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U.S. Newswire:
CNN Caught Off-Guard; Recording Proves Damaging 'X' Over Vice President's Face was Intentional Says Team Hollywood  —  Contact: Jane Redding of Team Hollywood Inc., 310-289-2143  —  SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ — The following statement concerning CNN's airing of an 'X …
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Bill Quick / Daily Pundit:
CNN EMPLOYEE ON TAPE: CHENEY …
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Washington Post:
Paper Says Bush Talked of Bombing Arab TV Network  —  LONDON, Nov. 22 — President Bush expressed interest in bombing the headquarters of the Arabic television network al-Jazeera during a White House conversation with Prime Minister Tony Blair in April 2004, a British newspaper reported Tuesday.
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Kevin Maguire / mirror.co.uk:
LAW CHIEF GAGS THE MIRROR ON BUSH LEAK  —  THE Daily Mirror was yesterday told not to publish further details from a top secret memo, which revealed that President Bush wanted to bomb an Arab TV station.  —  The gag by the Attorney General Lord Goldsmith came nearly 24 hours …
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Richard Norton-Taylor / Guardian:
Legal gag on Bush-Blair war row
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Ian Traynor / Guardian:
US pushes Bosnia leaders into deal after 10 years of ethnic divide  —  · Serbs, Muslims and Croats agree to centralise power  —  · Deal could eventually end bitter legacy of war  —  Bosnia's rival leaders agreed yesterday to the biggest shift towards centralising power …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Meanwhile, At The Real Quagmire ...  While Congress debates on the supposed quagmire of Iraq and the lengthy time it has taken to establish a democracy, word comes out of the Balkans that the Americans have finally pushed the Bosnians to normalize their own political system …
Washington Post:
3 Brigades May Be Cut in Iraq Early in 2006  —  Some U.S. Troops Would Stay 'On Call' in Kuwait  —  Barring any major surprises in Iraq, the Pentagon tentatively plans to reduce the number of U.S. forces there early next year by as many as three combat brigades, from 18 now …
Max Boot / Los Angeles Times:
Iraq's a lost cause?  Ask the real experts  —  WHEN IT COMES to the future of Iraq, there is a deep disconnect between those who have firsthand knowledge of the situation — Iraqis and U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq — and those whose impressions are shaped by doomsday press coverage and the imperatives of domestic politics.
Murray Waas / nationaljournal.com:
Key Bush Intelligence Briefing Kept From Hill Panel  —  Ten days after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President Bush was told in a highly classified briefing that the U.S. intelligence community had no evidence linking the Iraqi regime …
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Edward Jay Epstein / Opinion Journal:
Atta in Prague?  —  An Iraqi prisoner holds the answer to this 9/11 mystery.  —  PRAGUE—On Oct. 27, 2001, the New York Times reported (erroneously) that 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta "flew to the Czech Republic on April 8 and met with [an] Iraqi intelligence officer," helping to give credence to the so-called Prague connection.
Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Freshman Republican Weathers Backlash  —  Schmidt Says She Meant No Insult to Murtha  —  Rep. Jean Schmidt flung the word "coward" at a decorated war veteran from Pennsylvania last week, but the Ohio Republican's comments landed with a splat in her own Cincinnati district …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Still Searching for a Strategy Four Years After Sept. 11 Attacks  —  Four years after the terrorist attacks of 2001, the government has yet to settle on a consistent strategy for holding and punishing people it says are terrorists.  Its efforts remain a work in progress …
Discussion: How Appealing
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Jack Kelly / realclearpolitics.com:
Zarqawi's Bad Week  —  Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the al Qaida chieftain in Iraq, has had a bad week.  If it turns out Zarqawi was among seven al Qaida leaders killed in Mosul Saturday, it'll have been a really bad week.  But even if Zarqawi got away again, it's been a rotten week for him.
Associated Press:
Venezuela sending cheap oil to Massachusetts  —  Two nonprofit groups sign deal to aid low-income residents  —  QUINCY, Massachusetts (AP) — Thousands of low-income Massachusetts residents will receive discounted home heating oil this winter under an agreement signed Tuesday with Venezuela …
Associated Press:
Fox News Won't Show Ad Opposing Alito  —  WASHINGTON - Fox News is refusing to air an ad critical of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, citing its lawyers' contention that the spot is factually incorrect.  —  A spokesman for the groups sponsoring the ad said the network's decision reflects …
Discussion: News Hounds
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Marc Schulman / AMERICAN FUTURE:
The New York Times on Iraq, 1993-2005  —  Baghdad forfeits the protection of the U.N. cease-fire resolution every time it violates the cease-fire terms.  [January 21, 1993 editorial] … [March 17, 2003 editorial]  —  A war can be lost because public opinion turns against its continued prosecution.
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
After Complaints, FEMA Extends Deadline for Evacuees in Hotels  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 - Responding to an outpouring of criticism, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced on Tuesday that most of the estimated 150,000 hurricane evacuees still living in hotel rooms would have an extra month …
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