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Qassim Abdul-Zahra / Associated Press:
Largest Iraq Air Assault Since '03 Begins — BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — U.S. forces, joined by Iraqi troops, on Thursday launched the largest airborne assault since the U.S.-led invasion, targeting insurgent strongholds north of the capital, the military said. — The military said the operation …
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U.S. launches largest Iraqi air assault since invasion — Body count rises in Baghdad — BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — U.S. and Iraqi forces on Thursday launched the largest air assault operation since the invasion of Iraq nearly three years ago, the U.S. military said.
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Roy Temple / Fired Up! Missouri:
House GOP Bans County Health Clinics From Providing Birth Control — Submitted by Roy Temple on Thu, 03/16/2006 - 6:18am. — Yesterday, during debate on HB1010, the budget for the Departments of Health and Mental Health, House Republicans voted to ban county health clinics from providing family planning services.
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David A. Lieb / kansascity.com:
House rejects spending for birth control — JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - An attempt to resume state spending on birth control got shot down Wednesday by House members who argued it would have amounted to an endorsement of promiscuous lifestyles. — Missouri stopped providing money for family planning …
Kit Wagar / kansascity.com:
House OKs birth control funding ban — JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri House voted Wednesday to ban state funding of contraceptives for low-income women and to prohibit state-funded programs from referring those women to other programs. — Critics jumped on the proposal …
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Call for Censure Is Rallying Cry to Bush's Base — WASHINGTON, March 15 — Republicans, worried that their conservative base lacks motivation to turn out for the fall elections, have found a new rallying cry in the dreams of liberals about censuring or impeaching President Bush.
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John E. Mulligan / projo.com:Chafee refuses to rule out voting to censure Bush
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Report Backs Iraq Strike and Cites Iran Peril — WASHINGTON, March 15 — An updated version of the Bush administration's national security strategy, the first in more than three years, gives no ground on the decision to order a pre-emptive attack on Iraq in 2003, and identifies Iran …
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
JUSTICE GINSBURG THROWS DOWN THE GAUNTLET — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Ginsburg gave a speech in South Africa last month, which, for some reason, is just now being publicized. Ginsburg's speech was titled "A Decent Respect for the Opinions of [Human]kind."
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Gina Holland / Associated Press:
Supreme Court Justice Reveals Death Threats — WASHINGTON (March 16) - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said she and former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor have been the targets of death threats from the "irrational fringe" of society, people apparently spurred by Republican criticism of the high court.
John Solo / Associated Press:
First Declassified Iraq Documents Released — WASHINGTON — The Bush administration Wednesday night released the first declassified documents collected by U.S. intelligence during the Iraq war, showing among other things that Saddam Hussein's regime was monitoring reports that Iraqis and Saudis …
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:Post-Haste — The Office of the Director of National Intelligence …
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Researcher Will Face Charges in Steele Case — Federal prosecutors have decided to bring charges against a Democratic researcher accused of fraudulently obtaining a credit report on Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele, now a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate.
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
Hey, Big Spender — Should we have known that President Bush would bust the budget? — This week's column is a question, a brief one addressed with honest curiosity to Republicans. It is: When George W. Bush first came on the scene in 2000, did you understand him to be a liberal in terms of spending?
Michelle Malkin:
THE FALLING MAN REVISITED — Some images leave an indelible mark on your heart and soul. — Like "The Falling Man" on 9/11: — Credit: Richard Drew, AP — His identity has not been confirmed, though many have speculated over the last 4 1/2 years. Tom Junod wrote an extraordinary piece …
WorldNetDaily:
Jessica snubs Bush, porn starlet doesn't — 'Daisy Dukes' turns down meeting with president — at GOP fund-raiser, while Mary Carey still on board — WASHINGTON - One PG-13 star turned down a meeting with President Bush at a major Republican fund-raiser today, but a XXX-rated star …
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Elana Schor / The Hill:
FEC raises the stakes for blog bill — The Federal Election Commission (FEC) yesterday postponed a controversial decision on subjecting Internet political speech to campaign-finance regulations, raising the stakes for today's scheduled House vote on a bill that exempts all blogs, Web ads and other online communications.