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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Hawkish Democrat Calls for Iraq Pullout  —  WASHINGTON - One of Congress' most hawkish and influential Democrats called Thursday for an immediate U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, sparking bitter and personal salvos from both sides in a growing Capitol Hill uproar over President Bush's war policies.
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Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Hawkish Democrat Joins Call For Pullout  —  GOP Assails Murtha's Demand to Leave Iraq  —  The top House Democrat on military spending matters stunned colleagues yesterday by calling for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, while many congressional Democrats reacted defiantly …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Iraq Dogs President as He Crosses Asia to Promote Trade  —  PUSAN, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 18 - President Bush may have come to Asia determined to show leaders here that his agenda is far broader than Iraq and terrorism, but at every stop, and every day, Mr. Bush and his aides have been fighting …
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:   Rapid Pullout From Iraq Urged by Key Democrat
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
An Unlikely Lonesome Dove
Discussion: Power Line
New York Times:
Not Since Deep Throat Has a Woodward Source Held So Many  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 - Not since Bob Woodward of The Washington Post refused to divulge the identity of Deep Throat has the capital been so riveted over one of Mr. Woodward's sources.  This time, three decades after Watergate …
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New York Times:
Post Editor Foresees Possibility of Naming Leak Source  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 - The executive editor of The Washington Post said on Thursday that if other reporters at the newspaper independently discovered the identity of Bob Woodward's confidential source in the C.I.A. leak case …
Discussion: mediabistro and Poynter Online
Wall Street Journal:
Speculation Over Woodward Source Draws Denials
Discussion: JustOneMinute and The Left Coaster
Sabertooth / The Tar Pit:   Woodward and source: chum for the sharks
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Greyhawk / Mudville Gazette:
WITH FRIENDS LIKE THIS...  The Honorable John P Murtha, D Pa, is concerned for me: … Okay, he's concerned for all the troops, and because of that I'm willing to help him out.  —  In his speech demanding our immediate surrender in Iraq he cited this statistic on casualties over there: "Over 15,500 have been seriously injured".
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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
Jim / Jim Lowney Photo:
Party Like It's 1999  —  A little corvid out in Reno mentioned yesterday that the mad Aussie journo Tim Blair was back in the Big Apple.  I hadn't smoked cigarettes and swilled Chardonnay with Mr. Blair since we covered the Axis of Ass during last year's Republican convention.
ITV:
'Cheney is vice president for torture'  —  A former CIA director has exclusively told ITV News that torture is condoned and even approved by the Bush government.  —  The devastating accusations have been made by Admiral Stansfield Turner who labelled Dick Cheney "a vice president for torture".
Guardian:
Simon Tisdall and Ewen MacAskill  —  Iran is facing political paralysis as its newly elected president purges government institutions, bringing accusations that he is undertaking a coup d'état.  —  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's clearout of his opponents began last month but is more sweeping …
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Extension of Patriot Act Faces Threat of Filibuster  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 - A tentative deal to extend the government's antiterrorism powers under the law known as the USA Patriot Act appeared in some jeopardy Thursday, as Senate Democrats threatened to mount a filibuster in an effort to block the legislation.
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Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:
Senators Threaten to Hold Up Patriot Act
Meg Bortin / New York Times:
Survey Shows a Revival of Isolationism in U.S.  —  Shaken by the Iraq war and the rise of anti-American sentiment around the world, Americans are turning inward, according to a Pew survey of United States opinion leaders and the general public.  —  The survey, conducted this fall and released today …
Discussion: Needlenose and THE ASTUTE BLOGGER
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Pew Research Center:
Changing Views of China
Discussion: Crooked Timber
Damien Cave / New York Times:
Vital Military Jobs Go Unfilled, Study Says  —  The military is falling far behind in its effort to recruit and re-enlist soldiers for some of the most vital combat positions in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a new government report.  —  The report, completed by the Government Accountability Office …
Dana Priest / Washington Post:
Foreign Network at Front of CIA's Terror Fight  —  Joint Facilities in Two Dozen Countries Account for Bulk of Agency's Post-9/11 Successes  —  The CIA has established joint operation centers in more than two dozen countries where U.S. and foreign intelligence officers work side by side …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
In Loss for G.O.P., House Rejects Spending Plan  —  WASHINGTON, Friday, Nov. 18 - House Republican leaders were dealt a rare defeat Thursday as Democrats and 22 Republicans teamed up to kill a major health and education spending measure.  —  The 224-to-209 rejection of the $142.5 billion …
Discussion: Eschaton
Bryan Preston / Michelle Malkin:
BROKEN RECORD  —  Democrat Rep. John Murtha said today that we can't win the war in Iraq.  That would be news if he hadn't said the exact same thing a year ago.  So today's speech wasn't as much a change of heart as a change of venue.  —  But it was enough to make Rod Dreher leave a big puddle on the floor.
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