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Committee on Oversight and Government Reform:
The Use of RNC E-Mail Accounts by White House Officials — The Oversight Committee has been investigating whether White House officials violated the Presidential Records Act by using e-mail accounts maintained by the Republican National Committee and the Bush Cheney '04 campaign for official White House communications.
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Jesse Lee / The Gavel:
Interim Report on RNC Emails and the Presidential Records Act — The Oversight Committee has been investigating whether White House officials violated the Presidential Records Act by using e-mail accounts maintained by the Republican National Committee and the Bush Cheney '04 campaign for official White House communications.
Think Progress:
Investigation Uncovers 'Extensive Destruction' Of RNC Emails, Violations Of Records Act — House investigators have learned that the Bush administration's use of Republican National Committee email accounts is far greater than previously disclosed — 140,216 emails sent or received by Karl Rove alone …
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Bush Officials Used RNC Server for Private E-mails — Disclosure Means Practice More Common Than Officials Acknowledged — Almost 90 White House officials have maintained private e-mail accounts on the server of the Republican National Committee, including top advisers such as Karl Rove …
Des Moines Register:
Obama: Campaign's 'Punjab' remark was 'stupid' — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama referred to as "stupid" and "caustic" his campaign's memo last week that implied rival Hillary Clinton's investments in India made her fit to represent the south Asian country.
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Firedoglake, AMERICAblog, The Fix, Political Punch, TIME: Swampland, Street Prophets, Taylor Marsh and Brendan Nyhan
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Andrew J. Bacevich / Los Angeles Times:
More troops, more troubles — Candidates who call for beefing up our armed forces to deter terrorism show a profound misunderstanding of the Mideast. — IS THE U.S. Army too small? — The Democrats vying to succeed George W. Bush think so. Presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton …
Lydia Saad / Gallup Poll:
Republican, Democratic Presidential Contests Strikingly Similar — Sen. Fred Thompson surges into tie with John McCain for second in GOP contest — PRINCETON, NJ — With no incumbent president or vice president running for the 2008 presidential nominations, it is perhaps not surprising …
Michael Duffy / Time:
Surge Architect: More Time Needed — Fred Kagan, the man widely seen as the "architect" of the military surge in Iraq, sees signs of progress but warns that September is too early to make a final decision about how well it has achieved its goals. Instead, in an interview with TIME.com …
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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Petraeus: Iraq 'Challenges' to Last for Years — Conditions in Iraq will not improve sufficiently by September to justify a drawdown of U.S. military forces, the top commander in Iraq said yesterday. — Asked whether he thought the job assigned to an additional 30,000 troops deployed …
Brian Ross Reports / The Blotter:
Exclusive: Suicide Bomb Teams Sent to U.S., Europe — Brian Ross Reports: — Large teams of newly trained suicide bombers are being sent to the United States and Europe, according to evidence contained on a new videotape obtained by the Blotter on ABCNews.com.
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Lloydshep / Dadblog:
Hello? Free speech people? You in? — Something odd. Guardian Unlimited is covering the bilious Muslim reaction to Salman Rushdie's knighthood which includes the following gem: … So, outrageous, no? Psychopathic, insane, disturbing, inane. But here's the weird thing …
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dukenews.duke.edu:
Duke University, Three Lacrosse Players Announce Settlement — Durham, NC — On Monday, Duke University leaders announced they have reached a settlement with David Evans, Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann. Below are statements about the settlement. — STATEMENT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND THE PRESIDENT OF DUKE UNIVERSITY:
Maria Glod / Washington Post:
Va. School's No-Contact Rule Is a Touchy Subject — Fairfax County middle school student Hal Beaulieu hopped up from his lunch table one day a few months ago, sat next to his girlfriend and slipped his arm around her shoulder. That landed him a trip to the school office. — Among his crimes: hugging.
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Reason Magazine, Outside The Beltway, A Chequer-Board of Nights …, Dr. Helen, Unfogged and On Deadline
White House:
Press Briefing by Tony Snow — White House Conference Center Briefing Room — MR. SNOW: Good afternoon. One thing to add to this morning's gaggle — the President this morning had a 52-minute secure video teleconference with the members of the presidential council in Iraq …
Bill Steigerwald / PittsburghLIVE.com:
Helping along global warming — TRIBUNE-REVIEW — Remember in January when the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and its good friends in media trumpeted that 2006 was the warmest year on record for the contiguous United States? — NOAA based that finding …
Douglas Burns / Iowa Independent:
Edwards Suggests Obama, Clinton Could Cost Swing States — Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards Sunday warned Iowa voters about what he perceives as the perils of nominating a candidate who down-ticket Democrats in some parts of the nation may decline to appear with in their own campaign events.
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