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Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Taxpayers fund Bill Clinton spending — The Clintons have made a $100-million fortune since leaving the White House, but a Politico analysis found that hasn't kept Bill Clinton from taking full advantage of the publicly funded perks offered to ex-presidents.
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Tahman Bradley / Political Radar:
Bill Clinton Retells Hillary's 1996 Bosnia Story — ABC News' Sarah Amos and Eloise Harper Report: After a trip to Puerto Rico and two days entirely off the campaign trail, former President Bill Clinton eagerly discussed myriad topics with the crowd that awaited him in Boonville, Ind. …
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Bill Clinton defends wife's Bosnia remarks — Former President Bill Clinton gave a passionate defense Thursday of his wife's claim about “landing under sniper fire” - just as the damaging controversy was dying down. — Bill Clinton said the news media treated her like she'd “robbed a bank” …
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Is that really a naked woman in Dick Cheney's sunglasses? — WASHINGTON — He shot his hunting partner, but Vice President Dick Cheney apparently doesn't fly fish with naked women. — Since Wednesday, the blogosphere has been atwitter over a photograph on the White House Web site of Cheney …
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JustOneMinute, Don Surber, The Moderate Voice, PoliBlog (TM), Jules Crittenden, Political Machine and Hot Air
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Justin Rood Reports / The Blotter:
What's Reflected in Cheney's Glasses?
What's Reflected in Cheney's Glasses?
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Little Green Footballs
ABCNEWS:
Dean: McCain's Age Worries Voters — DNC Chair Cites Health, ‘Old-Fashioned’ Views — Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said Thursday that swing voters participating in focus groups commissioned by the D.N.C. bring up John McCain's age unprompted.
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Gateway Pundit:
SHOCKING— New Obama Audio Posted Online! — This is just amazing. — If Obama really wanted to have a talk about race he could start by explaining his hateful words on this audio. — (9 minutes 53 seconds) — Just words? — Bob McCarty also finds it shocking.
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JustOneMinute, protein wisdom, Marc Ambinder, Maggie's Farm, The American Mind, Stop The ACLU, Macsmind, Wake up America and Infidels Are Cool
Michael Evans / Times of London:
Spy photos reveal ‘secret launch site’ for Iran's long-range missiles — The secret site where Iran is suspected of developing long-range ballistic missiles capable of reaching targets in Europe has been uncovered by new satellite photographs. — The imagery has pinpointed the facility …
Associated Press:
Cheney, Others OK'd Harsh Interrogations — White House Officials From Cheney on Down Approved Harsh Interrogation Techniques, AP Learns — Bush administration officials from Vice President Dick Cheney on down signed off on using harsh interrogation techniques against suspected terrorists …
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Peter Nicholas / Los Angeles Times:
Barack Obama may lose support in Philadelphia over ‘street money’ — CULTURE CLASH: Barack Obama campaigns in Philadelphia last week. His people are telling Democratic leaders there that he won't pay “street money” to those who help the campaign. — Candidates traditionally get out the money to get out the vote.
Times of London:
Athletes who take Tibet stand ‘face Olympic cut’ — Athletes who display Tibetan flags at Olympic venues — including in their own rooms — could be expelled from this summer's Games in Beijing under anti-propaganda rules. — Jacques Rogge, the president of the International Olympic Committee …
Juan Cole / Informed Comment:
Bush Abdicates to Generals on Iraq; 10 Killed in Sadr City; Al-Maliki Excludes Sadrists — Bush Abdicates to Generals on Iraq; — 10 Killed in Sadr City; — Al-Maliki Excludes Sadrists — War turns Republics into dictatorships. The logic is actually quite simple.
Steve Clemons / The Huffington Post:
Obama Triangulates and Won't Go Where Other Great Americans Will on Hamas — Ben Smith of Politico points out that Barack Obama has “drawn a line” regarding which of the world's problematic bad guys should be met by Presidents like himself — and Jimmy Carter. He thinks Carter should not meet any Hamas leaders.
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War in Context
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Michele Bachmann / Townhall.com:
Freedom Is Not the Problem, It Is the Solution — Doesn't it seem like year after year, more and more decisions we should be making for ourselves, are instead being made by nameless bureaucrats in Washington? They tell us how to spend our money. They tell us how to run our businesses.
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Roger L Simon / Pajamas Media:
Reverend Lee's Response Sounds Like The Protocols of the Elders of Zion — Reverend Eric Lee of the Southern Christian Leadership Council has responded to accusations of anti-Semitism by Daphna Ziman of Children Uniting Nations. But has he raised more questions than he answered?
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Power Line, Hot Air, Solomonia, Roger L. Simon, Austin Bay Blog, Babalu Blog and Redstate
Guardian:
Poor go hungry as rich fill their tanks — Rocketing global food prices are causing acute problems of hunger and malnutrition in poor countries and have put back the fight against poverty by seven years, the World Bank said yesterday. — Robert Zoellick, the Bank's president …
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Michael Yon / Wall Street Journal:
Let's ‘Surge’ Some More — It is said that generals always fight the last war. But when David Petraeus came to town it was senators - on both sides of the aisle - who battled over the Iraq war of 2004-2006. That war has little in common with the war we are fighting today.