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Pete Hegseth / Weekly Standard:
MoveOn.org Calls Petraeus a Traitor — Do Democrats in Congress agree? — Tomorrow—as General David Petraeus provides his Iraq assessment to Congress—the antiwar group MoveOn.org is running a full-page advertisement in the New York Times under the headline: "General Petraeus or General Betray us?
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Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Delay Decision on Major Cuts, Petraeus Says — The top American commander in Iraq, Gen. David H. Petraeus, has recommended that decisions on the contentious issue of reducing the main body of the American troops in Iraq be put off for six months, American officials said Sunday.
Think Progress:
Petraeus Gives Exclusive One Hour Interview To Fox — Tomorrow night, after spending the day telling Congress that President Bush's Iraq escalation should continue, Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker will take their PR campaign to a more comfortable setting: Fox News.
New York Times:
Americans Feel Military Is Best at Ending the War — Americans trust military commanders far more than the Bush administration or Congress to bring the war in Iraq to a successful end, and while most favor a withdrawal of American troops beginning next year, they suggested they were open …
Suzanne Goldenberg / Guardian:
The surge must go on, says Petraeus — The Bush administration's most senior advisers on Iraq, the commander of US forces, General David Petraeus, and the ambassador to Baghdad, Ryan Crocker, will launch a new drive today to defer any exit of troops until April 2008 amid growing doubts …
Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:
Congress, White House Battle Over Iraq Assessment
Congress, White House Battle Over Iraq Assessment
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Matthew Jaffe / ABCNEWS:
Democrats Already Discrediting Upcoming Petraeus Report
Democrats Already Discrediting Upcoming Petraeus Report
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Tim Shipman / Telegraph:
US loner helps bin Laden to taunt Bush — A Californian heavy metal fan, who converted to Islam and became the first American to be charged with treason in half a century, has been fingered as the author of Osama bin Laden's latest video lecture - which left the terror chief sounding like an anti-globalisation protester.
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Christina Bellantoni / Washington Times:
Panic in the press room — "Are we going to have audio?" — "Vamos a tener audio?" — Reporters who didn't speak Spanish were already anxious about the translation devices that didn't quite fit in our ears. (Porque soy de California, yo hablo un poquito Espanol.)
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Los Angeles Times:
Study finds left-wing brain, right-wing brain — Even in humdrum nonpolitical decisions, liberals and conservatives literally think differently, researchers show. — Exploring the neurobiology of politics, scientists have found that liberals tolerate ambiguity and conflict better than conservatives because of how their brains work.
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Anti-war leaders stymied, frustrated — A well-known anti-war leader has gone public with the transcript of a private conference call that shows peace activists are exasperated with the Democratic congressional leadership and at a loss for a long-term strategy.
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
McCain Finds His Footing — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Two hours before Fred Thompson formally entered the race for the Republican presidential nomination, his old friend John McCain turned in the kind of performance that once would have kept Thompson from running.
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
THE CHAOS HAWKS....In the beginning were the War Hawks, and much did they counsel the powerful to do battle against the evildoer Saddam. Then came the war, and the looting, and the Heritage Foundation hordes, and the hawks lamented exceeding loud and many soon repented of their ways.
MySanAntonio.com:
Do bloggers generate enough interest to change politics? — AUSTIN — The left-leaning political blogosphere is lined up almost completely with Houston's Rick Noriega over San Antonio's Mikal Watts in the battle for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. — The question is whether it will do Noriega much good.
Matthew Dowd / The Huffington Post:
War in Iraq: Wisdom of Crowds — As we approach the September reports on Iraq, the public debate over our military presence there has once again intensified. Both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue are ratcheting up the rhetoric about the best course of action, with the president using a pit stop …
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Audit Cites Overpaid Medicare Insurers — Private insurance companies participating in Medicare have been allowed to keep tens of millions of dollars that should have gone to consumers, and the Bush administration did not properly audit the companies or try to recover money paid in error …
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Obsidian Wings
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Party Out of Bounds (Blogger Style) — Surprise! Party! — Yeah, we just thought we'd drop in! — Where's your icebox? — Where's the punch? — Eww, house-a-tosis! — Who's to blame when parties really get out of hand? — Who's to blame when they get poorly planned?
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