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New York Times:
Mr. Rove Gets Out of Town — Karl Rove, the architect of so much that has gone so wrong with the Bush administration, announced yesterday that he is leaving the White House to spend more time with his family. What he didn't say is that by getting out of town he is also hoping to avoid spending …
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Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
Karl Rove's Legacy — The most useless speculation today in Washington is whom White House chief of staff Josh Bolten might choose to replace Karl Rove. He is genuinely irreplaceable. Nobody will attempt to combine the political and policy functions as Rove has done.
Thom Patterson / CNN:
Author: Rove exit signals 'end of Bush presidency' — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Karl Rove, perhaps the most powerful White House aide in recent history, called it quits Monday, provoking some to declare a symbolic end to the presidency of George W. Bush. — Known as "Bush's brain" by critics and …
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Despite Bruises of '06, Rove's Influence Lasts — Whatever history makes of Karl Rove's role in the White House, his legacy as a political strategist can be measured in a presidential campaign that has already begun without him. A look at the roster of every Republican presidential candidate finds people …
White House:
Roundtable Discussion with Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to the President — Q Some people have said — some of the political analysts have already said that this spells the end of — marks the end of President Bush's political life. What do you think? — MR. ROVE: Absolutely not.
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Rove: Departure Unrelated to Investigations
Rove: Departure Unrelated to Investigations
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The Next Hurrah
Terence Hunt / Associated Press:
Karl Rove to leave White House
Karl Rove to leave White House
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Warren Richey / Christian Science Monitor:
US Gov't broke Padilla through intense isolation, say experts — Despite warnings, officials used 43 months of severe isolation to force Jose Padilla to tell all he knew about Al Qaeda. … MIAMI - When suspected Al Qaeda operative Jose Padilla was whisked from the criminal justice system …
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Mary Ann Akers / The Sleuth:
Random Rummy August Sighting — Starting a war must really wear a guy down. — Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was spotted today having lunch at Morton's on Connecticut Ave. What was remarkable was not what he ordered, or with whom he dined, or how quintessentially condescending he may have been to the waiter.
Jay Reeves / Associated Press:
Katrina aid goes toward luxury condos — TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — With large swaths of the Gulf Coast still in ruins from Hurricane Katrina, rich federal tax breaks designed to spur rebuilding are flowing hundreds of miles inland to investors who are buying up luxury condos near the University of Alabama's football stadium.
Jeremy Grant / Financial Times:
Learn from the fall of Rome, US warned — The US government is on a 'burning platform' of unsustainable policies and practices with fiscal deficits, chronic healthcare underfunding, immigration and overseas military commitments threatening a crisis if action is not taken soon, the country's top government inspector has warned.
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
FOOLISH MYTHS ABOUT AL-QAIDA IN MESOPOTAMIA. — Over the past few months, I have been debating Roman Catholics who differ from their Eastern Orthodox brethren on the nature of the Trinity, Protestants who are willing to quarrel bitterly with one another about election and predestination …
David Kaspar / Davids Medienkritik:
SPIEGEL ONLINE: "The US Military is more successful in Iraq than the world wants to believe." — Historical consistency has never been a strong point for SPIEGEL magazine or SPIEGEL ONLINE - but this is shocking: — Just look at this article. — After years of calling Iraq a disaster …
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Washington Times:
Border Patrol to build fencing — The U.S. Border Patrol is asking for volunteers among its agents to help build fences on the U.S.-Mexico border, even as President Bush is withdrawing half the National Guard troops he sent there last year to build fences. — A memo circulated last week …
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Michael Cohen / democracyarsenal.org:
Getting Shadi's Back — This absurd post from Atrios attacking my colleague Shadi is a good example of exactly what is wrong with some elements of the anti-war left - an inability and unwillingness to even consider the arguments of their opponents. — For example, I was a fierce critic of the war in Iraq.
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Ed OKeefe / Political Radar:
Elizabeth Edwards Unplugged — ABC News' Sunlen Miller Reports: In an interview in August's edition of The Progressive magazine, Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former Senator John Edwards, D-N.C., takes candid shots at the other candidates battling for the Democratic nomination against her husband.
Philip Elliott / Associated Press:
Obama Gets Warning From Voter — HANOVER, N.H. (AP) - Presidential hopeful Barack Obama was warned by a friendly voter Monday to avoid public spats with his Democratic rivals - but remarks he made later could add fuel to the criticism against him. — Maggie North of Claremont told Obama …
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