memeorandum: Bush Clashes With Congress on Prosecutors (Sheryl Gay Stolberg/New York Times)

9:35 AM ET, March 21, 2007

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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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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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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.

Discussion: Redstate, Sister Toldjah and Riehl World View

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 …

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Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:

Gore Returns to Capitol Hill a Hero and a Target — Skeptics of Global Warming Hope to Test the Former Vice President's Mettle — Al Gore wowed moviegoers and Hollywood elites with his Oscar-winning documentary on global warming. Today he faces a far tougher audience in Congress.

Discussion: Hot Air and Connecting.the.Dots

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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U.S. Newswire:
Reid: Rove Should Testify Under Oath

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Newsweek:
A 'Reasonable' Man — Bush's latest efforts at damage control …

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James Rowley / Bloomberg:
Senate Votes to Change Way U.S. Attorneys Appointed (Update1)

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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.

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New York Times:

What People Really Need — In nasty and bumbling comments made at the White House yesterday, President Bush declared that "people just need to hear the truth" about the firing of eight United States attorneys. That's right. Unfortunately, the deal Mr. Bush offered Congress …

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Satyam / Think Progress:
FACT CHECK: There Is No Precedent Barring White House Aides …

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TBogg:
Little Big President

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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Bush will oppose congressional subpoenas of White House …

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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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Bob Fertik / Democrats.com:
More Dishonesty from Moveon

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Jonathan E. Kaplan / The Hill: It's tough to get 218 votes, so Speaker gets tough, too

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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Kirk Semple / New York Times: Iraq Bombers Blow Up 2 Children Used as Decoys

Kristin Roberts / Reuters:
Children used in Iraqi militant attack-US general

Discussion: Hot Air

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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RushLimbaugh.com Home:
Schwarzenegger Sold Out — BEGIN TRANSCRIPT

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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 …

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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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New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Blanco won't seek second term

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Eli Lake / New York Sun:

Obama Rebuffs Soros — Billionaire's Comments on Aipac Are Scored — WASHINGTON — Leading Democrats, including Senator Obama of Illinois, are distancing themselves from an essay published this week by one of their party's leading financiers that called for the Democratic Party to …

Discussion: Captain's Quarters

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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