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10:05 AM ET, August 11, 2007

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Associated Press:
Iraq war czar: Consider a draft  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Frequent tours for U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan have stressed the all-volunteer force and made it worth considering a return to a military draft, President Bush's new war adviser said Friday.  —  "I think it makes sense …
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Faiz / Think Progress:   'War Czar': Military draft is on the table.
NPR:
'War Czar' Concerned over Stress of War on Troops
Discussion: All Spin Zone
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Reuters:
NY hikes security on dirty bomb Internet chatter  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York police stepped up security throughout Manhattan and at bridges and tunnels on Friday in response to an Internet report — which authorities said they could not verify — that al Qaeda might be plotting to detonate a dirty bomb in the city.
Discussion: New York Times
Perry Chiaramonte / New York Post:
NYPD ON THE ALERT FOR QAEDA 'BOMB'  —  TEAMS HIT STREETS AFTER 'NET 'CHATTER'  —  In a show of force, the NYPD mobilized hundreds of anti-terrorism cops last night after an Internet report of a "dirty bomb" threat targeting the city surfaced, authorities said.
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Dirty Bomb Threat In New York
Julia Preston / New York Times:
Farmers Call Crackdown on Illegal Workers Unfair  —  Facing the prospect of major layoffs of farmworkers during harvest season, growers and lawmakers from agricultural states spoke in dire terms yesterday about new measures by the Bush administration to crack down on employers of illegal immigrants.
Michael Luo / New York Times:
Campaign Is a Family Project for the Romneys  —  They have driven here from California, Ohio, Canada and Texas; flown from Michigan, Utah and Florida.  There are aunts, uncles, cousins, second cousins, in-laws, nieces, nephews and grandchildren.  —  At last count, 96 members of the Romney clan …
Discussion: TIME and The Right's Field
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Matt / Think Progress:
Right-Wing Media Give Favorable Platform To 'Another 9/11′ Columnist  —  In his Thursday column, Philadelphia Daily News scribe Stu Bykofsky seemingly wished for the tragic death of 3000+ Americans when he wrote that "another 9/11 would help America."  —  A host of right-wing media …
Discussion: News Hounds, Political Radar and PSoTD
William Kristol / Time:
Inside Iraq  —  I spent a week in Iraq recently, and here's what impressed me most: the Americans.  In particular, the quality and character of the American soldiers and Marines who are fighting there and trying to help rebuild the nation.  I don't mean to slight, in some ethnocentric way …
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Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:   'Get It Done'  —  Gen. Petraeus is a man of "straightforward …
New York Times:
Reported Decline in Surveillance Spurred Quick Law  —  At a closed-door briefing in mid-July, senior intelligence officials startled lawmakers with some troubling news.  American eavesdroppers were collecting just 25 percent of the foreign-based communications they had been receiving a few months earlier.
Cincinnati Post:
Cancer touches all of us  —  Brenda, an aunt, is the latest to be diagnosed, and the news is not great.  A lumpectomy won't be sufficient.  A double mastectomy is recommended.  —  "We need to get that booger out," a nurse told her, speaking inelegant words elegantly and with calming comfort.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Graham Stewart / Times of London:
A harsh fate awaits all collaborators  —  Will the British Army's Iraqi interpreters be left to swing when we withdraw from Basra?  —  Those deemed to have collaborated with an occupying power are invariably at the mercy of summary justice when the occupiers leave.
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
Media Matters for America:
"Media Matters"; by Jamison Foser  —  You write the words and make believe there is truth in the space between  —  In a Swampland blog post titled "Anecdotal hit job," Time Washington bureau chief Jay Carney criticized a column in which Brad Warthen, the editorial page editor …
Elizabeth Wilner / The Politico:
Clinton emulates Bush campaign tactics  —  Barack Obama obviously meant it as an insult when he accused New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of sounding a lot like the president during their recent dust-up over foreign policy.  —  The clash with the Illinois senator did indeed reveal …
Will / Attytood:
The lowdown  —  My bosses at the DN asked me to do a prototype for a weekly rundown on the presidential candidates (and man, there are A LOT of them.)  Since I'm not sure this "prototype" will make the paper or not, I asked to post it on Attytood.  Sorry for the lack of hyperlinks...you'll have to trust me :-) :
 
 
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Los Angeles Times:
King-Harbor fails final check, will close soon
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Barbara Starr / CNN:
Sources: U.S. assessing Pakistan nukes if Musharraf falls
Discussion: The Fourth Rail
Patrick Fitzgerald / The Hill:
Rep. Schakowsky: Petraeus hints at decade-long Iraq presence
Discussion: Think Progress and AMERICAblog
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Biden Rules Out Secretary of State Post
Discussion: WorkingForChange
CNN Political Ticker:
Obama: Enough with the 'black enough' talk
Discussion: The Politico
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
"I've mostly stopped reading Ann Althouse, really."
Discussion: Firedoglake
Fox News:
Couple Dead in Murder-Suicide After They Were Featured on The O'Reilly Factor
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Salon:
Glenn Greenwald  —  Zimbabwe passes warrantless eavesdropping law, cites U.S.
Discussion: TIME: Swampland
Desmond Lachman / TCS Daily:
The US Housing Bust is a Big Deal
Wall Street Journal:
Central Banks Again Intervene
Justin Rood Reports / The Blotter:
Are GOP Leaders Leaking State Secrets?
Julie Mason / Houston Chronicle:
Bush on track to become the vacation president
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Iowa Governor Saves Christmas
Opinion Journal:
The Kids Are All Right  —  Economic literacy test: High school seniors beat Congress.
 

 
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