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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. …
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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” …
Michael James / Political Punch:
From the Fact Check Desk: Former President Bill Clinton's Defense of His Wife's Bosnia Sniper-Fire Story — Former President Bill Clinton offered this bit of revisionist history of his wife's Bosnia story in Jasper, Ind., today, one riddled with a veritable sniper fire of errors — ones necessitating footnotes.
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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Justin Rood Reports / The Blotter:
What's Reflected in Cheney's Glasses?
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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.
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.
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 …
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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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.
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Washington Post:
Big Donors Among Obama's Grass Roots — Sen. Barack Obama credits his presidential campaign with creating a “parallel public financing system” built on a wave of modest donations from homemakers and high school teachers. Small givers, he said at a fundraiser this week …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
McCain Revises Proposals for Families in Economic Crisis — Two weeks after drawing criticism for saying he favored only a limited federal role to help deal with the home mortgage crisis, Republican presidential candidate John McCain sought to assure Americans that he is prepared to use …
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Walter Shapiro / Press Association:
Spare votes? — ALTOONA, Pa. — The Pleasant Valley Recreation Center has acquired the patina of a place touched by history — like, say, the Watergate or Tom's Restaurant, whose façade was immortalized on “Seinfeld.” For this is the bowling alley, family-owned since 1947 …
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 …
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.
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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New York Times:
Couric's Fate Was Topic A in CBS Suite — A wide-ranging discussion in February about Katie Couric's future as the anchor of the “CBS Evening News” threatened on Thursday to turn her into a virtual lame duck in the job. — The discussion took place in New York on Feb. 28 and involved four people …