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4:00 AM ET, May 15, 2007

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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Deputy A.G. McNulty Announces Resignation  —  Deputy Attorney General Paul J. McNulty announced his resignation today, saying he is leaving the Justice Department later this summer to enter the private sector, officials said.  —  McNulty announced his plans to leave in a letter …
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Michael Isikoff / Newsweek:
Bloody Monday  —  In a blow to the Bush administration, the deputy attorney general and the only Democrat on the White House's Privacy and Civil Liberties Board have resigned.  —  The White House was hit by two sudden resignations late Monday when Paul McNulty, a top Justice Department official …
Discussion: TalkLeft
Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:
McNulty, Justice Dept. No. 2, resigning  —  WASHINGTON - Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty said Monday he will resign, the highest-ranking Bush administration casualty in the furor over the firing of U.S. attorneys.  —  McNulty, who has served 18 months as the Justice Department's second-in-command …
David Johnston / New York Times:
Gonzales's Deputy Quits Justice Dept.  —  Paul J. McNulty, the deputy attorney general whose Congressional testimony in February provided a spark that turned a smoldering issue over the firings of federal prosecutors into a raging inferno, announced his resignation on Monday.
CNN:
No. 2 official at Justice Department resigns … WASHINGTON (CNN) — The No. 2 official at the Justice Department, Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty, has submitted his resignation to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, the Justice Department announced Monday.  —  McNulty cited personal reasons for his resignation.
Discussion: Liberal Values
Talking Points Memo:   McNulty out at DOJ. More soon ...
Washington Times:
Bloomberg mulls a $1 billion run  —  New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is prepared to spend an unprecedented $1 billion of his own $5.8 billion personal fortune for a third-party presidential campaign, Ralph Z. Hallow will report Tuesday in The Washington Times.
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
WILL CHUCK HAGEL HURT THE REPUBLICANS?  —  There has been a lot of comment on Chuck Hagel's appearance yesterday on Face the Nation.  Hagel said he is interested in making a third-party run for President, likely paired with Mayor Mike Bloomberg: … Hagel attributed his interest …
Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Top GOP Hopefuls Keep Distance on Immigration  —  Bipartisan Plan in Danger as McCain Pulls Away, Romney Shifts Stance and Giuliani Is Silent  —  Less than a year ago, Sen. John McCain of Arizona was the most visible Republican in the fight for immigration reform, having joined forces …
Discussion: ParaPundit
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Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Reid To Allow Vote On Feingold Measure To End Iraq War  —  Good news for war foes: Harry Reid just spoke on the Senate floor, revealing that he'll allow a vote this week on the Feingold-Reid amendment, which would cut off funding for the war by March 31, 2008.
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Bryan / Hot Air:
To InstaPundit: No, they won't  —  I get the warning and humor of this line, but frankly I'm tired of it.  Prof. Reynolds needs to hit the books. … He's right that the credible threat of violence drives people all over the world to bow to unreasonable Muslim demands …
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Instapundit.com:   « |  MAIN |  »  —  THE ANSWER TO THE EXAMINER'S QUESTION …
Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
What is Andrew Bacevich's Son's Life Worth?  —  Or any of our sons? or daughters? on any side of this incredibly reckless escapade in Iraq?  —  Boston University Professor Andrew J. Bacevich is a brave, thoughtful public intellectual who has tried — in reserved, serious terms — to challenge the legitimacy of the Iraq War.
Sebastian Mallaby / Washington Post:
Endgame at the World Bank  —  If the World Bank were a company, its share price would have fallen 25 percent amid the current leadership scandal.  The board of directors wouldn't care about the scandal's details; it would have replaced the beleaguered CEO with someone who could lead effectively.
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Juan Cole / Salon:
Paul Wolfowitz's fatal weakness
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:
GOP torn: Clean house or shield members?  —  House Minority Leader John A. Boehner took his job last year with a pledge to cleanse his party's scandal-stained reputation on Capitol Hill.  In recent weeks, Boehner has been getting an unpleasant education in how hard that turns out to be.
Discussion: Redstate and The Democratic Daily
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Lieberman Helps Collect Cash for Collins  —  Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) is never going to win any popularity contests among his party's liberal base — a fact he seems decidedly unconcerned about despite his 2006 Democratic primary loss to Ned Lamont.  —  Not only has Lieberman endorsed Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine.)
Michael Scherer / Salon:
The Matt Drudge primary  —  How professional political operatives secretly control the news you read about the 2008 campaign.  Hint: It involves the Drudge Report.  —  Photo composite of Matt Drudge.  —  WASHINGTON — John McCain's "Bomb Iran" scandal almost never happened.
 
 
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Ralph Peters / New York Post:
WHY IRAQ'S SO HARD  —  NUMBERS, RULES & WELL-MEANING FOOLS
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William Glaberson / New York Times:
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David Talbot / Chicago Sun Times:
Bobby Kennedy: America's first assassination conspiracy theorist
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New Jersey Online:
The Auditor  —  In an abrupt about-face, President Bush …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
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David H. Petraeus / Michael Yon:
Values Message  —  One of the reasons I trust General Petraeus …
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is preparing to fire CEO Bob Bakish as soon as Monday, after he lost the trust of controlling shareholder Shari Redstone

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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Elise Morton / Associated Press:
Russia arrests two journalists, Konstantin Gabov and Sergey Karelin, on “extremism” charges for allegedly working for a group founded by the late Alexei Navalny

 
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