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6:55 PM ET, August 29, 2006

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Associated Press:
Rumsfeld: Bush foes lack courage on terror  —  Adjust font size:  —  SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) — Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Tuesday accused critics of the Bush administration's Iraq and counterterrorism policies of lacking the courage to fight terror.
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Robert Burns / Associated Press:
Rumsfeld: Terrorists Manipulating Media  —  FALLON NAVAL AIR STATION, Nev. (AP) — Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Monday he is deeply troubled by the success of terrorist groups in "manipulating the media" to influence Westerners.  —  "That's the thing that keeps me up at night …
Kristin Roberts / Reuters:
Rumsfeld: U.S. able to take new fight despite Iraq
Agence France Presse:
Bush marks Katrina anniversary with prayer, pancakes  —  NEW ORLEANS, United States (AFP) - US President George W. Bush was to mark one year since Hurricane Katrina with a solemn prayer service, but got the anniversary started with a plateful of pancakes.  —  Bush's motorcade snaked …
Discussion: Washington Post and Firedoglake
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CNN:
Iran's leader calls for TV debate with Bush  —  Adjust font size:  —  TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called on U.S. President George W. Bush to participate in a "direct television debate with us," so Iran can voice its point of view on how to end world predicaments.
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Associated Press:
Former VP candidate Jack Kemp to campaign for Lieberman  —  NEW LONDON — Sen. Joe Lieberman, running for re-election as an independent after losing the Democratic primary and being abandoned by top-ranking Democrats earlier this month, will campaign with former Republican vice presidential candidate Jack Kemp, Lieberman said Tuesday.
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blogs:
Volcanic Ash  —  A totally independent, slightly irreverent and hopelessly idealistic view of people and events in Hawai'i and beyond.  David Shapiro has covered Hawai'i and national news for 38 years as a reporter, editor and columnist.  —  Reach David at volcanicash@gmail.com.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Reuters van attack: 70mm unguided rocket?  —  So I e-mailed Noah Shachtman of Defense Tech and asked him to look at the photo of the Reuters van that was hit by the IAF in hopes of identifying what ordnance they used.  While conceding that the damage looked "strange, strange," …
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
REUTERS MISSILE ATTACK, UPDATED  —  A reader points out that this photo, which is said to be of the interior of the Reuters vehicle that ostensibly was hit by one or more Israeli missiles on the night of August 27, shows a cracked windshield:  —  Whereas this photo, also alleged …
Discussion: Hot Air and Ace of Spades HQ
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Fauxtography: The incredible disappearing Katie (Update: Innocent explanation?)  (Bumped)  —  She's on the Adnan Hajj diet.  Try it and watch the pounds melt away from your waist and neck.  —  Unfortunate side effect of the Adnan Hajj diet: your chin is sharpened to the point where it can cut glass.
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
The Glenn & Helen Show: Richard Posner on Terrorism and the Constitution  —  With the fifth anniversary of the September 11th attacks coming up, we thought we'd talk to law professor and U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Richard Posner, whose latest book, Not a Suicide Pact: The Constitution …
Ed Sealover / Gazette:
Hefley ponders run at seat as write-in  —  Rep. Joel Hefley is seriously considering running as a writein candidate to retain his seat rather than risk handing it over to Republican nominee Doug Lamborn.  —  In meetings with national political consultants, Hefley and his supporters have come …
Michael Chertoff / Washington Post:
A Tool We Need to Stop the Next Airliner Plot  —  Imagine that our troops in Afghanistan raided an al-Qaeda safe house and captured a computer containing the cellphone numbers of operatives in Europe.  Wouldn't it be important to know whether one of those cellphone numbers was used to book a transatlantic flight?
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DefenseLINK:
Address at the 88th Annual American Legion National Convention  —  Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, Salt Lake City, Utah, Tuesday, August 29, 2006  —  Tom [American Legion Commander Tom Bock], I understand that your son is flying a Chinook in Iraq …
Associated Press:
Perry calls special election for DeLay's unexpired term  —  AUSTIN — Republican Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday called a Nov. 7 special election to temporarily fill the seat left vacant when former U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay resigned.  —  DeLay, a Republican whose term would have expired in January, resigned in June.
David Frum / American Enterprise Institute:
Counterfeit News  —  Perhaps you saw the images in your newspaper or on television:  —  "A Lebanese man counts U.S dollar bills received from Hizbollah members in a school in Bourj el-Barajneh, a southern suburb of Beirut, August 19, 2006.  Hizbollah handed out bundles of cash on Friday …
Discussion: neo-neocon and Bizzyblog
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The Conservative Case Against Rudy Giuliani In 2008  —  Rudy Giuliani, a contender for the Presidency in 2008, is receiving an inordinate amount of positive attention.  That's quite understandable since Rudy is charismatic, did a great job on the campaign trail for President Bush in 2004 …
Discussion: Althouse and Blogometer
David Burge / iowahawk:
ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE LEAVES REUTERS AMBULANCE IN FLAMES, CHOPPED, CHANNELED  —  QANA, LEBANON - Israeli Defense Forces face fresh charges of war atrocities today, as international press agency Reuters released stark photos showing the devastation caused by a daylight IDF missile attack on a clearly marked Reuters press ambulance.
Associated Press:
FBI: Fugitive polygamist arrested near Las Vegas  —  Adjust font size:  —  LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AP) — The fugitive leader of a polygamist sect has been arrested in southern Nevada, the FBI said Tuesday.  —  Warren Steed Jeffs, 50, was taken into custody after he and two other people …
 
 
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Gov. Arnold tosses school moral codes
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Full Text of Pres. Ahmadinejad's Letter to German Chancellor
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yes, we are  —  the WaPo has an essay claiming that American muslims …
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The Bright Light of Public Scrutiny
Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
WELFARE REFORM....As long as we're looking at charts …
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Megan McCormack / NewsBusters.org:
Oops! CNN Airs Anchor's Girltalk Over Bush Speech
Jerome Taylor / Independent:
At least 100 die as militia force Iraqi troops out of town
The Raw Story:
Bush White House to be subpoenaed by wiretap lawyers
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Kerry Revives 2004 Election Allegations
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Jack Kelly / Real Clear Politics:
Plame and the 'Bush Lied' Meme
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Slowly Sidling To Iraq's Exit
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