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President Bush Discusses Global War on Terror — Washington, D.C. — In Focus: Defense — In Focus: National Security — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Ed, thanks. Thanks for the kind introduction. I'm looking forward to working with you for the next 14 months …
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Terence Hunt / Associated Press:Sen. Kennedy turns against AG nominee
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:Bush: Mukasey not 'read into' terrorist interrogation
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John C. Coughenour / New York Times:How to Try a Terrorist — MICHAEL B. MUKASEY, President Bush's nominee …
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Campaign call reveals Clinton debate concern — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-N.Y.) top advisers, doing damage control after the candidate's debate performance Tuesday, told supporters on a conference call Wednesday that the campaign needed more money to fight back.
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Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:
But Media Matters Doesn't Shill For Hillary — Karl Frisch, Director of Media Relations at Media Matters (aka Brockville) has sent out an email with clips from a whole bunch of sources to back up this note at the top of the email: … So here's the question.
Greg Sargent / Horses Mouth:
There's A History Here: Russert Blindsided Hillary With Question About Bill's Affair Back In 2000; Hillary Camp Seethed — Since the Dem debate a few days ago a lot of people have understandably been taking shots at Tim Russert for his often small-minded "gotcha" questions and his constant references to Bill Clinton.
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
But They're Unaffiliated, Of Course — Media Matters insists that it has no intention of supporting a candidate, but it's hard to tell that from its content. As Jonah Goldberg noted, the site went into a full-throated defense of Hillary Clinton by attacking Tim Russert for ... well, asking questions about issues:
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Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
S.C. Dems reject Colbert candidacy — Stephen Colbert's satirical run for the presidency has run into its first roadblock - his bid to be on the ballot in the South Carolina Democratic presidential primary was rejected on Thursday. — The party's executive council voted 14 to 3 …
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South Carolina Democrats say no to Colbert — COLUMBIA, South Carolina (CNN) — The South Carolina Democratic Party voted Thursday to keep comedian Stephen Colbert's name off the Democratic Primary ballot, according to Executive Director Joe Werner. — This essentially means …
Kevin Aylward / The 2007 Weblog Awards:
Finalists Announced — Here is a complete list of the finalists for The 2007 Weblog Awards. Finalists badges (hosted by Imageshack) will be available Thursday. Voting is scheduled to begin Thursday evening (late), but at this point we can't pinpoint the exact time polls will open.
Robin Wright / Washington Post:
From the Desk of Donald Rumsfeld . . . In Sometimes-Brusque 'Snowflakes,' He Shared Worldview, Shaped Policy — In a series of internal musings and memos to his staff, then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld argued that Muslims avoid "physical labor" and wrote of the need to …
Juan Cole:
Time to Close the US Embassy — I don't try to start an internet campaign very often, because the blogosphere has its own priorities and logic that are democratic and should not be forced. But here is a plea for everyone in the blogging world to help force congress to save our diplomats.
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Telegraph:
The most influential US conservatives: 21-40 — As the US prepares for what is arguably the most open presidential election since 1928, the last time there was no incumbent president or vice-president on the ballot, the Daily Telegraph's Washington correspondents compile a list of the 100 …
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John R. Christy / mobile2.wsj.com:
My Nobel Moment — I've had a lot of fun recently with my tiny (and unofficial) slice of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). But, though I was one of thousands of IPCC participants, I don't think I will add "0.0001 Nobel Laureate" to my resume.
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Matthew Sheffield / NewsBusters.org:U.N. Scientist Rejects Nobel Prize Share, Denounces Climate Alarmism
Joel Stein / Time:
The Ron Paul Revolution — It sometimes seems as if someone is playing a cruel practical joke on Ron Paul. He goes to a college and delivers the same speech he's given for the past 30 years of his political career, the one espousing the Austrian school of economics.
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Don Hazen / AlterNet.org:
NYC Council Member Agrees To Push Investigation of Giuliani and the 9/11 Firemen Radio Debacle [VIDEO] — Giuliani did nothing to improve the New York City Fire Department's radio performance for seven years after the 1993 World Trade Center attack. — New York City Councilman Eric Gioia …
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American Prospect:
What's the Air Force For? — A roundtable discussion of Robert Farley's proposal to abolish the Air Force. — Rob Farley discusses his case for abolishing the Air Force with David Axe of War is Boring, Jason Sigger of Armchair Generalist, John of OP-FOR, Noah Shachtman of Danger Room …
Irenep / Michael Yon:
Iraqi Islamic Party says, "Al Qaeda is Defeated." — O1 November 2007 — Iraqi Islamic Party: "Al Qaeda is Defeated" — "Al Qaeda in Iraq is defeated," according to Sheik Omar Jabouri, spokesman for the Iraqi Islamic Party and a member of the widespread and influential Jabouri Tribe.
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Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Here It Is: A Handy Chart To Follow Senators' Positions On Mukasey — Okay, now that more Dem Senators are coming out and opposing the confirmation of AG candidate Michael Mukasey, it's looking like we may end up with a real confirmation battle here. — So we thought we'd make it easy …
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