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12:55 PM ET, June 29, 2008

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James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
McCain on Gas Prices: 'I Don't See How it Matters'  —  In a recent interview with the Orange County Register's Martin Wisckol, John McCain said that, not only doesn't he know how much gas costs, it doesn't matter.  (Tangentially related: “Nothin' Matters and What If It Did” was an excellent album title.
Seymour M. Hersh / New Yorker:
PREPARING THE BATTLEFIELD  —  The Bush Administration steps up its secret moves against Iran.  —  L ate last year, Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran, according to current and former military, intelligence, and congressional sources.
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Newsweek:
Mrs. McCain, San Diego County Would Like a Word  —  When you're poor, it can be hard to pay the bills.  When you're rich, it's hard to keep track of all the bills that need paying.  It's a lesson Cindy McCain learned the hard way when NEWSWEEK raised questions about an overdue property-tax bill …
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
'It's Over, Lady!'  —  UNITY, N.H.  —  Unity was spared the banality of unanimity.  —  Carmella Lewis, with her Hillary T-shirt and Hillary placard, came all the way from Denver to make sure there would be plenty of ambiguity, duality and ferocity in Unity.
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
A Win by McCain Could Push a Split Court to Right  —  For much of its term, the Supreme Court muted last year's noisy dissents, warmed to Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.'s vision of narrow, incremental decisions and continued a slow but hardly steady move to the right.
Josh White / Washington Post:
Army's History of Iraq After Hussein Faults Pentagon  —  A new Army history of the service's performance in Iraq immediately after the fall of Saddam Hussein faults military and civilian leaders for their planning for the war's aftermath, and it suggests that the Pentagon's current …
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Anxious in America  —  Just a few months ago, the consensus view was that Barack Obama would need to choose a hard-core national-security type as his vice presidential running mate to compensate for his lack of foreign policy experience and that John McCain would need a running mate who was young and sprightly to compensate for his age.
New York Times:
Zimbabwe Faces Wider Sanctions Under Bush Plan  —  WASHINGTON — President Bush called Saturday for an international arms embargo against Zimbabwe in the wake of last week's “sham election,” and announced that the United States is drafting new economic sanctions that, for the first time …
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Christina Lamb / Times of London:
Robert Mugabe's thugs shout: 'Let's kill the baby'
Alec MacGillis / Washington Post:
A New Political Geography  —  Role Reversals in Virginias Reflect National Shifts  —  When Sen. Barack Obama chose the Nissan Pavilion in the outer suburbs of Northern Virginia to kick off his general-election campaign, one of the 10,000 supporters there was David Bruzas …
Discussion: The Politico, The Caucus and TIME.com
Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
McCain's unorthodox campaign  —  Such seemingly contrary tactics as focusing on national security and foreign affairs when voters are most concerned about the domestic economy have provoked consternation among fellow Republicans.  —  This week, when Barack Obama campaigns in Ohio and Colorado …
Hannah Allam / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Crisis grows in Iraq over U.S. raid that killed Maliki relative  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq — Senior Iraqi government officials said Saturday that a U.S. Special Forces counterterrorism unit conducted the raid that reportedly killed a relative of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki …
 
 
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The Politico:
McCain and Obama court Latino voters
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The baseless, and failed, “Move to the Center” cliche
Discussion: TalkLeft
Jo Mannies / Political Fix:
McCain outspending Obama on TV ads in Missouri
Russell Shorto / New York Times:
No Babies?  —  IT WAS A SPECTACULAR LATE-MAY AFTERNOON …
Discussion: Pajamas Media and Vodkapundit
Martin Zimmerman / Los Angeles Times:
Envisioning a world of $200-a-barrel oil
Derrick Z. Jackson / Boston Globe:
Holding Muslims at arm's length
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
“The Puppy Had A Fee!”
Discussion: Althouse
Katie Zezima / New York Times:
Law School Pays the Price in 'Don't Ask' Rule Protest
New York Post:
LIARS' ROUND-UP  —  ON SECURITY, FACTS MATTER
Deacon / Power Line:
A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT — FOR LEARNING HOW TO WRITE WELL
Discussion: Dartblog
John Timmer / Ars Technica:
Louisiana passes first antievolution “academic freedom” law
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Jodi Kantor / New York Times:
Obama Supporters Take His Middle Name as Their Own
 

 
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Athena Stavrou / The Independent:
More than 230 media industry professionals, including anonymous BBC staff, sign a letter accusing the BBC of bias favoring Israel in coverage of Gaza

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Ben Jacobs / Slate:
A profile of John Avlon, former CNN anchor, former Daily Beast EIC, former speechwriter for Rudy Giuliani, and now a congressional candidate running in New York

 
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