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Specter: Administration has 18 hours to clarify Gonzales testimony on wiretapping — The Senate Judiciary Committee's ranking Republican, Arlen Specter (Pa.), emerged from a crucial Monday briefing and gave the Bush administration 18 hours to resolve the controversy over apparent contradictions …
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IMPEACH GONZALES? — From NBC's Mike Viqueira — A group of House Democrats will introduce a resolution calling on the Judiciary Committee to begin impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. — Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) will sponsor the measure. It will be dropped in the hopper tomorrow.
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Short of Perjury — I find myself in an unaccustomed and unexpected position: defending Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. — Gonzales fans, if there are Gonzales fans left, except for the only fan who counts: Don't take any comfort from my assessment. — In his Senate testimony last week …
Matt / Think Progress:
Cheney Says He Is A 'Unique Creature,' Refuses To Say He Is Part Of Executive Branch — In June, House investigators revealed that Vice President Dick Cheney had exempted his office from an executive order order designed to safeguard classified national security information by claiming …
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Deacon / Power Line:
DEFENDING ALBERTO GONZALES — WHY WE BOTHER — None of us at Power Line is a fan of Alberto Gonzales. Not that long ago, we dreaded the prospect that he would be nominated for the Supreme Court, and I don't recall any of us being enthusiastic when President Bush named him Attonrey General.
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Chief Justice Roberts taken to hospital after incident … HUPPER ISLAND — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., a seasonal resident of Hupper Island, located off Port Clyde, was taken to Penobscot Bay Medical Center in Rockport mid-day Monday. — St. George Ambulance responded to a call …
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Patterico's Pontifications:
Wonkette: We Wish John Roberts Would Die — Wonkette: … B-b-but . . . I thought hate speech was a problem only on prominent righty blogs — not prominent lefty blogs. Didn't Rick Ellensburg say so? — (Thanks to Michael E.)
Anchorage Daily News:
FBI, IRS searching Stevens' Girdwood house — Federal law enforcement agents are currently searching the Girdwood home of Alaska U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens. — "All I can say is that agents from the FBI and IRS are currently conducting a search at that residence," said Dave Heller …
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Dan Eggen Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Alaska Senator's Home Is Raided — Stevens Scrutinized In a Wide Inquiry Into Corruption in the State — Agents from the FBI and the Internal Revenue Service raided the Alaska home of Sen. Ted Stevens (R) yesterday as part of a broad federal investigation of political corruption in the state …
Washington Post:
Clyburn: Positive Report by Petraeus Could Split House Democrats on War — House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said Monday that a strongly positive report on progress on Iraq by Army Gen. David Petraeus likely would split Democrats in the House and impede his party's efforts to press for a timetable to end the war.
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John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Ron Paul: Let bounty hunters get bin Laden — It didn't go anywhere in the tense days after the 9/11 attacks, but Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), who is running a longshot bid for the 2008 GOP presidential nomination, has re-introduced his proposal to authorize President Bush to commission private citizens …
Michael Chapman / CNSNews:
'Cool' Icon Che Guevara Was a Murderous Thug, Author Says — (Editor's Note: In the first of a two-part interview, Cybercast News Service speaks to Humberto Fontova, author of the new book, "Exposing the Real Che Guevara and the Useful Idiots Who Idolize Him.")
Associated Press:
Ellison returns from trip to Iraq — WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Keith Ellison made a weekend trip to Iraq, where a pair of sheiks urged Congress' only Muslim lawmaker to help in countering al-Qaeda's vision of Islam. — Ellison, D-Minn., said he met in Ramadi in Anbar province with the two sheiks …
Gordon Brown / Washington Post:
Partnership for the Ages — Within a few weeks of becoming prime minister of Great Britain, I have come to the United States to affirm the historic partnership of shared purpose that unites our two countries. — Outside observers may think of even great alliances only in narrow …
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Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:Bush's New Poodle? — Anyone who expected the new British …
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This Is London:
IF I GO BACK TO IRAQ ANYBODY COULD KILL ME, SAYS HERO FOOTBALL CAPTAIN — The captain of Iraq's victorious football teams has said he will not return to his home country because he fears being killed. — Younis Mahmoud scored the only goal of the game with a header in the 71st-minute to give win the Asia Cup for Iraq.
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