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1:00 PM ET, March 13, 2007

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Washington Post:
Firings Had Genesis in White House  —  Ex-Counsel Miers First Suggested Dismissing Prosecutors 2 Years Ago, Documents Show  —  The White House suggested two years ago that the Justice Department fire all 93 U.S. attorneys, a proposal that eventually resulted in the dismissals of eight prosecutors last year …
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New York Times:
White House Said to Prompt Firing of Prosecutors  —  The White House was deeply involved in the decision late last year to dismiss federal prosecutors, including some who had been criticized by Republican lawmakers, administration officials said Monday.  —  Last October, President Bush spoke …
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Fast-Riser's High Hopes and Sudden Fall  —  D. Kyle Sampson has never worked full time as a federal prosecutor.  But for much of the Bush administration he played a considerable role in vetting who served in the Justice Department.  And last year he used his post as chief of staff …
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Today's Must Read  —  OK, there's a lot to sift through in the two stories out from The Washington Post and New York Times today, but let's just focus on the tick-tock of events outlined in the two stories.  —  So here's the storyline (and please save your expressions of disbelief until the end):
Associated Press:
White House mulled firing all prosecutors
Discussion: MyDD
David Bowermaster / Seattle Times:
McKay "stunned" by report on Bush
Discussion: Political Animal
Amanda / Think Progress:
Gonzales Lied Under Oath, Said All Bush-Appointed Attorneys …
Discussion: TAPPED
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:   How U.S. Attorneys Get Appointed
Washington Post:
The Pelosi Plan for Iraq  —  THE RESTRICTIONS on Iraq war funding drawn up by the House Democratic leadership are exquisitely tailored to bring together the party's leftist and centrist wings.  For the Out of Iraq Caucus, which demands that Congress force a withdrawal of all U.S. troops …
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Reuters:
Top U.S. General Calls Homosexuality Immoral: Report  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. military Joint Chiefs of Staff said he backs the Pentagon's ``don't ask, don't tell'' limits on gays serving in the military because he believes homosexual acts are immoral, the Chicago Tribune reported in Tuesday's edition.
Discussion: TAPPED and Stop The ACLU
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Associated Press:
Gen. Pace calls homosexuality immoral  —  WASHINGTON - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday he considers homosexuality to be immoral and the military should not condone it by allowing gay personnel to serve openly, the Chicago Tribune reported.
USA Today:
General: Al-Sadr's fighters feel heat  —  Coalition forces have detained about 700 members of the Mahdi Army, the largest Shiite militia in Baghdad, the top U.S. commander in Iraq said Monday.  —  The militia, which is loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and has clashed with U.S. troops in the past …
Discussion: The Corner
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Hundreds Of Mahdis, Thousands Of Insurgents Detained
Discussion: The Influence Peddler
William J. Broad / New York Times:
From a Rapt Audience, a Call to Cool the Hype  —  Hollywood has a thing for Al Gore and his three-alarm film on global warming, "An Inconvenient Truth," which won an Academy Award for best documentary.  So do many environmentalists, who praise him as a visionary, and many scientists …
Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Unity is overrated  —  Calls to 'put politics aside' really mean 'stop disagreeing with me and shut up.'  —  BECAUSE WE'RE AT the start of the electoral roller coaster, the part where the car slowly chugs upward, building anticipation for the gut-wrenching plunges and loop-the-loops ahead …
Discussion: Polimom Says and TAPPED
Pat Toomey / Opinion Journal:
The McCain Record  —  Arizona's senior senator is not a consistent defender of individual freedom.  —  Political candidates often attempt to burnish their economic policy credentials on the campaign trail.  As part of an effort to provide a fair and thorough analysis of the real economic records …
Discussion: Redstate, TIME and Betsy's Page
Daniel Terdiman / CNET News.com:
Dan Rather: Journalism has 'lost its guts'  —  AUSTIN, TEXAS—To longtime CBS broadcaster Dan Rather, American journalism in recent years "has in some ways lost its guts."  —  During his hour-long keynote address at South by Southwest Interactive, Rather opined at length on the state of his profession …
Greg Sargent / The Coffee House:
Poll: Cheney's Approval Rating Sinks To 18 Percent; Bush At 34%  —  The big New York Times poll we posted below has a bunch of interesting numbers that we'll be checking out today.  For now, here's a real doozy: Dick Cheney's approval rating is all of 18 percent.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Clinton nabs K St. backers her rivals shun  —  Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has a network of lobbyists and political insiders three times the size of her closest Democratic rival, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), but many influential party members inside the Beltway are holding back to see how their race plays out.
Kate Connolly / Guardian:
Letter proves Speer knew of Holocaust plan  —  A newly discovered letter by Adolf Hitler's architect and armaments minister Albert Speer offers proof that he knew about the plans to exterminate the Jews, despite his repeated claims to the contrary.  —  Writing in 1971 to Hélène Jeanty …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
 
 
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Hillary And Her Conspiracy Theory
Discussion: Associated Press and Hot Air
Stephen Labaton / New York Times:
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Rasmussen Reports:
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John Tierney / New York Times:
What's So Funny? Well, Maybe Nothing
Discussion: Balkinization
Adam Schreck / Los Angeles Times:
Congressman says he doesn't believe in God
Peter Finn / Washington Post:
Dispute Halts Delivery Of Atomic Fuel to Iran
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CNN:
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Discussion: Hot Air and NewsBusters.org
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 Earlier Items: 
Reuters:
Viacom in $1 bln copyright suit vs Google, YouTube
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Wizbang
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Home in San Francisco, Pelosi Gets the Crawford Treatment
Discussion: Central Sanity
irs.gov:
IRS Issues Winter 2006-2007 Statistics of Income Bulletin
Gail Shister / Philadelphia Inquirer:
FOB (and Hillary) sees no effect on 'CBS Evening News'
Discussion: TVNewser
Thomas Heath / Washington Post:
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Boston Globe:
Army rushes to promote its officers
Discussion: Wizbang
Smash / The Indepundit:
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Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
When No News Is Strange News  —  The 19th-century German …