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5:35 AM ET, March 17, 2007

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CBS News:
Will Gonzales Fall For Attorney Firings?  —  Sources: AG's Ouster Is Inevitable; Fired Attorney Blames Partisan Politics  —  (CBS/AP) One of the eight recently fired U.S. attorneys at the center of a growing political scandal tells CBS News that he lost his job because he "did not play ball" with powerful Republicans.
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Nico / Think Progress:
Gonzales Gave Kyle Sampson New Justice Dept. Office After His Supposed 'Resignation'  —  Attorney General Alberto Gonzales planned to install his former aide Kyle Sampson as a lawyer in the Justice Department's environment division even after Sampson's "resignation," NPR reported today.
Editor and Publisher:
White House Security Chief Reveals — No Probe of Plame Leak There  —  NEW YORK Dr. James Knodell, director of the Office of Security at the White House, told a congressional committee today that he was aware of no internal investigation or report into the leak of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame.
Discussion: Firedoglake, Macsmind and NewsHog
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform:
Live Webcast of Hearing Begins at 10 a.m.  —  Chairman Henry A. Waxman announced a hearing on whether White House officials followed appropriate procedures for safeguarding the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson.  At the hearing, the Committee will receive testimony from Ms. Wilson …
Jesse Lee / The Gavel:
Hearing on Disclosure of CIA Identity:No White House Investigation  —  No White House Investigation  —  The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is holding a hearing on whether White House officials followed appropriate procedures for safeguarding the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson.
Real Cities:
Gonzales apologizes to prosecutors  —  WASHINGTON - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales apologized to the nation's 93 U.S. attorneys in a conference call Friday as he tried to hold on to his job amid the scandal over the firings of eight federal prosecutors.  —  In another move to repair …
Discussion: MyDD and Talking Points Memo
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
White House Backs Off on Miers Scenario
Discussion: TalkLeft and Talking Points Memo
Nico / Think Progress:   Bush 'Pugnacious,' 'In Deep Denial,' As White House Allies Press …
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Memo to Gonzales  —  Was it arrogance or ignorance that led …
Discussion: Power Line and CorrenteWire
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Waxman Hearing, Panel II — Part II
Discussion: Angry Bear and Crooks and Liars
Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
White House murky on prosecutor firings
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Plame On!  —  Let's get into the Plame hearing conducted by Rep. Waxman today.  —  Matt Apuzzo of the AP deserves the props we gave him - this story seems to hit the key controversies and presents both sides.  Here we go:  —  (1) Was Valerie involved in sending Joe?
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:   Waxman v Toensing  —  Henry Waxman grills Victoria...  Download (4325) |
David Stout / New York Times:
Subject of C.I.A. Leak Testifies on Capitol Hill
Discussion: Althouse and Washington Post
The Raw Story:
Plame hearing transcript
Discussion: The BRAD BLOG
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Fox News:
FBI PUTS LOCAL OFFICIALS ON NOTICE ABOUT EXTREMISTS TRYING TO SIGN UP TO BE SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS  —  WASHINGTON — The FBI has issued an "informational bulletin" to state and local officials saying to watch out for people tied to extremist groups trying to earn licenses to drive school buses.
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Confederate Yankee
Adam Nagourney / The Caucus:
McCain Stumbles on H.I.V. Prevention  —  SOMEWHERE in NORTHERN IOWA — The unthinkable has happened.  Senator John McCain met a question, while sitting with reporters on his bus as it rumbled through Iowa today, that he couldn't - or perhaps wouldn't - answer.
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Eric Pianin / Campaign Trail:
McCain is stumped on the stump  —  It's not often that a reporter stumps John McCain.  But it happened Friday, and it was a telling moment for the Republican presidential contender.  —  The bus had been rolling for a half-hour and McCain was holding court on everything from Iraq to college basketball.
Bryan Bender / Boston Globe:
General seeks another brigade in Iraq  —  WASHINGTON — The top US commander in Iraq has requested another Army brigade, in addition to five already on the way, as part of the controversial "surge" of American troops designed to clamp down on sectarian violence and insurgent groups, senior Pentagon officials said yesterday.
Greg Sargent / Horses Mouth:
Okay, I think I've unearthed the Barack Obama quote that Bill Clinton is criticizing The New York Times for not giving more attention to.  It's from July of 2004.  —  As reported below, Clinton sharply criticized The Times at a private fundraiser the other day.
Discussion: Jules Crittenden
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Nitpicker:
Dance, Foxholes, Dance!  —  In the light of Fox News scrambling to maintain the thinnest veneer of "balance" after Democrats refused to lend them respectability, I thought it might be time to point out something I witnessed first hand as a public affairs sergeant in Afghanistan.  I call it the "Fox News Two Step."
Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Daily Kos and MyDD
Terry McDermott / Los Angeles Times:
Blogs can top the presses  —  New York — IN a third-floor Flower District walkup with bare wooden floors, plain white walls and an excitable toy poodle named Simon, six guys dressed mainly in T-shirts and jeans sit all day in front of computer screens at desks arranged around the oblong room's perimeter …
Washington Post:
'Swift Boat' Figure Joins Romney  —  The primary funder of an independent group that raised questions about the résumé of Sen. John F. Kerry during the 2004 presidential election has signed on to raise money for former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney's GOP presidential campaign.
 
 
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Rocky Mountain News:
Rosen: Public school bondage
Discussion: Dean's World
Jen Chung / Gothamist:
R2D2 Mailbox On The Corner
Discussion: Ed Driscoll.com
Richard Brookhiser / Time:
Conscientious Objectors  —  Congressional Democrats are struggling …
Adam Nagourney / The Caucus:
McCain Apologizes for 'Tar-Baby' Moment
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Keep Off The Hippies
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Newt's Disappointing Admission
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When The Hobby Becomes The Profession
Alexander Mooney / CNN Political Ticker:
Trump has harsh words for Bush Administration
Scott Helman / Boston Globe:
Romney's words grow hard on immigration
Discussion: The Caucus and The Swamp
Lara Setrakian / ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: Duke Lacrosse Accuser Not Answering Investigators' Key Questions