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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
House GOP Seeks Quick Vote on Iraq Pullout — WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans, sensing an opportunity for political advantage, maneuvered for a quick vote and swift rejection Friday of a Democratic lawmaker's call for an immediate troop withdrawal from Iraq.
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Republicans seek vote on Iraq withdrawal proposal — WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans sought a showdown Friday with Democrats on a proposal by one of their most senior members to force an end to the U.S. deployment of troops in Iraq. — Rep. John Murtha, D-Pennsylvania, offered the resolution demanding a pullout.
Juan / Informed Comment:Blowing in the Wind — In the background of today's entries …
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Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:The Revolution will be blogged, 5 — Mild-mannered White House …
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Adam Entous / Reuters:
CIA leak prosecutor sees new grand jury proceedings — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald said in court filings that the ongoing CIA leak investigation will involve proceedings before a new grand jury, a possible sign he could seek new charges in the case.
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Tom Bevan / The RCP Blog:A Prosecutor Out Of Control — I'm not talking about Patrick Fitzgerald.
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Post Executive Editor Discusses Woodward — Reporter's Silence in CIA Leak Case Scrutinized — Washington Post executive editor Leonard Downie Jr. was online Friday, Nov. 18, at 10 a.m. ET to discuss Bob Woodward 's revelation that he may have been the first reporter told of Valerie Plame 's identity as a CIA operative.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Voter ID memo stirs tension — Sponsor of disputed Georgia legislation told feds that blacks in her district only vote if they are paid to do so. — The chief sponsor of Georgia's voter identification law told the Justice Department that if black people in her district "are not paid to vote …
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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:Justice Plays Down Memo Critical of Ga. Voter ID Plan
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Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:The mask comes off Georgia's voter-ID law
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Phony Theory, False Conflict — 'Intelligent Design' Foolishly Pits Evolution Against Faith — Because every few years this country, in its infinite tolerance, insists on hearing yet another appeal of the Scopes monkey trial, I feel obliged to point out what would otherwise be superfluous …
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Open Source Media:
About our name — Some OSM readers have expressed consternation over our new company name, so please let us take a moment to explain—in the spirit of full disclosure—the story of its origin. At the outset, we formed a company under the masthead "Pajamas Media," after that now-famous remark …
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Brendan / Open Source:
The Name Problem, Part II — We're seeing a lot of blog traffic about this, so we thought we'd clear some things up. On Wednesday a blog and news site launched under the name "Open Source Media." As you might guess, this left us a little perplexed, so we sent them an email and posted this.
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Washington Post:
Three Bombings in Iraq Kill More Than 90 — Hotel Housing Journalists, And Two Mosques North of Baghdad Targeted — BAGHDAD, Nov. 18 — Suicide bombers killed at least 90 worshipers Friday inside two Shiite Muslim mosques northeast of the capital near the Iranian border …
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Edward Wong / New York Times:Bombers Kill at Least 65 Inside Two Shiite Mosques in Iraq
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Telegraph:
I took Saddam's cash, admits French envoy — By Francis Harris in Washington and David Rennie in Brussels — One of France's most distinguished diplomats has confessed to an investigating judge that he accepted oil allocations from Saddam Hussein, it emerged yesterday.
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:Senior French Aide To Annan Confesses Saddam Bribery
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Thebaldchick / Freedom Folks:
Professor Threatens Conservative Student — *** SCROLL DOWN FOR UPDATES *** — It's common knowledge that America's colleges and universities are havens for extreme liberalism. Most of them, however, still make some attempt to make it look like they offer a place where students can learn, explore, and make up their own minds.
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Roger L. Simon / Mystery Novelist and Screenwriter:
Words — I learned a few things from Judith Miller's speech at the OSM launch on Wednesday. More precisely I relearned something important from Judith's affect at one particular moment in her remarks. She was describing what it was like to be in jail without internet connection or even much access to newspapers.
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Hotlineblog / Hotline On Call:
GOP Tries To Call Murtha's "Bluff" — We can now confirm that there will be a "Murtha Vote" later this p.m. Speaker Dennis Hastert's spokesperson Ron Bonjean tells The Hotline that it's a "vote to send a message to our American troops that we believe in their mission of fighting terrorists and we must not retreat and defeat."
Pete Yost / Associated Press:
Scanlon Charged With Conspiracy to Defraud — WASHINGTON — In a widening scandal on Capitol Hill, the government charged a partner of lobbyist Jack Abramoff on Friday with defrauding Indian tribes of millions of dollars in a scheme that lavished golf trips, meals and campaign donations on a member of Congress.
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
A Platform for 2006: Dream Big, Democrats — Impeach the Secretary of Defense and all other responsible parties for incompetence and criminal negligence in the prosecution of the war in Iraq — A Constitutional Right to Privacy — A Higher Minimum Wage — Universal Health Care
