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10:40 AM ET, June 14, 2006

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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Spate of Good News Gives White House a Chance to Regroup  —  In a White House that had virtually forgotten what good news looks like, the past few weeks have been refreshing.  A Republican won a much-watched special congressional election.  President Bush recruited a Wall Street heavy hitter as Treasury secretary.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
In Iraq Visit, Bush Seizes on a Step Forward  —  WASHINGTON, June 13 — In visiting Baghdad on Tuesday, President Bush was trying to deliver a carefully calibrated message to Americans: that Iraq and the administration's strategy there appear to be turning a corner, but troops will not be withdrawn anytime soon.
New York Times:
No Rove Charges Over Testimony on C.I.A. Leak
Discussion: TalkLeft
Pete Yost / Associated Press:
Analysis: Telling FBI the truth saved Rove
Discussion: Think Progress
Austin Bay / StrategyPage:
Bush's Suprise Visit to Baghdad
Discussion: Austin Bay Blog
Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Webb Wins Democratic Nomination In Virginia  —  Ex-Republican to Face Allen for U.S. Senate  —  Virginia Democrats yesterday chose Vietnam War hero James Webb to challenge Sen. George Allen (R), siding with their party's national leadership, which had declared the former Republican …
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Bob Lewis / Associated Press:   Webb Wins Senate Primary Race in Va.
New York Post:
RUDY GOES NUCLEAR  —  FORMULA FOR '08 SUCCESS  —  June 14, 2006 — A small gathering in Mid town yesterday got a sneak peek at Rudy Giuliani's formula as he gears up for a likely 2008 presidential run.  That formula: one-third leadership, one-third technocratic centrist and one-third radical conservative reformer.
Discussion: Hot Air and Decision '08
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Giuliani's Big Evening
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Giuliani Says Nation Lacks Energy Policy
Discussion: The Next Hurrah
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Adam Brookes / BBC:
'Kill Iraqis marine song' probe
Discussion: ¡No Pasarán!
U.S. Newswire:   CAIR: Pentagon Calls Online Song 'Insensitive,' 'Inappropriate' …
Larry Margasak / Associated Press:
FEMA Funds Spent on Divorce, Sex Change  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - Houston divorce lawyer Mark Lipkin says he can't recall anyone paying for his services with a FEMA debit card, but congressional investigators say one of his clients did just that.  —  The $1,000 payment was just one example cited …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Liberal Activists Boo Clinton  —  Rejection of Iraq Timetable Gets Cool Reception at Conference  —  Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) drew boos and hisses from an audience of liberal activists yesterday as she defended her opposition to a timetable for withdrawing U.S. forces from Iraq …
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Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Clinton Seeks Middle Ground in Abortion Debate
Discussion: Balkinization and Big Brass Blog
David Morgan / Reuters:
US officials seeing new home-grown terror cells  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence and law enforcement authorities are discovering new home-grown cells of Islamist radicals in the United States that draw inspiration and moral support from al Qaeda, officials said on Tuesday.
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CNN:
Web site: Al Qaeda IDs 20th 9/11 hijacker
Discussion: Hot Air
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Maybe Not Morning in America, but at Least Out of the Dark  —  Within hours of hearing yesterday morning that Karl Rove wouldn't be prosecuted in the CIA leak case, Sen. Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), the chief of the Democrats' campaign to retake the Senate, hurried to the press gallery to blunt the damage.
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Toni Locy / Associated Press:
Rove Won't Be Charged in CIA Leak Case
Discussion: Attytood
Donald Macintyre / Independent:
Revealed: the shrapnel evidence that points to Israel's guilt  —  Israel has dismissed continuing calls for an independent international inquiry into the beachfront explosion which killed seven members of a Palestinian family in Gaza last Friday after its own internal military investigation decided it was not responsible for the blast.
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John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
RWN's Ann Coulter Interview #3  —  John Hawkins: Do you think teachers are underpaid?  —  Ann Coulter: The good ones are, that's why they deserve merit pay.  The bad ones are  —  overpaid.  Too bad their unions don't let us distinguish between the two.  —  John Hawkins: Is global warming occurring and caused by mankind?
Suzanne Gamboa / Associated Press:
Hastert Deals Blow to Immigration Bill  —  Hopes for a quick compromise on immigration were dealt a blow Tuesday after House Speaker Dennis Hastert said he wanted to take a "long look" at a Senate bill offering possible citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants.
Gordon Nickel / National Post:
Islam: A religion of peace?  —  The problem of Muslim radicalization has been on the agenda of all nations since 9/11.  But Canada faces a unique dilemma because the doctrine of multiculturalism is seen as intrinsic to our national identity.  The recent disruption of an alleged homegrown Islamist terror plot …
Amanda Schaffer / New York Times:
A Philosopher's Take on the Rhythm Method Is Rattling Opponents of Abortion  —  A philosopher in Britain has ruffled feathers on both sides of the Atlantic by suggesting that the rhythm method of contraception may increase the risk of early embryonic death.  —  Luc Bovens, a philosopher …
 
 
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