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Juan Forero / Washington Post:
Chávez Bluster Surges Ahead of Referendum — Some Observers Link Talk to Tight Contest — On the eve of a referendum that President Hugo Chávez has cast as a plebiscite on his rule, the populist leader is escalating his verbal assaults on foes real and imagined …
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Chavez Threatens US Oil Supply — Hugo Chavez, facing a potentially embarrassing defeat on his dictatorship referendum this weekend, has declared the opposition a CIA operation. He now says those voting against a potential lifetime presidency for himself will have cast a vote for George Bush …
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Raúl Isaías Baduel / New York Times:
Why I Parted Ways With Chávez — ON Dec. 17, 1982, three of my fellow officers in the Venezuelan Army and I swore our allegiance to the Bolivarian Revolutionary Army 2000. We considered ourselves to be at the birth of a movement that would turn a critical eye on Venezuela's troubled social …
Marc Burleigh / Agence France Presse:Chavez oil threat raises stakes in Venezuelan referendum
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David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
Clinton seizes opportunity after crisis — Friday afternoon began with possible tragedy: A hostage crisis at Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign office in Rochester, New Hampshire. — As the incident unfolded Clinton's campaign closed its doors and canceled her public appearances.
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Glen Johnson / Associated Press:
Clinton calm in hostage crisis — PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - When the hostages had been released and their alleged captor arrested, a regal-looking Hillary Rodham Clinton strolled out of her Washington home, the picture of calm in the face of crisis. — The image, broadcast just as the network news began …
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Did yesterday's hostage crisis teach us anything about Hillary Clinton? — You might think we got a chance to see how she deals with a crisis, but that's not really so. She had no executive authority in the matter. The local police had to handle the situation.
NY Daily News:
City taxpayers picked up tab for Judith Giuliani's visit to kin in Pennsylvania — In the fall of 2001, city cops chauffeured Rudy Giuliani's then-mistress, Judith Nathan, to her parents' Pennsylvania home 130 miles away on the taxpayers' dime. — Records show that city cops refueled …
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Andrew Kirtzman / WCBS-TV:
Source: Nathan's Friends, Family Used NYPD Service — Cops Chauffeured Relatives Around Without Her In Car — The revelations continue in the case of former Mayor Rudy Giuliani and the security detail for Judith Nathan, his one-time mistress who is now his wife.
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Rove's Version of 2002 War Vote Is Disputed — Former White House aide Karl Rove said yesterday it was Congress, not President Bush, who wanted to rush a vote on the looming war in Iraq in the fall of 2002, a version of events disputed by leading congressional Democrats and even some former Rove colleagues.
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Horses Mouth
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
FOX News Poll: Clinton Narrowly Leads Democratic Hopefuls in New Hampshire — NEW YORK — Hillary Clinton narrowly leads the pack of Democratic hopefuls in New Hampshire, with Barack Obama coming in a close second. In addition, while Bill Richardson is barely on the radar screen nationally …
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White House:
Press Briefing by Dana Perino and Mark Dybul, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator — Press Briefing Slide (PDF, 186KB, 1 page) — MS. PERINO: It's been our great pleasure to work with Kelly O'Donnell of NBC News. And today is her last day covering the White House full-time, and so we wish you the very best in your — (applause.)
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Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner:Give Dana Perino a Raise
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William Glaberson / New York Times:
Witness Names to Be Withheld From Detainee — Defense lawyers preparing for the war crimes trial of a 21-year-old Guantánamo detainee have been ordered by a military judge not to tell their client — or anyone else — the identity of witnesses against him, newly released documents show.
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Jordan's Spy Agency: Holding Cell for the CIA — Foreign Terror Suspects Tell of Torture — AMMAN, Jordan — Over the past seven years, an imposing building on the outskirts of this city has served as a secret holding cell for the CIA. — The building is the headquarters …
New York Times:
Lawmakers Set Deal on Raising Fuel Efficiency — Congressional negotiators reached a deal late Friday on energy legislation that would force American automakers to improve the fuel efficiency of their cars and light trucks by 40 percent by 2020. — The proposal, which would require automakers …
Lee Smith / Weekly Standard:
The Price of Annapolis — Lebanese democracy. — WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, Saad al-Hariri's Mostaqbal party agreed to a constitutional amendment that would allow Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Michel Suleiman to be elected president. Up until now, Hariri and his March 14 allies …
Julia / Firedoglake:
late night old friends — Is this thing on? — Hi. I'm Julia, and I'm new (when I get to it, I blog here). Anyway, as long as I have you all here, I thought I'd take advantage of the opportunity to put in a bid for my favorite Giuliani scandal, which I think is being unjustly neglected.
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