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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Lawmakers Describe 'Being Slimed in the Green Zone' — The sheets of paper seemed to be everywhere the lawmakers went in the Green Zone, distributed to Iraqi officials, U.S. officials and uniformed military of no particular rank. So when Rep. James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.) …
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Amanda / Think Progress:
U.S. Troops Given Misleading, Inaccurate Bios Of Democratic Lawmakers Visiting Iraq — This morning, the Washington Post has a story on how lawmakers are being "slimed in the Green Zone" when they travel to Iraq for congressional delegation trips. Reps. James Moran (D-VA), Jon Porter (R-NV) …
CNN:
Sources: Craig resignation likely soon — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Several well-placed GOP sources in Washington and Idaho have told CNN that embattled Republican Sen. Larry Craig is likely to resign soon, possibly as early as Friday. — A GOP source with knowledge of the situation told CNN's Dana Bash …
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Idaho Statesman:
UPDATED 11:12 a.m. — GOP officials say Otter already has picked Craig successor; Otter's office says that's not so — Republican officials say Gov. Butch Otter will name Lt. Gov. Jim Risch to the Senate if Sen. Larry Craig resigns. — But Otter's spokesman Jon Hanian said the governor hasn't made that decision yet.
Mmstewart / CNN Political Ticker:
Warner's departure puts GOP in bigger bind — WASHINGTON (CNN) - Senator John Warner announced Friday that he will retire after his current term expires and will not run for re-election in 2008. The five term senior senator from Virginia was first elected to his seat in 1978.
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Warner to retire from Senate — (CNN) — Sen. John Warner, R-Virginia, said Friday he won't run for re-election. — "I say that my work and service to Virginia as a senator will conclude upon the 6th of January, 2009, when I finish ... my career of a then 30 years in the United States Senate," said Warner, 80.
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Virginia In 2008 — This is a blog about the 2008 presidential race …
Virginia In 2008 — This is a blog about the 2008 presidential race …
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Josh Kraushaar / The Politico:
Warner to retire — Virginia Sen. John Warner (R) …
Warner to retire — Virginia Sen. John Warner (R) …
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Va. Senate: A Golden Opportunity for Democrats
Va. Senate: A Golden Opportunity for Democrats
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ABCNEWS:
White House Press Secretary Snow Resigns — Ailing White House Press Secretary Tony Snow Resigning, Deputy Dana Perino Will Take His Place — Tony Snow, the highly visible White House press secretary, will leave his job on Sept. 14 and be replaced by his deputy, Dana Perino, an administration official said Friday.
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Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:
Fla. students face explosives indictment — WASHINGTON - Two Egyptian students at the University of South Florida were indicted Friday for carrying explosive materials across states lines and one of them was charged with teaching the other how to use them for violent reasons.
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Silvia Aloisi / Reuters:
"Redacted" stuns Venice — VENICE (Reuters) - A new film about the real-life rape and killing of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl by U.S. soldiers who also murdered her family stunned the Venice festival, with shocking images that left some viewers in tears. — "Redacted", by U.S. director Brian De Palma …
Washington Post:
HHS Toned Down Breast-Feeding Ads — In an attempt to raise the nation's historically low rate of breast-feeding, federal health officials commissioned an attention-grabbing advertising campaign a few years ago to convince mothers that their babies faced real health risks if they did not breast-feed.
Emma Schwartz / US News:
Justice Department Lawyers Refuse Detainee Cases — Some lawyers in the civil appeals division object to the government's policies on Guantánamo Bay — The government's legal arguments justifying the detention of hundreds of people at the Guantánamo Bay naval base …
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David Pitt / Associated Press:
Judge: Same-sex couples can wed in Iowa — DES MOINES, Iowa - A county judge struck down Iowa's decade-old gay marriage ban as unconstitutional Thursday and ordered local officials to process marriage licenses for six gay couples. — Gay couples from anywhere in Iowa could apply …
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Opinion Journal:
What Women Want — How the GOP can woo the ladies. — Hillary has herself. Barack has Oprah. John Edwards has his wife, Elizabeth. And what secret weapon do Republican presidential candidates have to curry the all-important "women's vote"? — (Cue silence.)
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Thinking Beyond Maliki — The government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has had more than 15 months to try to pacify the Sunni insurgency by offering national accords on oil-sharing, provincial elections and de-Baathification. It has done none of these.
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Times of London:
How life returned to the streets in a showpiece city that drove out al-Qaeda — An American 'martyr' is being hailed in the Sunni Triangle for restoring peace to a town where soldiers now fight only water leaks — Watch Martin Fletcher's report from Ramadi
Gretel C. Kovach / New York Times:
Got Arachnophobia? Here's Your Worst Nightmare — Most spiders are solitary creatures. So the discovery of a vast web crawling with millions of spiders that is spreading across several acres of a North Texas park is causing a stir among scientists, and park visitors.
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Matt / Think Progress:
O'Hanlon Hopes Final GAO Report On Iraq Will Be 'Improved' To Reflect WH Claims Of Progress — Yesterday, a leaked draft of an upcoming Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on progress in Iraq painted a "strikingly negative" picture of the war-torn country.
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