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house.gov:
The Honorable John P. Murtha  —  War in Iraq  —  (Washington D.C.)- The war in Iraq is not going as advertised.  It is a flawed policy wrapped in illusion.  The American public is way ahead of us.  The United States and coalition troops have done all they can in Iraq, but it is time for a change in direction.
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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Hawkish Democrat Calls for Iraq Pullout  —  WASHINGTON - An influential House Democrat who voted for the Iraq war called Thursday for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, another sign of growing unease in Congress about the conflict.  —  "It is time for a change in direction …
Rod Dreher / The Corner on National Review Online:
MURTHA BREAKS  —  Don't know how many of you caught Rep. John Murtha's very angry, very moving speech just now in which he called on the White House to institute an immediate withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.  CNN didn't air the entire thing, but as I listened to it, I could feel the ground shift.
John / AMERICAblog:
Pentagon starts trying to swift boat Cong.  Murtha  —  Well, that didn't take long.  —  Anonymous sources (read: cowards) at the Pentagon are already telling CNN that Murtha, a 37-year Marine, is being "irresponsible" by alerting folks to the fact that our military is "suffering" …
David Stout / New York Times:
Influential House Democrat Wants Immediate Iraq Withdrawal  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 - An influential House Democrat called the Iraq campaign "a flawed policy wrapped in illusion" today as he called for the immediate withdrawal of United States troops, intensifying an already bitter debate on Capitol Hill.
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Nitpicker
CNN:
Senior Democrat calls for U.S. troops to leave Iraq  —  Rep. Murtha: 'U.S. and coalition troops have done all they can'  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Warning that other global threats "cannot be ignored," Rep. John Murtha, D-Pennsylvania, a leading adviser on defense issues …
Don Surber:
Abraham Lincoln Bush
Greyhawk / Mudville Gazette:
WITH FRIENDS LIKE THIS...  The Honorable John P Murtha, D Pa, is concerned for me:
Discussion: Hugh Hewitt
Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Hawkish Democrat Joins Call For Pullout
Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
SHIFTING GROUND?....I don't know if this is a Walter Cronkite moment …
Discussion: democracyarsenal.org
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
Chickenlittlehawk  —  Rod Dreher, writing at the Corner:
Discussion: ResurrectionSong
Adam Entous / Reuters:
Plame's husband wants Post to probe Woodward  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Joseph Wilson, the husband of outed CIA operative Valerie Plame, called on Thursday for an inquiry by The Washington Post into the conduct of journalist Bob Woodward, who repeatedly criticized the leak investigation without disclosing his own involvement.
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Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
15 Questions for Bob Woodward  —  1. If you didn't tell your editor, Len Downie, about the CIA leak because you were so afraid of being subpoenaed, why did you supposedly tell Walter Pincus?  Did you trust Pincus but not Downie?  —  2. Why were you afraid of being subpoenaed in 2003?
Marty Kaplan / The Huffington Post:
Journalism: R.I.P.  —  Mainstream journalism has cancer.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Knight Ridder
Jim Abrams / Associated Press:
House Democrats Defeat Spending Bill  —  WASHINGTON - Legislation to fund many of the nation's health, education and social programs went down to a startling defeat in the House Thursday, led by Democrats who said cuts in the bill hurt some of America's neediest people.
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James Glanz / New York Times:
Issuing Contracts, Ex-Convict Took Bribes in Iraq, U.S. Says  —  A North Carolina man who was charged yesterday with accepting kickbacks and bribes as a comptroller and financial officer for the American occupation authority in Iraq was hired despite having served prison time for felony fraud in the 1990's.
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Mark Sherman / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
American charged in Iraq scheme an ex-con
Discussion: Patridiot Watch
Open Source Media:
About Our Name  —  We are OSM.  A gentleman named Christopher Lydon has an excellent web site called Open Source.  He uses that as his corporate name, but not as his trade name.  His URL is RADIOopensource, and he's given up opensourcemedia.net - which we and our lawyers confirmed before we chose our name.
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New York Times:
SPEAKERS: U.S. REPRESENTATIVE DUNCAN HUNTER (R-CA) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE KAY GRANGER (R-TX) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE GEOFF DAVIS (R-KY)  —  U.S. REPRESENTATIVE MIKE CONAWAY (R-TX)  —  U.S. REPRESENTATIVE ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN (R-FL)  —  U.S. REPRESENTATIVE TOM TANCREDO (R-CO)  —  U.S. REPRESENTATIVE DAVID DREIER (R-CA)
Patrick / mediabistro.com:
A Leaky Post Newsroom  —  The Post's internal critiques are proving to be a real opportunity for internal discussion — and the critiques in the wake of the Bob Woodward controversy of this week are no exception.  —  Now in the wake of more revelations and debates over leaked information …
Discussion: Centerfield and TalkLeft

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