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5:25 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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Jessica Wehrman / Dayton Daily News:   Hobson says Pelosi trip productive despite critics
Dugald McConnell / CNN:
Carter backs Pelosi's trip, despite Bush's rebuke
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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Robin Wright / Washington Post:
Tehran Likely to Pay Long-Term Price
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 …
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Online NewsHour:
Petraeus Cites Areas of Improvement in Baghdad  —  JIM LEHRER: Now to our Newsmaker interview with General David Petraeus, the top U.S. general in Iraq.  I spoke to him this morning from the Green Zone in Baghdad.  —  General, welcome.  —  GEN. DAVID PETRAEUS, Commander, U.S. Forces in Iraq: Thanks very much, Jim.
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Michael J. Totten:
An Army, Not a Militia  —  SULEIMANIYA, IRAQ - Iraq is a country with three armies and I'm-not-sure-how-many militias and death squads.  The Iraqi Army is nominally the national army, but it's still being trained, supplied, and augmented by the coalition forces, which is to say the Americans.
Discussion: The Jawa Report
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Patrick S Lasswell / Moderate Risk:   A Dormant Hell in Iraq
United States Central Command:
Al-Sahab Expected To Release New Bin Ladin Video  —  Terrorism: Al-Sahab Reportedly To Release New Bin Ladin Video Message  —  On 4 April, a jihadist website carried the following posting:  —  "After a long absence by the shaykh of mujahidin, whom we have missed as well as his speeches …
Discussion: Cadillac Tight and PrairiePundit
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Rusty / The Jawa Report:
New bin Laden Video Expected
Discussion: Hot Air
Brian Montopoli / Public Eye:
The Public Eye Chat With.Allen Pizzey  —  The Public Eye Chat With...Allen Pizzey  —  It's Thursday, and that means it's time for the Public Eye Chat.  This week's subject is Rome-based CBS News Correspondent Allen Pizzey.  You can read excerpts, and listen to the full interview, below.
Zogby:
Zogby: Romney Rockets!  —  Latest New Hampshire telephone poll shows Romney's support nearly doubles to 25% to tie McCain; Giuliani trails at 19%  —  Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has rocketed to the top of the field of contenders for the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary crown …
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John Cassidy / New Yorker:
THE NEXT CRUSADE  —  Paul Wolfowitz at the World Bank.  —  Text Size: … The Selimiye Mosque, in Edirne, a city in northwest Turkey, is a magnificent stone edifice, with four minarets and an austere, octagonal-shaped body supporting a large dome.  Built for Sultan Selim II in the sixteenth century …
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and TalkLeft
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Murray Waas / The Huffington Post:   Favoritism Shown Towards Wolfowitz's Girlfriend
New York Times:
Running for Dollars  —  At least one of the presidential candidates making the first feverish dash of the 2008 fund-raising derby felt obliged to describe the tastelessness of the race.  "I'm raising obscene amounts of money," said Senator Barack Obama, hardly pausing on his way to piling up a first-round total of $25 million.
Discussion: TAPPED and Prairie Weather
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Justin Rood Reports / The Blotter:
Probe Targets GSA Chief  —  Justin Rood Reports:  —  Another federal investigation is targeting a Bush administration official, this time for possibly using government resources for partisan political purposes.  —  The Office of Special Counsel confirmed to ABC News it has launched …
Discussion: TPMmuckraker and The Agonist
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 contrary to the teachings of the Church.  —  So it seems odd that he hasn't had anything to say about this
Editor and Publisher:
Joe Klein in Tomorrow's TIME: Bush 'Clearly Unfit to Lead'  —  NEW YORK In the upcoming issue of Time magazine, out Friday, columnist Joe Klein considers what he calls the Bush administration's "epic collapse."  He concludes with a statement that may make some wonder if he is hinting that the president ought to be impeached.
Discussion: New Pairodimes
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 …
Washington Post:
For the Edwards Kids, It's Time for Stump School  —  Two political insiders have joined John and Elizabeth Edwards on the campaign trail this week: Emma Claire, 8, and Jack, 6.  The kids are on spring break, but this fall they'll get a tutor and hit the road.  —  "They love it," said Jennifer Palmieri, a campaign aide.
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
RAMESH PONNURU ON THE MARCH:  —  A couple weeks ago I recorded a bloggingheads segment, which unfortunately was lost to posterity due to technical problems, in which I was asked who I consider the most intellectually honest conservative writer.  I named Ramesh Ponnuru.
Discussion: TAPPED
 
 
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Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch:
Tomgram: Noam Chomsky on "the Iran Effect"
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Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
Jimmah!  —  It's like the guy watches Munich on an infinite loop …
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The Nation:
Making Blogging Pay
Discussion: MyDD and Eschaton
Michelle Malkin:
"Right wing fundamentalist" terrorism drills
Discussion: Orcinus and Sadly, No!
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
The Other War: Democratic Candidates are Deafeningly Silent on the Drug War
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Joel Mowbray / Washington Times:
Covering the war  —  Ask most Americans if they were aware …
Discussion: SCSUScholars and Power Line
Bassem Mroue / Associated Press:
4 Britons dead in Iraq; U.S. copter down
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
A Dubious Electoral Idea
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Injured in Iraq, a Soldier Is Shattered at Home
 

 
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