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Rose Garden / The White House:
Statement by the President in the Rose Garden — THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. Today I accepted General Stanley McChrystal's resignation as commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. I did so with considerable regret, but also with certainty …
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Eric Zimmermann / The Hill:
McCain, Graham, Lieberman call for changes to civilian Afghanistan team — The resignation of Gen. Stanley McChrystal should lead the Obama administration to re-evaluate their civilian Afghanistan team as well, three members of the Armed Services Committee said Wednesday.
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
For Obama, Decision to Remove General Came Quickly — WASHINGTON — By the time he woke up Wednesday morning, President Obama had made up his mind. — During the 36 frenetic hours since he had been handed an article from the coming issue of Rolling Stone ominously headlined “The Runaway General …
Tunku Varadarajan / The Daily Beast:
Obama's 2012 Power Play — Blogs and Stories — Obama's decision to replace Gen. McChrystal with Iraq war hero David Petraeus was more than just a way to keep the Afghan battle on course. Tunku Varadarajan on the president's masterstroke. — Barack Obama, who has in recent days turned haplessness …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
McCain: We'll use Petraeus's confirmation hearing to push …
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ABCNEWS:
Gen. Petraeus Will Replace Embattled Gen. McChrystal in Afghanistan
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National Enquirer:
EXCLUSIVE: GORE SEX SCANDAL — ENQUIRER WORLD EXCLUSIVE: AL GORE has been accused of sexually attacking a masseuse in Portland, Oregon - and is named in the official police report about the alleged assault, The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively! — The bombshell story will appear …
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Maxine Bernstein / Oregonian:
Prosecutor: Al Gore was focus of sex crime inquiry in Portland — The Multnomah County District Attorney's Office confirmed today that a woman who alleged unwanted sexual contact by Al Gore reported it to police in 2006, and the prosecutor's office was briefed by the Portland Police Bureau in late 2006 and January 2007.
Associated Press:
Gore Was Accused of Sexual Advances — PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A massage therapist accused former Vice President Al Gore of “unwanted sexual contact” at a hotel in October 2006, but no charges were filed because of lack of evidence, law officials said Wednesday.
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National Enquirer:
PORTLAND DA: CRIMINAL PROSECUTION POSSIBLE IN THE AL GORE SEX SCANDAL — LATEST: In a bombshell new development in the AL GORE sex scandal — broken EXCLUSIVELY earlier today by The ENQUIRER — the Oregon District Attorney says there's “the possibility of a criminal prosecution.”
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David Weigel / Right Now:
‘Joe Barton was right,’ Joe Barton tweets — Hours after getting a respite from House Republicans, Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.) has cheekily responded to criticism over his “apology to BP” by tweeting a link to an American Spectator article titled “Joe Barton was right.”
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Texans Down on Barton — Texans think that Barack Obama's right and Joe Barton's wrong when it comes to BP's responsibility for cleaning up the oil spill, and a plurality of voters in the state think Barton should lose his leadership post on the Energy and Commerce Committee.
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Jake Sherman / The Politico:
House GOP moves to keep Barton
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Wall Street Journal:
Confidence Waning in Obama, U.S. Outlook — Americans are more pessimistic about the state of the country and less confident in President Barack Obama's leadership than at any point since Mr. Obama entered the White House, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Cops arrest Christians for handing out gospel at Dearborn Arab festival? Update: Pushback — Via Powerline, so insane is this that I'm paranoid there's a key detail missing somewhere that might explain the whole thing. Could the Christians have been trespassing on private property, maybe?
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Tom Schaller / FiveThirtyEight:
The Emerging Republican Minority — The Center for American Politics' Ruy Teixeira, one of the top political demographers in the country, has a new paper out in which he examines the two major party coalitions, with a focus on the current and future prospects of the Republican Party.
Ariel Schwartztoday / Fast Company:
Raining Oil in Louisiana? Not Likely [Updated] — The Internet is swirling with rumors today that a gloppy mixture of oil and Corexit (the primary dispersant used in the BP disaster) is raining down on Louisiana. Evidence is thin, and based almost entirely on the video below, but we have to wonder—is this even possible?
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Geoff Mohan / LA Times Environment Blog:
Gulf oil spill: Boat captain, despondent over spill, commits suicide — William Allen Kruse, 55, a charter boat captain recently hired by BP as a vessel of opportunity out of Gulf Shores, Ala., died Wednesday morning before 7:30 a.m. of a gunshot to the head, likely self-inflicted, authorities said.
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ZIP / Weasel Zippers:
MoveOn Scrubs “General Betray Us” Page From Website . . . Update: Flashback to 2007, Obama Skipped Senate Vote to Condemn MoveOn . . . Update 2: Rationale Page Also Flushed. . . It was there the last time Google cache took a screen shot of it (June 18th), so it was scrubbed sometime between then and today.
Telegraph:
Remains of 72 people found at World Trade Center site — New York City officials say a renewed search this year of debris in and around the World Trade Center site has recovered 72 human remains. — The sifting of more than 800 cubic yards (612 cubic meters) of debris recovered from ground zero …
Emily Goodin / Ballot Box:
Harry Reid's son leaves last name out of first campaign ad — Nevada gubernatorial candidate Rory Reid (D) is on the air with his first campaign ad and it's missing one thing: his last name. — Reid, the son of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), doesn't say his name at any point during the ad …
Washington Wire:
Rep. Paul Casts Sole ‘No’ Vote on Oil Spill Subpoena Power — When the House agreed to give subpoena powers to President Barack Obama's newly formed oil-spill commission, 420 members voted for the plan and only one voted against it: Texas Republican Ron Paul.
WDSU-TV:
Federal Gov't Halts Sand Berm Dredging — Nungesser Pleads With President To Allow Work To Continue — NEW ORLEANS — The federal government is shutting down the dredging that was being done to create protective sand berms in the Gulf of Mexico. — The berms are meant to protect the Louisiana coastline from oil.
Reuters:
Gillard becomes Australia's first female PM — (Reuters) - Julia Gillard became Australia's first female prime minister on Thursday when Kevin Rudd stepped down, as the Labor government sought to avoid election defeat later this year by changing leaders. — Gillard is expected to present …
Eric Zimmermann / The Hill:
Pelosi asks for donations to fend off potential GOP investigations — Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is asking supporters for contributions to help prevent the “subpoenas and investigations” that would result from a GOP majority. — In a fundraising letter for the Democratic Congressional …
Ian M. / Think Progress:
Washington Times Features Doctored Photo Of Kagan In A Turban To Claim She's Subservient To Shariah Law — Six days ago, after Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) absurdly tried to link Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan to “oppressive tenets of Shari'a-type law,” The Wonk Room's Matt Duss jokingly predicted …
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Mike Huckabee / Huck PAC:
THE ICK FACTOR... The reaction over a reported quote from my most recent interview with the New Yorker has gained a lot of attention on the blogs and Internet. — Let me set the record straight. — My exact quote was this: — “I do believe that God created male and female and intended …
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