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1:25 PM ET, April 26, 2006

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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Tony Snow to Be White House Press Secretary  —  Fox News commentator Tony Snow was named White House press secretary today after top officials assured him that he would be not just a spokesman but an active participant in administration policy debates, people familiar with the discussions said.
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CNN:
Snow takes White House job  —  Fox News analyst replaces McClellan as press secretary  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush announced his new White House press secretary on Wednesday: former Fox News host Tony Snow.  —  "As a professional journalist, Tony Snow understands the importance …
Associated Press:
Text: President Bush and Tony Snow  —  news://newsclip.ap.org/WHGH10104261333@ news.ap.org  —  Text of President Bush's announcement Wednesday naming Tony Snow as  —  new White House press secretary, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions.  —  BUSH: Good morning.
Terence Hunt / Associated Press:
Tony Snow is Bush's pick for press secretary  —  WASHINGTON— President Bush on Wednesday named conservative commentator Tony Snow as White House press secretary, putting a new face on a troubled administration.  —  Snow, a Fox news pundit and former speechwriter in the White House under Bush's father …
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Fox News Commentator Joins White House  —  WASHINGTON, April 25 — Tony Snow, the Fox News radio and television commentator, has agreed to become the White House press secretary and could be officially named to the post as early as Wednesday, administration officials said on Tuesday.
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Bush Picks Fox Commentator as Spokesman  —  WASHINGTON, April 26 — President Bush today named Tony Snow, the Fox News radio and television commentator, as the new White House press secretary, despite Mr. Snow's past criticisms of his policies.  —  Mr. Bush, while praising Mr. Snow's long experience …
White House:
President Announces Tony Snow as Press Secretary
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Melissa Drosjack / Fox News:
Sources: Tony Snow to Be Named White House Press Secretary
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Fox News's Snow on Verge of Being White House Press Secretary
Associated Press:
CIA Leak Prosecutor Goes to Grand Jury  —  WASHINGTON - Special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald early Wednesday went before a federal grand jury looking into the leak of the identity of undercover CIA officer Valerie Plame.  —  It is believed to be only the second session the prosecutor …
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John Solo / Associated Press:
Source: Rove to Testify in CIA Leak Case  —  WASHINGTON - Top White House aide Karl Rove prepared to testify Wednesday for a fifth time before the federal grand jury investigating the leak of a CIA officer's identity, a person familiar with the case said.  —  Rove consulted with his private lawyers …
Opinion Journal:
Our Rotten IntelligenCIA  —  To media partisans, some leaks are more equal than others.  —  Fired CIA officer Mary O. McCarthy went on offense Monday, denying through her lawyer that she has done anything wrong.  But the agency is standing by its claim that she was dismissed last week because she …
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
BREAKING: Back in the Grand Jury Saddle This Morning
Discussion: Daily Kos, Eschaton and Decision '08
Nedra Pickler / ABCNEWS:
Bush Eases Environmental Rules on Gasoline  —  Bush Suspends Environmental Rules on Gasoline, Halts Oil Reserve Deposits to Ease Fuel Prices  —  WASHINGTON Apr 25, 2006 (AP)— President Bush on Tuesday ordered a temporary suspension of environmental rules for gasoline …
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Washington Post:
Rumsfeld and Rice Make Unannounced Visit to Iraq  —  BAGHDAD, April 26-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced joint visit to Iraq Wednesday to bolster the new emerging government and to ensure that the sometimes disjointed U.S. political …
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
101st Fighting Keyboarder Uniforms  —  Whenever you visit a rightwing site, you are sure to see "those" tshirts.  I saw an ad for them on the Washington Times the other day.  Now, I know that wingnuts have great sense of humor as you can tell by the huge number of successful comedians and humorists on the right.
BBC:
Sinai hit by fresh bomb attacks  —  Two suicide bombers attacked security personnel and foreign peacekeepers in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, but did not cause any injuries to their targets.  —  The first bomber blew himself up as members of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) were passing in a car.
Discussion: The Big Pharaoh
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Drudge Report:
'PROGRESSIVE' MEDIA STALLS: 'AIR AMERICA' IN AUDIENCE PLUNGE NYC, 'DAILY KOS' BOOK SELLS ONLY 3,600 COPIES  —  Left-leaning new media has hit turbulence at the marketplace, newly released stats show.  —  A book hyped by major media as documenting a progressive revolution of "blogs" …
Discussion: Power Line, Roger L. Simon, BitsBlog and lgf
Carol J. Williams / Los Angeles Times:
U.S. to Free 141 Terror Suspects  —  The Guantanamo prison detainees pose no threat, an official says.  Most of those still in custody have no charges pending against them.  —  GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL STATION, Cuba — The Pentagon plans to release nearly a third of those held at the prison …
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
GOP Blocks Measures Boosting Taxes on Oil Companies' Profits  —  Provisions Passed by Senate Would Raise About $5 Billion  —  While Republican leaders sharply criticize soaring gasoline prices and energy industry profits, GOP negotiators have decided to knock out provisions in a major tax bill …
Bruce Kesler / Editor and Publisher:
Is the Press Covering the Iraq War On the Cheap?  —  The media needs to send more "troops" to cover the war and provide much-needed coverage.  What's stopping them?  Fear of violence, certainly, but also limits on training and insurance.  Joe Galloway also notes the military's "growing resistance" to embeds.
Washington Post:
Bad Targeting  —  CIA Director Porter Goss has been busy chasing press leaks.  It's easier than improving U.S. intelligence.  —  IF CIA OFFICIALS leaked information about the agency's secret prisons to The Post's Dana Priest, then the American public owes them a debt of gratitude.
 
 
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Chicago Tribune:
U.S. media response to cartoons skewered
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Theresa Agovino / Associated Press:
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Max Boot / Los Angeles Times:
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Bill Carter / New York Times:
Mick Jagger Joins a New ABC Sitcom
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