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6:40 PM ET, August 3, 2007

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Matthew Sanchez / Matt Sanchez:
BEAUCHAMP INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED  —  After a thorough investigation that lasted nearly a week the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division has concluded that the allegations made by Private Thomas Scott Beauchamp, the "Baghdad Diarist", have been
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Confederate Yankee:
Breaking: Kuwait-Based Army PAO Calls Beauchamp/New Republic Claim an "Urban Legend or Myth"  —  I've been silent on the New Republic's latest attempt to explain their editorial dereliction of editorial duties in the Scott Thomas Beauchamp collection of stories know as "Shock Troops" …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Editors Confirm Soldier's Claims
Matthew Sanchez / Matt Sanchez:
THE REAL FOB FALCON
Discussion: Mudville Gazette
Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:
House erupts in chaos  —  In a massive flare-up of partisan tensions, Republicans walked out on a House vote late Thursday night to protest what they believed to be Democratic maneuvers to reverse an unfavorable outcome for them.  —  The flap represents a complete breakdown in parliamentary procedure …
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Charles Hurt / New York Post:
EDWARDS IN A BIZ HATE & $WITCH  —  John Edwards, who yesterday demanded Democratic candidates return any campaign donations from Rupert Murdoch and News Corp., himself earned at least $800,000 for a book published by one of the media mogul's companies.  —  The Edwards campaign …
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ABCNEWS:
Poll Finds Dems Neck and Neck in Iowa
White House:
President Bush Meets with Counterterrorism Team  —  Washington, D.C.  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all for coming.  Director Mueller, thank you for your hospitality.  I'm honored to be here at the headquarters of the FBI.  Just had a beginning of a series of meetings today …
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Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:
Bush, Democrats deadlock on surveillance  —  WASHINGTON - The White House and Democrats running Congress were deadlocked Friday over expanding authority to eavesdrop on suspected foreign terrorists in a high-stakes showdown over national security.  —  President Bush implored lawmakers …
Discussion: TalkLeft and Corrente
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Dick Polman / Dick Polman's American Debate:
America's bridge to nowhere
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and MSNBC
John W. Schoen / MSNBC:   U.S. highways badly in need of repair
Hendrik Hertzberg / New Yorker:
ACID FLASHBACK  —  Last night the whole YearlyKos aggregation finally gathered in one place, a sort of cozy airplane hangar somewhere within McCormick Place.  The room was so spacious that the audience—something like fourteen hundred people—could be comfortably seated at big round tables rather than rows of seats.
Discussion: Who Is IOZ? and Roger Ailes
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
OFF THE RAILS....Hendrik Hertzberg, comparing YearlyKos …
Little Green Footballs:
Serviceman Shouted Down at YearlyKos  —  The American Prospect: AN ODD CLOSE. … Video, please.  —  (Hat tip: Exurban League.)  —  UPDATE at 8/3/07 10:46:52 am:  —  I'm not familiar with the exact regulations on this, but for the sake of argument let's say that it was against the rules for a uniformed soldier to ask a question.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Pro-war soldier's question cut off at Yearly Kos? …
Mmstewart / CNN Political Ticker:
Tancredo: Threaten to bomb Muslim holy sites in retaliation  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo's campaign stood by his assertion that bombing holy Muslim sites would serve as a good "deterrent" to prevent Islamic fundamentalists from attacking the United States, his spokeswoman said Friday.
Los Angeles Times:
'Depth of mistrust' in Iraq unforeseen  —  With Sunnis' exit from government, Pentagon chief Gates says the focus will be on achieving reconciliation at a provincial level.  —  ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates acknowledged Thursday …
Discussion: The Next Hurrah and Booman Tribune
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Aaron Klein / WorldNetDaily:
Romney: Hezbollah role model for U.S.  —  Urges emulating welfare projects used by terror group against Israel  —  JERUSALEM - Republican presidential candidate Gov. Mitt Romney has cited the social welfare network of the Lebanese Hezbollah terror group as a role model the U.S. should copy to help promote …
The Raw Story:
Capitol police warned of DC terror attack in next six weeks  —  An increased threat of another al Qaeda attack between now and Sep. 11 of this year has caused Capitol Police officials to step up security on Capitol Hill, Roll Call reported.  An unnamed Capitol Police source told Roll Call …
Pajamas Media:
KOS: "WE ARE THE CENTER!"  —  Is left-wing blog entrepreneur Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, AKA "Kos," the new liberal king maker of the Democratic Party?  At his opening day press conference for the annual YearlyKos Convention in Chicago, Kos told the assemblage: "There is no Jesse Jackson wing of the Democratic Party anymore.
Peter Daou / Daily Kos:
Hillary will attend YearlyKos breakout session  —  NOTE: I'm the Clinton campaign's Internet Director  —  Last night, there was an announcement at YearlyKos that Hillary would not conduct a breakout session after the Presidential Leadership Forum.  Attendees who were under the impression …
Sky News:
Flying Saucers Go Into Production  —  A "flying saucer" that glides three metres above the ground and carries two people has gone into commerical production.  —  US company Moller International has begun to manufacture parts for its Jetsons-like personal flying pod, the M200G Volantor.
 
 
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Lynn Adler / Reuters:
At American Home, it's one last day at the office
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Jackie Kucinich / The Hill:
DeLay blasts Democrats' rookie mistakes
The Atlantic Online:
The Next Progressive Foreign Policy
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
THE CLINTON-OBAMA CAGE MATCH....At the risk of going all meta on you …
Discussion: The Newshoggers and Ezra Klein
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The Rise of Kos  —  Perhaps you missed it, but Wednesday …
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Roger Simon / The Politico:
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