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8:50 PM ET, March 13, 2007

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CNN:
Gonzales: 'Mistakes were made' in U.S. attorneys' firings … WASHINGTON (CNN) — Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday that "mistakes were made" regarding the firing of eight U.S. attorneys and he accepts responsibility for the ordeal.  —  "My pledge to the American people is to find out what went wrong here," he said.
Bill Brubaker / Washington Post:
Gonzales Accepts Responsibility for 'Mistakes'  —  Schumer Warns Sampson's Resignation Does Not Absolve Attorney General  —  Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales said today he does not regret firing eight federal prosecutors last year, but he accepts responsibility for "mistakes" …
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Gonzales: I'm "Dismayed"  —  We just watched Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' press conference here.  The gist: Gonzales said that he accepts responsibility for the "mistakes" made at the Justice Department... but argued that he is not "aware" of "all decisions" at the Justice Department.
Jay Carney / time-blog.com:
Where Credit Is Due  —  Twelve days ago, after David Iglesias went public, I said that if there turned out to be a broad conspiracy behind the firing of the U.S. Attorneys, "I will take my hat off to Marshall and others in the blogosphere and congratulate them for having been right …
TRex / Firedoglake:
That's All, Folks!  —  TINAT (This is not a transcript.)  —  Weee-heh-heell, Porky's little 2:00 presser didn't go very well, did it?  Gonzo walked into that one like the proverbial man in a pork chop suit walking into the lion cage.  —  For those of you who missed it …
Discussion: TalkLeft and Needlenose
Andrew Cohen / CBS News:
Gonzales & The White House: The Plot Thickens
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:   Gonzales speaks  —  UPDATE: As Atrios notes, if Harriet Miers …
Aamer Madhani / Chicago Tribune:
Don't drop `don't ask, don't tell,' Pace says  —  Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Monday that he supports the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" ban on gays serving in the military because homosexual acts "are immoral," akin to a member of the armed forces conducting …
Discussion: At-Largely and Donklephant
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Pelosi hears boos at AIPAC  —  Members of the main pro-Israel lobbying group offered scattered boos to a statement by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) that the Iraq war has been a failure on several scores.  —  The boos, mixed with some polite applause, stood in stark contrast …
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Washington Post:
The Pelosi Plan for Iraq
Mark Green / The Politico:
Air America's Invitation  —  Tweaking the Fox News Channel, the president of liberal Air America Radio this morning sent a letter to the chairmen of four state Republican parties, offering to host and broadcast the state parties' upcoming presidential debates.
The Blotter:
Exclusive: Curveball, the Defector Whose Lies Led to War  —  Brian Ross and Rhonda Schwartz Report:  —  The Iraqi defector known as Curveball, whose fabricated stories of "mobile biological weapons labs" helped lead the U.S. to war four years ago, is still being protected by the German intelligence service …
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
List of Blue Dog Saboteurs  —  From a source close to the House Democratic caucus, here's a list of Blue Dogs that don't want to vote for this bill because it has a certain date for withdrawal.  —  Michael Arcuri (NY-24)  —  John Barrow (GA-12)  —  Melissa Bean (IL-08)  —  Dan Boren (OK-02)
Minneapolis Star Tribune:
One of imams removed from plane says incident caused them extreme harm  —  Six Muslim imams ordered off a US Airways flight at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport last November want to hold the airline responsible for how it treated them, one of the imams on the flight …
Michael Yon / Fox News:
ERNIE IS DEAD: WEB CORRESPONDENT MICHAEL YON REPORTS FROM IRAQ  —  Michael Yon is an independent writer, photographer and former Green Beret who was embedded in Iraq for nine months in 2005.  He has returned to Iraq for 2007 to continue reporting on the war.  Here is a portion of his first dispatch for FOXNews.com.
Discussion: Confederate Yankee and Media Blog
Associated Press:
Lange: May cut social service funds to pass budget  —  HELENA - The Republican House leader said he is prepared to strip $2 billion in federal money out of the social services budget if that's what it takes to advance the GOP budget bills.  —  The announcement comes as the House gets ready …
Discussion: Sirotablog and Left in the West
 
 
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What's So Funny? Well, Maybe Nothing
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Justices to Hear Landmark Free-Speech Case
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Daniel Terdiman / CNET News.com:
Dan Rather: Journalism has 'lost its guts'
Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Unity is overrated  —  Calls to 'put politics aside …