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Larry Margasak / Associated Press:
DeLay Indicted in Campaign Finance Probe — WASHINGTON — A Texas grand jury on Wednesday charged Rep. Tom DeLay and two political associates with conspiracy in a campaign finance scheme, forcing the House majority leader to temporarily relinquish his post.
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Laylan Copelin / statesman.com:
DeLay indicted on conspiracy charges — House majority leader's position in jeopardy. — A Travis County grand jury today indicted U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on one count of criminal conspiracy, jeopardizing the Sugar Land Republican's leadership role as the second most powerful Texan in Washington, D.C.
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Bloomberg:
Frist Faces Heat as SEC Orders Formal Investigation (Update2) — Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist faces a near-term ordeal unwelcome to anyone, particularly an ambitious politician: an official probe into his personal financial dealings by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Laylan Copelin / statesman.com:
Conspiracy charge a possibility for DeLay — Travis County grand jury to weigh indicting House leader, lawyers say — U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's leadership post is on the line today as a Travis County grand jury is expected to consider indicting DeLay on conspiracy charges …
Capt. Ian Fishback / Washington Post:
A Matter of Honor — The following letter was sent to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Sept. 16: — Dear Senator McCain: — I am a graduate of West Point currently serving as a Captain in the U.S. Army Infantry. I have served two combat tours with the 82nd Airborne Division, one each in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Washington Post:
Filibuster Showdown Looms In Senate — The upcoming battle over a successor to Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor threatens to plunge the Senate into another bitter confrontation over filibusters and the "nuclear option," with Democrats already threatening to use any means possible …
Jennifer Talhelm / Associated Press:
'Peace Mom' Cindy Sheehan Meets McCain — WASHINGTON — Peace mom Cindy Sheehan didn't change her opposition to the war in Iraq after meeting Tuesday with one of its supporters, Sen. John McCain, a Vietnam veteran whom she called "a warmonger." — Sheehan thanked McCain for meeting with her, but she came away disappointed.
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Fouad Ajami / Opinion Journal:
Heart of Darkness — From Zarqawi to the man on the street, Sunni Arabs fear Shiite emancipation. — The remarkable thing about the terror in Iraq is the silence with which it is greeted in other Arab lands. Grant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi his due: He has been skilled at exposing the pitilessness …
Evan Coyne Maloney / Brain-Terminal.com:
Don't Say These Words at Bucknell — 28 September 2005 @ 11:40AM >> Two words. At Bucknell University, that's all it takes to get dragged into the President's Office for a half-hour discussion of word choice. And these aren't offensive words, at least not out here in the real world.
Gateway Pundit:
More Hurricane Katrina: Folklore vs. Fact — Folklore: Hurricane Katrina was the worst natural disaster in the country's history — Fact: Hurricane Katrina is the seventh worst natural disaster in US history. — Folklore: Ray Nagin said on September 5th on the Oprah Show, "They're murdering people in there (the Superdome)."
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Edward Morrissey / Weekly Standard:
The Man in the Mirror — SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER had just finished his last sputtering of outrage at the nomination of John Roberts to the Supreme Court when news broke that the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which he chairs, had a small problem. Newsday and the New York Post …
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
The (Self) Political Rehabilitation Of FEMA's Michael Brown — I was on a long drive but kept glued to a zillion stations to listen to what seemed to be a political train wreck occurring in slow motion hosted by GOPers in Congress: former FEMA chief Michael Brown's testimony where he defended himself, FEMA and his world-famous resume.
