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BREITBART.COM:
White House denies Bush claimed divine inspiration  —  The White House has denied that US President George W. Bush said God told him to invade Iraq and Afghanistan, as a new BBC documentary is expected to reveal.  —  "That's absurd.  He's never made such comments," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Thursday.
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Washington Post:
ElBaradei, IAEA Share Nobel Peace Prize  —  Mohamed ElBaradei and the International Atomic Energy Agency, the nuclear watchdog agency he heads, won the 2005 Nobel Prize for Peace today.  —  The Norwegian Nobel Committee called ElBaradei "an unafraid advocate" for nuclear nonproliferation …
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Jay Tea / Wizbang:
THE FAILURE OF A NOBEL EXPERIMENT  —  The International Atomic Energy Agency has to be one of the biggest jokes in the world today.  Charged with enforcing the Non-Proliferation Treaty and shepherding research and development of nuclear power into peaceful paths, they have a stellar record of accomplishments.
Laurence Simon / This Blog Is Full Of Crap:
Who would I have proposed for a Nobel Peace Prize?
Discussion: Wizbang
nationaljournal.com:
Rove Assured Bush He Was Not Leaker  —  By Murray Waas, Washington-based journalist, for National Journal  —  White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove personally assured President Bush in the early fall of 2003 that he had not disclosed to anyone in the press that Valerie Plame …
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Tom Hays / Associated Press:
Officials Shut Down Part of Penn Station  —  NEW YORK - Authorities closed part of Penn Station on Friday and commuters headed to work under the watchful eyes of police after a newly disclosed terror threat against the New York subway system.  —  Workers in hazardous material suits inspected …
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
DeLay accuses Earle of taking corporate funds  —  Rep. Tom DeLay said District Attorney Ronnie Earle, who is prosecuting him for trying to involve corporate money in Texas politics, has taken such contributions himself.  —  "It's real interesting he has this crusade against corporate funds.
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Jesselee / The Stakeholder:
Cute, But No Cigar  —  DeLay accuses Earle of taking corporate funds
Discussion: DC Debate
WorldNetDaily:
Oklahoma bombing search warrant sealed  —  Justice Department requests action in case of 'jihad' student's suicide  —  The warrant used to execute a search of Oklahoma University bomber Joel "Henry" Hinrichs III's apartment, where an undetermined amount of explosives were found …
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
PRESIDENT BUSH SPEAKS AGAIN ON THE WAR ON TERROR, BUT IS ANYONE LISTENING?  —  President Bush gave a major address on the war on terror and Iraq before the National Endowment for Democracy yesterday; you can read the whole thing here.  You should read the whole thing, since it's next …
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Juan / Informed Comment:   Arguing with Bush and the GWOT  —  Bush articulated his War …
Reuters:
Looking for work?  Consider Al Qaeda...  DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda has put job advertisements on the Internet asking for supporters to help put together its Web statements and video montages, an Arabic newspaper reported.  —  The London-based Asharq al-Awsat said on its Web site this week that al Qaeda had …
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David Stras / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Supreme Court road to mediocrity … The nomination of Harriet Miers has caused a flurry of protest, prompting President Bush to take the unprecedented step of holding a press conference to defend his nominee the day after she was nominated.  —  My colleagues in the legal profession …
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Todd Zywicki / volokh.com:
[Continue Reading Warren Defends Times Editorial on Bankruptcy Reform and Hurricane Katrina under hidden text]:  —  DEMOCRACY, KELO-STYLE: When I first read Kelo, one thing that jumped out at me was the cute and endearing description of the way in which local land-use and redevelopment plans are made and implemented.
Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
Training the Iraqi Army - Revisited, Again  —  The issue of the number of "fully operational Iraqi Army units" has raised its ugly head yet again.  The "news" that the number of "fully operational" Iraqi battalions dropped from three to one has created quite a stir in media and political circles …
BBC:
David Frost joins al-Jazeera TV  —  Veteran UK broadcaster Sir David Frost is to join Arabic-language TV station al-Jazeera, the network has confirmed.  —  Sir David is to appear on al-Jazeera International, the pan-Arab news network's new English-language channel, due to be launched next spring.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice, morph and PoliBlog
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Faith-Based Hypocrisy  —  Now we know: President Bush's supporters are prepared to be thoroughly hypocritical when it comes to religion.  They'll play religion up or down, whichever helps them most in a political fight.  —  Shortly after Bush named John Roberts to the Supreme Court …
Think Progress:
Right-Wing House Twists Arms, Thwarts Democracy To Pass Oil Industy Windfall  —  Emotions erupted on the floor of the House of Representatives this afternoon as the right-wing-led Congress held open yet another vote to twist arms and pass a bill that would line the pockets of energy company executives.
Discussion: The Stakeholder

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