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11:20 PM ET, July 17, 2007

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Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
Intelligence Report Warns of al-Qaeda's Capabilities  —  Worldwide counterterror efforts have restrained Osama bin Laden's network from again attacking the United States, but al-Qaeda's capabilities to mount such an attack have been "protected or regenerated" partly by securing a safe haven …
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John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Senate GOP resurgent on Iraq  —  The Republican establishment is rallying to the defense of President Bush and his controversial war strategy, with some GOP members of Congress cherry-picking intelligence about a resurgent Al Qaeda to buy at least two more months for Bush's Iraq strategy.
New York Times:   Bush Aides See Failure in Fight With Al Qaeda in Pakistan
Klaus Marre / The Hill:
Wamp: Thompson is close to joining '08 race  —  Rep. Zach Wamp (R-Tenn.) said Monday that he expects former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) to soon join the race for the White House.  —  "My view is that he'll enter the race at some point just in the coming days," said Wamp, a key supporter of Thompson.
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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
AP Poll: GOP pick is 'none of the above'  —  WASHINGTON - And the leading Republican presidential candidate is ... none of the above.  —  The latest Associated Press-Ipsos poll found that nearly a quarter of Republicans are unwilling to back top-tier hopefuls Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson …
Charles Franklin / Pollster.com:
WILL GIULIANI BE THE NEXT MCCAIN?
CNN:   McCain, Edwards slip in New Hampshire
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Salon:
The Salon Interview: Elizabeth Edwards  —  So in January 2009, what's the first thing John Edwards does to make life different for poor people in America?  —  Well, a lot of it is a legislative agenda that needs to pass, but some of it he can do right away.
Mike Allen / The Politico:
A look inside the war rooms on the war  —  Leaders are instructing Democratic lawmakers to blitz their states with anti-Bush messages as the Senate gears up for an all-night debate on Iraq withdrawal, according to an internal memo provided to The Politico by a Democratic official.
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Think Progress:
Live-Blogging The Senate Iraq Filibuster  —  [ThinkProgress is at the Capitol building, live-blogging the all-night conservative filibuster of Iraq withdrawal legislation.]  —  10:06 PM: Huffington Post is staying up tonight too.  —  9:49 PM: More from the Iraq rally outside the Capitol …
Bob Geiger:   Random Notes From The Senate All-Nighter
ESPN:
Falcons' Vick indicted by grand jury in dogfighting probe  —  Michael Vick has been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with the dogfighting probe of his property in Virginia.  —  The indictment alleges that Vick and his co-defendants began sponsoring dogfighting in early 2001 …
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ABCNEWS:
NFL Star Sacked in Dogfight Probe
Washington Times:
Bush office is anti-Muslim, group says  —  A Muslim civil rights group today blamed Bush administration policies for promoting "Islamophobia" and said the "war on terror" won't stop terrorists.  —  "The new perception is that the United States has entered a war with Islam itself," …
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hughhewitt.townhall.com:
Robert Novak on 50 years as the Prince of Darkness.
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Brian Ross Reports / The Blotter:
FBI: Iraqis Being Smuggled Across the Rio Grande  —  Brian Ross Reports:  —  The FBI is investigating an alleged human smuggling operation based in Chaparral, N.M., that agents say is bringing "Iraqis and other Middle Eastern" individuals across the Rio Grande from Mexico.
Max Boot / Commentary:
More News from Ramadi  —  You don't hear much about Anbar Province anymore.  That's because this area, once the scene of the heaviest fighting in Iraq, has turned remarkably quiet of late.  Attacks are down 80 percent since last year.  If there is any cause for optimism in Iraq this is it …
James Thorner / St. Petersburg Times:
Cigarmakers in a panic … Eric Newman punches the numbers on his calculator and gapes at the results one more time.  —  It's no mathematical error: The federal government has proposed raising taxes on premium cigars, the kind Newman's family has been rolling for decades in Ybor City, by as much as 20,000 percent.
Media Matters for America:
On Good Morning America, Sawyer falsely claimed Reid "vows to filibuster"  —  During the July 17 edition of ABC's Good Morning America, co-anchor Diane Sawyer falsely claimed that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) "vows to filibuster, talking all night to close out all topics besides a vote on Iraqi troop withdrawals."
 
 
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Thompson announcement in Sept.?
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'Mildly profane' Bush 'crashes' Republican meeting on Iraq.
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