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3:55 PM ET, May 8, 2006

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Justin Rood / TPM Muckraker:
EXCLUSIVE: CIA Nominee Hayden Linked to MZM  —  While director of the National Security Agency, Gen. Michael V. Hayden contracted the services of a top executive at the company at the center of the Cunningham bribery scandal, according to two former employees of the company.
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Terence Hunt / Associated Press:
Bush Turns to Gen. Hayden to Lead CIA  —  WASHINGTON — President Bush on Monday chose Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden to lead the embattled Central Intelligence Agency, re-igniting a debate over the domestic surveillance program that the onetime head of the National Security Agency once ran.
Karl Vick / Washington Post:
Iran's Leader Writes to President Bush  —  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has written a letter to President Bush, a spokesman for Iran's hard-line government said Monday.  The letter proposed "new solutions for getting out of international problems and the current fragile situation in the world …
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Jerusalem Post:
Peres says that Iran 'can also be wiped off the map'  —  TEHRAN, Iran  —  Vice Premier Shimon Peres said Monday in an interview to Reuters that "the president of Iran should remember that Iran can also be wiped off the map," Army Radio reported.  —  According to Peres …
Christine Hauser / New York Times:
Iranian President Writes Letter to Bush
MSNBC:
Iranian president writes letter to Bush
Discussion: The Left Coaster and Hot Air
Robert / Jihad Watch:
"Dear unclean infidel dog..."
Discussion: Sploid
USA Today:
Bush approval rating hits new low  —  WASHINGTON — President Bush's approval rating has slumped to 31% in a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll, the lowest of his presidency and a warning sign for Republicans in the November elections.  —  The survey of 1,013 adults, taken Friday through Sunday …
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta:
Atwar Bahjat Beheading Video a Hoax (Images / Video)  —  ****Jawa Report Exclusive****  —  A gruesome beheading video delivered to the Sunday Times proporting to be of slain journalist Atwar Bahjat is a hoax.  On Sunday, May 7th, the Times reported that they had received a low-quality video of Atwar Bahjat being slowly beheaded.
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Kat / The Middle Ground:
Choosing War  —  We as humans believe that we are rational and logical.  We believe that our rational choices can control the outcome of our lives.  We believe in this control because, in this world that seems so anarchic and chaotic, we could not operate or continue to exist without it.
Christopher Lee / Washington Post:
Bush's Appointees Not As Diverse as Clinton's  —  President Bush's crop of political appointees includes fewer women and minorities than did President Bill Clinton's at comparable points in their presidencies, according to a new report by House Democrats.  —  Women made up about 37 percent …
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Jackie Calmes / Wall Street Journal:
Al Gore Might Yet Join 2008 Contenders  —  Former Vice President Keeps Mum  —  As His Movie Sparks Talk of a White House Run  —  First there was Clinton-Gore.  Could Clinton vs. Gore be next?  —  For former Vice President Al Gore, a rash of favorable publicity surrounding this month's opening …
Sebastian Mallaby:
Don't Feed the Beast  —  George W. Bush is not the sort of president who reads journals such as the Atlantic Monthly.  But at least someone at the White House should check out the piece in the new issue by Jonathan Rauch.  For honest believers in tax cuts, it's devastating.
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Ryan J. Donmoyer / Bloomberg:
Republicans Set Aside Middle-Income Tax Cuts to Focus on Rich
Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
His Legacy and His Library Occupy Bush's Thoughts  —  WASHINGTON — President Bush had dinner last month on the Stanford University campus at the home of George P. Shultz, who was President Ronald Reagan's secretary of state, and the topic of conversation was not, as might be expected, the war in Iraq.
Jim VandeHei / Washington Post:
Rove's Time in Limbo Near End in CIA Leak Case  —  Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald is wrapping up his investigation into White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove's role in the CIA leak case by weighing this central question:  —  Did Rove, who was deeply involved in defending President Bush's use …
Michael Powell / Washington Post:
U.S. Immigration Debate Is a Road Well Traveled  —  NEW YORK — They were portrayed as a disreputable lot, the immigrant hordes of this great city.  —  The Germans refused for decades to give up their native tongue and raucous beer gardens.  The Irish of Hell's Kitchen brawled and clung to political sinecures.
The Blotter:
CIA's Foggo Expected to Resign Soon  —  Brian Ross and Richard Esposito Report:  —  Dusty Foggo, the executive director of the CIA linked to a bribery investigation, is expected to resign soon, according to CIA officials and his associates.  —  Outgoing CIA Director Porter Goss had refused …
Marilyn Geewax / Austin American-Statesman:
Congress shaping telecom law in private  —  Real work will be done in conference committee, where the public has no influence but lobbyists do.  —  WASHINGTON — The House and Senate are preparing to vote on telecommunications legislation that could affect every American who surfs the Internet, watches cable TV or uses a phone.
Discussion: The Sideshow, MyDD and Modulator
 
 
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Newspaper Circulation Declines 2.6 Percent
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Greg Mankiw / Greg Mankiw's Blog:
Framing and Progressivity  —  In today's CEA op-ed …
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What's in a Name? Plenty If It's Kennedy
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Funds Cut, Gaza Faces a Plague of Health Woes
Sharon Waxman / New York Times:
New 'Mission' Opens Weaker Than Expected
Michael Barone / Real Clear Politics:
Immigration: The Ugly Duckling Issue
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Rumsfeld Heckler Believed Saddam Had WMDs
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