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11:45 AM ET, June 15, 2007

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Martin Indyk / Washington Post:
A 'Two-State Solution,' Palestinian-Style  —  Does Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas know something that we don't?  For five days his presidential security forces in Gaza came under organized attack by Hamas gunmen.  His compound in Gaza City was under siege.
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
SELF-RULE?  TRY MOB RULE  —  ISRAEL'S disengagement from Gaza, completed 22 months ago, has succeeded.  —  It was a demonstration project of a sort - an experiment in Palestinian self-rule.  If the management of Gaza had gone well, there would have been a Palestinian state within three years, tops.
Discussion: Gawker
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
White House Seems Ready to Let Hamas Seize Gaza
Discussion: ShrinkWrapped and LiberalOasis
Con Coughlin / Telegraph:
Fundamentalists threaten Israel from all sides
Eli Lake / New York Sun:
Hamas Takes Over Gaza Security Services
Discussion: Power Line
Isabel Kershnerand Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Gaza Is Calm After Hamas Gains Control
Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
Reid Faults Petraeus as Not 'in Touch'  —  Senate Leader Cites General's Upbeat Remarks About Baghdad 'Normalcy'  —  The Senate majority leader took aim yesterday at the top U.S. commander in Iraq, who until now has received little criticism from Capitol Hill over his statements or performance.
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Washington Post:
U.S. Says Iraq Troop Surge Complete  —  The full contingent of new U.S. forces being sent to Iraq — what military leaders call a "surge" of troops to improve security and stability in the capital — was completed by Friday, with 28,500 additional troops now posted in the country, a U.S. military spokesman said.
Discussion: protein wisdom and The Jawa Report
Bill / INDCJournal:
Astounding  —  I've been pretty sick of political wrangling …
Discussion: Confederate Yankee
New York Times:
Senate Leaders Agree to Revive Immigration Bill  —  Senate Democratic and Republican leaders announced on Thursday that they had agreed on a way to revive a comprehensive immigration bill that was pulled off the Senate floor seven days ago.  —  The majority leader, Harry Reid, Democrat of Nevada …
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Maura Reynolds / Los Angeles Times:
Senate strikes deal to revive immigration bill
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Joseph Lieberman / Opinion Journal:
What I Saw in Iraq  —  Iran remains a problem, but Anbar has joined the fight against terror.  —  I recently returned from Iraq and four other countries in the Middle East, my first trip to the region since December.  In the intervening five months, almost everything about the American war effort …
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Today's Must Read  —  We know what the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department hasn't been doing under the Bush administration: protecting African-American voters from discrimination.  And much of our coverage at TPM has tended to focus on the division's voting rights section …
CBN.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Fred Thompson Pro-Life Video Address  —  Watch Low Band EXCLUSIVE VIDEO:  —  CBNNews.com - It's Christmas in June here at The Brody File.  Look what we found under the tree.  It's a present from "supporters of Fred Thompson" given exclusively to The Brody File.
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
Who's Ahead?  No, Seriously...  It's nice to know that Mitt Romney has pulled ahead in New Hampshire, seven months before the primary voting.  Thanks, Bill Schneider!  Let me ask you something: Who's ahead in addressing a broken health care system?  —  It's fascinating to realize that Hillary Clinton, a woman, is ahead among women.
Gerard Baker / Times of London:
You won't see Termination 2 at the movies  —  Liberal Hollywood shies away from abortion  —  In grim times Americans turn to Hollywood for escapist cheer, and this summer the fantasy factory has not disappointed.  The multiplexes are unusually full of feelgood movies to chase away the troubled superpower blues.
Discussion: Liberal Values and Vox Popoli
Anne Broache / CNET News.com:
Bush administration attacks 'shield' for bloggers  —  WASHINGTON—The Bush administration on Thursday blasted a congressional proposal that would shield a broad swath of news gatherers, including some bloggers, from revealing their confidential sources.  —  The latest draft of the Free Flow …
Discussion: Macsmind and The American Street
David Ingram / Charlotte Observer:
N.C. pressed on voter listings  —  State, feds say rolls out of date, push changes; official says no need  —  RALEIGH —State and federal officials are mounting two broad challenges to the way North Carolina maintains its voter rolls, charging widespread irregularities that include votes cast under the names of dead people.
Adbusters:
The American Left's Silly Victim Complex  —  The biggest problem with modern American liberalism may be the word itself.  There's just something about the word, liberal, something about the way it sounds - it just hits the ear wrong.  If it were an animal it would be something squirming and hairless …
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
The Line: Senate Map Is Messy for GOP  —  Most of the recent action in the budding 2008 Senate campaigns came in races that didn't make our last rankings.  —  In Texas, wealthy attorney Mikal Watts (D) not only formed a campaign committee but also dropped nearly $4 million of his own money into it.
New York Times:
The Laptop Is Mightier Than the Sword  —  WHILE waiting to see if the Iraq surge strategy pays off, President Bush and Defense Secretary Robert Gates have shown Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the door and brought in Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute as the new White House "war czar."
Discussion: INTEL DUMP and JunkYardBlog
The New Republic:
More TNR Online Technical Issues (4 of 4)  —  I was trying to respond to the "Funniest Map Ever" post and got this link instead.  —  I'm responding to Romney on abortion (3 of 4)  —  And also got sent here.  Hm..  —  Well, in any case, here goes, RE romney;
 
 
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Reihan / The American Scene:
The Good News: I may be one of relatively few avid Times readers …
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Guard running low on equipment
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Reuters:
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GOP contenders set to clash over policy
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Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

 
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