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Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:
Senate Confirms Roberts As Chief Justice  —  WASHINGTON - John Glover Roberts Jr. won confirmation as the 17th chief justice of the United States Thursday, overwhelmingly approved by the Senate as the jurist to lead the Supreme Court through turbulent social issues for generations to come.
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CNN:
Roberts confirmed as chief justice  —  Bush poised to name O'Connor replacement  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Judge John Roberts was easily confirmed Thursday to be the 17th chief justice of the United States, winning Senate approval with a solid majority.  —  He is expected to be sworn in to the post later in the day.
Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Roberts Confirmed by Senate  —  The Senate confirmed John Glover Roberts Jr. as chief justice of the United States, replacing the late William H. Rehnquist, the mentor for whom he clerked.  The vote was 78-22.  —  Justice John Paul Stevens, the senior associate justice who has been performing …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Troubled Year Gets Worse for the GOP  —  Bad news often comes in bunches, but for a Republican Party that not long ago looked ahead to an unfettered period of growth and expansion, yesterday's indictment of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) represented one of the most significant blows …
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
The DeLay Dilemma And The Successor Search  —  Indicted Tom DeLay has stepped down as House Majority Leader temporarily, we are told, but now the real dilemmas surface over his successor, his party's stance towards him and his case, the response of Democrats — and the values the nation …
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White House:
President Meets with Generals Abizaid and Casey, Discusses War on Terror
New York Times:
Fear Exceeded Crime's Reality in New Orleans  —  NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 25 - After the storm came the siege.  In the days after Hurricane Katrina, terror from crimes seen and unseen, real and rumored, gripped New Orleans.  The fears changed troop deployments, delayed medical evacuations …
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
The Althouse comments persona.  —  Here at Althouse, there's the Althouse of the front page posts and the Althouse of the comments.  Things are a little more experimental and brainstormy in the comments.  I'm used to having my posts linked, but it's surprising to get something I toss out in the comments linked.
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Barry Moody / Reuters:
Reuters says U.S. troops obstruct reporting of Iraq  —  LONDON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - The conduct of U.S. troops in Iraq, including increasing detention and accidental shootings of journalists, is preventing full coverage of the war reaching the American public, Reuters said on Wednesday.
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Washington Times:
Gov. Blanco gets no Katrina questions  —  Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, blamed by the former leader of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin for many of the city's post-hurricane problems, was given no questions about her response to Hurricane Katrina …
neo-neocon:
The varieties of pacifism: (Part I)—Gandhi's absolutism  —  While researching this post on the phrase "speaking truth to power," I discovered that it originated among Quakers, and I promised that I'd write something soon about Quaker pacifism.  I had planned that this post would be that "something."
Discussion: normblog, QandO, Dr. Sanity and Yourish.com
BBC:
Hero's return for Labour heckler  —  An 82-year-old activist thrown out of the Labour party conference for heckling Jack Straw has returned to the venue to a hero's welcome.  —  Walter Wolfgang, from London, was cheered as he held up his security pass - confiscated by stewards on Wednesday.
Discussion: democracy guy and Hit and Run
Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
The blogs Kevin is referring to are run by, how shall I say this, rather young bloggers.  ("Immature" might be another word, "naive" another, "downright silly sometimes" another).  —  I don't mind the silliness every once in a while, after all its not like conservatives are adverse to this type of thing …
New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Nagin forced Compass out  —  Chief fired after heated confrontation  —  'He had tears in his eyes.  He didn't want to go.'  —  After announcing his retirement Tuesday, New Orleans Police Superintendent Eddie Compass told several high-ranking officers that he had been forced out by Mayor Ray Nagin, the officers said Wednesday.
Discussion: Mark in Mexico
BBC:
Aids virus 'could be weakening'  —  The virus which causes Aids may be getting less powerful, researchers say.  —  A team at the Institute of Tropical Medicine, in Antwerp, compared HIV-1 samples from 1986-89 and 2002-03.  —  They found the newer samples appeared not to multiply as well …
Marc Morano / CNSNews:
Black Voter Suppression Blamed for Weak Katrina Response  —  Washington (CNSNews.com) - The Bush administration's slow response to Hurricane Katrina may be the result of minority votes being suppressed and Democratic candidates losing the last two presidential elections, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus has alleged.
Discussion: Blogs for Bush
Juliette Kayyem / tpmcafe.com:
America Abroad  —  Karen of Arabia  —  Yesterday, news reports suggested that new public diplomacy czar (Undersecretary of State) Karen Hughes faced criticism in her first visit to Saudi Arabia because of her comments relating to women, equal rights and the ban on female driving in the Gulf nation.

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