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12:50 PM ET, September 30, 2006

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Washington Post:
Rep. Foley Quits In Page Scandal  —  Six-term Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) resigned yesterday amid reports that he had sent sexually explicit e-mails to at least one underage male former page.  —  Foley, who was considered likely to win reelection this fall, said in a three-sentence letter of resignation …
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Roll Call:
Foley Interviewed About Page Last Year; Democrats Not Told  —  Ex-Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.), who resigned Friday after reports of his improper communications with a former male House page were made public, was interviewed about some of those contacts by the chairman of the House Page Board and the then-Clerk of the House last year.
New York Times:
Lawmaker Quits Over Messages Sent to Teenage Pages
Discussion: Unclaimed Territory
Greg Hilburn / thenewsstar.com:
Congressman resigns because of e-mail to Monroe teen
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Michiko Kakutani / New York Times:
A Portrait of Bush as a Victim of His Own Certitude  —  In Bob Woodward's highly anticipated new book, "State of Denial," President Bush emerges as a passive, impatient, sophomoric and intellectually incurious leader, presiding over a grossly dysfunctional war cabinet and given …
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
White House Disputes Book's Report of Anti-Rumsfeld Moves  —  New revelations that White House aides tried twice in the past two years to persuade President Bush to fire Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld fueled a caustic election-season debate yesterday over the president's wartime leadership …
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Booman Tribune
Bob Woodward / Washington Post:
STATE OF DENIAL  —  In May, President Bush spoke in Chicago and gave a characteristically upbeat forecast: "Years from now, people will look back on the formation of a unity government in Iraq as a decisive moment in the story of liberty, a moment when freedom gained a firm foothold …
Discussion: Don Surber and War and Piece
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
'State of Denial' Lands Early And Hits Harder
Discussion: Democrats.com and TPMCafe blogs
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
White House Disputes Book's Account of Rifts on Iraq
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
With Senate Vote, Congress Passes Border Fence Bill  —  The Senate gave final approval last night to legislation authorizing the construction of 700 miles of double-layered fencing on the U.S.-Mexico border, shelving President Bush's vision of a comprehensive overhaul of U.S. immigration laws in favor of a vast barrier.
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New York Times:
Senate Passes Bill on Building Border Fence
Discussion: TalkLeft and A Blog For All
Slate:   The Bitter Price of Cocooning!
Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
Senate approves fence for border
Discussion: Power Line
Omar / IRAQ THE MODEL:
Fierce clashes in Baghdad; government imposes curfew.  —  About an hour ago local TV stations reported that the office of PM Maliki announced that a total curfew will be imposed in Baghdad from now until Sunday morning.  —  The curfew apparently came in response to an acute deterioration …
Discussion: Pajamas Media and The Belmont Club
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MSNBC:
Baghdad under curfew over suspected plot
Discussion: All Spin Zone
BBC:
Total curfew declared in Baghdad
Elaine Sciolino / New York Times:
Teacher in Hiding After Attack on Islam Stirs Threats  —  A French high school philosophy teacher and author who carried out a scathing attack against the Prophet Muhammad and Islam in a newspaper commentary says he has gone into hiding under police protection after receiving a series of death threats …
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Martin Arnold / Financial Times:
Teacher in hiding after attacking Islam
resiliencetv.fr:
Redeker, tel Socrate, menacé après avoir publié …
Discussion: ¡No Pasarán! and USS Neverdock
Skip Navigation / clerk.house.gov:
Office of the Sixteenth Congressional District of Florida Formerly the Office of Representative Mark Foley  —  The Washington, D.C. office and the district offices of the Honorable Mark Foley will continue to serve the people of the Sixteenth Congressional District of Florida under the supervision …
Associated Press:
Police in India Say Pakistan's Spy Agency Planned Train Blasts  —  MUMBAI, India (AP) — The police officer leading the investigation into train bombings that killed more than 200 people in the Indian city of Mumbai in July accused Pakistan's spy agency on Saturday of masterminding the attack.
Investor's Business Daily:
97 Reasons Democrats Are Weak On Defense And Can't Be Trusted To Govern In Wartime  —  Today's Democrats are nothing like Presidents Roosevelt, Truman and Kennedy, who with courage and decisive action kept on top of their jobs and aggressively confronted one national defense crisis after another.
Discussion: Macsmind
CNN:
Al Qaeda No. 2: Bush a liar, 'spiller of Muslim blood'  —  (CNN) — Calling President Bush "the murderer and spiller of Muslim blood," al Qaeda's top deputy released a videotape Friday accusing the U.S. president of being a "deceitful charlatan" who has lied to the American people.
Discussion: Reuters, Redstate, Power Line and Angry Bear
Lawrence Kudlow / Townhall.com:
Facts over Democrat fantasy  —  As the November elections draw near, the triumph of fact over Democratic-propelled fantasy is becoming all the more evident.  On topics as diverse as national security, the economy and the legislative success of the Republican-controlled Congress …
Ari Berman / The Nation:
Big $$ for Progressive Politics  —  On December 13, 2004, a month after the re-election of George W. Bush, twenty-five of the wealthiest donors in the progressive community gathered at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington for an important strategy session.  The group had collectively poured hundreds …
Discussion: The Corner
 
 
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Testimony of Edward P. Lazear Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers …
Matthew Cardinale / atlantaprogressivenews.com:
Diebold Added Secret Patch to Georgia E-Voting Systems in 2002, Whistleblowers Say
Michael J. Sniffen / Associated Press:
Gonzales cautions judges on interfering
Agence France Presse:
Pig's head dumped outside mosque at start of Ramadan
Gloria Campisi / Philadelphia Daily News:
Imam guilty of selling guns & ammo
Discussion: JunkYardBlog
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wnbc.com:
Poll: Menendez Investigation Impacting Chances For Senate
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Does the Military Commissions Act apply to citizens?
Randy Hall / CNSNews:
Sen. Clinton: 'Incalculable Damage Done to Our Country'
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Sheppard Smith clashes with Kristol on the War: it's "repulsive" …
Peter Gelzinis / Boston Herald:
A tearful tribute to a 'genuine American hero'
Discussion: Hyscience
Sheldon Gweiser / MSNBC:
Poll shows Virginia Senate race is dead heat
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
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Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
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