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Interview of the Vice President by Larry King, CNN — Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building — Q We're located in the Vice Presidential Ceremonial Office; it's in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, adjacent to the White House, with the Vice President of the United States, Dick Cheney.
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Matt / Think Progress:
Cheney On Whether He Ordered Hospital Visit To Ashcroft: I Have 'No Recollection' — On Sunday, Josh Marshall pointed out that the New York Times editorial on the potential need to impeach Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said that "Vice President Dick Cheney sent Mr. Gonzales and another official …
Wall Street Journal:
News Corp. Appears to Have Enough Votes to Clinch Deal — News Corp. is poised to win control of Dow Jones & Co., including its flagship publication, The Wall Street Journal, after a key Bancroft trust changed its mind and decided to accept News Corp.'s $60-a-share offer for the newspaper publisher.
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New York Times:
Murdoch Seen to Win Control of Dow Jones — Rupert Murdoch appeared today to have gained enough support from the deeply divided Bancroft family to buy Dow Jones & Company, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, for $5 billion. — Family members and trusts representing about 32 percent …
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The Moderate Voice, Wall Street Journal, The Carpetbagger Report and The Democratic Daily
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Stevens threatens to block ethics bill — Republican Sen. Ted Stevens, whose home back in Alaska was raided by federal investigators Monday in a wide-ranging corruption investigation, has threatened to place a hold on the Democratic-drafted ethics legislation just passed by the House and expected on the Senate floor by week's end.
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Anchorage Daily News:
Warrant served at Ted Stevens' Girdwood home — FBI, IRS examine residence; remodeling job under scrutiny — Federal law enforcement agents raided U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens' Alaska home in Girdwood on Monday, hauling off undisclosed items from inside and taking extensive pictures and video.
Gallup Poll:
Public Confidence in Presidential Hopefuls on Key 2008 Election Issues — No candidate has a clear edge on Iraq — PRINCETON, NJ — A new Gallup Panel survey finds each of the five best-known 2008 presidential candidates scoring similarly in ratings of public confidence in their ability …
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Ari Berman / The Nation:
Why Pelosi Opposes Impeachment — If she were not in the House—and not Speaker of the House—Nancy Pelosi says she "would probably advocate" impeaching President Bush. — But given her current role as party leader, at a breakfast with progressive journalists today (named …
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John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
BREAKING... Home Depot dumps O'Reilly: "We will not... advertise on the Bill O'Reilly show" — Home Depot seems to have had a change of heart. They're now unequivocally telling their customers that they will not advertise on Bill O'Reilly's show. Oddly, however, they're now also claiming …
Nicholas Wapshott / New York Sun:
Brown Disappoints Critics of Iraq War — Britain's new prime minister, Gordon Brown, has disappointed American and British critics of the war in Iraq by declaring that he believes the West is involved in a "generation-long battle" against radical Islamic terrorism, that he believes …
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Matthew Sanchez / Matt Sanchez:
BEAUCHAMP — After a helicopter ride around Baghdad, this afternoon I arrived at Forward Operating Base Falcon, where the mood was somber. The Army has begun an official investigation into The New Republic articles of the "Baghdad Diarist", Private Scott Thomas Beauchamp.
Mike Stark / Daily Kos:
I just returned from Falafel Bill's house — After O'Reilly provided an "accountability moment" to the JetBlue CEO at his home, I decided to provide O'Reilly with his own accountability moment at his home. — I've just returned to home base. — I've got video of O'Reilly in his sleepwear (red shorts and a white t-shirt).
hughhewitt.townhall.com:
New York Times Pulitzer Prize winner John Burns on Iraq, Iran and how the surge is working. — The Hugh Hewitt Show — HH: Pleased to welcome back to the Hugh Hewitt Show John Burns of the New York Times. Mr. Burns, welcome, it's been about six months since we spoke, and I gather you're in Baghdad today?
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Commentary, Flopping Aces, The Huffington Post, Wake up America, PrairiePundit, QandO, Macsmind and TIME: Swampland
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Hillary on needle exchange: "As much spine as we possibly can" — There are few differences between Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on details of domestic policy, but previously unreported exchanges at recent New York meetings revealed one. Obama favors federal funding …
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The Newshoggers, The Atlantic Online, Associated Press, National Review, Spectator, The Carpetbagger Report and Obama HQ
Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
Hearing with DNI chief canceled amid FISA furor — House Democrats canceled Tuesday's planned hearing with Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell, prompting a rebuke from Republicans who want Congress to proceed quickly on updating a key surveillance law.
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CNN Political Ticker, TalkLeft, ACLU, Threat Level, Don Surber and A Chequer-Board of Nights …