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5:35 PM ET, September 24, 2006

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Judd / Think Progress:
VIDEO: Clinton Sets The Record Straight On Terrorism, Smacks Down Fox News  —  Here's the key portion of the Fox News Sunday interview with President Clinton.  He sets the record straight on his efforts to combat terrorism, the Bush administration's record and the tactics of Fox News.  Watch it:
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David / Crooks and Liars:
Fox Clinton Interview - Part 1 - Osama bin Laden  —  This is the first 20 minutes of Bill Clinton's interview with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday.  In this clip, Wallace asks Clinton why he didn't do more to capture or kill Osama bin Laden while he was in office.
Michelle Malkin:
He doth protest too much  —  Wallace to Clinton: "You seem upset."  —  Check out Hot Air highlights of the Wallace-Clinton fireworks on Fox News Sunday.  Wallace was terrific.  Unflappable.  Unrelenting.  Unapologetic.  Clinton was a basket case.  —  Newsbusters has the transcript.
Karen Matthews / Associated Press:
Bill Clinton Defends Bin Laden Handling
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Bluto / The Jawa Report:   Was Clinton's "Meltdown" as Counterfeit as the Man?
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Sunday Talking Head Thread
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
'Just a comma'  —  I'll have the transcript up as soon as CNN posts it, but George W. Bush appeared on "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer" this afternoon and made one of those stunning remarks that could — or rather, should — become a political problem for the White House.
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Brian Knowlton / New York Times:
Intelligence Report Stirs Debate on Terror Fight  —  An intelligence assessment that the war in Iraq increased Islamic radicalism, worsening the terror threat, set off a sharp debate today among American political officials over credit and blame for the war and the broader fight against terrorism.
Discussion: The Next Hurrah
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Hurting U.S. Terror Fight  —  The war in Iraq has become a primary recruitment vehicle for violent Islamic extremists, motivating a new generation of potential terrorists around the world whose numbers may be increasing faster than the United States and its allies …
Reuters:
WHouse: newspaper's account of Iraq report incomplete
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Jules Crittenden / Boston Herald:
Does AP stand for Al-Qaeda Propaganda?  —  The Associated Press, the reliable just-the-facts news agency you and I once knew, no longer exists.  Amoral propagandists have taken over.  —  It is not only in the disturbing matter of Bilal Hussein, AP photograher and al-Qaeda associate …
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Tom Curley / Washington Post:
In Iraq, a Journalist in Limbo
Discussion: The Horse's Mouth
Elizabeth Holtzman / Chicago Sun Times:
Bush seeks immunity for violating War Crimes Act  —  Thirty-two years ago, President Gerald Ford created a political firestorm by pardoning former President Richard Nixon of all crimes he may have committed in Watergate — and lost his election as a result.  Now, President Bush …
the:
Case concedes U.S. Senate race  —  Ed Case has telephoned U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka and conceded the U.S. Senate Democratic primary, then told supporters he will do everything he can to help Akaka and Hawai'i's Democratic Congressional delegation.  —  At about 11:50 p.m. …
Discussion: The Fix
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Mark Niesse / Associated Press:
Akaka wins Senate primary in Hawaii
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
The Tide's In for Independents  —  The independence being demonstrated all over the political spectrum these days — by Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman and Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee, both in tough reelection battles, and by Republican Sens. John McCain and John Warner — has its roots in American history.
Associated Press:
Iraqi soldiers hinder U.S. efforts to combat militias, tame Baghdad streets  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq The plan was simple: Iraqi troops would block escape routes while U.S. soldiers searched for weapons house-by-house.  But the Iraqi troops didn't show up on time.  —  When they finally did appear …
Discussion: Aljazeera and Middle Earth Journal
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Time:
Why We Don't Have Enough Troops in Iraq
Discussion: The Next Hurrah and LamontBlog
Nasteex Dahir Farah / Associated Press:
Somalia's Islamists Seize Seaport  —  KISMAYO, Somalia — Hundreds of Islamic militiamen in heavily armed trucks took over the southern town of Kismayo, one of the last seaports that had been outside their control in Somalia, witnesses said Sunday.  —  "The Islamic courts have entered Kismayo …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Fox covers Arizona 9/11 memorial controversy  —  From blogs to Drudge to FNC.  Tinker to Evers to Chance, baby.  —  We need to work DR out of the equation, though.  Open up an info pipeline directly to Fox HQ.  —  You know, the way the nutroots does with Olbermann.
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NY Daily News:
The war on freedom  —  Barry Bonds hit another home run Friday night, tying Hank Aaron at 733 for the all-time National League record, and is now just 23 home runs short of breaking Aaron's major league record.  Gary Sheffield, another who testified in front of the BALCO grand jury …
 
 
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In Rove's Footsteps
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Spotlight on ex-Thai PM's assets
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Massoud Ansari / Telegraph:
Omar role in truce reinforces fears that Pakistan 'caved in' to Taliban
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The Netroots Hit Their Limits
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George Allen Monkeys Around
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One in 10 Muslims 'ignore terror'
Discussion: Jihad Watch
David Morgan / Reuters:
No evidence bin Laden is dead: Saudi Arabia
Ariel Dorfman / Washington Post:
Are We Really So Fearful?  —  DURHAM, N.C.  —  It still haunts …
ABCNEWS:
Secrets of 'South Park'
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Niall Ferguson / Telegraph:
A coup, a riot, a UN rant-fest, and the world just stifles a yawn
Jennifer Senior / New York Times:
Taking Aim  —  Since the president's re-election …
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