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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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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."
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
House GOP Seeks Quick Veto of Iraq Pullout  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans maneuvered for swift rejection Friday of any notion of immediately pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq, sparking a nasty, sometimes personal debate over the war and a Democratic lawmaker's own call for withdrawal.
CNN:
Defense official: Rumsfeld given Iraq withdrawal plan  —  Plan calls for troops to begin pulling out after December elections  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — The top U.S. commander in Iraq has submitted a plan to the Pentagon for withdrawing troops in Iraq, according to a senior defense official.
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
Uproar in House as Parties Clash on Iraq Pullout  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 - Republicans and Democrats shouted, howled and slung insults on the House floor on Friday as a debate over whether to withdraw American troops from Iraq descended into a fury over President Bush's handling of the war …
Charles Babington / Washington Post:
House Rejects Iraq Pullout After GOP Forces a Vote  —  Differences over policy on the Iraq war ignited an explosion of angry words and personal insults on the House floor yesterday when the chamber's newest member suggested that a decorated war veteran was a coward for calling for an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops.
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
G.O.P. Tries to Split Democrats With Vote on Iraq War  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 - House Republicans are attempting to split the ranks of the Democrats tonight by offering a resolution to withdraw American troops from Iraq immediately.  The Republican-controlled House is expected to defeat …
Tim Saler / No End But Victory:
Iraq Withdrawal Vote — Tonight in the House  —  Note: The quotes below may be inexact, but they are as close as I can decipher in real-time from a C-SPAN feed.  If I have made a mistake and you're sure of it, please post a comment and I will correct the record.
Associated Press:
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.
Daily Kos:
Ugly GOP Smear Stunt Fails Its Objective
Discussion: No End But Victory
Kit Jarrell / euphoricreality.net:
House Repubs Force Vote on Iraq War
Discussion: Small Town Veteran
Scott Shields / MyDD:
The Murtha Resolution  —  The big talk floating around right now …
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
Format Break: Ok Big Mouths, Vote On An Iraq Pull-Out
Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen / No End But Victory:   We will stay the course.  —  Our mission in Iraq is clear …
Viveca Novak / Time:
Why Woodward's Source Came Clean  —  The famed Washington Post journalist describes the series of events that lead him and his source to Fitzgerald … As reporters keep scrambling to find out who told Bob Woodward about Joe Wilson's wife, Woodward himself has told TIME about a related mystery …
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New York Times:
Murtha Calls for a 'Change in Direction'  —  REP. MURTHA: I just spoke to the Democratic Caucus and told them my feelings about the war.  And I started out by saying the war in Iraq is not going as advertised.  It's a flawed policy wrapped in illusion.  The American public is way ahead of the members of Congress.
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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.
Discussion: The Left Coaster and Roger Ailes
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Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:
DeLay Ex-Aide to Plead Guilty in Lobby Case
ABCNEWS:
CIA's Harsh Interrogation Techniques Described  —  Sources Say Agency's Tactics Lead to Questionable Confessions, Sometimes to Death  —  Nov. 18, 2005 — Harsh interrogation techniques authorized by top officials of the CIA have led to questionable confessions and the death of a detainee since …
BBC:
Index ranks Middle East freedom  —  There is a wide range of democratisation across the Middle East, a survey by a leading research and advisory firm has found.  —  The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) ranked 20 countries on 15 indicators of political and civil liberty.
Think Progress:
VIDEO: Schmidt's Shame  —  Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH) today on the House floor, speaking about Rep. John Murtha (D-PA), a decorated former Marine: … Watch in Quicktime  —  Schmidt was later forced to return to the House floor and have her remarks stricken from the record.
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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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Publius / Legal Fiction:
THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH WE HAVE  —  The Post published a couple …

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