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New York Times:
War on Terror Takes Focus at Democrats' Debate — The Democratic presidential candidates tangled over foreign policy Tuesday night, criticizing Senator Barack Obama for proposing an attack against Al Qaeda in Pakistan. He struck back at his rivals who had supported the Iraq war, saying they had …
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New York Times:
The Democratic Candidates Forum — The following is the transcript of the A.F.L.-C.I.O. candidates forum, as provided by Federal News Service. — PARTICIPANTS: — MODERATOR: KEITH OLBERMANN: These formalities out of the way, the lucky recipient of our first question has been determined by lottery.
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Think Progress, Dick Polman's American Debate, The Carpetbagger Report and DownWithTyranny!
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Obama and Clinton Take the Gloves Off In AFL-CIO Debate — Democratic Hopefuls Court Union Support — Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton came under sharp attack from their Democratic presidential rivals in a highly spirited debate here Tuesday night, with Obama rebuked …
Manu Raju / The Hill:
Split in anti-war left — Congress's failure to secure a timetable for withdrawing American troops from Iraq has split anti-war activists on the tactical question of whether to attack Democrats, who now control Capitol Hill. — The split has also underlined accusations among some activists …
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Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
A Spy Chief's Political Education — Last Thursday evening, during the frantic endgame of a White House push to broaden its eavesdropping authorities, Democratic leaders from the House and the Senate gathered in the Capitol office of Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House …
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Army Says Soldier's Articles for Magazine Were False — An Army investigation into the Baghdad Diarist, a soldier in Iraq who wrote anonymous columns for The New Republic, has concluded that the sometimes shockingly cruel reports were false. — "We are not going into the details of the investigation …
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Army Concludes Baghdad Diarist Accounts Untrue — Army investigators have concluded that the private whose dispatches for the New Republic accused his fellow soldiers of petty cruelties in Iraq was not telling the truth. — The finding, disclosed yesterday, came days after the Washington …
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
U.S. Says Bomb Suppled by Iran Kills Troops in Iraq — Attacks on American-led forces using a lethal type of roadside bomb said to be supplied by Iran reached a new high in July, according to the American military. — The devices, known as explosively formed penetrators …
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Ezra Klein, The Atlantic Online, Lawyers, Guns and Money, Brian Beutler and Jules Crittenden
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Josh White / Washington Post:
General Blames Clerical Errors In the Case of Missing Arms — Bookkeeping deficiencies allowed thousands of weapons issued to Iraqi security forces in 2004 and 2005 to then go missing, Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, said yesterday. — "Some percentage" …
Julia Preston / New York Times:
U.S. Set for a Crackdown on Illegal Hiring — In a new effort to crack down on illegal immigrants, federal authorities are expected to announce tough rules this week that would require employers to fire workers who use false Social Security numbers. — Officials said the rules would be backed …
The Atlantic Online:
The Greatest — Kevin Drum: … I say: No. The man holds the record for most career home runs and most home runs in a single season. What's more, not only did he hit 73 home runs in 2001, but he also "managed to shatter two of Babe Ruth's longstanding records — most walks (177) and highest slugging percentage (.863) in a season."
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Associated Press, Lawyers, Guns and Money, The Garlic, Balloon Juice and Riehl World View
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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
China threatens 'nuclear option' of dollar sales — The Chinese government has begun a concerted campaign of economic threats against the United States, hinting that it may liquidate its vast holding of US treasuries if Washington imposes trade sanctions to force a yuan revaluation.
John Stossel / Real Clear Politics:
Let Wisconsin Experiment with Socialized Medicine — "On, Wisconsin ... run the ball clear down the field!" — It's time to amend the Wisconsin football song so we can cheer on the Badger State's politicians as they move toward health-care socialism. — The Wall Street Journal editorial …
Max Blumenthal / The Nation:
Kill Or Convert, Brought To You By the Pentagon — Actor Stephen Baldwin, the youngest member of the famous Baldwin brothers, is no longer playing Pauly Shore's sidekick in comedy masterpieces like Biodome. He has a much more serious calling these days. — Baldwin became a right-wing …
The Corner:
Civic duty — I wrote a column this week about the malign influence of bigshot Saudis, and received the following letter in response. … Well, if you mean the House of Saud, way back when in the fall of 2001, I was one of the first columnists on the planet to finger Saudi Arabia not just as the …