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Jamiecnn / CNN Political Ticker:
GOP Senator: Craig should withdraw resignation — (CNN)-The ranking Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee says Idaho Senator Larry Craig should seek to withdraw his guilty plea, and possibly his resignation from the Senate. — "I'd like to see Larry Craig go back to court …
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Chris Good / The Hill:
Schumer: Dems can win Craig's seat — Less than an hour after Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) announced his resignation on Saturday, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Democrats can win his seat next year. — Schumer, head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, called the bathroom incident …
Martin Kady II / The Politico:
Will Craig's intent to resign change? — Ignore for a moment that a pivotal report on the war in Iraq is due in less than two weeks. Forget that a major budgetary showdown looms this fall over funding the federal government. — What dominated the Sunday morning talk shows …
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Agitprop
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
It's Over — Larry Craig Makes Resignation Official
It's Over — Larry Craig Makes Resignation Official
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Talking Points Memo
Barnett R. Rubin / Informed Comment Global Affairs:
Administration's Iran, drug policies endanger Afghanistan — The Sunday Times of London reports from Washington a story I have not seen in any U.S. media: that "the Pentagon has drawn up plans for massive air strikes against 1,200 targets in Iran, designed to annihilate the Iranians' military capability in three days."
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Sarah Baxter / Times of London:
Pentagon 'three-day blitz' plan for Iran
Pentagon 'three-day blitz' plan for Iran
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Horses Mouth:
So who's to blame for the fact that General Petraeus' aggressive PR surge is showing signs of success in advance of the September showdown between the White House and Congress over Iraq? — Kevin Drum has a provocative post up in which he concludes that the liberal blogosphere and liberal establishment …
Laura MacInnis / Reuters:
N.Korea agrees to disable nuclear program in 2007 — GENEVA (Reuters) - North Korea agreed in weekend talks with the United States to fully account for and disable its nuclear programs by the end of this year, negotiators said on Sunday. — "We had very good, very substantive talks," …
Amanda / Think Progress:
Wallace Brings Up Moyers Dispute, Refuses To Acknowledge His Own Inaccurate Reporting — For the last several weeks, Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace has attacked PBS's Bill Moyers for criticizing Karl Rove for cynically invoking Christianity for political purposes while telling others that he is an agnostic.
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The Raw Story
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
7 Questions as the Race for the White House Accelerates — Not a juggernaut, but it is the best campaign on the block right now. That's a view widely shared among Democratic strategists and emphatically asserted by some veteran Republicans sizing up the race.
Nazih Siddiq / Reuters:
Lebanon army takes control of camp after battle — NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (Reuters) - Lebanese troops on Sunday seized control of a Palestinian refugee camp where they had been battling militants for more than three months, killing at least 31 fleeing fighters, security sources said.
Judith Chevalier / New York Times:
Welcome, Stranger. Here's a Speeding Ticket. — DRIVING through a tiny Vermont town a few weeks ago on my way to drop off my daughter at camp, I saw flashing yellow lights appear in my rearview mirror. — My car had picked up speed coming down a hill, and a police officer pulled me over.
Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
Democrats to Avoid Fla., Mich. — Four Early-Primary States Get Candidates to Sign Pledge — The Democratic candidates have signed a pledge that would forbid them from campaigning in states such as Michigan and Florida that have sought to move their presidential primaries into January 2008.
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Wrong...Very, Very Wrong, Part Deux — Last week, I detailed a bit of the background information that I have heard on the Southwick nomination to the 5th Circuit, and the SJC vote that allowed the nomination out of committee. After the piece went up here, I was contacted by no fewer than five sources …
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Mercury Rising
Amanda / Think Progress:
Couric Admits Her Rosy Report From Iraq Is Based On 'What The U.S. Military Wants Me To See' — CBS News anchor Katie Couric is currently reporting from Iraq. Today she spoke to Bob Schieffer on CBS's Face the Nation and largely reiterated Gen. Petraeus's talking points on Iraq.
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Greatscat!
Chicago Sun Times:
The next attorney general? How about our man from Northwestern — Bush would be wise to choose influential conservative theorist Steven G. Calabresi — It is not going to be easy for President Bush to find a replacement for Alberto Gonzales as attorney general of the United States.
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Balkinization
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
9/11 Remembrances: How Much Is Too Much? — It's doubtful that any newspaper outside of New York City could raise this question, but the Times asks whether we should set aside the anniversaries of 9/11 as a collective mourning date for the nation. How long should the remembrances dominate the day …
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
The Former-Insurgent Counterinsurgency — Checkpoint 20 was the last piece of American-controlled terrain on the road to Hawr Rajab and our linkup point with Sheik Ali Majid al-Dulaimi. Before heading out, Lt. Col. Mark Odom surveyed the terrain from the rooftop of the nearby American combat outpost …
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