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6:00 PM ET, April 19, 2006

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Fox News:
FOX News' Tony Snow Among Possible White House Spokesman Candidates  —  WASHINGTON — With a few personnel shifts going on in the White House, there's speculation that presidential spokesman Scott McClellan may be looking to step down.  —  One of the people the White House has approached …
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
McClellan Leaves White House Press Office  —  WASHINGTON - White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Wednesday he is resigning, continuing a shakeup in President Bush's administration that has already yielded a new chief of staff and could lead to a change in the Cabinet.
Washington Post:
McClellan Out as White House Press Secretary  —  Karl Rove Gives Up Policy Oversight to Focus on 2006 Elections  —  White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan announced his resignation this morning and President's Bush's longtime adviser Karl Rove is scaling back his responsibilities.
Jason Reed / MSNBC:
Bush changes: Rove shifts, press chief quits  —  Top aide to focus on midterm elections; McClellan parried tough questions  —  White House Deputy Chief of Staff and presidential advisor Karl Rove gestures to hush the crowd as he prepares to speak during the Republican National Committee 2006.
Discussion: In The Pink Texas and Daily Kos
The Man / GOP and the City:
Bauer Replaces McClellan as Press Secretary  —  What better way to reign in the White House Press Corps than to install Jack Bauer as Press Secretary?  Let's see if David Gregory has the guts to ask Jack Bauer about "sloppy seconds".  Imagine Jack Bauer trying to sit still while Helen Thomas goes on one of her diatribes.
Mike Allen / Time:
Behind the White House Reshuffling  —  The President's Press Secretary Scott McClellan announced that he would resign today, and more Cabinet changes are likely to follow.  Plus, Karl Rove gives up some responsibilities to an up-and-comer  —  The sudden announcement by Scott McClellan …
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Moving to the Right  —  Brit Hume's Path Took Him From Liberal Outsider to The Low-Key Voice of Conservatism on Fox News  —  It was a different era, a different administration and a very different Brit Hume.  —  Thirty-six years ago, as a long-haired reporter for columnist Jack Anderson …
White House:
Press Secretary Scott McClellan Announces His Resignation  —  MR. McCLELLAN: Good morning, everybody.  I am here to announce that I will be resigning as White House Press Secretary.  —  Mr. President, it has been an extraordinary honor and privilege to have served more than seven years now …
Discussion: ConnecticutBLOG and Bring it On!
Scott Shane / New York Times:
F.B.I. Is Seeking to Search Papers of Dead Reporter  —  WASHINGTON, April 18 — The F.B.I. is seeking to go through the files of the late newspaper columnist Jack Anderson to remove classified material he may have accumulated in four decades of muckraking Washington journalism.
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
FBI Rebuffed on Reporter's Files
Mohammed / IRAQ THE MODEL:
Kill us, but you won't enslave us.  —  Last week we stopped writing for a while and we apologized to our readers saying that we lost a close friend but we didn't want to give more details as we were overwhelmed by an exceptional situation and a huge shock.  We also were afraid from writing …
David S. Cloud / New York Times:
Here's Donny!  In His Defense, a Show Is Born  —  WASHINGTON, April 18 — It has become a daily ritual, the defense of the defense secretary, complete with praise from serving generals, tributes from the president and, from the man on the spot, doses of charm, combativeness and even some humility.
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David Johnston / New York Times:
News Organizations Try to Block Subpoenas for Notes in Leak Case  —  WASHINGTON, April 18 — Lawyers for NBC News, The New York Times and Time magazine filed motions in federal court on Tuesday to quash subpoenas for interview notes, drafts of articles and other records sought …
Tony Judt / New York Times:
A Lobby, Not a Conspiracy  —  IN its March 23rd issue the London Review of Books, a respected British journal, published an essay titled "The Israel Lobby."  The authors are two distinguished American academics (Stephen Walt of Harvard and John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago) …
Jill McGivering / BBC:
China 'selling prisoners' organs'  —  Top British transplant surgeons have accused China of harvesting the organs of thousands of executed prisoners a year to sell for transplants.  —  The British Transplantation Society condemned the practice as unacceptable and a breach of human rights, in a statement released on Wednesday.
Michael Tomasky / American Prospect:
Party in Search of a Notion  —  From our May issue: The opportunity before the Democrats is far bigger than a few House and Senate seats if they can recognize — and seize — this unique historical moment.  —  The Democrats are feeling upbeat these days, and why not?
Maggie Shepard / abqtrib.com:
VA apologizes to nurse who wrote letter  —  An Albuquerque Veterans Affairs nurse has received a bit of the vindication she sought for wrongly being accused of sedition: An admission from a top official that the agency was wrong, plus a private apology from her boss.
citizensforethics.org:
CREW FILES DOJ COMPLAINT AGAINST TEXAS REP. PETE SESSIONS  —  Evidence Suggests Quid Pro Quo for Official Actions  —  Washington, DC - Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) today filed a Department of Justice (DOJ) complaint against Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) …
Discussion: MyDD
Bill Gertz / Washington Times:
CIA mines 'rich' content from blogs  —  President Bush and U.S. policy-makers are receiving more intelligence from open sources such as Internet blogs and foreign newspapers than they previously did, senior intelligence officials said.  —  The new Open Source Center (OSC) …
 
 
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Harold Meyerson / Washington Post:
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Tom Doggett / Reuters:
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
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Albany Times Union:
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Discussion: GOP Bloggers and Feministing
MSNBC:
Baghdad teachers beheaded in front of students
Discussion: In the Bullpen
Wall Street Journal:
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Mark Stevenson / Associated Press:
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