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10:45 AM ET, June 1, 2007

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Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
Too Bad  —  President Bush has torn the conservative coalition asunder.  —  What political conservatives and on-the-ground Republicans must understand at this point is that they are not breaking with the White House on immigration.  They are not resisting, fighting and thereby setting …
Terence Hunt / Associated Press:
Top Bush Aide Leaving White House  —  WASHINGTON — Dan Bartlett, one of President Bush's most trusted advisers and his longest-serving aide, said Friday he is resigning to begin a career outside of government.  —  The move was announced on Bartlett's 36th birthday.
Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
RNC faces donor falloff, fires solicitors  —  The Republican National Committee, hit by a grass-roots donors' rebellion over President Bush's immigration policy, has fired all 65 of its telephone solicitors, The Washington Times has learned.  —  Faced with an estimated 40 percent falloff …
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Washington Times:
RNC fires phone solicitors  —  The Republican National Committee, hit by a grass-roots donors' rebellion over President Bush's immigration policy, has fired all 65 of its telephone solicitors, Ralph Z. Hallow will report Friday in The Washington Times.  —  Faced with an estimated 40 percent fall-off …
New York Times:
Aide Says Edwards Misspoke on Reading Classified Iraq Report  —  Former Senator John Edwards, a Democratic presidential candidate, told an interviewer on Wednesday that he had read the classified October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate before voting to authorize force in Iraq, but his campaign retracted the statement yesterday.
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Politics / Washington Post:
Separation of Church and State and Tax Exemptions
Discussion: Shakesville
John Ward Anderson / Washington Post:
Sunni Insurgents Battle in Baghdad  —  Residents of Western Neighborhood Join Groups' Fight Against Al-Qaeda in Iraq  —  Sunni residents of a west Baghdad neighborhood used assault rifles and a roadside bomb to battle the Sunni insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq this week …
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Shaun Mullen / The Moderate Voice:
Month 50 of the Iraq War: The Surge That Isn't
Discussion: Kiko's House
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Senate Panel Questions C.I.A. Detentions  —  The Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday questioned the continuing value of the Central Intelligence Agency's secret interrogation program for terrorism suspects, suggesting that international condemnation and the obstacles it has created …
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Get in Line, Einstein  —  Beware legislative behemoths.  Beware "comprehensive immigration reform."  Any bill that is 380 pages long is bound to have nooks and crannies reflecting private deals, quiet paybacks and ad hoc arrangements that you often don't learn about until it's too late.
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard and Soccer Dad
Tapscott's Copy Desk:
Kyl Unmasked as 'Senator Secrecy' on FOIA Reform; Defends Big Government's First Line of Defense  —  Sen. Jon Kyl, R-AZ, has conceded that he is the senator behind the secret hold on the proposed Open Government Reform Act of 2007, which would provide much-needed improvements in the federal Freedom of Information Act.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Bluey Blog
Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
Gates, U.S. General Back Long Iraq Stay  —  Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and a senior U.S. commander said yesterday that they favor a protracted U.S. troop presence in Iraq along the lines of the military stabilization force in South Korea.  —  Gates told reporters in Hawaii that he is thinking of …
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William H. McMichael / Army Times:
Odierno: U.S. reaching out to insurgents
Jodi Kantor / New York Times:
One Place Where Obama Goes Elbow to Elbow  —  Last Christmas, Senator Barack Obama flew to Hawaii to contemplate a presidential bid in the peace of his childhood home.  But there, on a humid playground near Waikiki Beach, he found himself being roughed up by some of his best friends.
Stephen Beale / New Hampshire Union Leader:
Iraq to dominate Presidential debates  —  GOFFSTOWN - As the dual debates for Democrats and Republicans at Saint Anselm College draw near, political analysts say the war in Iraq remains the most important issue in the Presidential campaign.  —  "That is the dominant issue," said Wolf Blitzer …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
The Connecticut Post Online:
Shays, Lieberman: Please stop talking  —  Maybe Messrs.  Shays and Lieberman can clear up a few things.  —  Those two esteemed congressional representatives are recently back from trips to the never-ending war in Iraq, but neither of them seems especially downbeat.
 
 
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Scott Helman / Boston Globe:
Critics press Romney on immigration view
James Pethokoukis / US News:
Is America at China's Mercy?
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Plame Sues C.I.A. for Blocking Her Memoir
Discussion: NO QUARTER and Wonkette
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
An Egghead for the Oval Office
Discussion: Sadly, No! and Norwegianity
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
FEC fines Kerry-Edwards over $1.3 M
Thom Shanker / New York Times:
Administration Rebukes Putin on His Policies
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Boehner Leads Effort to Polish GOP 'Brand'
Dan Gilgoff / US News:
Fired McCain Religion-Outreach Aides Say They Were Ignored
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Yahoo! News:
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Brad Friedman / The BRAD BLOG:
BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Rove Pick for US Attorney Resigned After …
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Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Baghdad embassy plans appear on Internet
Hugh Hewitt / Townhall.com:
Can Any Immigration Bill Be Saved?
 

 
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