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3:40 PM ET, February 23, 2007

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Associated Press:
AP: Vilsack to end White House bid  —  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democrat Tom Vilsack is abandoning his bid for the presidency after struggling against better-known, better-financed rivals, a senior campaign official told The Associated Press on Friday.  —  Vilsack left office in January …
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Mike Glover / Associated Press:
AP: Ex-Iowa Gov. Vilsack ending '08 bid  —  DES MOINES, Iowa - Democrat Tom Vilsack, the former Iowa governor who built a centrist image, is abandoning his bid for the presidency after struggling against better-known, better-financed rivals, two officials told The Associated Press on Friday.
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Vilsack Drops Out  —  Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack is announcing today that he's dropping out of the Democratic presidential race.  His campaign said Mr. Vilsack will make a major announcement at 11 a.m. in Des Moines.  —  Tom Vilsack, right, answered a question from George Stephanopoulos during …
Discussion: NewDonkey.com and The Big Question
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Vilsack Drops Out of 2008 Presidential Race
Discussion: Daily Kos and Democracy in America
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Vilsack Expected to Drop Out of 2008 Race
Discussion: Liberal Values
ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: Cheney on Global Warming  —  Vice President's Views At Odds With Majority Of Climate Scientists  —  Sydney, Australia, Feb. 23, 2007 — In an exclusive interview today, ABC's Jonathan Karl asked Vice President Dick Cheney about the topic of global warming, a subject Mr. Cheney has rarely addressed in the past.
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Patrick Cockburn / Independent:
Revealed: The true extent of Britain's failure in Basra  —  The partial British military withdrawal from southern Iraq announced by Tony Blair this week follows political and military failure, and is not because of any improvement in local security, say specialists on Iraq.
Juan Cole / Salon:
The British retreat from Iraq brings peril for U.S. troops
Discussion: AMERICAblog and Informed Comment
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Clinton and Obama's Hollywood Scene  —  It was a good day for Joe Biden, Chris Dodd, John Edwards, Bill Richardson, Tom Vilsack — and, what the heck, Dennis Kucinich.  —  It was a bad day for Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and David Geffen.  —  It was a good day for the Republican Party …
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Eric Black / The Big Question:
Verbatim Bachmann on Iran: "There's already an agreement made.  [Iran is] going to get half of Iraq and that is going to be a terrorist safe haven zone."  —  U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann claims to know of a plan, already worked out with a line drawn on the map, for the partition of Iraq …
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The Raw Story:
US keeps 'all options' open concerning Iran: Cheney
Hassan M. Fattah / New York Times:
Arab States, Wary of Iran, Add to Their Arsenals but Still Lean on the U.S.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Washington Post:
Democrats Seek to Repeal 2002 War Authorization  —  Senate Democratic leaders intend to unveil a plan next week to repeal the 2002 resolution authorizing the war in Iraq in favor of narrower authority that restricts the military's role and begins withdrawals of combat troops.
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Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Stepping to the Plate, Giuliani Is Seeing Only Softballs  —  In a swing through South Carolina this week, Rudolph W. Giuliani chose to campaign at a fire house, which is a little like Derek Jeter meeting with Yankees fans — a most unlikely forum for hostility, or even much skepticism.
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Toby Harnden / Telegraph:
Rise of the candidate defined by September 11
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and The Heretik
Salon:
Emulating the Enemy … That description applies in equal parts to Osama bin Laden and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, as well as to leading American neoconservatives, including some of the government's most influential figures, and likely the President himself.  At least in terms of these impulses …
Discussion: INSTAPUTZ
Michael Learmonth / Variety:
Fox News jogs its blogs  —  'It's Out There' gets test run  —  Fox News Channel is testing another pilot on Sunday that will air following its experiment in news satire, "The ½ Hour News Hour."  —  "It's Out There," a half-hour of stories derived from blogs, will get a half-hour …
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Fake Private Parts Are No Joke, Myers Says  —  Delegate Wants to Ban Vehicle Displays of Plastic Genitals  —  Maryland Del. LeRoy E. Myers Jr. to truckers: If you've got 'em, you don't need to flaunt 'em.  —  As the General Assembly debates global warming and the death penalty, Myers …
Joe Garofoli / San Francisco Chronicle:
Dems in uproar over Fox plan to cover debate  —  The first presidential primary is 11 months away, but liberals are arguing among themselves over how to best reach new voters — and whether to cooperate with one of their biggest media nemeses.  Their dilemma:  —  Should we Fox?
CharlesR / Age of Hooper:
A Gathering of Eagles  —  I attended the press conference for Gathering of Eagles, which is an event scheduled for March 17 ... concurrent with ANSWER's anti-war rally ... and is intended to protect the Vietnam Memorial from desecration by those thugs.  The ANSWER rally starts at the Vietnam Memorial and ends at the Pentagon.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup Poll:
Among Religious Groups, Jewish Americans Most Strongly Oppose War  —  Opposition goes beyond Jewish Americans' political affiliations  —  PRINCETON, NJ — An analysis of Gallup Poll data collected since the beginning of 2005 finds that among the major religious groups in the United States …
Discussion: MyDD and Outside The Beltway
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
A Nonpartisan Reputation at Stake  —  For Prosecutor, Libby Verdict May Mean Vindication or Political Taint  —  When the jury in I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's perjury trial returns with its verdict, its decision also will intensify the debate over whether Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald …
 
 
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Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report:
U.S. Soldier Wrestles Suicide Bomber: US -1, Terrorists -0
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White House:
Press Gaggle by Dana Perino
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Jackie Calmes / Wall Street Journal:
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Psychiatrist says US terror suspect has Stockholm syndrome
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Ahmadinejad and Russian Roulette
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Rape of Second Sunni Woman by Iraqi Security Forces Alleged
Tony Pugh / Real Cities:
U.S. economy leaving record numbers in severe poverty
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John Heilprin / Associated Press:
Pelosi Seeks Tougher Oversight on Ethics
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