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11:05 AM ET, April 18, 2006

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Brit Hume / Fox News:
Zinni's Zinger?  —  Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine:  —  Former Clinton CENTCOM commander, Anthony Zinni — the most prominent of the retired generals attacking Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld — now says that, in the run-up to the war in Iraq, "What bothered me ...
Discussion: JunkYardBlog
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Washington Post:
The Generals' Revolt  —  There are many reasons for Donald Rumsfeld to leave.  Finger-pointing by retired officers shouldn't be one.  —  PRESIDENT BUSH'S stubborn support for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has compounded U.S. troubles in Iraq, prevented a remedy for the criminal mistreatment …
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Roots of the Uprising  —  Making Donald Rumsfeld the scapegoat for all that has gone wrong in Iraq is a way for other members of the administration to dodge responsibility for a misguided policy.  —  It makes perfect sense for a group of rebellious retired generals to demand that Rumsfeld go.
Discussion: Hugh Hewitt
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Listen to the Brass  —  Several months ago, when Rep. John Murtha …
Discussion: State of the Day
New York Times:   Rumsfeld Says Calls for Ouster 'Will Pass'
Raleigh News & Observer:
Two arrests made in Duke lacrosse case  —  Duke University lacrosse players Reade Seligmann and Collin Finnerty were charged today with first degree forcible rape, first degree sexual offense and kidnapping in connection with a reported rape at a Duke University lacrosse party, according to George Naylor, director of the jail.
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New York Times:
Two Duke Lacrosse Players Are Arrested and Charged  —  DURHAM, N.C., April 18 — Two Duke University men's lacrosse players were arrested today and charged with rape and kidnapping in a case involving a woman who has accused three team members of attacking her at a party last month.
Discussion: Feministe and JustOneMinute
Tim Whitmire / Associated Press:
2 Duke Lacrosse Players Are Arrested
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Michelle Malkin:
THE MOONBATS STRIKE BACK  —  The anti-troops brigade at UC Santa Cruz has now called in the left-wing blogosphere's kings of hate to attack me.  For what?  For linking to a Students Against War press release bragging about booting military recruiters off campus and for re-posting publicly …
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Ezra Klein:
Hunting Slugs  —  I know I'm not supposed to, but I pity Michelle Malkin.  Really, I do.  Punditry is a game of incentives, encouragement, luck.  You write a hundred articles before striking paydirt with one.  That zeitgeisty dispatch activates an eruption of applause and adulation, so you try to repeat it.
Michelle Malkin:
MORE THUGGERY IN SANTA CRUZ  —  Look what the moonbats in Santa Cruz are up to now (via Santa Cruz Sentinel/hat tip - Brian Maloney): … While we're on the subject of unhinged Santa Cruz students, the anti-troops brigade is whining about my post last week in which I pointed to a Students …
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
New Chief of Staff Sends Message: The White House Exits Are Open  —  WASHINGTON, April 17 — The new White House chief of staff put the West Wing and official Washington on notice on Monday about potentially substantial changes in the way the White House is staffed and operates.
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Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:
Moussaoui's Childhood Is Presented as Mitigating Factor  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 17 — Lawyers trying to persuade a jury to spare the life of Zacarias Moussaoui began presenting testimony about his childhood on Monday, to show that he grew up in a neglectful household in France where his father beat …
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Richard A. Serrano / Los Angeles Times:   Moussaoui's Sisters Defend `Sweetheart'
Warren Hoge / New York Times:
U.S. Envoy to Expose 4 Sudanese in U.N. Debate About Darfur  —  UNITED NATIONS, April 17 — John R. Bolton, the United States ambassador, said Monday that he intended to offer a Security Council resolution on Tuesday that would publicly identify four Sudanese individuals responsible for atrocities …
Jeffrey Gettleman / New York Times:
Ruined Treasures in Babylon Await an Iraq Without Fighting  —  A Polish helicopter flies over excavated parts of Babylon.  Over the years, colonial powers took artifacts and Saddam Hussein built on Nebuchadnezzar's palace.  Then, the occupation.  —  BABYLON, Iraq — In this ancient city …
Jamie Glazov / Front Page Magazine:
Saddam and Osama: The New Revelations  —  Frontpage Interview's guest today is Thomas Joscelyn, an expert on the international terrorist network.  Much of his research has focused on the role that nations such as Saddam's Iraq and the mullah's Iran have played in providing support …
Jason Leopold / truthout.org:
State Department Memo: '16 Words' Were False  —  Eleven days before President Bush's January 28, 2003, State of the Union address in which he said that the US learned from British intelligence that Iraq had attempted to acquire uranium from Africa - an explosive claim that helped pave the way to war …
 
 
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