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Faiz / Think Progress:
McCain Strolls Through Baghdad Market, Accompanied By 100 Soldiers, 3 Blackhawks, 2 Apache Gunships — Sen. John McCain strolled briefly through an open-air market in Baghdad today in an effort to prove that Americans are "not getting the full picture" of what's going on in Iraq.
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Checkpoint Baghdad:
A Sunday Stroll in Iraq's Capital — Baghdad, April 1, 2007. It wasn't your typical Sunday stroll. A Republican congressional delegation led by Sen. John McCain popped by the Shorja market in Baghdad this afternoon, a stop on an unannounced Iraq trip. They spent over an hour browsing market stalls …
Kim Gamel / Associated Press:
6 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq bombings — BAGHDAD - After a heavily guarded trip to a Baghdad market, Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record) insisted Sunday that a U.S.-Iraqi security crackdown in the capital was working and said Americans lacked a "full picture" of the progress.
Hindrocket / Power Line:
"AN ACTIVIST, NOT A REPORTER" — We wrote here about CNN's report on Iraq, in which Senator John McCain gave a positive report on progress there, and was followed by CNN correspondent Michael Ware. Ware not only disagreed with McCain, he was unprofessionally derisive, calling McCain's comments …
Amanda / Think Progress:Graham's Signs Of Progress In Iraq: 'I Bought Five Rugs For Five Bucks'
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Nasser Karimi / Associated Press:
Protest in Iran targets British Embassy — TEHRAN, Iran - About 200 students threw rocks and firecrackers at the British Embassy on Sunday, calling for the expulsion of the country's ambassador because of the standoff over Iran's capture of 15 British sailors and marines.
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Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
Taking of hostages by Iran is not Britain's finest hour — Twenty-seven years ago, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was a student in Tehran and is said (by a former Iranian president, for one) to be among those in the U.S. embassy who seized and held American citizens hostage for more than a year.
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Nico / Think Progress:
Mitchell: Petraeus Held Closed-Door Strategy Meeting With Republican Caucus — This morning on the Chris Matthews Show, NBC News' Andrea Mitchell revealed that Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, met "very recently" with the Senate Republican caucus to discuss their strategy on Iraq legislation.
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Booman Tribune:
The Republicans are going to crack — Via Think Progress, we learn that General Petraeus met privately with the Republican caucus and told them he will deliver 'real progress' by August. According to Andrea Mitchell, who was bandying about this scoop, the Republicans are deeply skeptical …
Mike Glover / Associated Press:
Obama says Congress will fund Iraq war — SIOUX CITY, Iowa - If President Bush vetoes an Iraq war spending bill as promised, Congress quickly will provide the money without the withdrawal timeline the White House objects to because no lawmaker "wants to play chicken with our troops," …
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Hotline On Call:
Clinton Raises $26M... Good, Bad, Or Brick-Crap Time? — Here it is: Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign raised a record-setting $26 million for her presidential campaign in the first three months of a year, an impressive feat that may nonetheless be overshadowed in the next few days by news that Sen. Barack Obama managed to keep pace.
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MSNBC:
MTP Transcript for April 1, 2007 — Patrick Leahy, Orrin Hatch, Charlie Rangel — MR. RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: Tough words on Capitol Hill over the firing of eight U.S. attorneys. — SEN. PATRICK LEAHY (D-VT): The Republicans are the ones who don't want to have the hearings.
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Mark Lasswell / Opinion Journal:
ABC's Silent Expert — Stephanopoulos knows more than he lets on about firing U.S. attorneys. — How does "World News with Charles Gibson" do it? For the fifth time in seven weeks, the ABC newscast the week before last drew the biggest audience on average (8.4 million) of the three network evening-news shows.
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Albert Aji / Associated Press:
U.S. House Visit Syria to Discuss Ties — DAMASCUS, Syria — U.S. House members meeting with President Bashar Assad Sunday said they believed there was an opportunity for dialogue with the Syrian leadership. — The U.S. House members, who included Virginia Republican Frank Wolf …
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Associated Press:
Tommy Thompson to run for president — WASHINGTON - Former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson on Sunday joined the crowded field of Republicans running for the White House in 2008 and proclaimed himself the "reliable conservative" in the race. — Thompson, who was health and human services …
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