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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.
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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” …
Tahman Bradley / Political Radar:
Bill Clinton Retells Hillary's 1996 Bosnia Story
Bill Clinton Retells Hillary's 1996 Bosnia Story
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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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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama would have fired Penn — In Indianapolis: … It's a standard that could come back to bite him, and he did hold on to Austan Goolsbee, who put him in a different kind of uncomfortable position. — But the candidate with a real Mark Penn issue is McCain, whose key consultant …
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Frank Davies / Mercury News:
Boos follow cheers as Jackie Speier becomes newest member of Congress — WASHINGTON - For a few feel-good moments on the floor of the U.S. House today, Jackie Speier basked in bipartisan applause as she was sworn in as its newest member. Her family, supporters and kids cheered as she embraced her new colleagues.
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
The Holocaust Declaration — On Tuesday Iran announced it was installing 6,000 more centrifuges — they produce enriched uranium, the key ingredient of a nuclear weapon — in addition to the 3,000 already operating. The world yawned. — It is time to admit the truth …
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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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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 …
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 …
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J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:
Leahy privately expresses interest in replacing Byrd — Sen. Patrick Leahy is privately indicating interest in taking over the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee from an ailing Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) if necessary, four Democratic sources said Thursday.
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.
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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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.
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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 …
CNN:
Clinton laughs off Colombia questions — PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (CNN) - Hillary Clinton used her trademark laugh Thursday to deflect a question about the $800,000 her husband earned in 2005 giving speeches for a Bogota-based group that supports the Colombia free trade agreement — the same trade deal she currently opposes.
Mark Krikorian / The Corner:
America's Largest Protestant Denomination — David Hazony at Contentions points to a new poll that incidentally illustrates an important result of assimilation. (Complete poll here, in pdf.) The survey found that 82 percent of American Christians felt they had a “moral and biblical” …