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9:45 PM ET, August 2, 2007

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The New Republic:
A Statement on Scott Thomas Beauchamp  —  Scott Thomas Beauchamp is a U.S. Army private serving in Iraq.  He came to THE NEW REPUBLIC's attention through Elspeth Reeve, a TNR reporter-researcher, whom he later married.  Over the course of the war, we have tried to provide our readers with a sense of Iraq as it is seen by the troops.
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Dean Barnett / Townhall.com:
Franklin Foer and Co. Keep Digging  —  At long last, The New Republic's editors have released a statement regarding the Beauchamp affair.  It is a maddening piece of work - evasive, misleading, self-pitying and deliberately distortive.  By all means, read the whole thing.  But do so critically and carefully.
Discussion: The Corner and Washington Monthly
Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
TNR Claims (Partial) Vindication  —  Read it all.  —  I'll start with this: … Error?  Mistake?  He was off by an entire country and something like nine months?  —  This is what TNR terms an "error," a "mistake"?  And when they "fact-checked" this beforehand, how did their …
Discussion: protein wisdom and Gateway Pundit
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard:
TNR's "Investigation" Reveals Beauchamp Was Always a Monster
Discussion: Shakespeare's Sister
Associated Press:
Obama says use of nuclear weapons to fight al-Qaida 'not on the table,'  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said Thursday he would not use nuclear weapons «in any circumstance.  —  «I think it would be a profound mistake for us to use nuclear weapons …
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ABCNEWS:
Presidential Race Goes Nuclear  —  Clinton Implies Obama's Comments Were Careless  —  Sens. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., sparred over foreign policy as the former first lady implied that the first term senator's comments on the use of nuclear weapons were careless and unpresidential.
The Politico:
Obama on nukes: policy or character?  (Updated)  —  The latest Obama story, from an interview with The Associated Press, isn't online yet, but get ready: It's an interview* in which Obama initially rules out the use of nuclear weapons entirely, then seems to take it back:
Agence France Presse:
Pakistan slams 'ignorant' Obama attack warning  —  ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan accused Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama of "sheer ignorance" for threatening to launch US military strikes against Al-Qaeda on Pakistani soil.  —  Obama warned Wednesday that if he is elected president …
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Martin Kady II / The Politico:
Reid: Bridge collapse is 'wake-up call'  —  It took less than a day for the disastrous bridge collapse in Minneapolis to turn into a political uproar on Capitol Hill.  —  As Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) opened the Thursday session of the Senate, he warned that the bridge disaster was a …
Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
Blame-Game Begins on Infrastructure Spending
Discussion: The Sundries Shack
Nick Coleman / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Public anger will follow our sorrow  —  The cloud of dust above the Mississippi that rose after the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed Wednesday evening has dissipated.  But there are other dark clouds still hanging over Minneapolis and Minnesota.  —  The cloud of dust above the Mississippi …
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Edwards assails rivals over News Corp.  —  WASHINGTON - John Edwards criticized Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday for taking more than $20,000 in donations from News Corp. officials, arguing that the company's Fox News Channel has a right-wing bias and Democrats should avoid the company.
Discussion: Done With Mirrors and Hot Air
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David Stout / New York Times:
With Rove Absent, Aide Is Grilled by Senate Panel  —  The Senate Judiciary Committee grilled a young political aide from the White House today about the firings of nine United States attorneys and voiced disdain for a man who was not there: the aide's boss, Karl Rove, President Bush's chief political adviser.
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Ed Henry / CNN:
Rove a no-show at hearing
Discussion: TPMCafe blogs
Byron York / National Review Online:
The Vast Left-Wing Establishment  —  Today more than a thousand Kossacks — adherents of the left-wing website DailyKos — are gathering for their annual convention in Chicago.  It's the second YearlyKos, in circumstances far different from the first, held in June 2006 in Las Vegas.
Daniela Deane / Washington Post:
Out of the Theater, Into the Courtroom  —  Jhannet Sejas and her boyfriend were celebrating her 19th birthday by taking in a matinee showing of the hit movie "Transformers" at the theater at Ballston Common mall.  —  Sejas was enjoying the movie so much that she decided to film a short clip …
 
 
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Dodd Smacks Down O'Reilly Over Yearly Kos
Tariq Panja / Associated Press:
Glasgow terror suspect dies from burns
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More Overlooked History: The Muslim Libel Cases
N.Z. / Victory Caucus:
Mitt Romney: The Victory Caucus Interview
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Joe Klein / Time:
Political Pariahs  —  "Some people say we've lost our standing …
Ian James / Associated Press:
Sean Penn praised by Venezuela's Chavez
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Jonathan E. Kaplan / The Hill:
Bloggers, pols flock to YearlyKos
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KNTV-TV:
Police: Masked Gunman Kills Veteran Oakland Reporter
Discussion: Sadly, No!
David S. Cloud / New York Times:
Gates Offers Blunt Assessment of Iraqi Political Progress
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Joseph L. Bruno / Opinion Journal:
A Special Counsel for Spitzer
Associated Press:
Bush administration readying immigration crackdown on employers
Los Angeles Times:
D.C. elites want you to shush on Iraq
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Edwards: "Giuliani is Bush on Steroids"
Melanie Markley / Houston Chronicle:
Students must remember 'God' in Texas pledge