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Elliot Spagat / Associated Press:
Calif. Congressman Admits Taking Bribes  —  Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy and tax charges and tearfully resigned from office, admitting he took $2.4 million in bribes to steer defense contracts to conspirators.  —  Cunningham, 63, entered pleas …
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Erica Werner / Associated Press:
Rep. Cunningham to Plead Guilty, Source Says  —  WASHINGTON - Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham will plead guilty to tax violations, a person close to the investigation of the California Republican has told The Associated Press.  —  Cunningham has been under investigation since his sale of his home …
sandiegotribune.com:
Cunningham pleads guilty to conspiring to take bribes, income tax evasion  —  SAN DIEGO - Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham pleaded guilty Monday morning to conspiring to take bribes in exchange for using his influence to help a defense contractor get business.  —  He also pleaded guilty to one count of income tax evasion.
Elliot Spagat / Associated Press:
Calif. Congressman Pleads Guilty  —  SAN DIEGO — Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy and tax charges involving the sale of his home two years ago to a defense contractor at an inflated price.  —  Admitting to a judge that he took bribes, Cunningham entered pleas …
Maria Newman / New York Times:
Congressman Resigns After Admitting He Took Bribes  —  Representative Randy Cunningham of California resigned from Congress today after admitting to a federal judge that he had taken $2.4 million in bribes from a military contractor.  —  Mr. Cunningham, 63, made a brief and tearful announcement …
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Daily Pundit
San Diego Union-Tribune:
Cunningham pleads guilty, resigns from Congress
Discussion: Wonkette
Tony Perry / Los Angeles Times:
Rep. Randy 'Duke' Cunningham to Plead Guilty to Tax Violations
San Diego Union-Tribune:
Duke Cunningham timeline
Discussion: The Fix and The Left Coaster
Associated Press:
Congressman Resigns, Admitting He Took Bribes
Discussion: Preemptive Karma
rawstory.com:
Testimony from Rove's former assistant may solidify case that he misled leak inquiry, lawyers say  —  Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald will present evidence to a second grand jury this week in his two year-old investigation into the outing of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson …
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Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
Loose Lipped Luskin and the Sinking Ship Rove
Discussion: TalkLeft and Booman Tribune ~ Boo!
White House:
Setting the Record Straight: Sen. Biden Adopts Key Portions of Administration's Plan for Victory in Iraq  —  "There is a strong consensus building in Washington in favor of President Bush's strategy for victory in Iraq.  As the Iraqi security forces gain strength and experience …
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Seymour M. Hersh / New Yorker:
UP IN THE AIR  —  Where is the Iraq war headed next?  —  In recent weeks, there has been widespread speculation that President George W. Bush, confronted by diminishing approval ratings and dissent within his own party, will begin pulling American troops out of Iraq next year.
citizensforethics.org:
CREW FILES IRS COMPLAINT AGAINST JAMES DOBSON'S FOCUS ON THE FAMILY  —  Washington, DC - Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) today filed an Internal Revenue Services (IRS) complaint against Focus on the Family, a conservative, non-profit organization led by its Founder and Chairman James C. Dobson.
Lillian Swift / Telegraph:
Iran's war on weblogs - the new voice of dissidents  —  Iran is fighting a constant battle against dissenters who are using the internet to voice criticism of the Islamic Republic and to push for freedom and democracy.  —  With the closure of most independent newspapers and magazines in Iran …
John J. Miller / New York Times:
The Very Foundation of Conservatism  —  Washington — "Please give me a date," William E. Simon used to ask the industrialist John M. Olin years ago, when the two men discussed Mr. Olin's desire to have his charitable foundation go out of business at some point in the future.
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Medicaid Cutbacks Divide Democrats  —  House Condemns Provisions Crafted By Governors  —  Controversial House legislation designed to gain control of Medicaid growth has split Democrats, with lawmakers in Washington united in their opposition while Democratic governors are quietly supporting …
New York Sun:
Frank Rich's War  —  Those who charge President Bush and Vice President Cheney with lying to get America involved in the war in Iraq, as the New York Times columnist Frank Rich did yesterday, have a special obligation to get the truth correct themselves.  It's one thing for Mr. Rich to disagree …
Jed Babbin / American Spectator:
The Vietnamization of Iraq  —  As hard as it is to think of Ted Kennedy as a political visionary, his April 2004 statement that "Iraq is George Bush's Vietnam," was way before its time.  In the last presidential election year Kennedy started down a path that would have been political suicide for Kerry.

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