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Ron Fournier / Associated Press:
ON DEADLINE: Clinton '92 Vs. Obama '08 — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Bill Clinton says Sen. Barack Obama is a callow, highly ambitious political prodigy who is asking voters to "roll the dice" and elect him president. — He should know — that's a fair description of Clinton when he sought the presidency in 1992.
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Dodd's Filibuster Threat Stalls Wiretap Bill — Senator Chris Dodd won a temporary victory today after his threats of a filibuster forced Democratic leadership to push back consideration of a measure that would grant immunity to telecom companies that were complicit in warrantless surveillance.
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Telecom Immunity Issue Derails Spy Law Overhaul
Telecom Immunity Issue Derails Spy Law Overhaul
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Peterhamby / CNN Political Ticker:
Bill Clinton: George H.W. Bush will help President Hillary — ORANGEBURG, South Carolina (CNN) - Former President Bill Clinton said Monday that the first thing his wife Hillary will do when she reaches the White House is dispatch him and his predecessor, President George H.W. Bush …
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Yahya Barzanji / Associated Press:
Turkish army sends soldiers into Iraq — KIRKUK, Iraq - The Turkish army sent soldiers about 1.5 miles into northern Iraq in an overnight operation on Tuesday, Kurdish officials said. A Turkish official said the troops were still in Iraq by midmorning. — To the south in Kirkuk …
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Anthony Boadle / Reuters:
Castro hints he will not hold on to power — HAVANA (Reuters) - Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who has not been seen in public for 16 months, suggested on Monday he might give up his formal leadership posts — the first time he has spoken of his possible retirement.
Associated Press:
Border Patrol fights back — After hundreds of attacks in a year, agency responds with tear gas — SAN DIEGO - The Border Patrol says its agents were attacked nearly 1,000 times during a one-year period along the Mexican border, typically by assailants hurling rocks, bottles and bricks.
RushLimbaugh.com:
Does Our Looks-Obsessed Culture Want to Stare at an Aging Woman? — BEGIN TRANSCRIPT — RUSH: Now, this theory of mine based on this Drudge picture of Mrs. Clinton, with the headline: "The Toll of a Campaign." Now, it could well be that that's a sympathy photo, too, to make people feel sorry for how tough the campaign trail is.
Washington Post:
FBI, CIA Debate Significance of Terror Suspect — Agencies Also Disagree On Interrogation Methods — Al-Qaeda captive Abu Zubaida, whose interrogation videotapes were destroyed by the CIA, remains the subject of a dispute between FBI and CIA officials over his significance as a terrorism suspect …
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
For Romney, a Course Set Long Ago — WASHINGTON — George Romney had big ideas for his youngest child. — Mitt Romney had already made millions as the founder of a giant buyout firm. But his father wanted Mitt to follow him into politics, convinced he could unseat Senator Edward M. Kennedy in Massachusetts.
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Donald Sensing / Sense of Events:
Clarity — "Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing." Battered pilot Bob Robertson waits in shock for rescuers to cut him free from his plane after it disintegrated around him. — In The Right Stuff, the story of the Mercury 7 astronauts, Tom Wolfe related some stories about jet fighter flight testing in the 1950s.
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
A Stanton For the Saudis — "A court in country X sentenced a black man who had been severely beaten by white men to six months in jail and 200 lashes." — How would you react if you read that in a newspaper? Shock, horror, anger at the regime in country X, no doubt.
Maggie Haberman / New York Post:
MIKE EYES '08 TEAM — AIDES SOUND OUT ADVISERS FOR RUN — Mayor Bloomberg's aides have been reaching out to consultants from his past campaigns about whether they are free for a possible 2008 White House bid - including one who helped make his slick mayoral TV spots, The Post has learned.
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McCain's Surge — Why he's making a primary comeback. — Endorsing John McCain for President yesterday, Joseph Lieberman stressed that his Senate colleague would always elevate his country above his party. Coming from a man who was excommunicated by Democrats for his views on Iraq …
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Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
The Scribe Who Gets The Candidates' Vote — DES MOINES — Back in May, when speculation burbled up that Hillary Clinton might bypass Iowa, David Yepsen dashed off a blog entry comparing the New York senator's campaign to previous clunkers, including the early days of Reagan 1980, Gore 2000 and Kerry 2004.