memeorandum: RUDY JUDI'S BOMBSHELL (New York Post)

3:30 PM ET, March 23, 2007

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House passes spending bill with Iraq deadline … WASHINGTON (CNN) — The House of Representatives on Friday voted 218-212 to approve a spending bill that includes a firm deadline — August 31, 2008 — for combat troops to leave Iraq. — President Bush, who already has said he would veto the bill …

Discussion: Hot Air, The Moderate Voice, Democratic Underground, Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler and The Reaction

Anne Flaherty / Associated Press:

House Dems more confident on Iraq vote — WASHINGTON - House Democrats are increasingly confident they have the votes to pass legislation designed to force an end to the war in Iraq next year. — Several party members dropped their opposition to the bill following days of wrangling within a deeply divided caucus.

Discussion: Donklephant, Skeptical Brotha, The Carpetbagger Report, Little Green Footballs and TIME: Swampland

New York Times:
Democrats Shore Up Support for Iraq Votes

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Anne Flaherty / Associated Press:
House OKs Timetable for Troops in Iraq

Discussion: Facing South, Wizbang and PoliPundit.com

Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:

White House Spokesman to Undergo Surgery — WASHINGTON (AP) - Presidential spokesman Tony Snow is undergoing surgery Monday to remove a growth in his lower abdomen, a procedure he said was being done "out of an aggressive sense of caution" because he had colon cancer two years ago.

Joe Conason / Salon:
Rove, proven liar

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White House:
Press Briefing by Tony Snow

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Robert Barr / Associated Press:

Iran nabs British sailors in Iraq waters — LONDON - Iranian naval vessels seized 15 British sailors who had boarded a ship suspected of smuggling cars in the Persian Gulf off the Iraqi coast on Friday, officials said. — The British government demanded "the immediate and safe return of our people and equipment."

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MSNBC:

U.K. says 15 soldiers detained by Iranian navy — Ministry summons Iranian ambassador, seeks immediate return of troops — The HMS Cornwall on patrol in the North Arabian Gulf earlier this month. — NBC VIDEO — March 23: Fifteen British sailors have been detained by Iranian vessels.

Discussion: The Washington Note and NewsHog

CNN:
Iran 'seizes' 15 British sailors

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Washington Post:

E-Mails Show Machinations to Replace Prosecutor — Administration Worked for Months to Make Rove Aide U.S. Attorney in Arkansas — Two months before Bud Cummins was fired as U.S. attorney in Little Rock, a protege of presidential adviser Karl Rove was maneuvering with the Justice Department to take his place.

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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:

Gonzales Aide to Senate Staff: Nothing to See Here — In the runup to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee in January, Gonzales' chief of staff Kyle Sampson lied to committee staff in order to convince them that Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) …

Discussion: Grasping Reality …

David Ignatius / Washington Post:
An Inside-the-Bushies Mentality — If you read the obituary pages …

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Washington Post:

Retreat and Butter — TODAY THE House of Representatives is due to vote on a bill that would grant $25 million to spinach farmers in California. The legislation would also appropriate $75 million for peanut storage in Georgia and $15 million to protect Louisiana rice fields from saltwater.

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Greg Sargent / Horses Mouth:
Oh, man — this is really a great one. This morning …

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Pew Research Center:

Trends in Political Values and Core Attitudes: 1987-2007 — Political Landscape More Favorable To Democrats — Summary of Findings — View the complete report in pdf format — Increased public support for the social safety net, signs of growing public concern about income inequality …

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New York Post:

RUDY JUDI'S BOMBSHELL — REVEALS THAT HE'S HER THIRD HUSBAND — Rudy Giuliani's wife, Judith, made a shocking revelation yesterday that stunned even those close to the White House hopeful - he isn't her second husband, but her third. — "Something I will share with you is that …

Discussion: New York Times, First Read and The Right's Field

Jackie Calmes / Wall Street Journal:

From Obama's Past: An Old Classmate, A Surprising Call — In High School, 'Ray' and 'Barry' — Were Friends, Then Took Different Paths — Sen. Barack Obama had just come off the Senate floor last Thursday, rushing to get to New Hampshire for a weekend of campaigning for president …

Discussion: Wonkette, Michelle Malkin, TIME and Riehl World View

Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:

GAO Faults U.S. Military Over Munitions in Iraq — Report Says Insurgents Took Unsecured Explosives — The U.S. military's faulty war plans and insufficient troops in Iraq left thousands and possibly millions of tons of conventional munitions unsecured or in the hands of insurgent groups …

Discussion: Dick Polman's American Debate, The Carpetbagger Report and politburo diktat 2.0

New York Post:

H'WOOD'S 9/11 IDIOT BRIGADE — SOME celebrities don't know when to keep their traps shut - like Charlie Sheen and Rosie O'Donnell, who are throwing their weight behind the twisted theory that the United States government was behind the 9/11 terror attacks. — Page Six has learned that Sheen …

Discussion: Hot Air, Right Wing News, Moonbattery, QandO and Wonkette

William Branigin / Washington Post:

House OKs Timetable for Troops in Iraq — $124B Emergency Bill Sets Binding Benchmarks for Progress in Iraq — The House of Representatives today passed a $124 billion emergency spending bill that sets binding benchmarks for progress in Iraq, establishes tough readiness standards …

Discussion: Booman Tribune, INTEL DUMP, Reason Magazine and The Strata-Sphere

Henry C. Jackson / Associated Press:

Vilsack to endorse Clinton for president — DES MOINES, Iowa - Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton, in a major political coup, captured the endorsement of former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, who recently abandoned his own presidential bid, officials told The Associated Press on Friday.

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, PSoTD and Skeptical Brotha

Jamie Glazov / Front Page Magazine:

Symposium: The First Nuclear Terrorist Power — An Islamist insurgency is afoot in Pakistan, posing a dire threat of overthrowing Musharraf. — And this may happen sooner rather than later. — If the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is created, it means Islamists get their hands on Pakistan's nuclear weapons.

Discussion: The Corner