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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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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 …
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.
Michelle Malkin:
The Scott Thomas Beauchamp saga: The fallibility of TNR's fact-checkers — Update 9:30pm Eastern. Dean Barnett boils it down: … Update 8:49pm Eastern. This is Camp Buehring in Kuwait. In response to one of the commenters below, Camp Buehring is a separate facility/staging area …
Bryan / Hot Air:
TNR posts Beauchamp "confirmation" that, um, doesn't really confirm anything
TNR posts Beauchamp "confirmation" that, um, doesn't really confirm anything
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Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard:
TNR's "Investigation" Reveals Beauchamp Was Always a Monster
TNR's "Investigation" Reveals Beauchamp Was Always a Monster
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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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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 …
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)
Obama on nukes: policy or character? (Updated)
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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 …
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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 …
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Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
Blame-Game Begins on Infrastructure Spending
Blame-Game Begins on Infrastructure Spending
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Tariq Panja / Associated Press:
Glasgow terror suspect dies from burns — LONDON - A man critically burned after allegedly crashing an explosive-laden Jeep into Glasgow Airport died of his injuries Thursday, Strathclyde Police said. — Kafeel Ahmed, 27, had been in the hospital for a month with burns from the alleged attack on June 30 …
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Chris Dodd Smacks Down O'Reilly about Daily Kos: The VIDEO — Continuing on Nicole's post, I've got the video of Dodd doing a great job of sticking up for Daily Kos in an excellent way. He told the truth. And when propagandists like BillO are confronted with the truth—heads explode.
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Ian James / Associated Press:
Sean Penn praised by Venezuela's Chavez — CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has praised Sean Penn for his critical stance against the war in Iraq, saying the two chatted by phone and soon plan to meet in person. — Chavez said Penn traveled to Venezuela this week wanting …
Arizona Republic:
Migrant law blocks benefits — Prop. 300 denying college aid, child care — Nearly 5,000 people in Arizona have been denied in-state college tuition, financial aid and adult education classes this year under a new state law banning undocumented immigrants from receiving those state-funded services.
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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Jerusalem Post:
'Egyptians killed 4 Sudanese on border' — Egyptian soldiers killed four Sudanese refugees near the Egypt-Israel border overnight Wednesday in full view of IDF troops, a shaken-sounding IDF soldier said in an interview with Channel 10, Thursday evening. — According to the soldier …
Joe Klein / Time:
Political Pariahs — "Some people say we've lost our standing," former Representative Harold Ford Jr. of Tennessee, chairman of the moderate Democratic Leadership Council (DLC), lamented at his organization's annual meeting in Nashville on July 30. "But if there ever was a time when the country needed the DLC... it's now."