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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.)?
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Bob Geiger:
Republicans Kill Webb's Troop-Protection Amendment — We didn't need any further proof that Congressional Republicans really don't give a damn about the troops or their families but we just got it in the United States Senate anyway. — Just moments ago, Senate Republicans succeeded …
Z. Byron Wolf / ABCNEWS:
Senators Reject Guaranteed Time Stateside for Troops Deployed in War
Senators Reject Guaranteed Time Stateside for Troops Deployed in War
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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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Associated Press:
Marine Investigator Recommends Dropping Charges in Haditha Killings — SAN DIEGO — An investigating officer has recommended dismissing murder charges against a U.S. Marine accused in the slayings of three Iraqi men in a squad action that killed 24 civilians in the town of Haditha, according to a report.
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Josh White / Washington Post:
Officer Recommends Haditha Charges Dropped Against Marine
Officer Recommends Haditha Charges Dropped Against Marine
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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 …
Washington Post:
Ex-Bush Aide Limits Testimony on Attorney Firings — Former White House aide Sara M. Taylor refused to testify today about White House discussions surrounding the firing of nine U.S. attorneys last year, but, treading carefully around a White House claim of executive privilege, did offer some details about the episode.
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Former Bush Aide Will Answer Some Questions
Former Bush Aide Will Answer Some Questions
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Avedon / Eschaton:
Thought for the day — Shouldn't it concern us that Republicans are constantly talking about how people will all wise up when the next terrorist attack at home comes? — I mean, they really seem to be looking forward to it, and they take great delight in the thought that, by God, people will see things differently when it happens.
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Queerty:
GRAVEL PISSED OVER HRC DISS — NON-PROFIT EXCLUDES CANDIDATE FROM GAY DEBATE — Democratic presidential candidate Mike Gravel has "steam coming out my ears" after the Human Rights Campaign and Logo neglected to invite him to their groundbreaking gay debates.
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Jesse Lee / The Gavel:
Chairman Thompson Responds to Chertoff's "Gut Feeling" — Yesterday Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff was reported to have made the following remarks: — Homeland Security chief warns of 'increased risk' — E.A. Torriero, Chicago Tribune - July 11, 2007
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E.A. Torriero / Chicago Tribune:
Homeland Security chief warns of 'increased risk'
Homeland Security chief warns of 'increased risk'
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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.
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RADAR:
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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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.
John Solomon / Washington Post:
Gonzales Knew About Violations, Officials Say — Two senior Justice Department officials said yesterday that they kept Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales apprised of FBI violations of civil liberties and privacy safeguards in recent years. — The two officials spoke in a telephone call arranged …
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
From Barack Obama, Two Dangerous Words — PHILADELPHIA — Barack Obama has the teachers cheering. The National Education Association is meeting here, and Obama— like the Democratic candidates who have spoken before him — is telling the crowd everything it wants to hear.
Lisa Schiffren / The Corner:
Politics Imitates Art; Gordon Brown is Cornelius Fudge. — The struggle between good and evil, freedom and enslavement is, of course, an eternal literary theme. Still, one can't help but notice the astonishing manner in which Gordon Brown has taken a page directly from Harry Potter …
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