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Brad Shannon / The Olympian:
Baird sees need for longer U.S. role in Iraq — U.S. Rep. Brian Baird said Thursday that his recent trip to Iraq convinced him the military needs more time in the region, and that a hasty pullout would cause chaos that helps Iran and harms U.S. security. — "I believe that the decision …
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National Review:
Credit Democrats Who Visit Iraq, They're Calling It As They See It — Day by day, I am more surprised at the turn in the Iraq debate. I know this is going to sound like pie-in-the-sky optimism, but I wonder if by the time General Petraeus makes his report, there will be something of a consensus …
Jeff G. / protein wisdom:
"Baird sees need for longer U.S. role in Iraq"
"Baird sees need for longer U.S. role in Iraq"
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CNN:
White House spokesman quitting — WASHINGTON (CNN) — White House press secretary Tony Snow will step down from his position as early as next month, sources inside and outside the Bush administration told CNN on Friday. — When contacted by CNN about his possible departure, Snow said, "I'm not making any announcement."
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Terence Hunt / Associated Press:
Snow to leave White House before Bush — WASHINGTON - White House press secretary Tony Snow said Friday he'll leave sometime before the end of the Bush presidency because of financial pressures. — He declined to say when he would depart, but that, "I'm going to stay as long as I can."
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CNN Political Ticker:
Thompson: Roe 'bad law and bad medicine' — DES MOINES, Iowa (CNN) - Likely Republican White House hopeful Fred Thompson told CNN Friday that he would work to overturn Roe v. Wade if elected president, and would push for a constitutional amendment that protects states from being forced to honor gay marriages performed in other states.
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Washington Post:
Jenna and Henry: Now They're Really, Really Official — Back in February 2005, Laura Bush was asked about the guy her daughter Jenna was seeing. "This is not a serious boyfriend — I hate to have to be the one to say it on television," said the first lady. "But he's a very nice young man."
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Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
It Shouldn't Have Taken the Deaths of Three Miners to Get the Media to Focus on Mine Safety — So last night, suddenly, after the tragic second collapse at the Utah mine, there was a dramatic shift in the TV coverage of the story. All at once, faux folksy mining boss Bob Murray …
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Phoenix Woman / Firedoglake:
So It Has Come To This — Photo: Utah American Energy Inc …
So It Has Come To This — Photo: Utah American Energy Inc …
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Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
Hatred Begins at Home — The NYPD looks at what turns young Westerners into jihadis. — Whenever I think of war, I think of this: It was 1982 or '83, I was in Northern Ireland, and a local reporter was showing me around Derry, then a center of the Protestant-Catholic conflict.
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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 …
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."
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Media Matters for America:
O'Reilly: "I think everybody's got to relax on all this gay stuff" … On the August 15 edition of his Fox News television show, Bill O'Reilly responded to a viewer's email questioning his August 14 remarks about Gov. Bill Richardson (D-NM), who had, at a presidential forum the week before …
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The Huffington Post
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."
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
MICHIGAN TO MOVE UP ITS PRIMARY — From NBC News' Chuck Todd — According to sources inside both parties, the two state parties in Michigan have agreed to move the state's primary — legislatively — to Jan. 15. This is a compromise date out of respect for Democratic Sen. Carl Levin …
Think Progress:
On Iraq Regime Change, 2007 Cheney Contradicts 2000 Cheney While Dismissing 1994 Cheney — Earlier this week, a video from 1994 of Dick Cheney discussing why the first Bush administration didn't move "into Baghdad" during the Gulf War surfaced on the internet and spread like wildfire.
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 …