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11:20 AM ET, March 28, 2007

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Arthur Herman / New York Post:
HOSTAGE SAILORS — BRITAIN'S IMPOTENCE  —  IT'S been a tough month for the British Navy.  On March 7, it learned that Tony Blair's Labor government was going ahead with drastic cuts in its budget and number of ships.  By this time next year, the once-vaunted Royal Navy will be about the size …
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Times of London:
Blair steps up pressure on Iran as US moves in  —  Tony Blair warned Iran yesterday that the dispute over the 15 British servicemen seized in Gulf waters last week could move into a "different phase" if diplomacy failed to secure their release.  —  His words, immediately condemned by Iran as …
Sky News:
Brits To Be Paraded On TV  —  The British sailors and marines being held in Iran are to be paraded on television - but the female sailor who was captured could be released "today or tomorrow."  —  Turkish TV has quoted the Iranian foreign minister as saying Faye Turney could be freed within hours.
Terri Judd / The Independent:
In her own words: the female sailor held captive in Iran  —  An exclusive interview with Faye Turney, hours before she was seized  —  The woman who was captured by Iran's Revolutionary Guards while serving with the Royal Navy in Iraq spoke of her devotion to both her family and her job just hours before she was seized.
Discussion: EU Referendum and Verum Serum
CNN:
Iran 'to release UK sailor soon'
Discussion: Shakespeare's Sister and Wonkette
Alan Cowell / New York Times:
Britain Steps Up Pressure on Iran, Freezing Business Ties
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Patrick Wintour / Guardian:
Maps and photos to be released showing captured marines were inside Iraqi waters
Discussion: QandO and AMERICAblog
New York Times:
Sweeps in Iraq Cram Two Jails With Detainees  —  Hundreds of Iraqis detained in the Baghdad security crackdown have been crammed into two detention centers run by the Defense Ministry that were designed to hold only dozens of people, a government monitoring group said Tuesday.
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Damian Whitworth / Times of London:
50 men 'executed' in Iraq terror carnage
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Matthew Yglesias:
So Much to Learn  —  I sometimes think the blogosphere might be more influential if it had less indiosyncratic jargon.  See, e.g., Karen Tumulty's "please clue me: What is a 'concern troll'?"  Most people hearing similarly unfamiliar terminology flung at them in the course of a criticism …
Discussion: time-blog.com and TalkLeft
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Atrios / Eschaton:
Blogs, Inside Jokes, and Jargon
Discussion: MyDD
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
New Drive Afoot to Pass Equal Rights Amendment  —  Federal and state lawmakers have launched a new drive to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, reviving a feminist goal that faltered a quarter-century ago when the measure did not gain the approval of three-quarters of the state legislatures.
Carrie Budoff / The Politico:
Spring Break May Delay War Funds  —  Spring break checklist for Congress: A plane ticket back home, chocolate (or matzo) for the family and a war spending bill for the president.  —  The last item might need to wait.  —  Senate Democrats beat back Republican efforts Tuesday to strip …
Discussion: Redstate, QandO and Don Surber
New York Times:
Senate Supports a Pullout Date in Iraq War Bill  —  The Senate went on record for the first time on Tuesday in favor of a withdrawal date from Iraq, with Democrats marshaling the votes they needed to deliver a forceful rebuke to President Bush's war policy.  —  By a vote of 50 to 48 …
US News:
E-mail Controversy Prompts Many Aides To Stop Usage  —  This comes from Whispers editor Paul Bedard:  —  The growing controversy over the firing of federal prosecutors and what administration officials knew about it is renewing concerns among Bush aides over the less-than-secret aspect of E-emails.
Matt Stearns / Real Cities:
FBI didn't mean to break the law, Mueller says  —  WASHINGTON - The FBI didn't deliberately break the law by improperly obtaining thousands of Americans' phone, e-mail and financial records, Bureau Director Robert Mueller told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.  —  That was the good news.
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
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R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
Failures at FBI Acknowledged
Discussion: War and Piece
Sridhar Pappu / Washington Post:
On the Firing Line  —  D. Kyle Sampson was a team player.  Tomorrow, Alberto Gonzales's former chief of staff will tell a Senate panel who called the shots.  —  W alking into the FBI gym for a basketball game in 2003 or 2004 to play against John Ashcroft and his boys …
Discussion: The Mahablog, Law Blog and TPMmuckraker
Jim Hoagland / Washington Post:
Bush's Royal Trouble  —  President Bush enjoys hosting formal state dinners about as much as having a root canal.  Or proposing tax increases.  So his decision to schedule a mid-April White House gala for Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah signified the president's high regard for an Arab monarch who is also a Bush family friend.
Washington Wire:
MoveOn Endorsement Fight to Begin  —  Amy Schatz reports on MoveOn.org's presidential endorsement effort.  —  Starting today, Democratic presidential hopefuls have a new contest to vie for: the endorsement of MoveOn.org.  The influential progressive interest group, which boosts …
Tony Blankley / Real Clear Politics:
Hillary on Track for Nomination  —  With every passing week it becomes more likely that Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic Party nominee for president.  This thought, alone, should provide the strongest possible motivation to the Bush administration and the Washington Republicans …
Jason Horowitz / New York Observer:
Bill Richardson Seeks Clinton Scraps  —  Governor to Hillary supporters: 'Make Me Your Second Choice'  —  Bill Richardson came to New York looking for cash, and at least a little recognition.  —  "I'm raising money to be respectable," he said on the night of March 26 …
Discussion: The Caucus
 
 
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Elana Schor / The Hill:
Inhofe vows to put brakes on Gore's 'Live Earth' concert at the Capitol
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Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Obama's gaffes start to pile up
Redstate:
Help Send RedState To Iraq
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Bloomberg:
Clinton, Obama, McCain Play Expectations Game Over Fundraising
Josh Kraushaar / The Politico:
Democrats Eye New Arizona House Pickup
Discussion: TIME
Michelle Malkin:
A message to the techblogging elite
Harold Meyerson / Washington Post:
The Republican Mystery  —  The truly astonishing thing …
Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:
Edwardses' News Brings Flood of Online Support
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 Earlier Items: 
Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
McCaffrey Paints Gloomy Picture of Iraq
Discussion: Think Progress and AMERICAblog
Chris Frates / The Politico:
Bob Barr Flip-Flops on Pot
Nick Schulz / TCS Daily:
No Exit, Big Problem
CNN:
Hostage-taker releases children, teachers
Discussion: Pajamas Media
Michael Luo / New York Times:
The Entourage Is Gone.  The Jet Is Gone. …
Discussion: The Swamp and NewsBusters.org
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Defender of the Second Amendment, if Not of His Aide
Mahmud Hams / NEWS.com.au:
Sewage 'tsunami' kills five, scores missing