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rawstory.com:
Ret. General hits three network morning shows calling for Rumsfeld's ouster — Retired Maj. Gen. John Batiste, who led the 1st Infantry Division in Iraq, appeared on the morning talk shows of all three major networks on Friday calling for Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's resignation.
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
A Resolute Fantasy World — One virtually never sees any disagreement among Bush supporters with regard to Iraq or terrorism policies, but Powerline has a very brave and surprising post — to which all three of its luminaries contributed — which expresses disagreement with yesterday's essay …
Peter Baker / Washington Post:White House Defends Rumsfeld's Tenure
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Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:
Iran Leader: Israel Will Be Annihilated — The president of Iran again lashed out at Israel on Friday and said it was "heading toward annihilation," just days after Tehran raised fears about its nuclear activities by saying it successfully enriched uranium for the first time.
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WorldNetDaily:
gave Iran bomb plan — N.Y. Times reporter says harebrained scheme to foil Tehran likely helped advance program — In his last year of office, President Clinton approved of an unusual scheme to transfer classified data that likely helped Iran advance its nuclear weapons program …
Richard Morin / Washington Post:
Whites Take Flight on Election Day — Bad news for Michael S. Steele, the leading Maryland Republican candidate for Senate in November: The scuttling noise he hears on Election Day could be the sound of tens of thousands of white Republicans crossing over to vote for the Democrat.
Karen Gutiérrez / news.nky.com:
Display on abortion destroyed — 400 crosses removed; NKU prof investigated — HIGHLAND HEIGHTS - A professor at Northern Kentucky University said she invited students in one of her classes to destroy an anti-abortion display on campus Wednesday evening.
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Michelle Malkin:
THE CROSSES THEY CANNOT BEAR — ***update: new photo of unhinged professor caught on camera*** — Northern Kentucky University professor Sally Jacobsen tears the "Cemetery of Innocents" sign on Wednesday evening. Photo credit: Sarah Loman, The Northerner Online — Look—liberal "tolerance" at work again!
Kathleen Hennessey / Associated Press:
Republicans plan anti-Reid ads on Spanish-language radio — LAS VEGAS (AP) - Ads criticizing Sen. Minority Leader Harry Reid for "playing politics" with immigration reform legislation are scheduled to air on Spanish-language radio stations in four Western cities with large Hispanic populations next week.
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
White House Mulls How to Move Immigration Bill Through Congress — WASHINGTON, April 13 — The White House is fast at work recalibrating how best to use the power of the presidency to save immigration legislation from languishing for the rest of the year, eager for a victory …
Murray Waas / National Journal:
Cheney Authorized Leak Of CIA Report, Libby Says — Vice President Dick Cheney directed his then-chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, on July 12, 2003 to leak to the media portions of a then-highly classified CIA report that Cheney hoped would undermine the credibility …
alliancedefensefund.org:
OSU librarian slapped with "sexual harassment" charge for recommending conservative books for freshmen — Ohio State University will press forward with frivolous investigation despite ADF letter — COLUMBUS, Ohio — Officials at the Ohio State University are investigating an OSU Mansfield librarian for …
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Michael Kinsley / Slate:
Setting Iran Straight — The precedents are somewhat discouraging. — So, after more than half a century of active meddling—protecting our interests, promoting our values, encouraging democracy, fighting terrorism, seeking stability, defending human rights, pushing peace—it's come to this.
Sharon Behn / Washington Times:
Zarqawi, al Qaeda are heading out, U.S. general says — Al Qaeda in Iraq and its presumed leader, Abu Musab Zarqawi, have conceded strategic defeat and are on their way out of the country, a top U.S. military official contended yesterday. — The group's failure to disrupt national elections …
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Waste in Katrina Response Is Cited — Housing Aid Called Inefficient in Audits — Nearly eight months after Hurricane Katrina triggered the nation's largest housing crisis since the Second World War, a hastily improvised $10 billion effort by the federal government has produced vast sums …
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Omaha Schools Split Along Race Lines — In a move decried by some as state-sponsored segregation, the Legislature voted Thursday to divide the Omaha school system into three districts _ one mostly black, one predominantly white and one largely Hispanic. — Supporters said the plan …
Clinton W. Taylor / American Spectator:
Talking Trailer Trash — So those Iraqi mobile bioweapons labs, or weather-balloon hydrogen plants, or EM-50 Urban Assault Vehicles, or whatever they were, are back in the news. The Washington Post suggested that when President Bush declared that they were biological weapons factories …