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12:40 PM ET, April 5, 2007

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Washington Post:
Pratfall in Damascus  —  Nancy Pelosi's foolish shuttle diplomacy  —  HOUSE SPEAKER Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) offered an excellent demonstration yesterday of why members of Congress should not attempt to supplant the secretary of state when traveling abroad.
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Dugald McConnell / CNN:
Carter backs Pelosi's trip, despite Bush's rebuke … WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former President Jimmy Carter expressed his support for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to Syria, rejecting White House criticism of the visit.  —  "I was glad that she went," Carter said Wednesday.
Associated Press:
U.S. Congressman Darrell Issa meets Syrian president in Damascus  —  DAMASCUS, Syria: A visiting U.S. congressman held talks with President Bashar Assad Thursday, a day after a congressional delegation headed by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sparked controversy by meeting the Syrian leader.
Aaron Klein / WorldNetDaily:
Editor's note: Listen to audio of terrorists endorsing Nancy Pelosi's visit by clicking here.  —  JERUSALEM - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit today to Syria - in which she called for dialogue with Damascus - was "brave" and "very appreciated" and could bring about "important changes" …
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Pelosi's Pratfall  —  Nancy Pelosi's amateurish fumble …
Discussion: Redstate, Macsmind and The Right Angle
Swaraaj Chauhan / The Moderate Voice:
Syrian Role in Resolving British Hostage Crisis?
Discussion: Associated Press and Reuters
Telegraph:
They're free, but Britain has been humiliated  —  Relief at the freeing of the British sailors and Marines in Iran is tempered with dismay at the humiliation to which they and the country they serve have been subjected.  —  The 14 men and one woman are due to return to Britain today …
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Guardian:
Diplomacy or a deal - how the standoff ended
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New York Times:
What We Can Learn From Britain About Iran
Discussion: The Corner
Eli Lake / New York Sun:
U.S. Helped Free Iranian Diplomat
Discussion: Hot Air and Gateway Pundit
Daily Mail:
Awkward questions amid the euphoria
Discussion: Britain and America
Mcq / QandO:   IRAN & BRITIAN: A LOT OF QUESTIONS REMAIN
Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Money talks for Obama  —  $25 million haul shows just how powerful a candidate he really is  —  In a first test of political strength, Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama outraised chief rival Hillary Rodham Clinton during the first three months of the year for money to use …
Discussion: The Mahablog and The Caucus
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New York Times:
Running for Dollars
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Early '08 Fund-Raising Has Clear Blue Tint
Discussion: The Swamp
Washington Post:
Gonzales Prepares to Fight for His Job in Testimony  —  Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales has retreated from public view this week in an intensive effort to save his job, spending hours practicing testimony and phoning lawmakers for support in preparation for pivotal appearances in the Senate this month …
en.rian.ru:
Belgium to impose tax on barbequing to fight global warming  —  The government of Belgium's French-speaking region of Wallonia, which has a population of about 4 million, has approved a tax on barbequing, local media reported.  —  Experts said that between 50 and 100 grams of CO2 …
Rusty / The Jawa Report:
New bin Laden Video Expected  —  Marvellous.  Let's hope this is old footage, given a new spin.  As-Sahab has been known to recycle bin Laden's speeches in the past, edited and translated by our own American traitor Adam Gadahn.  —  But if bin Laden's speech does include the recent Arab summit …
Discussion: Hot Air
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United States Central Command:
Al-Sahab Expected To Release New Bin Ladin Video
Discussion: Cadillac Tight and PrairiePundit
Sisyphus Shrugged:
Where's Bill?  —  As you know, Bill Donohue has been busy this week.  —  Generally, though, he's not too busy to have a rapid response to Catholic politicians who take political stances that are contrary to the teachings of the Church.  —  So it seems odd that he hasn't had anything to say about this
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Opinion Journal:
Iraq's Real 'Civil War'  —  Sunni tribes battle al Qaeda terrorists in the insurgency's stronghold.  —  ANBAR PROVINCE, Iraq—Last fall, President Bush, citing the violence in Baghdad, said that the U.S. strategy in Iraq was "slowly failing."  At that time, though, more Americans were dying …
Francis Fukuyama / DO NOT WRITE HERE …:
The history at the end of history  —  Condoleezza Rice wants to bring democracy to the Middle East.  Ms. Rice, an expert on what is now an obsolete subject, the Soviet Union, believes this can be done the way the United States brought democracy to Chile or Iran or Afghanistan - that is, by violently overthrowing governments.
Jim Geraghty / New York Sun:
Thompson Bid May Fill a Void for the GOP Base  —  When George Allen fell to Jim Webb in the Virginia Senate race, it opened up a slot in the upcoming Republican presidential primary: the role of the reliable longtime lawmaker who has no serious disagreements with the conservatives who make up the party's base.
Glen Johnson / Associated Press:
Romney calls himself a longtime hunter  —  BOSTON - In boasting about his lifelong experience as a hunter, Mitt Romney may have shot himself in the foot.  —  The Republican presidential contender has told audiences on several occasions, most recently this week in gun-savvy — and early voting …
 
 
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