picks a new war leader.  —  There's a rumor going around that Robert Gates is the Secretary of Defense.  We'd like to request official confirmation, because based on recent evidence the man running the Pentagon is Democratic Senator Carl Levin of Michigan.
Discussion: Brendan Nyhan
Los Angeles Times:
U.S. relies on Sudan despite condemning it  —  The nation accused of aiding the killings in Darfur provides spies in Iraq.  In return, it gets access in Washington.  —  WASHINGTON — Sudan has secretly worked with the CIA to spy on the insurgency in Iraq, an example of how the U.S …
Discussion: Informed Comment
Chris Barge / Rocky Mountain News:
5 questions for journalist and author David Sirota  —  Al Franken calls him "My Sirota - the sexy, sexy wonk."  —  The late columnist Molly Ivins said he "is a new-generation populist who instinctively understands that the only real questions are 'Who's getting screwed?' and 'Who's doing the screwing?' "
Discussion: WorkingForChange
Marcus Baram / ABCNEWS:
Free Porn Threatens Adult Film Industry  —  More Porn Viewers Are Getting It For Free On The Web; Industry Sales Start to Slip  —  "Free porn" just might be the two most exciting or frightening words in the English language, depending on your point of view.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
 
 
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
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ABCNEWS:
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Farah Stockman / Boston Globe:
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Martin Beckford / Telegraph:
Outrage as child sex offenders avoid jail
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The Atlantic Online:
Haim Saban  —  If you're interested in the foreign policy views …
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America's Secret Obsession
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Reuters:
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Lieberman for Secretary of State
 

 
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