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Washington Post:
Cheney's Office Is A Focus in Leak Case — As the investigation into the leak of a CIA agent's name hurtles to an apparent conclusion, special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald has zeroed in on the role of Vice President Cheney's office, according to lawyers familiar with the case and government officials.
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Cheney may be target of probe — WASHINGTON - A special prosecutor's intensifying focus into who outed a CIA spy has raised questions whether Vice President Cheney himself is involved, knowledgeable sources confirmed yesterday. — At least one source and one reporter who have testified …
Associated Press:
Inaccurate Info May Help CIA Leak Probe — WASHINGTON - Information attributed to Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff in New York Times reporter Judith Miller's interview notes is incorrect, offering prosecutors a potential lead to tracking the bad information to its original source.
Adam Entous / Reuters:
Key CIA leak detail disputed as announcement nears — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff may have given New York Times reporter Judith Miller inaccurate information about where the wife of Bush administration critic Joseph Wilson worked at the CIA, a former intelligence official said on Monday.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:Like so many articles in these final days before the story is told …
Jim Miklaszewski / MSNBC:NY Times' Miller wrote she had 'security clearance' for Iraq WMD reporting
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Some Critics Still See Bugs — Yesterday was the scheduled release of Miers version 2.0, in which the White House would introduce a better-qualified Harriet Miers to the American public. But was it an upgrade? — President Bush, in the Oval Office with some Texas jurists who back Miers …
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Nominee Dismisses Speculation on Roe — On Hill, Miers Discounts Report That She Would Vote to Outlaw Abortions — Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers asserted yesterday that no one knows whether she would vote to overturn the landmark court ruling that gave women the right to abortions …
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New York Times:
Monitors in Iraq Review Votes Where 'Yes' Ballots Hit 90% — BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 17 - Iraqi election officials said Monday that they were investigating "unusually high" vote totals in 12 Shiite and Kurdish provinces, where as many as 99 percent of the voters were reported to have cast ballots in favor of Iraq's new constitution.
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Richard W. Stevenson / New York Times:
In Sign of Conservative Split, a Commentator Is Dismissed — WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 - In the latest sign of the deepening split among conservatives over how far to go in challenging President Bush, Bruce Bartlett, a Republican commentator who has been increasingly critical of the White House …
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USA Today:
Bush approval hits 39%, lowest of his presidency — WASHINGTON — Beset by political and economic troubles at home and a difficult war in Iraq, President Bush's job approval rating has slipped to 39%, the lowest measure of his presidency, according to a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll.
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The Moderate Voice, MyDD, The Left Coaster, Don Surber, Mathew Gross, Taegan Goddard's … and Daily Kos
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Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:
Bush Crises Raise Criticism of Chief of Staff's Management Style — WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 - With Karl Rove distracted by the intensifying C.I.A. leak scandal, some of the Bush administration's other challenges in recent months have cast a longer shadow on Andrew H. Card Jr., for years a guiding force as the White House chief of staff.
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
The Conservative Machine's Unexpected Turn — For four years, the White House believed it would need an army to install President Bush's choices on the Supreme Court, and it set about building one. Political committees were formed, millions of dollars raised, coalitions of allied groups assembled …
Josh Richman / insidebayarea.com:
Peace mom slips from public stage — Cindy Sheehan plans to return to presidents ranch for Thanksgiving — She pointed to a sky-blue Volkswagen Beetle convertible parked near City Hall. She explained she hasnt treated herself to much since her son, Casey, died in Iraq in April 2004 …
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Bryce G. Hoffman / Detroit News:
Jobs bank programs — 12,000 paid not to work — Big 3 and suppliers pay billions to keep downsized UAW members on payroll in decades-long deal. — WAYNE — Ken Pool is making good money. On weekdays, he shows up at 7 a.m. at Ford Motor Co.'s Michigan Truck Plant in Wayne, signs in …
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Kate / epiphanies?:
Blame Canada! — Last week a little post of mine on frustration with US health care made some noise here and here. I have to admit I was taken by suprise that my bitching got so much attention. — Much of that attention demanded that I give proof for my accusations!
