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The Politico:
Democrats zero for 40 on Iraq — 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.
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Associated Press:
La. Pol's 'Buckwheat' Remark Sparks Ire — HOUMA, La. (AP) — A white state lawmaker in a runoff election called a black civil-rights veteran who had helped her campaign "Buckwheat," prompting the NAACP to urge voters to kick her out of office. — Rep. Carla Blanchard Dartez, a Democrat …
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WDSU-TV:
Candidate Apologizes For 'Buckwheat' Remark — HOUMA, La. — A state representative in a runoff election infuriated civil rights leaders after she ended a conversation with the mother of the NAACP's local president by saying, "Talk to you later, Buckwheat."
Holly Ramer / Associated Press:
Edwards announces paid family leave plan — CONCORD, N.H. - When it comes to helping parents take time off from work, Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards is raising the stakes. — The former North Carolina senator on Tuesday will propose spending $2 billion a year …
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Josh White / Washington Post:
'Hidden Costs' Double Price Of Two Wars, Democrats Say — The economic costs to the United States of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan so far total approximately $1.5 trillion, according to a new study by congressional Democrats that estimates the conflicts' "hidden costs"— including higher oil prices …
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court takes no action on gun case — The Supreme Court on Tuesday announced no action on a new case testing the meaning of the Second Amendment — an issue the Court has not considered in 68 years. The Orders List contained no mention of either the District of Columbia's appeal (07-290) …
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Voters dismiss 'piling on' charge — Most Americans reject the charge that other presidential candidates are "piling on" Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, according to a new Fox 5/The Washington Times/Rasmussen Reports poll. — Only 25 percent of voters said recent criticism …
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Cwelch / CNN Political Ticker:
Student given question to ask Clinton: I just want honesty — GRINNELL, Iowa (CNN) — The college student who says she was told what question to ask at one of Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign events-and whose story in her campus newspaper has now made its way around the world-said Monday that …
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Dominic Kennedy / Times of London:
Gays should be hanged, says Iranian minister — Homosexuals deserve to be executed or tortured and possibly both, an Iranian leader told British MPs during a private meeting at a peace conference, The Times has learnt. — Mohsen Yahyavi is the highest-ranked politician to admit …
Bob Herbert / New York Times:
Righting Reagan's Wrongs? — Let's set the record straight on Ronald Reagan's campaign kickoff in 1980. — Early one morning in the late spring of 1964, Dr. Carolyn Goodman, her husband, Robert, and their 17-year-old son, David, said goodbye to David's brother, Andrew, who was 20.
Alan Krueger / AMERICAN.COM:
What Makes a Terrorist — It's not poverty and lack of education, according to economic research by Princeton's ALAN KRUEGER. Look elsewhere. — In the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, policymakers, scholars, and ordinary citizens asked a key question …
Fox News:
Gen. Petraeus Meets With Al-Sadr Deputies — WASHINGTON — Top U.S. commander in Iraq Gen. David Petraeus has met with representatives of Muqtada al-Sadr, once one of the top enemies fueling the insurgency against the elected Iraqi government, FOX News has confirmed.
Darryl Fears / Washington Post:
Panel May Cut Sentences For Crack — An independent panel is considering reducing the sentences of inmates incarcerated in federal prisons for crack cocaine offenses, which would make thousands of people immediately eligible to be freed. — The U.S. Sentencing Commission …
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
More on Bernie and Rudy — Interesting comments from Rudy Giuliani to ABC News. In an interview with ABC's Jake Tapper, who has a knack of getting people to say things that are more revealing than his subjects probably intend, Giuliani defended the performance of former NYPD commissioner Bernard Kerik.
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Joe Strupp / Editor and Publisher:
Military Reporter Recalls Bush's Objections To Iraq Invasion On A Previous Veteran's Day — NEW YORK Sig Christenson, a founding member of Military Reporters and Editors who has worked five assignments in Iraq since the war began, reached back some 10 years for a Veteran's Day piece …
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