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9:20 AM ET, April 21, 2009

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New York Times:
Lawmaker Is Said to Have Agreed to Aid Lobbyists  —  WASHINGTON — One of the leading House Democrats on intelligence matters was overheard on telephone calls intercepted by the National Security Agency agreeing to seek lenient treatment from the Bush administration for two pro-Israel lobbyists …
Martina Stewart / CNN:
Cheney: 'I don't think we've got much to apologize for'  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - The former vice president Dick Cheney is slamming President Obama's efforts to set a new tone for relations with the U.S. on the world stage.  —  “I guess I've been concerned the way that we've been presented overseas …
Fox News:
Cheney Calls for Release of Memos Showing Results of Interrogation Efforts  —  Former Vice President Cheney says he knows how successful the interrogation techniques were in collecting intelligence for the United States and wants that information to be released to the public …
The Politico:
Cheney wants CIA files for memoir  —  Researching his memoirs, former Vice President Dick Cheney is pushing the CIA to declassify files that he claims would vindicate the CIA's use of coercive interrogation techniques that President Barack Obama has banned.  —  The request, which the CIA …
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
With interrogation docs out, Cheney asks Obama to now release secret memos on what those techniques discovered  —  Former vice president Dick Cheney is back.  —  Sure, you say, he's been all over since Jan. 20 knocking the new Obama administration for weakening U.S. national security.
Discussion: The New Ledger and RedState
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
White House Cheat Sheet: Cheney Keeps on Swinging
Discussion: The Hill and The Page
Huma Khan / Political Punch:
Today's Qs for O's WH - 4/20/2009  —  I interjected in an exchange between White House press secretary Robert Gibbs and another reporter today, so I've included their exchange (with my interruption) as well as my own.  —  JENNIFER LOVEN, AP: The $100 million target figure that the president talked …
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RealClearPolitics Video Log:
AP, Tapper Confront Obama Admin Over $100 Million
The White House:   PRESS SECRETARY ROBERT GIBBS
Fox News:
Miss California Sparks Furor With Gay Marriage Comments on Miss USA Telecast  —  Miss North Carolina Kristen Dalton was crowned Miss USA on Sunday, but the big story to come out of the normally politics-free telecast was Miss California's comments regarding gay marriage.
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Second Amendment extended  —  The Constitution's protection of an individual right to have guns for personal use restricts the powers of state and local government as much as it does those of the federal government, the Ninth Circuit Court ruled Monday.  The opinion by the three-judge panel can be found here.
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Ilya Shapiro / Cato @ Liberty:
Yes, California, There Is an Individual Right to Keep and Bear Arms
Discussion: Townhall.com
Wall Street Journal:
Computer Spies Breach Fighter-Jet Project  —  WASHINGTON — Computer spies have broken into the Pentagon's $300 billion Joint Strike Fighter project — the Defense Department's costliest weapons program ever — according to current and former government officials familiar with the attacks.
Discussion: The Page
Jeff Stein / static.cqpolitics.com:
Sources: Wiretap Recorded Rep. Harman Promising to Intervene for AIPAC  —  Rep. Jane Harman , the California Democrat with a longtime involvement in intelligence issues, was overheard on an NSA wiretap telling a suspected Israeli agent that she would lobby the Justice Department reduce espionage …
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Satyam Khanna / Think Progress:
History Professor Gingrich Falsely Claims U.S. Presidents Don't ‘Smile And Greet’ Russian Leaders  —  Yesterday, President Obama shook hands and briefly chatted with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, explaining in a press conference afterwards that he was trying to move towards a “more constructive” …
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Washington Post:
Sources: Chrysler Financial Refused Government Loan Over Limits on Executive Pay  —  Top officials at Chrysler Financial turned away a $750 million government loan because executives didn't want to abide by new federal limits on pay, sources familiar with the matter say.
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Megan McArdle:
Did Chrysler Execs Tank the Company Over Compensation Fears?
Steven R. Hurst / Associated Press:
Obama orders Cabinet to cut spending by $100M  —  Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition  —  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Monday ordered his Cabinet to find ways to slice spending by $100 million, but acknowledged it's a “drop in the bucket” and said there's a “confidence gap” that he needs to overcome.
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Associated Press:
Obama Convenes First Cabinet Meeting
Discussion: CBS News and Washington Wire
Juan Williams / FOX Forum:
Obama's Outrageous Sin Against Our Kids  —  As I watch Washington politics I am not easily given to rage.  —  Washington politics is a game and selfishness, out-sized egos and corruption are predictable.  —  But over the last week I find myself in a fury.
Globe and Mail:
Clinton, Bush booked for joint Toronto appearance  —  Event next month billed as a ‘conversation’ between the two most recent U.S. presidents  —  WASHINGTON — Former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will appear together in Toronto next month on a public stage for the first time since …
Discussion: Think Progress
Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:
Murtha's Defense Earmarks Draw Questions  —  CBS Evening News: FBI Investigates Those Close To Powerful Lawmaker  —  (CBS) Spring in Washington is “earmark season” - a busy time for Congressman John Murtha.  —  “That's my business,” Murtha said.  “I've been in it for 35 years.”
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Lindsey Ellerson / Political Punch:
President Beefcake?  D.C. magazine to feature shirtless Obama on cover  —  ABC News' Karen Travers and Jake Tapper report:  —  In the throes of an economic crisis and two wars, does the nation want more headlines about a “Pec-tacular” “Buff Bam”?  —  President Obama appears shirtless …
Discussion: Fausta's Blog and Right Pundits
 
 
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