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Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
Bush vetoes health and education bill — NEW ALBANY, Ind. - President Bush, escalating his budget battle with Congress, on Tuesday vetoed a spending measure for health and education programs prized by congressional Democrats. — He also signed a big increase in the Pentagon's non-war budget although …
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Anne Flaherty / Associated Press:
Reid calls on Bush to withdraw troops — WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that Democrats won't approve more money for the Iraq war this year unless President Bush agrees to begin bringing troops home. — By the end of the week, the House and Senate planned to vote …
New York Times:
Bush Vetoes Major Domestic Spending Measure — President Bush on Tuesday vetoed a major spending measure that would have funded education, health care and job training programs, saying it contained money for too many of the special projects known as earmarks.
Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Full Video: McCain Says Supporter's "Bitch" Query About Hillary Is "An Excellent Question" — Below we noted that a local Fox affiliate had reported on a John McCain event in South Carolina where he'd stood by while one of his supporters called Hillary a "bitch."
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
John McCain supporter on Hillary: "How do we beat the Bitch?"
John McCain supporter on Hillary: "How do we beat the Bitch?"
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Ezra Klein:
His Ideas Are Good, But I Want More Bullet Points — So we're back to arguing about John Edwards' plan to strip members of Congress of their health care if they don't pass comprehensive reform. I'm always astonished at how bizarrely literally pundits act when they approach this idea.
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CBS News:
Poll: Top Democrats Deadlocked In Iowa — Huckabee Catching Up To Romney Among Hawkeye State Republicans — (CBS) Democrats and Republicans are both headed toward heated showdowns in Iowa, where, according to a new CBS News/New York Times poll, Hillary Clinton holds a statistically insignificant lead …
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FreedomWorks.org:
Why I Think Hillary Will Win — The former House Majority Leader looks at the issues debate in the presidential campaign. — If the 2008 presidential election were held today, Hillary Rodham Clinton would win. — Hillary's minor stumbles in last week's debate notwithstanding …
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GOP.com:
HILLARY CLINTON LIBRARY CARD — On the campaign trail, Hillary Clinton consistently speaks to her level of experience; yet, she will not allow details of that experience to be reviewed by the public. — The American people deserve to know what information is being guarded in her libraries.
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Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:
Say It Enough Times It Must Be True — First the Clinton campaign whines that the other candidates were picking on the girl. Then, standing up to Russert is like standing up to Hitler. Then Bill Clinton compared Russert to the Swift Boat Vets. Now the Clinton campaign is warning Wolf Blizter that he better not "pull a Russert."
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CBS News:
Ex-FBI Agent Accused Of Security Breach — Woman Pleads Guilty To Charges Involving Improper Access Of Information — (CBS) A 37-year-old woman who previously worked as an FBI agent and a CIA analyst, pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges involving improper access of information, CBS News has learned.
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WJXT-TV:
Man Found Dead, Stuck In Cat Door — \32-Year-Old Trying To Get In Girlfriend's Home — ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — St. Johns County deputies recently launched an investigation into what they called one of the strangest accidents they've ever seen when a man was found dead after getting stuck in a cat door.
Russ Buettner / New York Times:
Ex-Publisher Says News Corp. Official Wanted Her to Lie to Protect Giuliani — Judith Regan, the book publisher who was fired by the News Corporation last year, asserts in a lawsuit filed today that a senior executive at the media conglomerate encouraged her to mislead federal investigators …
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Iowa Waitress Speaks Out: I Didn't Get Tip From Clinton, Media Has Misplaced Priorities — For the past week, Anita Esterday's life has been turned upside down. A single mother of two, she found herself in the middle of a media circus when it was reported that Sen. Hillary Clinton's …
The Sandmonkey / Rantings of a Sandmonkey:
Karim Amer is getting tortured in Prison — Abdel Karim Soliman, famously now known as Karim Amer, who got jailed for "disdain for religion" and "insulting the president" on his blog, is reportedly getting tortured by the Prison authorities. … I wish I could say I am surprised by this …
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The Politico:
Democrats remain stalled on Iraq debate — As the congressional session lurches toward a close, Democrats are confronting some demoralizing arithmetic on Iraq. — The numbers tell a story of political and substantive paralysis more starkly than most members are willing to acknowledge publicly, or perhaps even to themselves.