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7:35 PM ET, September 25, 2006

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Jon Henke / The Allen Blog:
Webb's Dirty Tricksters: Salon  —  Sadly, the Webb campaign is continuing their attempt to make this Virginia Senate race about lies and rumor-mongering, rather than about issues.  In Salon today, an anti-tobacco and environmental activist claims Senator Allen "used "N-word" in college".
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Bob Lewis / Associated Press:
Allen denies ex-teammate's claim he used racial slur in college  —  RICHMOND, Va. — Sen. George Allen on Monday denounced as "ludicrously false" allegations from a former college football teammate that he frequently used a racial slur to refer to blacks in the early 1970s and that he once stuffed …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Mark Pazniokas / Hartford Courant:
Iraq Report Rattles Races  —  Twist Hits Lieberman Before Speech On War  —  A conclusion by American intelligence agencies that the U.S. invasion of Iraq spawned a new generation of Islamic radicalism threw Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman a curve on the eve of a major campaign speech he intends to deliver today on the war.
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Peter Spiegel / Los Angeles Times:
Army Warns Rumsfeld It's Billions Short  —  An extraordinary action by the chief of staff sends a message: The Pentagon must increase the budget or reduce commitments in Iraq and elsewhere.  —  WASHINGTON — The Army's top officer withheld a required 2008 budget plan from Pentagon leaders …
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Robert Burns / Associated Press:
U.S. Army extends Iraq duty for 4,000  —  WASHINGTON - In a new sign of mounting strain from the war in Iraq, the Army has extended the combat tours of about 4,000 soldiers who would otherwise be returning home, defense officials said Monday.  —  The 1st Brigade of 1st Armored Division …
Discussion: All Spin Zone
Michael Rule / NewsBusters.org:
Harry Smith Taken Aback as CBS Analyst Blames Clinton for bin Laden Failures  —  Despite Bill Clinton's angry protestations, the bulk of the blame for America's failure to catch or kill Osama bin Laden lies squarely on the Clinton administration, at least according to terrorism analyst Michael Scheuer.
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Hotline On Call:
What Bill Clinton Wanted To Accomplish
Discussion: Think Progress
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Why Clinton "Lost His Temper"  —  The former president knew what he was doing.  —  LET'S DO A THOUGHT experiment: Perhaps Bill Clinton, an experienced and sophisticated politician, knew what he was doing when he made big news by "losing his temper" in his interview with Chris Wallace.
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Agence France Presse:
Iraqi president asks for long-term US military presence in Iraq  —  Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, in an interview, asked for a long-term US military presence in Iraq, saying his country will need two permanent US air bases to deter "foreign interference."  —  "I think we will be in need …
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Martha Raffaele / Associated Press:
Pa. judge to drop candidate from ballot  —  HARRISBURG, Pa. - A judge on Monday said he would remove the Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate from the November ballot because the party did not have enough valid signatures in its nominating petitions.  —  Carl Romanelli's candidacy had been challenged by state Democrats.
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Christian Conservatives Look to Re-energize Base  —  Openly anxious about grass-roots disaffection from the Republican Party, conservative Christian organizers are reaching for ways to turn out voters this November, including arguing that recognizing same-sex marriage could also limit religious freedom.
Brian M. Riedl / Heritage Foundation:
Still Spending: Senate Set to Bust Budget Caps by $32 Billion  —  WebMemo #1222  —  Federal spending in 2006 is set to rise 9 percent, the largest increase since 1990 and enough to earn Congress near failing grades from the Heritage Foundation's third quarter report card.
Discussion: Angry Bear and Andrew Sullivan
Times of London:
Women's rights campaigner shot dead in Afghanistan  —  A senior women's affairs official who has criticised the Taleban's treatment of women was shot dead outside her home in southern Afghanistan today.  —  Safia Ama Jan was getting into a car outside her house in the city of Kandahar when two gunmen on motorcycles opened fire.
Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:
U.S. to allow some liquids on airliners  —  WASHINGTON - The government is partially lifting its ban against carrying liquids and gels onto airliners, as long as they are purchased from secure airport stores, and will also permit small, travel-size toiletries brought from home, officials said Monday.
John O'Neil / New York Times:
Senate Panel Debates Detainee Bill  —  Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee sought to slow down the effort by President Bush and Congressional leaders to speed the passage of legislation on the treatment of terror suspects.  —  Senator Arlen Specter …
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Who wanted to "cut and run" from Somalia?  —  My post this morning on Salon concerns the accusation voiced this weekend by Chris Wallace in his Fox News interview with President Clinton (a favorite accusation of neoconservatives) that Clinton "emboldened" Al Qaeda when he withdrew American troops …
The Raw Story:
GOP aide busted for fake blog posts on liberal sites  —  Liberal bloggers have uncovered a staff member to Rep. Charles Bass (R-NH) using government computers to make fake posts on liberal blogs in New Hampshire, today's ROLL CALL reports.  —  Heard on The Hill columnist Mary Ann Akers …
Isaac Schrödinger:
Fear and Loathing in The Land of the Pure  —  I am a refugee claimant in Canada.  This essay goes in great detail about why I am asking for asylum in the West.  —  Thank you to those who contributed the numerous sources.  I hope that, at the very least, the Immigration and Refugee Board …
Washington Post:
FBI Is Casting A Wider Net in Anthrax Attacks  —  Five years after the anthrax attacks that killed five people, the FBI is now convinced that the lethal powder sent to the Senate was far less sophisticated than originally believed, widening the pool of possible suspects in a frustratingly slow investigation.
Baseball Crank:
POLITICS: How Wrong Was Josh Marshall?  —  Plenty Wrong.  —  Now that it has been revealed that the main source for Bob Novak's column "outing" Valerie Plame Wilson as a CIA employee was Richard Armitage, Colin Powell's right-hand man at the State Department and (like Novak) no fan of the Iraq War …
Discussion: JustOneMinute, Hot Air and Media Blog
 
 
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David Neiwert / Orcinus:
Torture: What Would Jesus Do?  —  I've been hearing a lot …
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Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Net Neutrality Fight Moves to Pennsylvania Legislature
Cindy Sheehan / Washington Post:
Books: 'Peace Mom'
Marta Falconi / Associated Press:
Pope says 2 faiths must overcome enmity
Los Angeles Times:
Two Deaths Were a 'Clue That Something's Wrong'
Mike Allen / Time:
Why The Democratic Wave Could Be A Washout
BBC:
Senior militant 'killed in Iraq'
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