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10:50 AM ET, July 23, 2009

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Boston Herald:
Officer in Henry Gates flap tried to save Reggie Lewis  —  Denies he's a racist, won't apologize  —  The Cambridge cop prominent Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. claims is a racist gave a dying Reggie Lewis mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in a desperate bid to save the Celtics …
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William Kristol / PostPartisan:
Obama Attacks Docs and Cops  —  President Obama spent most of his press conference tonight denying what President Kennedy famously affirmed — that to govern is to choose.  Obama promised us health care this is at once better and cheaper, with both more regulation and more freedom to choose …
ABCNEWS:
Obama's Comments on Gates Arrest Stir Reaction  —  The Cop Who Arrested The Harvard Professor Says He Will Not Apologize  —  President Obama's comments about the arrest of prominent Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates has added fuel to the story that has dominated national headlines …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Moe Lane
Dan / Riehl World View:
Obama Destroyed His Post-Racial Theme  —  Update 4: From ABC: … So, the liberal lawyer goes on TV and basically lies while another eyewitness supports the on scene report.  Special, real special.  Meanwhile, Gates is pleased at Obama's remarks.  Gee, ya think?
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Obama Criticizes Arrest of Harvard Professor  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama bluntly accused the police of acting “stupidly” in arresting the Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. last week after an officer had established that Mr. Gates had not broken into his own home in Cambridge, Mass.
Joseph Williams / Boston Globe:
Obama scolds Cambridge police
The Huffington Post:
Obama Press Conference On Health Care: TEXT, VIDEO
Discussion: Guardian and Firedoglake
Boston Globe:
Officer in Gates case says he won't apologize
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Emptywheel
New York Times:
Obama's Fifth News Conference  —  Following is a transcript of President Obama's fifth news conference, the fourth given in prime-time, as provided by Federal News Service.  —  PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good evening.  Please be seated.  —  Before I take your questions, I want to talk for a few minutes …
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Mickey Kaus / Kausfiles:
Obama's Overreach  —  Obama Presser: Instant[ reaction] rant: … He's still in the thrall of Orszagism!  Here we're dramatically changing insurance (no more “preexisting conditions") and insuring the uninsured and creating a health care exchange and promoting a public option …
Ben Smith / The Politico:
At big moment, Obama goes small  —  President Barack Obama came alive about 50 minutes into Wednesday night's news conference — when somebody finally changed the subject.  —  The president's remarks on his chosen subject, health care, were cautious and choreographed, hemmed in on one side …
Joe Klein / Swampland:
Obama's Press Conference
Discussion: The Treatment
Kevin Drum / MoJo Blog Posts:
Press Conference Liveblogging
Joe Ryan / New Jersey Online:
N.J. officials, N.Y. rabbis caught in federal money laundering, corruption sweep  —  NEWARK — A New Jersey assemblyman and the mayors of Hoboken and Secaucus were among public officials arrested this morning by FBI agents in an international money laundering and corruption probe that includes rabbis …
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JammieWearingFool:   Huge Corruption Sweep in NJ; Hoboken, Secaucus Mayors Arrested
CNN:
North Korea launches attack on Clinton  —  BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) — North Korea launched a scathing personal attack on U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday after she likened the leadership in Pyongyang to “small children and unruly teenagers and people who are demanding attention.”
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
N. Korea Escalates War of Words, Calls Clinton Vulgar, Unintelligent  —  The war of words between North Korea and the United States escalated Thursday, with North Korea's Foreign Ministry lashing out at Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in unusually personal terms for “vulgar remarks” …
The Hill:
Pelosi: I have the votes to pass health bill  —  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday there is “no question” that she has the votes to pass healthcare reform legislation even as key Democrats retreated from their predictions of progress.  —  But Democratic opponents of the bill …
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J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:
Durbin: No pre-recess vote on healthcare
Quinnipiac University:
Dodd In Slump In Connecticut Reelection Bid, Quinnipiac University Connecticut Poll Finds; Obama Approval Down 8 Points  —  Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd trails former U.S. Rep. Rob Simmons, a likely Republican challenger 48 - 39 percent in the 2010 Senate race, but he is inching …
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
ObamaCare in Trouble  —  Polls are turning against President Barack Obama's health-care plan.  The political calendar is, too.  —  On Monday, the Washington Post/ABC poll reported that 49% of Americans approve of his handling of health care while 44% disapprove.
Discussion: Commentary and RedState
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Agence France Presse:
Biden says Guantanamo will close by January  —  LONDON — The Guantanamo Bay detention camp will close by next January, Vice-President Joe Biden said Thursday, adding that decisions on all inmates were likely “well before January.”  —  In an interview with the BBC, he insisted Washington …
Discussion: The Jawa Report
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BBC:
Afghan war is ‘worth the effort’
Discussion: New York Times and On Deadline
Mary Louise Kelly / NPR:
Bin Laden Son Reported Killed In Pakistan  —  · U.S. officials believe Saad bin Laden — a son of Osama bin Laden — has been killed by an American missile in Pakistan.  —  Saad bin Laden reportedly spent years under house arrest in Iran before traveling last year to Pakistan …
Time:
Bush and Cheney's Final Days  —  Hours before they were to leave office after eight troubled years, George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney had one final and painful piece of business to conclude.  For over a month Cheney had been pleading, cajoling, even pestering Bush to pardon …
Tomoeh Murakami Tse / Washington Post:
On Wall Street, Compensation Is Rocketing Back to Pre-Crisis Levels  —  Lawmakers Warn Against Return to Pre-Crisis Levels  —  Wall Street's biggest banks are setting aside billions of dollars more to pay their executives and other employees just months after these firms were rescued …
New York Times:
Experts Dispute Some Points in Health Talk  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama showed great fluency in the intricate details of health policy at his news conference on Wednesday night, but experts said some of his points were debatable.  —  Mr. Obama said doctors, nurses, hospitals …
 
 
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Democrats Block GOP Health Care Mailing
Discussion: Townhall.com and Moe Lane
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Wall Street Journal:
Job Cuts Outpace GDP Fall
Discussion: The Big Picture
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Mother Knows Best
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New York Times:
L.I. Man Helped Qaeda, Then Informed
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