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4:23 AM ET, April 4, 2007

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White House:
President Bush Makes Remarks on the Emergency Supplemental  —  THE PRESIDENT: Good morning.  I've just had a good meeting with Secretary of Defense Bob Gates, and General Pete Pace, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  Secretary Gates and General Pace updated me on the deployment of American reinforcements to Iraq.
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Gregory / The Belgravia Dispatch:
DAMASCENE COMEDY  —  Bush, today: … Haaretz: … So let me get this straight.  Bush remonstrates dastardly Nancy for her passage through Damascus, at the very time the Israelis are reportedly using her to pass a message to Bashar Assad to help avoid a possible conflagration with the Syrians.
Little Green Footballs:
Pelosi in a Hijab  —  The modern Democratic leadership. … UPDATE at 4/3/07 12:07:53 pm: … How ... quaint.
Aluf Benn / Haaretz:
Israel seeks to reassure Syria: No summer attack  —  Israel's political and military leadership has been preparing in recent weeks for the possibility of a Syrian attack on the Golan Heights that will start as a result of a "miscalculation" on the part of the Syrians, who may assume that Israel intends to attack them.
Zeina Karam / Associated Press:
Pelosi visits market, mosque in Syria  —  DAMASCUS, Syria - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record) mingled with Syrians in a market and made the sign of the cross at a Christian tomb Tuesday during a visit to pursue dialogue with the country's leader.
Discussion: theneweditor.com and GINA COBB
Dave Pidgeon / local.lancasteronline.com:
Pitts in Syria before Pelosi  —  But county's U.S. rep. draws less criticism  —  Intelligencer Journal  —  LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. - While U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's upcoming visit to Syria has caused the White House to bristle, a little-publicized rendezvous took place Sunday between …
Discussion: Breaking News …
Greg Sargent / Horses Mouth:
Let's see if all the big news outlets who lavished so much coverage on the White House's attack on Nancy Pelosi for her trip to Syria have any time for this.  —  It's well known by now that even as the White House was slamming Pelosi for her Syria trip GOP House members were making their own trip to Syria.
Zeina Karam / Associated Press:
Pelosi Rebuffs Criticism of Syria Visit
Discussion: Wizbang and The Huffington Post
Jonathan Singer / MyDD:
John Kerry: McCain Approached Me About Joining Dem Ticket in 2004  —  Note: You can now read the rest of the interview with Senator Kerry here.  —  On Monday afternoon I had the chance to speak with Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, the Democratic Party's nominee for President in 2004.
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
McCain Revamps His Fund-Raising  —  Lagging in fund-raising and under fire for his support of the Iraq war, Senator John McCain is overhauling his campaign finance operation and delaying the official announcement of his candidacy, his aides said Tuesday.  —  They said he would adopt the kind …
Mike Allen / The Politico:
McCain Denies Secret Overture to Kerry  —  Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) has riled both parties by charging that Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) approached him about joining the Democratic presidential ticket in 2004.  —  Now, the assertion has drawn a detailed rebuttal by top McCain aides …
Discussion: MyDD, Power Line and News Bloggers Blog
Matt Lewis / Townhall.com:
"Kerry Approached McCain" …
Discussion: New York Sun Politics
Newsweek:   Page 4: Teaming Up  —  Kerry was still unable to come …
Eric Kleefeld / Election Central:
McCain Camp Recruits Nixon's Jew-Counter As Finance Co-Chair  —  John McCain's campaign has just put out a press release announcing that GOP money-man Fred Malek has signed on as national finance co-chair.  That's a very important, high-level gig.  —  There's only one problem, though …
Discussion: The Nation
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The Blotter:
ABC News Exclusive: The Secret War Against Iran  —  Brian Ross and Christopher Isham Report:  —  A Pakistani tribal militant group responsible for a series of deadly guerrilla raids inside Iran has been secretly encouraged and advised by American officials since 2005, U.S. and Pakistani intelligence sources tell ABC News.
Andrew C. McCarthy / Human Events:
The Mullahs Scoff at Geneva ... Again  —  For what seems like the millionth time since 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran has perpetrated an act of war against the West, reaffirmed its hostile, revolutionary intentions, and demonstrated that it is a rogue state which scoffs at the civilizing impulses …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:   The Right and Geneva  —  Andy McCarthy cites the Geneva Conventions.
NBC4:
Students Pelt Karl Rove In Protest  —  WASHINGTON — White House Advisor Karl Rove was the target of a protest on the American University campus Tuesday night, NBC 4 reported.  —  Rove was on the campus to talk to the College Republicans, but when he got outside more than a dozen students …
Philip J. Klotzbach / hurricane.atmos.colostate.edu:
EXTENDED RANGE FORECAST OF ATLANTIC SEASONAL HURRICANE ACTIVITY AND U.S. LANDFALL STRIKE PROBABILITY FOR 2007  —  We have increased our forecast for the 2007 hurricane season, largely due to the rapid dissipation of El Niño conditions.  We are now calling for a very active hurricane season.
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USA Today:
Forecaster predicts 'very active' Atlantic hurricane season
Discussion: Secular Blasphemy
Daily Intelligencer:
'Out' Ranks the Top 50 Gays; Anderson Is No. 2  —  When New York did a "Gay Life Now" issue in 2001, only seven of the forty prominent New York gays asked to pose for the cover were willing.  Those big shots may have been gay, and they may have been out, but it just wouldn't do for them to be gay and out on the cover of a magazine.
Discussion: AMERICAblog and Pam's House Blend
 
 
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