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'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.
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Eli Lake / New York Sun:
GOP's Powell Is Now Advising Obama — WASHINGTON — Colin Powell, who only a decade ago was being discussed as a possible Republican presidential nominee and who more recently served as President Bush's first secretary of state, is advising a Democratic presidential candidate, Senator Obama of Illinois.
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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."
Nico / Think Progress:Powell: Close Guantanamo Now, Restore Habeas
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the talking dog, WorkingForChange, The Democratic Daily, Michael P.F. van der Galiën and Blognonymous
Joe Sudbay / AMERICAblog:"Too early" for Colin Powell to say he'll endorse a Republican for President
New York Times:
U.S. Arming Sunnis in Iraq to Battle Old Qaeda Allies — With the four-month-old increase in American troops showing only modest success in curbing insurgent attacks, American commanders are turning to another strategy that they acknowledge is fraught with risk: arming Sunni Arab groups …
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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 …
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 …
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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.
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 …
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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Liberal Values, Secular Blasphemy, Sister Toldjah, Blue Crab Boulevard and The Jawa Report
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 …
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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 …
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The Gun Toting Liberal™
Martin Beckford / Telegraph:
Outrage as child sex offenders avoid jail — Thousands of sex offenders including paedophiles and rapists have escaped with cautions rather than being jailed over the past five years. — A nationwide survey of police forces conducted by the BBC found that 1,600 sex offences involving children …
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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 …
Jamey Keaten / Associated Press:
France's Sarkozy Poised for Election Win — PARIS (AP) - President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to revive France's economy and its identity appeared poised for victory on Sunday in parliamentary elections, with voters widely expected to give allies of their new conservative leader a mandate for change.
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.
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Scared Monkeys, Taylor Marsh, TMZ.com, The Moderate Voice, New York Times and Liberal Values
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Ted Gup / Washington Post:
America's Secret Obsession — "If you guard your toothbrushes and diamonds with equal zeal, you'll probably lose fewer toothbrushes and more diamonds." — McGeorge Bundy — In April 1971, CIA officer John Seabury Thomson paddled his aluminum canoe across the Potomac on his daily commute …
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