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2:10 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.
Greg Hilburn / thenewsstar.com:
Congressman resigns because of e-mail to Monroe teen
Discussion: Daily Kos
Rick Hasen / Election Law:
THE REP. MARK FOLEY REPLACEMENT AND THE ELECTION LAW ISSUES
Discussion: Club for Growth
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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Editor and Publisher:
Woodward Excerpt Appears in 'Post' With New 9/11 Bombshell  —  NEW YORK After being scooped by The New York Times, '60 Minutes' and New York's Daily News, The Washington Post comes out with its first excerpt/digest of Bob Woodward's upcoming blockbuster, "State of Denial," …
Discussion: AMERICAblog, TalkLeft and Eschaton
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 …
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
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
'State of Denial' Lands Early And Hits Harder
Discussion: Democrats.com and TPMCafe blogs
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
Reuters:
Senate backs fence along Mexico border
Discussion: ParaPundit
Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
Senate approves fence for border
Discussion: Power Line
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.
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BBC:
Pakistan 'role in Mumbai attacks'  —  Pakistan's intelligence agency was behind the train blasts in Mumbai in July that killed 186 people, Indian police say.  —  The attacks were planned by the ISI and carried out by the Islamist militant group Lashkar-e-Toiba, based in Pakistan, Mumbai's police chief said.
Discussion: Secular Blasphemy
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Has Pakistan Changed Sides?
Discussion: Middle Earth Journal
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
MSNBC:
Baghdad under curfew over suspected plot  —  Man linked to Sunni leader suspected of planning bombings in Green Zone  —  BAGHDAD - Iraq imposed a total daylight curfew on Baghdad on Saturday, banning all movement, as U.S. forces said they had foiled a possible suicide plot to attack the city's sprawling …
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Ammar Karim / Agence France Presse:
Baghdad under curfew as suicide bombers prowl
Discussion: Healing Iraq
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 …
Jonathan Singer / MyDD:
Webb's Fundraising Strength Puts VA-Sen Clearly on the Map  —  Even as freshman GOP Sen. George Allen of Virginia began to implode two months ago and his Democratic challenger, former Reagan Navy Secy.  Jim Webb, began to dramatically narrow Allen's lead in the polls, many were still incredulous …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Redstate, The Agitator and MSNBC
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.
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
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 …
Discussion: The Mahablog
 
 
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whitehouse.gov:
Testimony of Edward P. Lazear Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers …
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