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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 …
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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.
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.
Discussion: protein wisdom and Mathew Gross
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 …
David Stout / New York Times:   Influential House Democrat Wants Immediate Iraq Withdrawal
Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:   SHIFTING GROUND?....I don't know if this is a Walter Cronkite moment …
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.
Discussion: The Left Coaster and Facing South
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Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Funding for Alaskan Bridges Eliminated
Discussion: New York Times and AMERICAblog
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Grand Old Spenders
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Specter's pork chop riles sens.
Discussion: Think Progress, Angry Bear and TAPPED
Brendan / Open Source:
"Open Source Media": In Case You're Confused,  —  In May we named our show "Open Source" and we named our non-profit production company "Open Source Media."  In fact, this used to be our URL until we decide to scrap the "net" and look for an "org."  But here's the actual legal-type description of what we are:
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Todd S. Purdum / New York Times:
New Disclosure Could Prolong Inquiry on Leak  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 - The disclosure that a current or former Bush administration official told Bob Woodward of The Washington Post more than two years ago that the wife of a prominent administration critic worked for the C.I.A. threatened Wednesday …
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Washington Post:
1985 Memo by Alito Has Legal Weight, Senators Say  —  Two key Republicans and some Democrats said yesterday that Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. will be unable to assert during his confirmation hearing that his personal views have no bearing on how he might rule because he has stated legal opinions …
Discussion: TAPPED and The Carpetbagger Report
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Nina Easton / Boston Globe:
GOP leader fears backlash if Roe v. Wade is overturned
Discussion: TAPPED
Dan Balz / Washington Post:   Rep. Davis Warns of Backlash if Roe v. Wade Is Overturned
Knight Ridder:
In challenging war's critics, administration tinkers with truth  —  WASHINGTON — Vice President Dick Cheney turned up the White House rhetoric Wednesday in attacking critics of the Iraq war, accusing some unnamed lawmakers of lacking "backbone."  —  Cheney's rough-edged remarks were the latest …
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Marty Kaplan / The Huffington Post:
Journalism: R.I.P.  —  Mainstream journalism has cancer.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Washington Post
The Hill:
Remember — please remember — 'Boogie to Baghdad'  —  I have to admit that I have failed miserably in my small effort to make the words "Boogie to Baghdad" part of the national conversation on ties between al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein's Iraq.  —  In case you don't remember, "Boogie to Baghdad" …
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Francis Harris / Telegraph:   The world of bin Laden: no drinks, no gambling, no pictures of women
Edward Wong / New York Times:
U.S. Plans to Widen Inquiry Into Iraqi Prisoner Abuse  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, Nov. 17 - American investigators plan to work with an Iraqi commission to widen an inquiry into prisoner torture and abuse by scrutinizing all Iraqi-run detention centers across the country, American officials said today.
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CNN:
Iraq official defends 'torture' facility
Discussion: democracyarsenal.org
Wall Street Journal:
Bush's Approval Rating Falls Again, Poll Shows  —  President Bush's positive job rating continues to fall, touching another new low for his presidency, the latest Harris Interactive poll finds.  —  Bush's current job approval rating stands at 34%, compared with a positive rating of 88% soon after 9/11 …
Louis Freeh / Opinion Journal:
An Incomplete Investigation  —  Why did the 9/11 Commission ignore "Able Danger"?  —  It was interesting to hear from the 9/11 Commission again on Tuesday.  This self-perpetuating and privately funded group of lobbyists and lawyers has recently opined on hurricanes, nuclear weapons …
Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
A lie for a just cause  —  STOP ME IF YOU'VE heard this already.  But there are people out there — honest, decent, sincere people and deranged moonbats, too — who think that George W. Bush lied about the threat posed by Saddam Hussein.  No, seriously, it's true.  "Bush lied, people died" is one of their catchier slogans.
Charles Lane / Washington Post:
Post Reporter Is Held in Contempt in Civil Suit  —  A federal judge found a Washington Post reporter in contempt of court yesterday for refusing to reveal who gave him information about an investigation of nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee.  —  U.S. District Judge Rosemary M. Collyer ruled …
White House:
Vice President's Remarks at the Frontiers of Freedom Institute 2005 Ronald Reagan Gala  —  Thank you very much, and good evening to all of you.  I heard about your gathering, and since I work down the street from here I thought I'd drop in and say hello.  —  Let me thank the good people …

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