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White House:
President Discusses War on Terror at National Endowment for Democracy  —  Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center  —  Washington, D.C.  —  In Focus: Homeland Security  —  In Focus: National Security  —  Fact Sheet: President Bush Remarks on the War on Terror  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all.
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Tom Raum / Associated Press:
Bush Accuses Islamic Militants of Trying to Intimidate World  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush accused Islamic militants on Thursday of seeking to "enslave whole nations and intimidate the world" and charged they have made Iraq their main front.  —  "The militants believe that controlling …
MaryKatharineHam:
Bush Speech on War on Terror  —  UPDATE: Full transcript, here.  —  Bush is scheduled to give a speech on the War on Terror in a few minutes.  I'll try to liveblog it the best I can, here.  —  All right, so I did liveblog this, but something happened with my computer, and it erased all my work.
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Matt Margolis / Blogs for Bush:   Remarks By President Bush on the War on Terror
bbc.co.uk:
God told me to invade Iraq, Bush tells Palestinian ministers  —  This press release is embargoed until 2230 hours on Thursday 6 October.  Before that time it is only available through the link which you have been sent.  —  President George W. Bush told Palestinian ministers that God had told …
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Ann Coulter / Townhall.com:
This is what 'advice and consent' means  —  Harriet Miers isn't qualified to play a Supreme Court justice on "The West Wing."  —  Text size: A A  —  Advanced Search  —  I eagerly await the announcement of President Bush's real nominee to the Supreme Court.
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Robert Novak / Townhall.com:
Bush's unpleasant surprise  —  WASHINGTON — Two questions were asked in conservative circles Monday when it was learned President Bush had nominated his lawyer, Harriet Miers, for the Supreme Court.  Question No. 1: "Is this what we fought for?"  Question No. 2: "What was he thinking?"
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Washington Post:
Conservatives Confront Bush Aides  —  Anger Over Nomination of Miers Boils Over During Private Meetings  —  The conservative uprising against President Bush escalated yesterday as Republican activists angry over his nomination of White House counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court confronted …
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Associated Press:
Text of Gore Speech at Media Conference  —  Here is the text of former Vice President Al Gore's remarks at the We  —  Media conference on Wednesday in New York:  —  I came here today because I believe that American democracy is in grave danger.  It is no longer possible to ignore the strangeness of our public discourse .
Drudge Report:
FBI FREEH UNLOADS ON CLINTON: 'CLOSETS WERE FULL OF SKELETONS'  —  Louis Freeh Speaks for the First Time About his Terrible Relationship with the President  —  Former FBI Director Louis Freeh says publicly for the first time that his relationship with President Bill Clinton …
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
The Miers Misstep  —  What was President Bush thinking?  —  It all depends on the hearings.  —  Barring a withdrawal of her nomination, it's going to come down to Harriet Meirs's ability to argue her own case before the Senate Judiciary Committee.  If the American people decide she seems …
Michael J. Totten:
Hezbollah: First Contact  —  I got the phone number for Hezbollah's press and propaganda office.  So I called them.  —  (Ring ring.)  —  Hezbollah: Alloe?  —  Me: Yes, hello sir, may I please speak with Mr. Hussein ________?  —  Hezbollah: He is not here.  —  Me: Do you know when he will be in, please?
Guardian:
Breaking America's grip on the net  —  After troubled negotiations in Geneva, the US may be forced to relinquish control of the internet to a coalition of governments  —  Kieren McCarthy  —  You would expect an announcement that would forever change the face of the internet to be a grand affair …
Discussion: Kesher Talk
Roy / alicublog:
WHEN YOU'RE A SUBURBANITE, EVERY SOLUTION LOOKS LIKE A SUBURB.  The Ole Perfesser tries his hand at transportation policy, and for reasons that should be obvious, it's all about cars and computers.  Light rail's a non-starter, sez the Perf, because "the changing U.S. economy makes traditional commuting …
Stanley Kurtz / The Corner on National Review Online:
MIERS & STEINEM  —  Although I would have chosen differently, I've tried to give the president the benefit of the doubt on the Miers nomination.  Having said that, I note a worrisome report in today's Chronicle of Higher Education.  It seems that Miers was a key figure behind the establishment …
Discussion: Billmon and The Washington Monthly
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta:
Islamic Terrorism in Oklahoma Likely  —  As more details become public about suicide bomber Joel Henry Hinrichs III, who blew himself up outside of a University of Oklahoma football game last Saturday, more and more evidence suggests that he may actually have been part of a larger plot.

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