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11:05 AM ET, June 14, 2007

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Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
No Drop in Iraq Violence Seen Since Troop Buildup  —  Three months into the new U.S. military strategy that has sent tens of thousands of additional troops into Iraq, overall levels of violence in the country have not decreased, as attacks have shifted away from Baghdad and Anbar …
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John F. Burns / New York Times:
Efforts to Avert Sectarian Reprisals After Shrine Attack  —  Left, a file photo from December 2003 shows the two minarets and the Golden Dome of the al-Askari mosque in Samarra.  At right, the mosque after the attack on the minarets on Wednesday.  The dome was destroyed in a 2006 attack.  More Photos >
Agence France Presse:
Sunni mosques attacked after Shiite shrine bombing
Discussion: The Newshoggers
Peter Spiegel / Los Angeles Times:   Iraq violence up since troop increase
David S. Cloud / New York Times:   Violence Rising in Much of Iraq, Pentagon Says
USA Today:
Petraeus says security crackdown working
Discussion: The Swamp and Greatscat!
Edward / Heading Right:
Not Much Good News In Iraq  —  The Washington Post reports …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Greatscat!
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Reid labels military leader 'incompetent'  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called Marine Gen. Peter Pace, the outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, "incompetent" during an interview Tuesday with a group of liberal bloggers, a comment that was never reported.
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David S. Broder / Washington Post:
The Immigration Bill In Harry Reid's Court  —  It is hard to say who looked worse in the Senate's impasse on immigration legislation — Democrats or Republicans — but the responsibility for reviving that measure clearly rests most heavily on the shoulders of Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Discussion: TalkLeft
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:   For Democratic Leaders, a Fear That the Focus on the War Has Blurred
Associated Press:
Key security HQ in Gaza City, last Fatah stronghold, falls  —  Hamas fighters overran Fatah-allied Preventive Security headquarters in Gaza City on Thursday, a key target in their battle to control the entire Gaza Strip, witnesses and a security agency official said.
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Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
Hamas Seizes Base In Gaza
Haaretz:
Southern Gaza town of Rafah falls to Hamas
Discussion: Neptunus Lex
National Review:
Gaza stripped  —  As far as I know, the UN, the EU and the Arab League …
John Solomon / Washington Post:
FBI Finds It Frequently Overstepped in Collecting Data  —  An internal FBI audit has found that the bureau potentially violated the law or agency rules more than 1,000 times while collecting data about domestic phone calls, e-mails and financial transactions in recent years …
Roger Friedman / Fox News:
Angelina Jolie's Freedom of Press, on Her Terms  —  Odds 'n' Ends  —  Angelina Jolie's Freedom of Press, on Her Terms  —  Angelina Jolie's true colors came out Wednesday as she promoted a film about freedom of the press and then tried to censor all her interviews.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Former Chairman of G.O.P. Will Join Bush's Inner Circle  —  Ed Gillespie, a prominent Washington lobbyist, former chairman of the Republican National Committee and longtime adviser to President Bush, will join the White House inner circle as the next counselor to the president, Mr. Bush said Wednesday.
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CNN:
UPDATE: New Bush Aide Has Extensive Corporate Lobbying Ties
Discussion: The Next Hurrah
Washington Post:
Judge to Rule on Libby's Request to Remain Free Pending Appeal  —  The federal judge presiding over the trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is scheduled to decide today whether Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff must report to prison within weeks to begin serving a 30-month sentence …
Washington Post:
Primary Calendar Poses Big Challenges  —  As they criss-cross the nation at a dizzying pace, Democratic and Republican presidential candidates are locked in a fast-track campaign that has forced frontrunners and the far-behind to rethink the traditional path to nomination seven months before a single vote is cast.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and The Caucus
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court rules foreign governments not immune to some taxes  —  The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that foreign governments are not immune to being sued to force them to pay local property taxes on residences for their diplomats at the United Nations.  "Property ownership is not an inherently sovereign function," the Court found.
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama aide wants Libby pardoned  —  Sen. Barack Obama's (D-Ill.) top lawyer publicly made the case yesterday for a presidential pardon for convicted White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.  —  Obama general counsel Robert Bauer did not ask his boss, a presidential candidate …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and TIME
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Security Is Focus of Revised Effort on Immigration  —  The White House and senators from both parties mapped out possible changes in a comprehensive immigration bill on Wednesday, so they could better portray it as a way to bolster national security rather than to grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants.
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Alito Calls Free-Speech Limits 'Dangerous' as Court Considers Cases  —  Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. made it clear as he began taking questions at yesterday's National Italian American Foundation luncheon that he couldn't reveal any of the Supreme Court's forthcoming opinions.  —  But did he at least give a hint?
 
 
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Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
Let's Get Serious  —  What do liberal hawks actually want to do regarding Iran?
Boston Globe:
McCain camp hits Romney on abortion
Discussion: MSNBC
ABCNEWS:
U.N. Supports U.S Troops Staying in Iraq
USA Today:
Upper-income black donors back Obama over Clinton
Monsters and Critics:
Bahraini Shiites protest in anger over Iraq shrine bombings
Discussion: Jihad Watch
New York Times:
Bork v. Bork
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Marc Santora / New York Times:
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Freedom, not climate, is at risk
Ann Coulter / Human Events:
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New York Times:
House Votes to Bolster Database on Gun Buyers
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Los Angeles Times:
Research shows Hilton prison time longer than most
Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Reshapes Its Civil Rights Mission
Discussion: Think Progress
Mike Soraghan / The Hill:
DoD braces for a fight with Pelosi