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Siun / Firedoglake:
Levin-Lieberman Love Fest - One Step Closer to War on Iran — Right after Sen. Lieberman voted against U.S. troops on the Webb amendment, he launched his new Iran Amendment - cosponsored by pals Kyl, Graham, Collins and Sessions with strong support by McCain - and Senator Levin could not fall …
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Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Lieberman on the Webb Amendment: "Give the American soldier a break..."
Lieberman on the Webb Amendment: "Give the American soldier a break..."
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Thomas Watkins / Associated Press:
Officer Advises Against Trial for Marine — SAN DIEGO (AP) - The government's case against a Marine accused of fatally shooting Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha lacks sufficient evidence to go to a court-martial and should be dropped, a hearing officer determined.
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Kelley Shannon / Associated Press:
Lady Bird Johnson dies at 94 — AUSTIN, Texas - Lady Bird Johnson, the former first lady who championed conservation and worked tenaciously for the political career of her husband, Lyndon B. Johnson, died Wednesday, a family spokeswoman said. She was 94. — Johnson, who suffered a stroke …
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Kelley Shannon / Washington Post:
Lady Bird Johnson Dies at 94 — First Lady Recalled as Charming, Media Savvy and Deeply Connected to Nature — This was another Lady Bird spring we had, wasn't it? — Confident and lush and defiantly gorgeous, this spring burst out of an ugly Washington winter in such glory because of Lady Bird Johnson.
White House:
President Bush Unveils Renovated Press Briefing Room — Fact Sheet: The 2007 Renovation of the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room — Life in the White House - The Press Briefing Room — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. I like a good, short introduction. (Laughter.) — Q — (inaudible) —
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Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
Mock the Press — At this morning's ribbon-cutting for the newly renovated White House Briefing Room, President Bush dropped in just long enough to rub reporters' noses in his cheerful refusal to take them seriously. — There would be no answering questions about the war …
Jesse Lee / The Gavel:
Miers' Attorney Says She Will Not Attend Hearing — Today, attorney George T. Manning, representing former White House Counsel Harriet Miers, rescinded his prior confirmation that Ms. Miers would attend the House Judiciary Committee's hearing on Thursday in response to a subpoena …
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MCCAIN UNRAVELED BY 'GAY SWEATERS'? — SWEAT THE TECHNIQUE McCain (Photos: Getty Images) — In the final days of his imploding candidacy, John McCain has taken a page out of Richard Nixon's play book, finding increasingly bizarre explanations for his political failures.
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Stephen Biddle / Washington Post:
Iraq: Go Deep or Get Out — The president's shaky political consensus for the surge in Iraq is in danger of collapsing after the recent defections of prominent Senate Republicans such as Richard Lugar (Ind.), Pete Domenici (N.M.) and George Voinovich (Ohio).
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Kimberly Kagan / Opinion Journal:
Moving Forward in Iraq — The "surge" is working. Will Washington allow the current progress to continue? — In Washington perception is often mistaken for reality. And as Congress prepares for a fresh debate on Iraq, the perception many members have is that the new strategy has already failed.
E.A. Torriero / Chicago Tribune:
Homeland Security chief warns of 'increased risk' — Chertoff bases 'gut feeling' on history, Al Qaeda statements — Fearing complacency among the American people over possible terror threats, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said in Chicago Tuesday that the nation faces a heightened chance of an attack this summer.
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Dick Morris / The Hill:
Bush will have to pull out of Iraq, or face historical obliteration — Are they traitors or prophets, these Republicans who have jumped ship and called for Bush to begin pulling out of Iraq — Sens. George Voinovich (Ohio), Richard Lugar (Ind.), John Warner (Va.), and Pete Domenici (N.M.)?
Michael Yon:
Al-Qaeda on the Run: Feasting on the Moveable Beast — "No al Qaeda Zone": Hefty Buhriz Policeman smoking in public. — The last major mission I did while in Baqubah in early 2005 was into Buhriz. That mission had begun with our artillery firing some 155mm shots into a palm grove on the banks of the Diyala River.
Associated Press:
Deficit Falls to $205 Billion — WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's budget deficit will drop to $205 billion in the fiscal year that ends in September, less than half of what it was at its peak in 2004, according to new White House estimates. — President Bush planned to discuss the figures in an afternoon appearance.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Centrist House Republicans establish Tuesday Group PAC — Centrist Republicans in the House, concerned about their dwindling ranks, have set up a new political action committee (PAC) to protect their seats and elect new lawmakers who share their ideology. — The new political fund …
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