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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. …
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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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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” …
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Power Line
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, Marc Ambinder, Maggie's Farm, The American Mind, Stop The ACLU, Wake up America, Macsmind and Infidels Are Cool
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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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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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Karl / protein wisdom:
More of the Wright stuff — Just to keep up to date, the noxious Rev. Jeremiah Wright will speak at the Detroit branch of the NAACP 53rd Annual Fight for Freedom Fund dinner. I would have jumped on this one yesterday, but given that NAACP chair Julian Bond has compared the GOP to the Taliban …
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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 …
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 …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
House Votes to Put Off Trade Deal Bush Sought — WASHINGTON — The unity exhibited Thursday by House Democrats in stalling a White House-sponsored trade pact with Colombia masks deep party divisions on the issue, which is certain to become even more highly charged given coming consequential trade deals …
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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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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.
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The Swamp
New York Post:
IRAN'S BUSTED IRAQ BID — BASRA ‘RISING’ WAS TEHRAN'S OP — A GAMBLE that proved too costly. — That's how analysts in Tehran describe events last month in Basra. Iran's state-run media have de facto confirmed that this was no spontaneous “uprising.”
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Obama: Elie Weisel is a piker — Someone at the Barack Obama campaign had better start watching the hyperbole meter when Obama gets off script. When a questioner at a Levittown event asked Obama about his church's fascination with Louis Farrakhan, Obama offered a very strange defense.
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Peter Wallsten / Los Angeles Times:
Allies of Palestinians see a friend in Barack Obama
Allies of Palestinians see a friend in Barack Obama
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Gateway Pundit, JustOneMinute, Political Punch, American Spectator, The Huffington Post, American Power and Say Anything
Don Frederick / Top of the Ticket:
Rev. Jeremiah Wright to speak in Detroit at month's end — The one piece of good news for Barack Obama in Rev. Jeremiah Wright's latest plan for a return to the pulpit (of a sort), is that it will occur five days after Pennsylvania's April 22 primary (though in plenty of time to have a potential impact …
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The Swamp, Associated Press, TalkLeft, Gateway Pundit, Detroit Free Press and michellemalkin.com
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.
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
And You Thought the Phone Only Rang at 3 A.M. — SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Senator, is there something in your pocket? — As Senator Barack Obama wrapped up a drop-by visit to the Sunrise Cafe here today, he was poising for a photograph with two waitresses and the restaurant's owner.