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1:10 PM ET, August 17, 2007

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Christopher Cooper / Wall Street Journal:
Edwards, Foreclosure Critic, Has Investing Tie to Subprime Lenders  —  As a presidential candidate, Democrat John Edwards has regularly attacked subprime lenders, particularly those that have filed foreclosure suits against victims of Hurricane Katrina.  But as an investor …
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Roger Simon / The Politico:
Elizabeth Edwards: Attacker-in-chief  —  Elizabeth Edwards has emerged as the attacker-in-chief for her husband's presidential campaign and it is a job to which she is well-suited.  —  I do not say this because I think she is a mean person — she is not — but because she so completely believes …
Discussion: UrbanGrounds and New York Times
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Obama Takes Sharper Tone to the Trail
Discussion: TIME
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
John Edwards, Exploiter Of The Poor
Discussion: Washington Wire
Russ Buettner / New York Times:
For Giuliani, Ground Zero as Linchpin and Thorn  —  As Rudolph W. Giuliani campaigns around the country highlighting his stewardship of New York City after the Sept. 11 attacks, he is widely hailed for bringing order to a traumatized city.  But he has also raised the hackles of rescue …
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Atrios / Eschaton:   And I Landed on the Moon, Too
Steve Benen / Crooks and Liars:
Why Mueller's notes matter  —  Following up on news from late yesterday, FBI Director Robert Mueller agreed to share (redacted) notes he took about the now-infamous hospital visit with John Ashcroft in 2004 with the House Judiciary Committee.  Chairman Conyers emphasized revelations …
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U.S. Newswire:
Pelosi, Reid Call on Bush to Provide Requested Information …
Discussion: Think Progress
Klaus Marre / The Hill:   White House: Petraeus will testify
Noah Shachtman / Wired News:
Army Reports Brass, Not Bloggers, Breach Security  —  For years, the military has been warning that soldiers' blogs could pose a security threat by leaking sensitive wartime information.  But a series of online audits, conducted by the Army, suggests that official Defense Department websites …
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
What Did We Learn From Padilla?  —  The New York Times provides an interesting analysis of the Jose Padilla conviction, one that essentially credits the Bush administration with a victory.  The jury convicted Padilla in almost no time at all, saying that the evidence was overwhelming …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Opinion Journal:
Democrats and Cannibals  —  The Kos kids try but fail to devour party moderates.  —  Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar is today fond of quoting a famous Lyndon Johnson line: "You know the difference between cannibals and liberals?  Cannibals only eat their enemies."
Tony Capaccio / Bloomberg:
Pentagon Paid $999,798 to Ship Two 19-Cent Washers to Texas  —  Aug. 16 (Bloomberg) — A small South Carolina parts supplier collected about $20.5 million over six years from the Pentagon for fraudulent shipping costs, including $998,798 for sending two 19-cent washers to a Texas base, U.S. officials said.
Federal Reserve:
For immediate release  —  Financial market conditions have deteriorated, and tighter credit conditions and increased uncertainty have the potential to restrain economic growth going forward.  In these circumstances, although recent data suggest that the economy has continued to expand at a moderate pace …
Confederate Yankee:
Yet Again: AFP's Photo Woes Continue  —  Fresh off of being caught trying to pass off unfired civilian ammunition as evidence of soldiers shooting into the home of an elderly Iraqi woman, the French news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) has been caught once again in a photography scandal involving …
Discussion: TigerHawk and Riehl World View
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
What History Taught Karl Rove  —  When I asked Karl Rove this week to summarize his approach to politics, he quoted from memory a 167-year-old letter by Abraham Lincoln to his Whig campaign committee: "Keep a constant watch on the doubtful voters, and from time to time have them talked to by those in whom they have the most confidence."
David Brooks / New York Times:
[TS] Op-Ed Columnist: The Ascent of a Common Man  —  John Edwards is a culturally conservative anti-Washington liberal.
Los Angeles Times:
A rush to pull out cash  —  Worried about the stability of mortgage giant Countrywide Financial, depositors crowd branches.  —  Anxious customers jammed the phone lines and website of Countrywide Bank and crowded its branch offices to pull out their savings because of concerns …
Huffington Post:
Proposed Rumsfeld Book Greeted With "Tepid" Interest From Publishers  —  In the latest development in the quest by Donald Rumsfeld to snag a book deal, a well-placed industry source said the former Secretary of Defense has received only tepid interest from a handful of publishers.
Anne Marie Kilday / Houston Chronicle:
Short of Purple Hearts, Navy tells vet to buy own  —  PEARLAND — Korean War veteran Nyles Reed, 75, opened an envelope last week to learn a Purple Heart had been approved for injuries he sustained as a Marine on June 22, 1952.  —  But there was no medal.  Just a certificate and a form stating that the medal was "out of stock."
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Construction Woes Plague U.S. Embassies  —  The new air-conditioning system in the $66 million U.S. Embassy in Mali broke down in June, sending office temperatures soaring to 100 degrees.  An electrical fire erupted in the rehabilitated annex to the embassy in Rome.
Discussion: TPMmuckraker and The Swamp
 
 
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Michael Rubin / The Corner:
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CNN:
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Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
Hatred Begins at Home
Think Progress:
On Iraq Regime Change, 2007 Cheney Contradicts 2000 Cheney …
The Corner:
Andrew's Big Day  —  Can I just say something about that JPod?
John Schwartz / New York Times:
One Billion Dollars Later, New Orleans Is Still at Risk
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