Text of the President's Address  —  Following is the prepared text of President Bush's address on Iraq, as provided by the White House:  —  THE PRESIDENT: Good evening.  In the life of all free nations, there come moments that decide the direction of a country and reveal the character of its people.

CAPITAL  —  The Liberal Case for Ted Olson  —  Lots of rumors floating about that the administration is backing off appointing Ted Olson as Attorney General because of Democratic objections.  Look, he was my lawyer in the CIA leak case for my Supreme Court appeal.

The New York Times MovesOn  —  The New York Times in the past has rejected "advocacy" ads from Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, as well as from the National Right to Life Committee, despite the fact that both would have qualified for the same "special advocacy, stand by" rates that the radical …

Hsustock: The Definition Of Insanity  —  If the definition of insanity is repeating the same actions over and over despite consistent failure, then the American judiciary needs a shrink when it comes to Norman Hsu.  Despite having run out on his sentencing for a nolo contendere plea on fraud 15 years ago …

Edwards Pays And Waits  —  The John Edwards campaign paid for its two minutes, but still had to wait.  After the president's Oval Office address on troop strength and the U.S. commitment in Iraq, all the networks (except the Fox TV network special hosted by FNC's Shepard Smith) aired the Democratic response from Sen. Jack Reed.

U.S. develops 14-ton super bomb, bigger than Russian vacuum bomb  —  The U.S. has a 14-ton super bomb more destructive than the vacuum bomb just tested by Russia, a U.S. general said Wednesday.  —  The statement was made by retired Lt. General McInerney, chairman of the Iran Policy Committee …

Foley Unlikely to Be Prosecuted; Lewd Internet Messages Too Old  —  Vic Walter and Krista Kjellman Report:  —  Disgraced former Congressman Mark Foley, whose e-mails and instant messages to teenage former congressional pages shocked the country, may avoid criminal prosecution in Florida …

Scholars Decry Law School's About-Face on New Dean  —  Scholars across the political spectrum protested what they called an assault on academic freedom after the University of California at Irvine withdrew a job offer from a liberal professor who wrote an op-ed criticizing the Bush administration.

For Clinton, 2000 Fund-Raising Controversy Lingers  —  Ex-Supporter Paul  —  Stays on the Attack  —  With Suit, Claims  —  LOS ANGELES — As Sen. Hillary Clinton grapples with the burgeoning scandal surrounding disgraced fund-raiser Norman Hsu, she can't quite shake a fund-raising controversy from her 2000 Senate campaign.

Just the Facts  —  Gen. Petraeus brings some clarity to the Iraq debate.  —  We are at a new point in the American experience of the Iraq war.  It is also a decisive one: We have to decide, now, what to do.  Stay.  Go.  Stay in a certain way, or at a certain size.

N.J.'s Corzine to Defy New Health-Care Rules  —  Fight Grows Over Changes in Children's Program  —  Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine informed President Bush this week that New Jersey will not obey federal rules that would make it harder to enroll middle-income kids for a popular government-subsidized health insurance program.