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Bill Gertz / Washington Times:
Intelligence failure cited in Korean crisis — Recent U.S. intelligence analyses of North Korea's nuclear and missile programs were flawed and the lack of clarity on the issue hampered U.S. diplomatic efforts to avert the underground blast detected Sunday, according to Bush administration officials.
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David Ignatius / Real Clear Politics:
The U.S. Needs a New Deterrent — WASHINGTON — "Present at the Creation'' was the title Dean Acheson gave to his memoir about the founding of the post-World War II order. Now, with North Korea claiming to have tested a nuclear weapon in defiance of the international community and Iran seemingly …
New York Times:
The Age of Impunity — Sudan's leaders sent out a letter last week warning governments against volunteering their troops for a United Nations peacekeeping force for Darfur. Khartoum was obviously feeling cocky. But why shouldn't it? The Security Council — or more to the point …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:Bush Faults Clinton Policy, But the Debate is Complex
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Warner's Statement: "I Have Decided Not To Run For President" — Nine months ago, I left the office of Governor in Virginia. I was immensely proud of what we had accomplished. We faced historic challenges and got real results. — Upon leaving office, I committed all my time and energy …
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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Warner Won't Run for Presidency in '08 — Former Virginia Gov. Mark R. Warner (D) announced this morning that he will not seek the presidency in 2008, saying he wants to spend more time with his family. — In a statement released shortly before his 11 a.m. press conference here, Warner said …
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Bob Lewis / Associated Press:
No '08 White House run for ex-Va. leader — RICHMOND, Va. - Democrat Mark R. Warner, the former governor of Virginia, has decided not to run for president in 2008, fearing the impact of a drawn-out campaign on his family. "I want to have a real life," he said.
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Breaking: Warner May Not Run In '08 — Ex-VA Gov. Mark Warner plans to make a major announcement today about his 2008 presidential bid, three Virginia Democratic sources said. According to two Virginia Democrats who have been formally briefed, Warner is expected to say that he has decided not to run for president in 2008.
New York Times:
Political Climate Warms to Lieberman's Favor — Two months after a tumultuous Senate primary that was hailed as a watershed moment in American politics, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut appears to be comfortably ahead of his challenger Ned Lamont in their general election rematch.
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Hartford Courant:
Lieberman Says Angrily: `It Is A Lie' — Lashing Out At Lamont, He Rejects A Black Leader's Charge Of Misrepresenting 1960s Civil Rights Work — Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman angrily disputed a black leader's unsubstantiated accusation Wednesday that Lieberman lied about his civil rights work in Mississippi 43 years ago.
Jonathan Larsen / MSNBC:
Exclusive: Book says Bush just using Christians — 'Tempting Faith' author David Kuo worked for Bush from 2001 to 2003 — More than five years after President Bush created the Office of Faith-Based Initiatives, the former second-in-command of that office is going public with an insider's tell …
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The New Republic:
HOW ROVE TWISTED FOLEY'S ARM: — It seems increasingly clear that the GOP congressional leadership, eager for every safe incumbent in the House to run for re-election, looked the other way as evidence accumulated that Mark Foley had a thing for pages. Holding onto his seat became more important …
Washington Post:
Reform Run Amok — A MAJOR piece of the United Nations reform promised by Secretary General Kofi Annan was a new Human Rights Council. The idea was to replace the Commission on Human Rights, which had been hijacked by rogue states such as Libya and Sudan, with a body that could refocus attention …
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Hastert Aides Interest Ethics Panel — Staff Members' Knowledge of Foley's Actions With Former Pages in Question — With House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert denying personal knowledge of former representative Mark Foley's activities, investigators for the House ethics committee are bearing …
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David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Will Voters Pull the Trigger? — The old theater adage demands that if you show a pistol in Act 1, you'd better fire the gun in Act 3. That same wisdom applies to politics. — The voters have been pointing a symbolic gun at the Republican regime in Washington for many months now.
Robert Burns / Associated Press:
Army: Troops to stay in Iraq until 2010 — WASHINGTON - For planning purposes, the Army is gearing up to keep current troop levels in Iraq for another four years, a new indication that conditions there are too unstable to foresee an end to the war. — Gen. Peter Schoomaker …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Tony Snow Knows How to Work More Than One Room — It's Gloves Off (and Pass the Hat) for Bush Spokesman — On the morning of Oct. 2, Tony Snow did six back-to-back television interviews from the White House lawn, and one phrase came back to haunt him. — While criticizing Mark Foley …
Ezra Klein:
Christopher Hitchens Has Gone Mad — The latest New Yorker has a (sadly offline) profile of Christopher Hitchens by Ian parker. It's not clear to me why Hitchens, whose day of influence has decidedly passed, merits a profile, but it's hard to argue when the material is this good.
Eli Lake / New York Sun:
Baker's Panel Rules Out Iraq Victory — WASHINGTON — A commission formed to assess the Iraq war and recommend a new course has ruled out the prospect of victory for America, according to draft policy options shared with The New York Sun by commission officials.
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