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12:55 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 …
Associated Press:
White House mulled firing all prosecutors
Discussion: MyDD
David Bowermaster / Seattle Times:
McKay "stunned" by report on Bush
Discussion: Political Animal
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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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.
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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
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
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.
John Tierney / New York Times:
What's So Funny?  Well, Maybe Nothing  —  So there are these two muffins baking in an oven.  One of them yells, "Wow, it's hot in here!"  —  And the other muffin replies: "Holy cow!  A talking muffin!"  —  Did that alleged joke make you laugh?  I would guess (and hope) not.
Discussion: Balkinization
Jonathan V. Last / Opinion Journal:
Captain America, RIP  —  As a superhero, he changed along with the country.  —  Last Wednesday morning, while most people kibitzed about Scooter Libby over their morning coffee, Captain America was murdered on the steps of the federal courthouse in New York.
Discussion: SCSUScholars
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
When No News Is Strange News  —  The 19th-century German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was a giant in the field of logic.  The 21st-century philosopher Chuck Hagel?  Not so much.  —  The Republican senator from Nebraska, flirting with a 2008 presidential run, scheduled …
 
 
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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:
Bush Aides and Business Meet on Shift in Regulation
Rasmussen Reports:
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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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Reuters:
Viacom in $1 bln copyright suit vs Google, YouTube
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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:
Consultancy Founder Devotes Himself To Remaking Atlantic Media Online
Boston Globe:
Army rushes to promote its officers
Discussion: Wizbang
Kate Connolly / Guardian:
Letter proves Speer knew of Holocaust plan
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Smash / The Indepundit:
Portrait of a Punk  —  TROLL HUNTING IS FUN.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
People's Daily Online:
Iranian official lashes out at Hollywood movie "300" …