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1:30 PM ET, September 25, 2006

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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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Hartford Courant:
Getting A Line On Lamont  —  Democratic Senate candidate Ned Lamont is having trouble moving from the small stage of a primary campaign with its appeal to partisans to the main stage of the general election, which requires the attention of the state's 2.1 million voters.
Michael Scherer / Salon:
Teammates: Allen used "N-word" in college  —  WASHINGTON — Three former college football teammates of Sen. George Allen say that the Virginia Republican repeatedly used an inflammatory racial epithet and demonstrated racist attitudes toward blacks during the early 1970s.
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Michael Slackman / New York Times:
U.N. Force Is Treading Lightly on Lebanese Soil  —  Italian soldiers in Lebanon say that for now, they cannot even set up a checkpoint.  Instead, they alert the Lebanese Army of any suspicious cars.  —  One month after a United Nations Security Council resolution ended a 34-day war between Israel …
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Gateway Pundit:
Thousands Rally in Lebanon Against Hezbollah!
Discussion: Pajamas Media
R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
McCain Names Practices Detainee Bill Would Bar  —  Senator Says 3 Interrogation Methods Are Among the 'Extreme Measures' the Plan Would Outlaw  —  A Republican senator who played a leading role in drafting new rules for U.S. interrogations of terrorism suspects said yesterday that he believes …
Washington Post:
'Iraq Is Not in Chaos'  —  Last Wednesday, Newsweek-Washington Post's Lally Weymouth interviewed Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in New York.  Excerpts:  —  Q. What happened in your meeting with President Bush?  —  A. We told him our progress in trade, the economy, training the army …
Discussion: american footprints and Demagogue
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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 …
David Espo / Associated Press:
Retired Officers to Criticize Rumsfeld  —  Retired military officers to criticize Rumsfeld at Democratic panel's hearing on Iraq war  —  (AP) Retired military officers on Monday are expected to bluntly accuse Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld of bungling the war in Iraq …
Washington Post:
Millions of Seniors Facing Medicare 'Doughnut Hole'  —  Millions of older Americans are confronting a temporary break in their Medicare drug coverage this month that will require them to pay the full cost of their prescriptions or face the painful prospect of going without.
William Glaberson / New York Times:
In Tiny Courts of New York, Abuses of Law and Power  —  Some of the courtrooms are not even courtrooms: tiny offices or basement rooms without a judge's bench or jury box.  Sometimes the public is not admitted, witnesses are not sworn to tell the truth, and there is no word-for-word record of the proceedings.
Discussion: Majikthise, TalkLeft and Brendan Nyhan
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Chris Wallace, Caught Off Balance?  —  Fox News anchor Chris Wallace said that he was stunned when Bill Clinton accused him of a "conservative hit job" after he challenged the former president on his record in fighting terrorism.  —  "I thought it was a fair, balanced and not especially …
Newsweek:
The Rise of Jihadistan  —  Five years after the Afghan invasion, the Taliban are fighting back hard, carving out a sanctuary where they—and Al Qaeda's leaders—can operate freely.  —  You don't have to drive very far from Kabul these days to find the Taliban.
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
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 …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Pope Benedict Demands Reciprocity  —  Pope Benedict XVI met with envoys from several Muslim nations today, greeting them warmly and emphasizing the need for dialogue between the faiths.  He did not offer another apology for his remarks at Regensburg two weeks ago, but he did remind the envoys …
Discussion: Associated Press and Hyscience
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 …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Congress Is Winding Down, but Much Is Left Undone  —  A Congress derided as do-nothing has a week to do something, and the prospects are cloudy.  —  Procrastination, power struggles and partisanship have left Congress with substantial work to finish before breaking for the elections.
J. Max Robins / Broadcasting & Cable:
A Modified MSNBC?  —  There has been speculation for months about MSNBC's future as a 24-hour cable news channel—or, maybe more to the point, its lack thereof.  But one indication may have come last July, when the 10-year-old network launched a newsmagazine, MSNBC Investigates.
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
John Kerry / Opinion Journal:
Losing Afghanistan  —  We're not adequately fighting the war we should be fighting.  —  As we marked the fifth anniversary of the worst attack on American soil, there was enormous discussion of the lessons of 9/11.  But after the bagpipes stopped, and news coverage turned to other issues …
Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times:
Free Trade at the Fore of Races  —  As wages stagnate, it's a hot issue in states like New York, Ohio and Michigan, where candidates debate the impact on workers.  —  WASHINGTON — Jack Davis remembers the night he left the Republican Party over free trade: Nov. 17, 2003 …
Discussion: Sirotablog and DonkeyRising
 
 
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BBC:
Senior militant 'killed in Iraq'
Mike Allen / Time:
Why The Democratic Wave Could Be A Washout
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Baltimore Sun:
Poll shows Cardin lead over Steele
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The Raw Story:
GOP aide busted for fake blog posts on liberal sites
Robert Burns / Associated Press:
U.S. Army extends Iraq duty for 4,000
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Is the Chief Justice Really a Judicial Activist?
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Times of London:
Women's rights campaigner shot dead in Afghanistan
Eric Rich / Washington Post:
'Troubled' By Election, Edwards Concedes
Washington Post:
FBI Is Casting A Wider Net in Anthrax Attacks
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Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
U.N. shows why it's incapable of reform
Discussion: Dinocrat and Power Line
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
For Bush, War Anguish Expressed Privately
Reuters:
Mel campaigns for new movie, against war in Iraq
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Photo series: The Arizona 9/11 Memorial; Audio update: AZ governor …