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3:45 PM ET, September 17, 2007

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The Corner:
Meeting Mukasey  —  I wasn't going to post anything else on Mukasey, but come on guys and gals, there are gapping holes in what we know about him, and his supporters aren't helping matters.  Ed Whelen, a good friend who I admire deeply, tells us not to worry about Schumer and Aron's support for him.
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Paul Kiel / tpmmuckraker.com:
Bush Announces New Acting AG Pick
Larry Johnson / NO QUARTER:
The Iraq Blackwater Test  —  Depending on whether the Blackwater security firm stays in Iraq will inform us whether Prime Minister Maliki has any power or is just a U.S. puppet.  My money is on the puppet.  Over the weekend Blackwater contractors escorting a State Department/US Embassy Baghdad convoy got into a shoot out.
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Spencer Ackerman / tpmmuckraker.com:
Iraqis Order Blackwater out of Iraq — But Will It Leave?  —  Following a Baghdad shootout yesterday that left at least nine civilians dead, security-contractor giant Blackwater will no longer be permitted to operate in Iraq, according to the Iraqi Interior Ministry.
CNN:
Blackwater Security banned from Iraq  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Iraq's Interior Ministry has revoked the license of Blackwater USA, an American security firm whose contractors are blamed for a Sunday gunbattle in Baghdad that left eight civilians dead.  —  Sunday's firefight took place near Nusoor Square …
Washington Post:
Crocker Blasts Refugee Process  —  Iraqis Could Wait 2 Years for Entry, Ambassador Says  —  The U.S. ambassador to Iraq warned that it may take the U.S. government as long as two years to process and admit nearly 10,000 Iraqi refugees referred by the United Nations for resettlement to the United States …
Ned Parker / Los Angeles Times:
Iraq revokes license of U.S. contractor Blackwater
Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:
Clinton unveils health care plan  —  DES MOINES, Iowa - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton issued a call for universal health care on Monday, plunging back into a political battle she memorably waged and lost as first lady more than a decade ago.
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Washington Post:
At Iowa Event, Clinton Vows Pre-Inauguration Diplomatic Push  —  Appearing Sunday at a mini-Democratic convention of sorts in a field, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton declared that if she is elected she will not wait until her inauguration to begin acting as president.
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Clinton Unveils Her Plan for Health Care
Discussion: Feministe
CNN Political Ticker:
Edwards threatens to cut off health insurance for Congress
Discussion: The Swamp
Michael Luo / The Caucus:
Clinton's Rivals Blast Health Care Plan
John McCormick / The Swamp:
Edwards hammers Clinton on health care
Discussion: CNN Political Ticker
Garrett Therolf / Los Angeles Times:
Chemerinsky to return as UC Irvine law dean  —  UC Irvine Chancellor Michael V. Drake and Erwin Chemerinsky have reached an agreement that will return the liberal legal scholar to the dean's post at the university's law school, sources told The Times this morning.
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UCI Chancellor Page:
JOINT STATEMENT:  —  RE DONALD BREN SCHOOL OF LAW  —  We are very pleased to announce that Erwin Chemerinsky, the Alston & Bird Professor of Law and Political Science at Duke University, has been offered and has accepted the position of founding dean of the Donald Bren School of Law at the University of California, Irvine.
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Tim Butcher / Telegraph:
N Korean ship 'linked to Israel's strike on Syria'
Discussion: The Belmont Club
Tomoneil / Los Angeles Times:
Gold Derby by Tom O'Neil  —  Wow!  They censored Sally Field!  —  "If mothers ruled the world, there wouldn't be any god -" Emmy winner Sally Field said before the Emmycast cut off her sound and pointed the camera away from the stage so viewers would be distracted.
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thinkprogress.org:
Fox censors Sally Field's anti-war speech at Emmy's.
National / Homeland Security National Terror Alert:
School Terror Threat - "Jihad Boom" Postcards With Threatening Cartoon Sent To Nine Schools … Investigators released the postcards with the threatening drawings on them Monday in hopes of generating leads in the case.  Officials said that the postcards are made up of various and traditional themes …
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs and Jihad Watch
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ABCNEWS:
ACLU Backs Sen. Larry Craig  —  Senator Accused of Soliciting Sex Has an Unlikely Ally in American Civil Liberties Union  —  Idaho's Republican Senator Larry Craig reads a statement to the media Monday afternoon, Aug. 28, 2007, in Boise, Idaho.  He read a statement and took no questions during …
Discussion: Agitprop
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Getting At 'The Truth'  —  We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you an important development from the media world.  —  Ron Brownstein has been a fixture at the Los Angeles Times for nearly two decades, an influential political reporter and talking head who delves into policy as well as campaign strategy.
The Corner:
So long, white boy  —  So reads the headline on this article from Salon, which argues that the Democrats should end-and in fact already are ending-any efforts to court the white male vote.  Well, Salon's headline certainly gets the message across, doesn't it?
Jules Crittenden:
Little Tet  —  Al-Qaeda announces its Ramadan offensive.  No indication as yet al-Qaeda is capable of a Tet, but an indication they may be trying.  AP: … Meanwhile, … Good luck with that. … AP's own reporting would suggest it is inspiring Shiites to jump on the bandwagon.
Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
'Help Wanted' Ad Belies Report on Iraq Security  —  A week ago today, Gen. David H. Petraeus started his rounds on Capitol Hill, reporting that security in Iraq was improving to the point that a small number of troops could begin coming home by year's end.  —  But 10 days ago …
 
 
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
MUKASEY NOT NUTTY ENOUGH FOR THE RIGHT?
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Hunting Al Qaeda, Part II of III
Newsweek:
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Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
Bush's Battlefield Envy
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
It Was Right To Dissolve the Iraqi Army
MEMRI:
Escalation in the Positions of Iranian President Ahmadinejad- Special Report
Discussion: The Corner and Atlas Shrugs
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Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Bob Gates or Bob McNamara? Gen. Petraeus or Gen. Westmoreland?
Yeas & Nays:
Cheney writes no memos
Matt Moore / Associated Press:
Microsoft Must Share Code With Rivals
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German Media on the Washington Demonstrations: Confusing Numbers...
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Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
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