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David C. Iglesias / New York Times:
Why I Was Fired — WITH this week's release of more than 3,000 Justice Department e-mail messages about the dismissal of eight federal prosecutors, it seems clear that politics played a role in the ousters. — Of course, as one of the eight, I've felt this way for some time.
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White House:
President Bush Addresses Resignations of U.S. Attorneys — White House Counsel's Letter Regarding U.S. Attorneys — THE PRESIDENT: Earlier today, my staff met with congressional leaders about the resignations of U.S. attorneys. As you know, I have broad discretion to replace political …
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bush Clashes With Congress on Prosecutors — President Bush and Congress clashed Tuesday over an inquiry into the firing of federal prosecutors and appeared headed toward a constitutional showdown over demands from Capitol Hill for internal White House documents and testimony from top advisers to the president.
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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Bush Warns Dems to Take Offer in Firings — WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush warned Democrats Tuesday to accept his offer to allow top aides to testify about the firings of federal prosecutors only privately and not under oath, or risk a constitutional showdown from which he would not back down.
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The president's oh-so-noble reliance on "executive privilege" — There are several important facts to note about the President's vow at this afternoon's Press Conference to resist attempts to compel Karl Rove and Harriet Miers to testify to Congress, under oath, with regard to the firing of the U.S. attorneys.
Washington Post:
E-Mails Reveal Tumult In Firings and Aftermath — On the morning of Feb. 7, the day after a combative Senate hearing over the firings of eight U.S. attorneys, Deputy Attorney General Paul J. McNulty was looking on the bright side. — "Paul reports this morning that he's hearing good reports …
Satyam / Think Progress:
FACT CHECK: There Is No Precedent Barring White House Aides From Testifying To Congress — Senate Judiciary Chairman Pat Leahy (D-VT) has called on Karl Rove and other top White House aides to testify under oath in front of Congress concerning their role in the U.S. attorney purge.
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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:Leahy: You Do Your Job, I'll Do Mine
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Democrats Split on Iraq Bill — Even Vote Counters Aren't Lined Up Behind Spending Measure — One of the Democrats' chief designated vote counters, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), is actively working against the Iraq war spending bill. The leadership's senior chief deputy whip …
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Matt Stoller / MyDD:On Sestak, Again — Ok, I'm going to concede that I was probably …
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Agence France Presse:
Iraq insurgents used children in car bombing: general — Insurgents in Iraq detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle with two children in the back seat after US soldiers let it through a Baghdad checkpoint over the weekend, a senior US military official said Tuesday.
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Stephen Handwerk / The Daily Advertiser:
Blanco: 'I will not seek re-election'; see photo gallery of the governor in action — BATON ROUGE — Gov. Kathleen Blanco has made it official: she will not run for re-election. — "I am choosing to do what I believe to be what is best for the state," the governor said in a statewide television broadcast.
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Robert Salladay / Political Muscle:
Schwarzenegger Calls Rush Limbaugh Irrelevant … During the one-on-one interview, the Republican-registered California governor was asked about criticism from Limbaugh and other conservatives that he has become a Democrat in disguise for supporting stem-cell research, mandatory curbs …
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NY1:
Clinton Says She's Not Worried About "1984" Ad Impact — In an interview with NY1 Tuesday, Senator Hillary Clinton addressed the controversial new video that's attacking her credibility and promoting the presidential campaign of chief rival, Barack Obama. — After talking about Senate …
Steve Lohr / New York Times:
John W. Backus, 82, Fortran Developer, Dies — John W. Backus, who assembled and led the I.B.M. team that created Fortran, the first widely used programming language, which helped open the door to modern computing, died on Saturday at his home in Ashland, Ore. He was 82.
Audrey Hudson / Washington Times:
Muslims offer to help 'John Does' sued by imams — Lawyers and a Muslim group say they will defend at no cost airline passengers caught up in a lawsuit between a group of imams and U.S. Airways if the passengers are named as "John Does" and sued for reporting suspicious behavior that got …
Marc Morano / epw.senate.gov:
Blogs - Blogs — Filter by: — Al Gore Continues to Demand Special Treatment — From behind the scenes on Capitol Hill: Former Vice President Al Gore, despite being given major preferential treatment, has violated the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee's (EPW) hearing rules.
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Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Aid to Palestinians Rose in '06 Despite an Embargo — Despite the international embargo on aid to the Palestinian Authority since Hamas came to power a year ago, significantly more aid was delivered to the Palestinians in 2006 than in 2005, according to official figures from the United Nations …
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