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President Discusses Hurricane Relief in Address to the Nation — Fact Sheet: President Bush Addresses the Nation on Recovery From Katrina — THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. I'm speaking to you from the city of New Orleans — nearly empty, still partly under water, and waiting for life and hope to return.
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Bush Vows New Orleans Will Rise Again In Massive Gulf Coast Reconstruction — President George Bush has called for a massive reconstruction of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, coupled with an enterprise zone, more clearly delineated lines of federal and military authority — plus more local control.
CNN:
Bush pledges nation's help for Gulf Coast — Federal government to lead rebuilding, president says — Programming Note: Former President Bill Clinton talks to Larry King about Katrina relief efforts and his global initiative, Friday, 9 p.m. ET. — NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) …
Lorie Byrd / PoliPundit.com:
Hell, Yes! — ***UPDATE (2:15): I found the video! (Thanks Technorati). If you have not seen it, go watch it now. If you saw it I am sure you are already clicking on the link to watch it again. A transcript is also provided. — I will comment on the actual speech later …
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Brent Baker / NewsBusters.org:
To ABC's Surprise, Katrina Victims Praise Bush and Blame Nagin — ABC News producers probably didn't hear what they expected when they sent Dean Reynolds to the Houston Astrodome's parking lot to get reaction to President Bush's speech from black evacuees from New Orleans.
hughhewitt.com:
A Good Speech by a Good Man — Perfect pitch returned tonight, and the president's looks backward and forward were on target. As Chris Matthews observed, it sounded a little LBJ/FDR-like in its vows about the underclass of the recovery region, but that is exactly why it worked so well …
John from WuzzaDem / WuzzaDem:
Dean and Ted's Excellent Surprise — Dean Reynolds here for ABC News, here outside the Astrodome, where I'll be getting reaction to the President's speech from some of the evacuees who are still here. — Excuse me, ma'am, what part of the President's speech made you the most angry?
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Daryl Lang / pdnonline.com:
PDNEWSWIRE — Reuters Explains Photo Of Bush Bathroom Note — Don't blame the photographer. — That's the message from Gary Hershorn, a picture editor for Reuters, about the photo yesterday that shows President George W. Bush writing an all-too-human note during a UN meeting.
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Seth Sutel / Associated Press:
Times to Charge for Access to Columnists — NEW YORK — The marquee columnists for The New York Times' Op-Ed page _ including Thomas L. Friedman, Maureen Dowd and Frank Rich _ generate lots of interest and discussion online. Now, the paper is hoping they'll also generate something else: cash.
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Mary Madigan / Exit Zero:
Notes from the Hitchens/Galloway debate — Someone called this a debate between a Trotskyite and a Stalinist. It was a Left vs. Left debate. Neither side was standing up for the Bush administration, although Galloway tried to tar Hitchens with that brush.
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Washington Times:
DeLay declares 'victory' in war on budget fat — CAGW and the Heritage Foundation also suggest rescinding the 6,000-plus earmarked projects in the recently passed highway bill. — But Mr. DeLay said those projects are "important infrastructure" and eliminating them could undermine the economy …
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Washington Post:
Study: Half of All Teens Have Had Oral Sex — Slightly more than half of American teenagers ages 15 to 19 have engaged in oral sex, with females and males reporting similar levels of experience, according to the most comprehensive national survey of sexual behaviors ever released by the federal government.
Donna De La Cruz / Associated Press:
Weldon: Atta Papers Destroyed on Orders — WASHINGTON - A Pentagon employee was ordered to destroy documents that identified Mohamed Atta as a terrorist two years before the 2001 attacks, a congressman said Thursday. — The employee is prepared to testify next week before the Senate Judiciary Committee …
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wwltv.com:
A sausage — looted or not — lands elderly church leader in prison — KENNER — Merlene Maten undoubtedly stands out in the prison where she has been held since Hurricane Katrina. The 73-year-old church deaconess, never before in trouble with the law, now sleeps among hardened criminals.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Rep. Tom Reynolds (R-NY), chairman of the NRCC (the GOP House reelection committee), tells his fellow House Republicans to abandon Social Security phase-out for the rest of this Congress. And since they won't do it in this Congress, you better believe they won't try it in the next since …
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