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5:15 PM ET, September 8, 2007

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Jake Thompson / Omaha World-Herald:
Hagel is calling it quits  —  WORLD-HERALD BUREAU, COPYRIGHT 2007 OMAHA WORLD-HERALD  —  WASHINGTON - Chuck Hagel will announce Monday that he is retiring from the U.S. Senate and will not run for president next year, people close to the Nebraska Republican said Friday.
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Sen. Hagel Won't Seek Reelection in 2008  —  The Omaha World-Herald is reporting — and The Post's Jonathan Weisman has confirmed — that Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) will announce Monday that he will not seek a third term in 2008 nor run for any other national office.
Discussion: Power Line and Senate 2008 Guru
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Hagel to Retire at End of Term, Aides Say  —  Senator Chuck Hagel, the Nebraska Republican and outspoken critic of the Iraq war who had been mulling a run for president, will retire at the end of his term in early 2009 and drop his bid for the White House, aides said today.
Discussion: CNN Political Ticker
Matt / Think Progress:
Brooks: In His New Tape, Bin Laden Sounds Like He's Been 'Reading Lefty Blogs'  —  Last night on PBS' The NewsHour, New York Times columnist David Brooks compared 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden's latest video message to "lefty blogs," saying the al Qaeda head is like "one of these childish …
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Brent Baker / NewsBusters.org:
Olbermann Likens bin Laden's 'Rant Without a Point' to Hannity, Crankiness to Bozell  —  In what he no doubt considered cutting edge humor, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann on Friday night contended that Sean Hannity, just like Osama bin Laden, "rants without making a specific threat or point," …
Gabriel Schoenfeld / Weekly Standard:
The CIA Examines Itself
Newsweek:
Osama Tape Adds to Pre-9/11 Jitters
Discussion: Connecting.the.Dots
The Atlantic Online:
Richardson on Iraq  —  I'm really not sure that, all things considered, I would want to see Bill Richardson be president of the United States.  But as long as he's the only one publishing op-eds feature clear calls to actually end the war in Iraq I would, at a minimum, definitely tell …
Discussion: Eschaton and TalkLeft
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Bill Richardson / Washington Post:
Why We Should Exit Iraq Now  —  Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards have suggested that there is little difference among us on Iraq.  This is not true: I am the only leading Democratic candidate committed to getting all our troops out and doing so quickly.
Kim Gamel / Associated Press:
Bombing in Baghdad's Sadr City kills 12  —  BAGHDAD - A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives-packed Mercedes near a row of stores in the Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City on Saturday, killing at least 15 people, police and hospital officials said.
Discussion: Sweetness & Light
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George Packer / New Yorker:
PLANNING FOR DEFEAT
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Sunnis Return To Iraqi Assembly
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
F.B.I. Data Mining Reached Beyond Target Suspects  —  The F.B.I. cast a much wider net in its terrorism investigations than it has previously acknowledged by relying on telecommunications companies to analyze phone-call and e-mail patterns of the associates of Americans who had come under suspicion …
Erik Kirschbaum / Reuters:
German suspects had deadline for attacks-report  —  BERLIN (Reuters) - Three suspected Islamist militants who were planning to attack American targets in Germany had orders to act by Sept. 15 and knew police were hot on their trail before their arrest, a magazine said on Saturday.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
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Hindrocket / Power Line:   CONNECT THE DOTS  —  Der Spiegel has interesting information …
Huffington Post:
Giuliani: "For Me Every Day Is An Anniversary Of Sept. 11"  —  Basking in the lasting glow of his Sept. 11 leadership while campaigning in Pinellas County and Orlando on Friday, Giuliani stressed national security and electability, rather than the sort of hot-button social issues that are thought …
Matthias Küntzel / Weekly Standard:
Jew-Hatred and Jihad  —  The Nazi roots of the 9/11 attack.  —  The idea of using suicide pilots to obliterate the skyscrapers of Manhattan originated in 1940s Berlin.  "In the latter stages of the war, I never saw Hitler so beside himself as when, as if in a delirium …
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs and Power Line
Daniel Klaidman / Newsweek:
'The Law Required It'  —  Former Justice Department lawyer Jack Goldsmith explains why he fought the White House's aggressive legal maneuvers in the fight against terror.  —  Jack Goldsmith may not be a household name.  But he was a key player in the post-9/11 battle over how much power …
Discussion: The Newshoggers and Balkinization
Associated Press:
Bush urges united support on Iraq  —  SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — President Bush, facing a critical juncture in the war, urged Democrats and Republicans on Saturday to unite and back the war strategy he'll lay out shortly for the next chapter of U.S. involvement in Iraq.
Discussion: The American Street
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
The McCain Surge  —  It's bearing fruit in New Hampshire.  —  Concord, N.H.  —  Tempers flared as a horde of journalists jostled its way through the headquarters of Granite State Manufacturing last week.  "Where are you from?" demanded a cameraman with a shaved head toting an unwieldy television camera on his shoulder.
Michel Hoebink / Radio Netherlands Worldwide:
'Dutch left must be more articulate in Islam debate'  —  Interview with Malaysian Muslim thinker Farish Noor  —  The Dutch Labour party (PvdA) has often been criticized in the past for not speaking out about Islam.  But now the party seems to have rediscovered its voice in the Dutch Islam debate.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
 
 
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Discussion: The Next Hurrah
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New York Times:
Troop Buildup, Yielding Slight Gains, Fails to Meet U.S. Goals
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The Corner:
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