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7:35 PM ET, August 1, 2007

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Obama'08:
Remarks of Senator Obama: The War We Need to Win  —  Thank you Lee, for hosting me here at the Wilson Center, and for your leadership of both the 9/11 Commission and the Iraq Study Group.  You have been a steady voice of reason in an unsteady time.  —  Let me also say that my thoughts …
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Obama might send troops into Pakistan  —  WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Wednesday that he would possibly send troops into Pakistan to hunt down terrorists, an attempt to show strength when his chief rival has described his foreign policy skills as naive.
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama's speech: No mention of "war on terror"  —  Barack Obama was among those raising his hands in a recent debate to indicate that he believes there is a "war on terror," but his speech today — and read the whole thing — marks a really sharp departure from policies past …
Discussion: democracyarsenal.org
Michelle Malkin:
Barack Obama: Macho man  —  Scroll down for updates...Via Obama's website, here are the full prepared remarks of his Macho Speech...you'll be able to watch the speech at the Woodrow Wilson Center here.  —  Looks like the laughingstock Democrat presidential candidates have been eating their Wheaties.
Oliver Willis / The Huffington Post:
Barack Obama Vows To Kill Bin Laden, Conservatives (and Some Liberals) Cry Foul
Discussion: MyDD and The Atlantic Online
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Robert / Jihad Watch:
CAIR threatens Young America's Foundation over my talk tomorrow  —  Note the personal smears, the attempt to bully and intimidate, and the non-specificity of the charges against me (they can't be specific, because I don't say anything inaccurate about them — or about Islam or jihad).
Michelle Malkin:
Outrage: CAIR's war on Robert Spencer, Young America's Foundation
Discussion: Clayton Cramer's BLOG
Wall Street Journal:
Murdoch Wins His Bid for Dow Jones  —  Bancroft Family Agrees  —  To $5 Billion Offer  —  After Deal on Fees  —  A New Owner for Journal  —  A century of Bancroft-family ownership at Dow Jones & Co. is over.  —  Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. sealed a $5 billion agreement to purchase …
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New York Times:
Violence Rages in Iraq as Sunni Bloc Leaves Cabinet  —  Three bomb attacks in Baghdad today killed more than 65 people, as sectarian and militant violence continued to rage in Iraq.  —  The Shiite-led government that is trying to cope with the violence, meanwhile, suffered a political setback today …
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The Raw Story:
Kucinich rips Rumsfeld: Cover-ups worked for you  —  In a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on the friendly fire death of Army Specialist Pat Tillman, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) grilled former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld on whether or not the White House …
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Marc Santora / New York Times:
Giuliani Seeks to Transform U.S. Health Care Coverage  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani on Tuesday called for transforming the way health care coverage is provided in the United States, advocating a voluntary move from the current employer-based system to one that would grant substantial tax benefits to people who buy their own insurance.
Zogby:
UPI/Zogby Poll: 54% Lack Confidence in Bush's Ability As Commander in Chief  —  Survey shows just 3% of Americans approve of how Congress is handling the war in Iraq; 24% say the same for the President  —  A majority of American adults (54%) lack confidence in President Bush's ability …
Virginia Young / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
GOP state senator appears ready to switch parties  —  POST-DISPATCHJEFFERSON CITY BUREAU CHIEF  —  JEFFERSON CITY — Chris Koster, a Republican state senator and champion of stem cell research, is expected to announce today that he is switching to the Democratic Party.
Discussion: DownWithTyranny! and Daily Kos
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Mayor Takes the Subway — by Way of S.U.V.  —  He is public transportation's loudest cheerleader, boasting that he takes the subway "virtually every day."  He has told residents who complain about overcrowded trains to "get real" and he constantly encourages New Yorkers to follow his environmentally friendly example.
Discussion: MSNBC, New York Magazine and Hot Air
 
 
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Greg Aamot / Associated Press:
Imams drop passengers from lawsuit over removal from flight
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Judge Southwick Should Be Confirmed
Bill Walsh / Breaking News Updates New Orleans:
White House threatens to veto water bill
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The Corner:
Pulp Non-Fiction  —  Here's a story with huge implications …
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Various items  —  I am traveling for the next couple of days …
Joseph Contreras / Newsweek:
Unpaid Teens Bag Groceries for Wal-Mart
Josephine Hearn / The Politico:
Pelosi gives nod to Gonzales impeachment inquiry
Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
Making the Think Tanks Think  —  Just in case you haven't noticed …
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ABCNEWS:
O, Canada! More Americans Heading North
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
John Noonan / Weekly Standard:
The Thayer System
Matthew Moore / Telegraph:
Russia claims North Pole with Arctic flag stunt
Doug Usher / The Politico:
Are voters ready for health care reform?
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Gordon Brown for president
Discussion: The Newshoggers
Andrew Roth / Club for Growth:
1,028 Economists Oppose Protectionist Policies
Michelle Malkin:
South Korean Christian hostage crisis: Rescue attempt reported …
Bryan Bender / Boston Globe:
Analysis says war could cost $1 trillion