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Thom Shanker / New York Times:
Pilot's Remains Found in Iraq After 18 Years — WASHINGTON — Navy officials announced early Sunday that Marines in western Anbar Province, Iraq, had found remains that have been positively identified as those of an American fighter pilot shot down in the opening hours of the first Gulf War in 1991.
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Associated Press:
Sands hid fate of Gulf War pilot lost since '91 — Speicher's disappearance in Iraq had bedeviled investigators for 18 years — WASHINGTON - Navy pilot Capt. Michael “Scott” Speicher was shot down over the Iraq desert on the first night of the Gulf War in 1991 and it was there Bedouins apparently buried …
George Stephanopoulos / George's Bottom Line:
Geithner Won't Rule Out New Taxes for Middle Class — To get the economy back on track, will President Barack Obama have to break his pledge not to raise taxes on 95 percent of Americans? In a “This Week” exclusive, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner told me, “We're going to have to do what's necessary.”
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Stimulus 2? W.H. may extend jobless aid — President Barack Obama's top economic officials said in interviews aired Sunday that the administration may support an extension in unemployment benefits. — Some on Capitol Hill view that as a second stimulus package, although it is unlikely …
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Heather / Crooks and Liars:
Real Time: Bill Maher Mocks Malkin for Her New Book — Bill Maher goes after Michelle Malkin for already writing a book trashing Obama's Presidency only six months in, and has a bit of fun with Jonah Goldberg, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter and Glenn Beck in the process.
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WorldNetDaily:
Is this really smoking gun of Obama's Kenyan birth? — Attorney files motion for authentication of alleged 1960s certificate from Africa — WASHINGTON - California attorney Orly Taitz, who has filed a number of lawsuits demanding proof of Barack Obama's eligibility to serve as president …
Laura Donnelly / Telegraph:
Patients forced to live in agony after NHS refuses to pay for painkilling injections — Tens of thousands with chronic back pain will be forced to live in agony after a decision to slash the number of painkilling injections issued on the NHS, doctors have warned.
Clark Hoyt / New York Times:
How Did This Happen? — THE TIMES published an especially embarrassing correction on July 22, fixing seven errors in a single article — an appraisal of Walter Cronkite, the CBS anchorman famed for his meticulous reporting. The newspaper had wrong dates for historic events …
The Other McCain / The Greenroom:
Sarah Palin Needs to Help Conservative Bloggers So We Can Make Stuff Up, Too — Many Republicans have been heard to complain recently, “Hey, what's wrong with you conservative bloggers? How come you can't just make ...
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Stirling Newberry / Firedoglake:
The Failure of Phantom Victory in Afghanistan — Escalation in Afghanistan means more military deaths, 9 coalition fatalities in 48 hours. This is the war we did not fight, which has festered. Iraq and Afghanistan were planned on the “1 1/2” conflict doctrine, that the US could face …
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Honesty and TV Booking — House Democrats have the congress considering a bill that involves around $540 billion in new taxes, along with several hundred billion in offsetting spending cuts, in order to pay for a substantial expansion of health insurance coverage in the United States.
The Politico:
McCain: Obama flunks bipartisanship — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) says in a wide-ranging interview aired Sunday on CNN's “State of the Union” that President Barack Obama needs to “be more specific” about his prescription for health reform. — “I think they may have over-learned the lesson …
msnbc.com:
Aug. 2: Larry Summers, roundtable — MR. DAVID GREGORY: This Sunday: Has the great recession found a bottom? — PRES. BARACK OBAMA: We may be seeing the beginning of the end of the recession, but that's little comfort if you're one of folks who've lost their job and haven't found another.