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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Feingold Draws Little Support for Censure  —  c6b64a332ee5@news.ap.org Democrats distanced themselves Monday from Wisconsin Sen. Russell Feingold's effort to censure President Bush over domestic spying, preventing a floor vote that could alienate swing voters.
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Mark Noonan / Blogs for Bush:
Censure Senator Feingold  —  Yesterday, in response to Senator Feingold's desire to censure President Bush over the NSA's signals intelligence program, I wrote a post urging everyone to contact Senator Frist and their own Sentors to urge the censure of Senator Feingold.
Bill Brubaker / Washington Post:
Feingold Draws Little Support for Censure  —  Sen. Russell Feingold, a possible contender for the Democratic nomination for president in 2008, today asked the Senate to censure President Bush for authorizing domestic eavesdropping without court warrants.  —  "The president authorized …
Tom Curry / MSNBC:
Move to censure Bush will have political fallout  —  Democrats object as Frist tries to get Senate vote on Feingold resolution  —  Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wisc., introduced a measure in the Senate to censure President Bush over the domestic eavesdropping program.  —  WASHINGTON -
CNN:
Concern over Iraq drives Bush's rating to new low  —  Americans pessimistic about course of war  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Public opinion of President Bush hit a new low, with concerns about the war in Iraq driving his approval rating down to 36 percent, according to a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll out Monday.
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USA Today:
Poll: Bush approval rating hits new low  —  President Bush's "approval rating" has sunk to a new low according to a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup poll released Monday.  —  The latest results show only 36% of those polled saying they "approve" of the way Bush is handling his job.  Bush's previous low was 37%, set last November.
Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
Lieberman Supports Rapist Rights in Connecticut  —  In Connecticut, rape counseling activists say a recent study concludes that about 20% of state hospitals routinely refuse to offer emergency contraceptives to rape victims who are determined to be ovulating at the time they're attacked.
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Bush Sets Target for Transition In Iraq  —  Country's Troops to Take Lead This Year  —  President Bush vowed for the first time yesterday to turn over most of Iraq to newly trained Iraqi troops by the end of this year, setting a specific benchmark as he kicked off a fresh drive …
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Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
A Tale of Two Felonies  —  What explains the different White House reactions to the criminal charges lodged against two top aides?  —  The embarrassed response to felony theft charges against Claude Allen — President Bush's recently departed top domestic policy adviser …
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Erin Carlson / Associated Press:
Isaac Hayes Quits 'South Park'  —  NEW YORK - Isaac Hayes has quit "South Park," where he voices Chef, saying he can no longer stomach its take on religion.  —  Hayes, who has played the ladies' man/school cook in the animated Comedy Central satire since 1997, said in a statement Monday that he feels a line has been crossed.
Sonja Barisic / Associated Press:
Robertson Finds Radical Muslims 'Satanic'  —  NORFOLK, Va. - Television evangelist Pat Robertson said Monday on his live news-and-talk program "The 700 Club" that Islam is not a religion of peace, and that radical Muslims are "satanic."  —  Robertson's comments came after he watched …
Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:
Judge Raises Possibility of Mistrial in Moussaoui Sentencing  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 13 — The sentencing trial of Zacarias Moussaoui teetered on the brink of a mistrial today, as the judge in the case angrily said she might spare him the death penalty following the disclosure …
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Matthew Barakat / Associated Press:   Moussaoui Death Penalty Case May Be Tossed
Jim VandeHei / Washington Post:
Magazine: Bradlee Knows Woodward's Source on Plame  —  Vanity Fair is reporting that former Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee says it is reasonable to assume former State Department official Richard L. Armitage is likely the source who revealed CIA operative Valerie Plame's name to Post Assistant Managing Editor Bob Woodward.
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Finally  —  The Bush administration has decided to release most of the documents captured in post-war Afghanistan and Iraq.  The details of the document release are still being worked out, according to officials with knowledge of the discussions.  Those details are critical.
Nathan Guttman / Jerusalem Post:
Pentagon examining chances of Israeli strike against Iran  —  Washington  —  The Pentagon is looking into the possibility of Israel launching a strike against Iran's nuclear facilities.  In the past months there were several working-level discussions trying to map out the possible scenarios …
Philip Thornton / Independent:
Arab central banks move assets out of dollar  —  Middle Eastern anger over the decision by the US to block a Dubai company from buying five of its ports hit the dollar yesterday as a number of central banks said they were considering switching reserves into euros.
 
 
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