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CBN.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Obama Expresses ‘Deep Disappointment’ in McCain's Silence on Wife Attacks — In a one-on-one interview with The Brody File, Barack Obama says he is deeply disappointed that John McCain has not spoken out against the attacks leveled against his wife.
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New York Times:
Michelle Obama Looks for a New Introduction — Michelle Obama's eyes flicker tentatively even as she offers a trained smile. As her campaign plane arcs over the Flathead Range in Montana, she is asked to consider her complicated public image. — Conservative columnists accuse …
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Battle of the Spouses: A Bit Better for Obama — Early Edge is Michelle Obama's, But Plenty of Room to Move for Cindy McCain — In the battle of the spouses the early edge is Michelle Obama's, in favorable views and intensity of sentiment alike. But there are sharp differences among groups …
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bush Will Seek to End Offshore Oil Drilling Ban — WASHINGTON — President Bush, reversing a longstanding position, will call on Congress on Wednesday to end a federal ban on offshore oil drilling, according to White House officials who say Mr. Bush now wants to work with states to determine where drilling should occur.
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Washington Post:
Mr. Zebari's Message — SEN. BARACK OBAMA told Iraq's foreign minister this week that he plans to visit the country between now and the presidential election. We think that's a good thing, not because Sen. John McCain has been prodding the candidate to do it but because it will give …
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Michelle Malkin:
Hey, Associated Press: You owe me at least $132,125! — The Internet firestorm over the Associated Press's heavy-handed attempt to bully bloggers over fair use article excerpts has been absolutely schadenfreude-licious. Now, it's time to turn the tables. If your blog or blog commenters …
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Wake up America, Power Line, Confederate Yankee, Patterico's Pontifications, QandO, The Moderate Voice and bRight & Early
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Tim Conneally / BetaNews:
AP sets up a toll booth for bloggers citing its stories
AP sets up a toll booth for bloggers citing its stories
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Bill Sammon / Examiner:
Obama advisers say bin Laden can appeal to U.S. courts — WASHINGTON (Map, News) - Barack Obama's foreign policy advisers said Tuesday that Osama bin Laden, if captured, should be allowed to appeal his case to U.S. civilian courts, a privilege opposed by John McCain.
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Zogby:
Reuters/Zogby Poll: Obama Leads McCain, But Wins No Big Bounce — Defeating Hillary Clinton and locking up the Democratic Party nomination fails to propel Obama forward — UTICA, New York - Democrat Barack Obama holds an edge over Republican John McCain in the race for U.S. President …
Warren P. Strobel / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Documents confirm U.S. hid detainees from Red Cross — WASHINGTON — The U.S. military hid the locations of suspected terrorist detainees and concealed harsh treatment to avoid the scrutiny of the International Committee of the Red Cross, according to documents that a Senate committee released Tuesday.
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Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
CIA Played Larger Role In Advising Pentagon
CIA Played Larger Role In Advising Pentagon
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Vulgarian at the Gate — In the razor-close and nationally important Senate race in Minnesota, Republican incumbent Norm Coleman is presented with a unique political problem. Should he raise in his ads the issue of comedian Al Franken's offensive vulgarity?
Marc Ambinder:
Here's Your Bounce: Obama Up In PA, FL, OH — Bounce-obsessives can calm themselves: Quinnipiac's out with surveys of Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania this morning showing Obama gains in each state as compared to the last time Q-PAC polled. The sample sizes are huge — more than 1,400 likely votes …
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New York Times:
Mr. Bush v. the Bill of Rights — In the waning months of his tenure, President Bush and his allies are once again trying to scare Congress into expanding the president's powers to spy on Americans without a court order. — This week, the White House and Democratic and Republican leaders …
Christopher Beam / Slate:
The Truth About Barack Obama — RUMORS THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN SHOULDN'T TRY TO CORRECT. — The Barack Obama presidential campaign introduced a new site last week, FightTheSmears.com, that it hopes will debunk persistent myths about the senator: that he's a Muslim, that he won't say the Pledge of Allegiance, etc.
Tom Lasseter / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Easing of laws that led to detainee abuse hatched in secret — WASHINGTON — The framework under which detainees were imprisoned for years without charges at Guantanamo and in many cases abused in Afghanistan wasn't the product of American military policy or the fault of a few rogue soldiers.
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Claudia Parsons / Reuters:
Adviser denies Obama showed naivete on Jerusalem — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama misused a “code word” in Middle East politics when he said Jerusalem should be Israel's “undivided” capital but that does not mean he is naive on foreign policy, a top adviser said on Tuesday.
J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:
Clinton takes month off — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) is taking a month off from Congress to recuperate after her marathon run for the presidency. — She is not expected to return to the Senate until July 7 or July 8 after the Independence Day recess, according to two Democratic sources.