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7:55 AM ET, July 10, 2007

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Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Senator's Number on 'Madam' Phone List  —  Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) apologized last night after his telephone number appeared in the phone records of the woman dubbed the "D.C. Madam," making him the first member of Congress to become ensnared in the high-profile case.
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Fox News:
Sen. Vitter Apologizes for Number Showing Up on Phone Records of Alleged Prostitution Ring  —  WASHINGTON — Louisiana Sen. David Vitter apologized Monday for his telephone number showing up on the old phone records of Pamela Martin and Associates, the alleged prostitution ring run in the nation's capital by Deborah Jeane Palfrey.
wtopnews.com:
Accused D.C. Madam Releases Phone Records  —  WASHINGTON — The phone records of the accused D.C. Madam have been posted online and are available for public viewing.  —  Deborah Jeane Palfrey's attorney, Montgomery Blair Sibley, tells WTOP he changed his plan of distributing the information …
Atrios / Eschaton:
Madam … (R-LA)  —  Don't know when exactly this was.  While it might have been prior to his Senate run it was most likely while he was a member of the House.  —  Rudy! picks another winner.  Vitter's his Southern Regional Chair.
Discussion: Mercury Rising
Carrie Budoff / The Politico:
GOP senator admits link to escort service  —  Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) acknowledged Monday night that his number appears on telephone records of the alleged D.C. Madam, Deborah Jeane Palfrey, and issued an apology.  —  "This was a very serious sin in my past for which I am, of course …
Discussion: Blogs of War
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Michael Moore demands apology from Wolf Blitzer  —  Michael Moore went off on Wolfie and CNN for a hit piece they aired about "Sicko" right before he came on.  He was hot!  He slapped the beard around pretty good...He says he'll post the facts refuting their claims on his website tonight.
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Washington Post:
Bush Plans To Stress Next Phase In Iraq War  —  GOP Dissent Spurs Change In Message but Not Course  —  President Bush, facing a growing Republican revolt against his Iraq policy, has rejected calls to change course but will launch a campaign emphasizing his intent to draw down U.S. forces next year …
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ABCNEWS:
'Crack in the Dike': White House in 'Panic Mode' Over GOP Revolt on Iraq  —  White House Trying to Find Consensus to Appease Democrats and 'Wobbly Republicans'  —  ABC News has been told the White House is in "panic mode" over the recent defections of Republican senators on the president's stay-the-course policy in Iraq.
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Subpoena Battle: What's Next?
Discussion: Firedoglake, TalkLeft and Althouse
John Solomon / Washington Post:
Gonzales Was Told of FBI Violations  —  After Bureau Sent Reports, Attorney General Said He Knew of No Wrongdoing  —  As he sought to renew the USA Patriot Act two years ago, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales assured lawmakers that the FBI had not abused its potent new terrorism-fighting powers.
New York Times:
U.S. Envoy Offers Grim Prediction on Iraq Pullout  —  As the Senate prepares to begin a new debate this week on proposals for a withdrawal from Iraq, the United States ambassador and the Iraqi foreign minister are warning that the departure of American troops could lead to sharply increased violence …
BBC:
US Iraq chief warns of long war  —  The head of US forces in Iraq, General David Petraeus, has told the BBC that fighting the insurgency is a "long term endeavour" which could take decades.  —  Speaking to the BBC's John Simpson in Baquba, Gen Petraeus said there was evidence …
Discussion: Britain and America and Back Talk
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Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Petraeus Says Iraq Will Be "Decades" Long; Likens Struggle To Northern Ireland
Discussion: First Draft
Aljazeera:
Al-Qaeda threatens war against Iran
Discussion: FP Passport
Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
The assault on the Red Mosque has begun  —  The Lal Masjid in relation to the government buildings.  Click to view.  —  Pakistani security forces launch the assault on the Taliban mosque in Islamabad  —  After a week of negotiations and skirmishes at the Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque …
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Backpacker / Metroblogging Islamabad:
Operation Silence - Final Showdown
Discussion: dawn.com and ThreatsWatch
Robin Stringer / Bloomberg:
U.S. Military Losses Hit 4,000 in Iraq, Afghanistan  —  Four thousand U.S. service members have died in U.S. President George W. Bush's ``war on terror'' in Iraq and Afghanistan 5 1/2 years after American forces ousted the Taliban in December 2001.  —  A total of 3,596 have died in Iraq since …
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Megan Thee / The Caucus:
Polls: Cheney Nears Quayle as Least Popular Veep  —  Vice President Dick Cheney's popularity has hit an all-time low, with recent polling by The New York Times and CBS News suggesting that he has replaced Dan Quayle as the most unpopular vice president in recent history.
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Associated Press:
Official: Iraq Gov't Missed All Targets  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - A progress report on Iraq will conclude that the U.S.-backed government in Baghdad has not met any of its targets for political, economic and other reform, speeding up the Bush administration's reckoning on what to do next, a U.S. official said Monday.
Discussion: Associated Press and Donklephant
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
4 GOP Senators To Be Targeted by DSCC Ads
Discussion: ABCNEWS, DownWithTyranny! and TIME
Glenn Gamboa / Newsday:
U.S. leg of Live Earth hits key notes  —  EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - The American leg of Live Earth: The Concerts for a Climate in Crisis, like the other concerts on all seven continents, proved to be as complex as the issue it is trying to solve.  —  As the anointed launch of a social movement …
Satyam / Think Progress:
Escalation Architect Kagan: 'Whatever You Can Say About The Current Strategy, It Has Not Failed'  —  Today, the American Enterprise Institute, a neoconservative think tank, held a discussion entitled "Assessing the Surge in Iraq," featuring prominent Iraq war proponents like Fred Kagan …
Los Angeles Times:
Lawmakers try to save their earmarks  —  Members of both parties go behind the scenes to lobby agencies for projects that were scrapped with the old GOP spending bill.  —  WASHINGTON — After Democrats won control of Congress, they moved to fulfill their pledge to crack down on the controversial practice …
 
 
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John Heilemann / New York Magazine:
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Ilya Somin / The Volokh Conspiracy:
ADAM COHEN ON "CONSERVATIVE JUDICIAL ACTIVISM": In this column …
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Andy McCarthy / The Corner:
Re: The Salazar Language (aka "Beam Me Up Scotty!")
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Armed Liberal / Winds of Change.NET:
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Bob Ruff / CNN:
Thompson linked to abortion rights group
White House:
Press Briefing by Tony Snow
Discussion: IraqSlogger.com
Noah Shachtman / Danger Room:
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White House:
President Bush Participates in a Conversation on the Americas
Discussion: ShopFloor.org and First Draft
Richard Allen Greene / The Politico:
Hillary the inevitable  —  Obama strategist David Plouffe released …
Discussion: Althouse, Tammy Bruce and MyDD
Paul J. Gough / Hollywood Reporter:
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
National World, one of the UK's biggest newspaper groups, gets a £56.2M buyout offer from shareholder Media Concierge, a 40% premium to its Nov. 21 stock price

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

 
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