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Washington Post:
President Bush's State of the Union Address  —  Following is President Bush's State of the Union Address, as delivered to Congress:  —  SPEAKER: GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES  —  BUSH: Mr. Speaker, Vice President Cheney, members of Congress, members of the Supreme Court …
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National Review:
SOTU Critics Room  —  EDITOR'S NOTE: National Review Online asked a group of experienced experts for their take of the president's State of the Union address immediately after the speech or in the wee hours after.  Here's what they had to say.  —  DANIEL CASSE
Los Angeles Times:
Bush Stretches to Defend Surveillance  — The president's justification for his spy program has disputable roots, as do some of the facts and figures he put forth in his speech.  —  WASHINGTON — President Bush received a roaring ovation Tuesday for his prime-time defense of wiretapping phone calls without warrants.
Washington Post:
Bush Says U.S. Must Remain a World Leader
Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
Bush Paints Democrats As Defeatist on Iraq
David E. Sanger / New York Times:   Bold Visions Have Given Way to New Reality
local6.com:
Florida Rep.'s Wife Says She Was Ejected From State Of Union  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The wife of Rep. C.W. Bill Young, R-Indian Shores, told a newspaper that she was ejected during the State of the Union address for wearing a T-shirt that says, "Support the Troops Defending Our Freedom."
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Washington Post:
Sheehan Arrested Before Speech  —  Activist Cindy Sheehan was arrested last night after demonstrating inside the House of Representatives gallery as part of a larger war protest that was held outside the Capitol.  —  Sheehan, who was apparently given a gallery ticket by a member of Congress …
Michelle Malkin:
SHAME ON LYNN WOOLSEY  —  Rep. Lynn Woolsey is the member of Congress reportedly responsible for giving Cindy Sheehan access to the State of the Union address last night.  When it comes to whether she knew Sheehan would pull the stunt she pulled, Woolsey has absolutely no plausible deniability.
CindySheehan / dailykos.com:
What Really Happened.
Discussion: Bad Attitudes
BBC:
France enters Muslim cartoon row  —  A French newspaper has reproduced a set of Danish caricatures depicting the Prophet Muhammad that have caused outrage in the Muslim world.  —  France Soir said it had published the cartoons to show that "religious dogma" had no place in a secular society.
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Times of London:
French newspaper reprints Muhammad cartoons  —  Under the headline "We have the right to caricature God," a French newspaper today reprinted the Danish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that have ignited extraordinary anti-Danish protests, death threats and boycotts across the Muslim world.
BBC:
Muhammad cartoon row intensifies
Discussion: Althouse and The Politburo Diktat
Tom Shales / Washington Post:
A Speech Both Stately And Stolid  —  Whether George W. Bush is, at best, the worst president since Herbert Hoover — as a seemingly sizable number of Americans appear to believe — he acquitted himself fairly well and came off as basically competent when he delivered his fifth State of the Union speech last night.
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
State Of The Union: Live Blog
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:   Bush vs. Bush  —  WHEN HE MET with TV anchors over lunch …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
New Justice's First Challenge: Clap On or Clap Off?  —  Samuel A. Alito Jr., barely eight hours into his job as a Supreme Court justice, had to make a series of important rulings as he sat in the House chamber for last night's State of the Union address.  —  For instance: How enthusiastically would he applaud for President Bush?
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Alito Vote May Be Decisive in Marquee Cases This Term  —  WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 — Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. will have only one vote, of course, but it may be the decisive one in several of the marquee cases that will dominate the balance of the Supreme Court's term.
Pamela Hess / UPI:
SECURITY & TERRORISM  —  Some US troops question Woodruff coverage  —  WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (UPI) — The American media stood up and took notice when an improvised explosive device grievously injured an ABC News crew Sunday.  —  In Iraq, and throughout the military, there is sympathy …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Bush's New Ally: France?  —  PARIS — Once every five or six weeks, a French presidential adviser named Maurice Gourdault-Montagne flies to Washington to meet with his American counterpart, national security adviser Stephen Hadley.  They spend several hours coordinating strategy on Iran …
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
Drudge Report:
KERRY CLAIMS: 53% OF CHILDREN DO NOT GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL  —  Sen. John Kerry claimed this morning on NBC TODAY that 53% of America's children do not graduate from high school — a claim that raised eyebrows in the NBC control room, sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT.

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