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5:45 AM ET, August 3, 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.
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: The Jawa Report and Gateway Pundit
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
Discussion: TBogg
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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Associated Press:
Obama says use of nuclear weapons to fight al-Qaida 'not on the table,'
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Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Recovery suspended; Pawlenty calls for statewide bridge inspections
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:   This Could Have Waited  —  It's not that I completely disagree …
Katharine Q. Seelye / The Caucus:
Clinton and the Bloggers  —  CHICAGO - We're at the second annual YearlyKos convention, where liberal bloggers have convened with excitement that almost all the Democratic presidential candidates are courting them in person on Saturday.  —  This was quite the coup, since a year ago …
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Washington Post:
Three Top Democrats Share Lead In Iowa Poll
Discussion: MyDD
Jose Antonio Vargas / Washington Post:
'Net Roots' Event Becomes Democrats' Other National Convention
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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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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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 …
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 …
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 …
Counterterrorism Blog:
CAIR Executive Director Placed at HAMAS Meeting  —  The executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Nihad Awad, participated in a three-day summit of U.S.-based HAMAS members and supporters in 1993.  —  Until now, he had been identified only as Nihad LNU (last name unknown) in FBI reports and analyses.
Discussion: JunkYardBlog
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.
 
 
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McCain changes course on immigration
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Agence France Presse:
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Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
Flashback: Franklin Foer Claimed He "Confirmed The Woman"
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Agence France Presse:
Gates says US underestimated depth of Sunni-Shiite divisions
Discussion: The Belmont Club
Joe Klein / Time:
Political Pariahs  —  "Some people say we've lost our standing …
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