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11:25 PM ET, March 10, 2007

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Colin Freeman / Telegraph:
Iran tells US to set timetable for Iraq exit  —  Iranian officials last night demanded a timetable for US troop withdrawal from Iraq as they attended a rare meeting with American diplomats in Baghdad.  —  The conference was aimed at stopping Iraq being used as a sectarian battleground by Sunni and Shia neighbours.
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ABCNEWS:
U.S., Iran Trade Accusations in Talks  —  U.S. and Iran Hold Talks in Iraq, Trading Harsh Words and Blaming Each Other for Crisis  —  In their first direct talks since the Iraq war began, U.S. and Iranian envoys traded harsh words and blamed each other for the country's crisis Saturday …
Neil King Jr / Washington Wire:
U.S., Iran Have 'Meet and Greet' in Iraq  —  So they went, shook hands and chatted briefly.  And that was the sum of the direct interaction between American and Iranian delegates at a long-awaited, day-long regional summit on Iraq today in Baghdad.  —  Many observers had predicted that the gathering …
New York Times:
The Failed Attorney General  —  During the hearing on his nomination as attorney general, Alberto Gonzales said he understood the difference between the job he held — President Bush's in-house lawyer — and the job he wanted, which was to represent all Americans as their chief law enforcement officer …
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R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:   Report Details Missteps in Data Collection
Washington Post:
FBI Audit Prompts Calls for Reform
Discussion: The Corner and New York Times
Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Meltdown over Fox  —  Network co-sponsors state Democratic debate — oh my!  —  Hard-core liberals can't stand the Fox News Channel.  Passing a television that's tuned to the conservative favorite forces many of them to close their eyes, cover their ears and scream, "La la la la la la la la la!"
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John Edwards '08 Blog:
Fox Attacks  —  Deputy Campaign Manager Jonathan Prince sent the following email to supporters this evening.  —  You may have heard by now that John Edwards was the first candidate to officially say no to the Fox News debate in Nevada — and because of the hard work of so many grassroots …
Jonathan Chait / Los Angeles Times:
McCain goes over to the dark side  —  John McCain goes over to the dark side  —  'THIS IS NOT Luke Skywalker here," said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), discussing his friend and Senate colleague John McCain's second run for the presidency. "  This is a totally different campaign.
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SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
General Eaton: "Republican Congress worst thing that's happened to US Army and Marine Corps"  —  Friday night on Real Time, Bill Maher interviewed retired Army Major General Paul D. Eaton who was the original Commander in charge of training Iraqi troops.  Maher tries to get a laugh …
Discussion: Cliff Schecter and The BRAD BLOG
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Real Cities:
Rove was asked to fire U.S. attorney  —  WASHINGTON - Presidential advisor Karl Rove and at least one other member of the White House political team were urged by the New Mexico Republican party chairman to fire the state's U.S. attorney because of dissatisfaction with his job performance including …
Discussion: Think Progress and The RBC
Speaker Pelosi / The Gavel:
On Bush Veto Threat of Military Funding Bill  —  President Bush's Iraq policies weaken our military's readiness, dishonor our nation's promises to our veterans, and fail to hold the Iraqi government accountable for overdue reforms.  —  By threatening to veto the House's military funding bill …
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Did Privatization Undo Walter Reed?  —  The focus of blame for the deplorable conditions of a portion of Walter Reed Army Medical Center has now fallen on the Army's decision to privatize its maintenance workforce.  After the canning the Secretary of the Army and the commander in charge of Walter Reed …
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Macranger / Macsmind:
Imus nukes Schumer on his hypocrisy
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and Roger L. Simon
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
In Romney's Bid, His Wallet Opens to the Right  —  In the months before announcing his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts contributed tens of thousands of dollars of his personal fortune to several conservative groups in a position to influence his image on the right.
Discussion: Save The GOP
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Says Zell: Military shortages, Social Security crisis, and illegal immigration all linked to abortion  —  It hasn't gotten widespread play yet, but former U.S. Sen. Zell Miller made a little news this week in Macon when he declared that abortion has contributed to the military's manpower shortage …
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Michael Roston / The Raw Story:
Zell Miller: Abortion has shrunk our military, hurt social security …
Discussion: Liberty Street
Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Kasparov, Building Opposition to Putin  —  GARRY KASPAROV, the former world chess champion, took a pen and notebook and diagramed the protesters' march through St. Petersburg on March 3.  Like a general reliving a battle or a player analyzing a winning combination, he sketched Uprising Square …
Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:
Warming Report to Warn of Coming Drought  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - The harmful effects of global warming on daily life are already showing up, and within a couple of decades hundreds of millions of people won't have enough water, top scientists will say next month at a meeting in Belgium.
J.M. Guardia / Barcepundit:
AGAIN, MADRID has taken to the streets in protest against Zapatero's anti-terror policies:  —  The rally is organized by the conservative Popular Party, now in opposition, and follow 65 smaller demonstrations across the country's cities yesterday evening.  They're all against Zapatero's decision …
Anne Flaherty / Associated Press:
House Dems face uphill battle over Iraq  —  WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record), her party deeply divided and holding only a narrow majority, faces long odds in passing legislation that would bring troops home from Iraq before the 2008 presidential election.
Discussion: Sirotablog
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Washington Post:
Dangerous Ruling  —  IN OVERTURNING the District of Columbia's long-standing ban on handguns yesterday, a federal appeals court turned its back on nearly 70 years of Supreme Court precedent to give a new and dangerous meaning to the Second Amendment.  If allowed to stand …
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Where's Karl Rove?
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