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Bob Geiger:
Reid To Force Senate Into All-Night Session Tuesday — Forcing his Republican colleagues to put up or shut up on the notion of an up-or-down vote, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) just moments ago announced that he will immediately file a cloture motion on the Reed-Levin troop redeployment bill and …
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Nico / Think Progress:
BREAKING: Reid To Force All-Night Filibuster On Iraq Withdrawal — Moments ago, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) announced that in response to conservative obstructionism, he plans to force war supporters to physically remain in the Senate and filibuster Iraq withdrawal legislation.
Fox News:
Reid Threatens to Keep Senate Up All Night, Republicans Yawn — WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has threatened to keep the Senate awake all night Tuesday to protest GOP blocking tactics on moves to compel U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq. — Senate Republican leaders …
Democrats.senate.gov:
Reid: Republicans Must Allow Up-Or-Down Vote On Amendment To Change Course In Iraq — Washington, D.C.—Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid spoke on the floor on the U.S. Senate today, urging Republicans to allow an up-or-down vote on the Levin-Reed amendment to the Defense Authorization bill that will transition the mission in Iraq.
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:Dick Durbin blasts McConnell and Republicans: It's Filibuster time
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Taylor Marsh:
BREAKING NEWS: Joseph Wilson Endorses Hillary Clinton — The blogs got it first. … A conference call announcing the endorsement of Hillary Clinton by Joseph Wilson was just held with bloggers to hear the breaking news. This is a huge deal for Candidate Clinton and a big endorsement for her candidacy.
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Taylor Marsh / The Huffington Post:
BREAKING: Joseph Wilson Endorses Hillary Clinton — The blogs got it first. … A conference call announcing the endorsement of Hillary Clinton by Joseph Wilson was just held with bloggers to hear the breaking news. This is a huge deal for Candidate Clinton and a big endorsement for her candidacy.
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Robert Burns / Associated Press:
Pace: US Weighs Larger 'Surge' in Iraq — BAGHDAD (AP) - The U.S. military is weighing new directions in Iraq, including an even bigger troop buildup if President Bush thinks his "surge" strategy needs a further boost, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday.
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Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
How Bush Uses His Generals — President Bush says that he should be trusted on military issues because he listens to his commanders. But he has a tendency to celebrate his generals when they're providing him political cover — then stick a knife in their backs when they're no longer of any use to him.
CNN:
GOP senator to Rove: Bush legacy on the line in Iraq — WASHINGTON (CNN) — A Republican senator says he warned top White House aide Karl Rove that President Bush quickly needs to craft a workable plan to withdraw U.S. troops fom Iraq in order to salvage his legacy.
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Robert Burns / Associated Press:Pace: Another troop buildup possible
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Mike McPhee / Denver Post:
Troopers kill gunman in Capitol — State troopers shot and killed an armed man who attempted to enter Gov. Bill Ritter's office inside the state Capitol this afternoon. — The man, who claimed he was "the emperor," said he was going to take over the state government.
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Eaglescout / The Truth:
Military support for the republican candidates. — NAME: TOTAL [ARMY] [NAVY] [AIRFORCE] [VETERAN] — RON PAUL: 23,465 [6,975] [6,765] [4,650] [5,075] — McCain: 15,825 [6925] [6305] [1795] [800] — Units are contributions in dollars by employees of the respective military organizations.
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Ronpauldelaware / Delaware's Ron Paul Blog:
Military Favors Ron Paul Over McCain — The US Federal Election Commission has released the Selected Presidential Reports for the 2007 July Quarterly, and there are a few surprises. No surprise, of course, is that people in the armed services and veterans overwhelmingly support the Republican Party.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Here is a... FRED — Here is a wonderful tour de force of the Fred Hiatt editorial in the Washington Post. The main point of the piece is to show that Hillary Clinton, despite what she wants Democratic voters to think, actually supports the Bush-Washington Post line of muscular foreign policy heroism.
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The Times-Picayune / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Vitter re-emerges and asks again for forgiveness — By Kate Moran, Bill Walsh and Brendan McCarthy — After refusing for a week to answer questions about whether he'd ever hired prostitutes, U. S. Sen. David Vitter emerged from seclusion on Monday to apologize again for "actions from my past" …
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
More Departures From McCain '08 — In a widely expected move, Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) press department resigned en masse today. — Communications director Brian Jones stepped down, along with deputies Matt David and Danny Diaz. Research director Brian Rogers and South Carolina …
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David Hambling / Popular Mechanics:
Better Bombs: Scientists Develop Metal That Explodes on Impact — When most bombs go off, — they release a spray of deadly shards of steel. Now, imagine that those shards were themselves explosive, detonating in a massive chain reaction. It's for real: Defense contractors are harnessing …
Peter Berkowitz / Opinion Journal:
The New New Atheism — Attacking "God" has become a lucrative book business. But there's not much substance behind the latest atheist tracts. — "There is nothing new under the sun," proclaims the Book of Ecclesiastes. The rise of the new new atheism confirms this ancient biblical wisdom.
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