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6:15 PM ET, September 4, 2007

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Faiz / Think Progress:
GAO Chief Suggests Administration Is Cooking The Books On Levels Of Sectarian Violence In Iraq  —  Gen. David Petraeus has claimed that there has been a 75 percent reduction in sectarian violence.  In testimony today before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, GAO Comptroller General David Walker …
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Frederick W. Kagan / Weekly Standard:
What's Wrong with the GAO Report  —  Measuring failure—or the failures of measuring.  —  At first glance—as those who leaked it last week saw—the Government Accountability Office's report on Iraq, released today, paints a dark view of progress and prospects in Iraq.
Discussion: Wake up America
Associated Press:
Advisers tell Bush to stand pat on Iraq
Jeffrey Rosen / New York Times:
Conscience of a Conservative  —  In the fall of 2003, Jack L. Goldsmith was widely considered one of the brightest stars in the conservative legal firmament.  A 40-year-old law professor at the University of Chicago, Goldsmith had established himself, with his friend and fellow law professor John Yoo …
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Spencer Ackerman / TPMmuckraker:
Goldsmith: Cheney Lawyer Is Frothing Lunatic  —  If there's a villain in Jack Goldsmith's account of his time in the Justice Department, it's David Addington, Dick Cheney's legal alter ego.  Addington, who became the vice president's chief of staff after Scooter Libby resigned following his indictment …
Spencer Ackerman / TPMmuckraker:
Goldsmith: Legal Memos Were "Advance Pardons" for Lawbreaking
Jose Antonio Vargas / Washington Post:
The Most Feared Man on the Hill?  —  For Gay Blogger, Craig's Resignation Is Just the Latest on His List  —  Soon, a new name will pop up on Mike Rogers's hit list.  —  Larry Craig wasn't "the first on my list," the gay blogger says.  And the Idaho senator, who announced his resignation Saturday, "won't be the last."
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Patterico's Pontifications:
Mike Rogers: The Most Feared Thug on the Hill?
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Des Moines Register:
Richardson: Keeping Iowa first is God's will  —  Sioux City, Ia.  — God's will is for Iowa to have the first-in-the-nation caucus, Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson told a crowd here today.  —  "Iowa, for good reason, for constitutional reasons, for reasons related to the Lord …
Washington Post:
Fighting for Our Handgun Ban  —  As mayor and attorney general of the District of Columbia, we were deeply disappointed this year when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit declared that the District's longstanding handgun ban violates the Second Amendment.
Discussion: The Corner, DCist and SCOTUSblog
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:   Second Amendment case reaches Court; cross-appeal coming
Nitya / Political Radar:
High School Student to McCain: You're No Leader  —  ABC News' Bret Hovell and Matt Stuart Report: Senator John McCain had a testy exchange with a high school student in Concord, NH, Tuesday, but one that McCain himself characterized as "what America is supposed to be about."
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Philip Elliott / Associated Press:   Students to McCain: Too old to be prez?
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup Poll:
Democrats Express Decided Preference for Change Over Experience  —  Seventy-three percent favor presidential candidate who strongly desires to change Washington  —  PRINCETON, NJ — The Democratic presidential nomination could well be decided on the basis of whether Democratic primary …
Michael R. Blood / Mercury News:
Backer of Swift Boat ads has tie to law firm pushing vote change  —  LOS ANGELES—Lawyers behind a California ballot proposal that could benefit the 2008 Republican presidential nominee have ties to a Texas homebuilder who financed attacks on Democrat John Kerry's Vietnam War record in the 2004 presidential campaign.
Discussion: MyDD, Crooks and Liars and Calitics
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This Is London:
'NHS SHOULD NOT TREAT THOSE WITH UNHEALTHY LIFESTYLES' SAY TORIES  —  • Patients who improve their health to be given 'Health Miles' cards to claim free fruit and veg  —  Patients who refuse to change their unhealthy lifestyles should not be treated by the NHS, the Conservatives said today.
U.S. Federal Election Commission:
FEC Resolved Two Matters Involving Internet Activity; Applies Media Exemption to Political Blogs  —  WASHINGTON - The Federal Election Commission announced today that it has unanimously resolved two complaints alleging that Internet blog activity is subject to Commission regulation …
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Romney: Iraq 'is a mess'  —  Confronted by an unhappy questioner, Mitt Romney said tonight at a town hall meeting in New Hampshire that the situation in Iraq "is a mess."  [Video courtesy Breitbart.tv.]  —  Romney's assessment was delivered by way of agreeing with a gentleman who stood …
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
"Which Way" Shays — Have It Both Ways  —  Chris Shays seems to be following the GOP blueprint for messaging on Iraq — he's all for ending the war when it's election time, but votes for continuing it when it's not.  And rationalizing the two positions?  Well that takes some serious contortions:
ABCNEWS:
Craig's Children Say He Was 'a Victim of Circumstance'  —  After a highly publicized arrest in a bathroom sex sting and a week spent defending his sexuality, Idaho Sen. Larry Craig announced his resignation from the Senate this weekend.  He maintains his innocence, however, despite having pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct.
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Edwards and Schweitzer: Perfect Together?  —  Former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) will be introduced by Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer later today at a fundraiser in Missoula, according to his campaign.  —  Sources on both sides were careful to note that Schweitzer's presence at the …
 
 
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Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:
Rafsanjani to Head Iranian Clerical Body
ACLU:
ACLU Releases U.S. Army Documents That Depict American Troops …
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
GORE AND THE PRESS....Evgenia Peretz writes in this month's Vanity Fair …
CNNMoney.com:
GDP growth not reaching paychecks
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Satyam / Think Progress:
Thompson: 'The Whole' Middle East 'Will Become Nuclearized' If We Redeploy From Iraq
The Atlantic Online:
Did the bankrupcty reform touch off the mortgage bubble?
The Corner:
Typical Ezra  —  I largely stopped reading Ezra Klein …
David Glenn / CJR:
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Michael Yon:
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Denis MacShane / Washington Post:
The New Anti-Semitism  —  Hatred of Jews has reached new heights …
Matt / Think Progress:
Draper: Laura Bush Considers Rove 'A Necessary Evil,' 'Self-Aggrandizing'
Examiner:
Book says Souter mulled resignation after Bush v. Gore
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
TOO MANY LIES TO COUNT  —  You may have noticed a that few days ago …
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