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2:00 PM ET, September 11, 2007

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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
What Crocker and Petraeus didn't say  —  WASHINGTON — The Bush administration's top two officials in Iraq answered questions from Congress for more than six hours on Monday, but their testimony may have been as important for what they didn't say as for what they did.
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Washington Post:
Petraeus, Crocker Face Skepticism on Drawdown  —  Army Gen. David H. Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker went before Congress for a second day today to deliver a progress report on the war in Iraq and explain a new military plan to withdraw the 30,000 reinforcements sent there earlier this year to improve security.
George Will / Real Clear Politics:
By Bush's Own Standard, Surge Has Failed  —  Before Gen. David Petraeus' report, and to give it a context of optimism, the president visited Iraq's Anbar province to underscore the success of the surge in making some hitherto anarchic areas less so.  More significant, however, was the fact that the president did not visit Baghdad.
Paul Richter / Los Angeles Times:
Bush policy to bequeath Iraq to successor  —  The president plans to end his term with a strong U.S. military in the country and leave the issue of exiting to his successor.  —  WASHINGTON — The talk in Washington on Monday was all about troop reductions, yet it also brought …
New York Times:
Empty Calories  —  For months, President Bush has been promising an honest accounting of the situation in Iraq, a fresh look at the war strategy and a new plan for how to extricate the United States from the death spiral of the Iraqi civil war.  The nation got none of that yesterday …
Fox News:
Crocker: Victory in Iraq Will Be Determined in the Future
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Jackie Kucinich / The Hill:
Republicans introduce measure condemning MoveOn ad  —  House Republican leaders introduced a resolution Monday condemning a full-page newspaper ad from MoveOn.org that criticizes the character of Gen. David Petraeus, the commanding general of U.S. troops in Iraq.
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Hoystory:
MoveOn's money  —  You can see a full size PDF of today's MoveOn.org ad in today's New York Times by clicking on the accompanying image.  I've got to say that this is probably the most disgusting piece of political hackery since Grover Cleveland had to endure taunts of "Ma, Ma, where's my pa?
AlaskaReport.com:
Petraeus report aka 'Bush Report'
Discussion: Pen and Sword
Norman Podhoretz / Opinion Journal:
'America the Ugly'  —  Six years after 9/11, it's notable how little the politics of the left have changed.  —  In the immediate aftermath of the attacks on us that took place on this very day six years ago, several younger commentators proclaimed the birth of an entirely new era in American history.
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John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Miers, Bolten contempt filings delayed  —  House Democratic leaders have decided to postpone a vote on a criminal contempt resolution against White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet Miers for several weeks, and possibly longer, according to top lawmakers and aides.
Discussion: TPMmuckraker and Democrats.com
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Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
Democrats See Politics in a Governor's Jailing
Discussion: TPMmuckraker and Daily Kos
Michelle Malkin:
9/11: Remembrance and resistance  —  What do you remember?  When I think back to September 11, 2001, the crisp morning before jihadists struck on American soil, I remember transluscent blue skies.  Green-gold leaves.  And the blush pink cheeks of my then-one-year-old daughter …
Michael Luo / The Caucus:
Romney Campaign Tied to Anti-Thompson Site  —  At least two top members of Mitt Romney's South Carolina operation appear to be connected to an anti-Fred Thompson Web site that was taken down today after reporters began to make inquiries about it.  —  The Web site, PhoneyFred.org …
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Johnny Dollar / Olbermann Watch:
Keith Olbermann Admits He Is Un-American!  —  And reprehensible too.  Don't blame us...it's his words:
Tom Gross / Media Blog:
What the BBC is telling children about the 9/11 attacks  —  Here is what the BBC's widely-read children's section of their website (CBBC) is telling kids about the 9/11 attacks, the 6th anniversary of which falls today.  —  It is not quite the al-Qaeda view, but it almost is.
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
THE FIGHT TO FILL JUDICIAL VACANCIES GROWS EVER WEIRDER.  —  Last week, President Bush nominated two candidates for seats on the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, which now is operating with five vacancies on its 15-member bench.  The president opted to casually insult Virginia's …
Newt Gingrich / Winning the Future:
What If?  An Alternative History of the War since 9/11  —  (c) Callista Gingrich, Gingrich Productions  —  Taken at The American Enterprise Institute  —  Introduction  —  The essence of this speech is very simple.  —  Six years after the attack of 9/11/2001 we are having the wrong debate about the wrong report.
 
 
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