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Lolita Baldor / Associated Press:
Pace retires as head of Joint Chiefs — WASHINGTON - Bitter divisions over the Iraq war, particularly on Capitol Hill, led the Bush administration to change course and replace Gen. Peter Pace as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a grim Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday.
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Cernig / The Newshoggers:
"New Broom" To Head Chiefs Of Staff — Pace is out as Chief of Staff, in an unexpected move. … Mullen is obviously intended to repair bridges with America's European defense partners so damaged by Rummie's "Old Europe" policies. In his bio, his experience in working with NATO and European officers is the big stand-out point.
Washington Post:
Joint Chiefs Chair Will Bow Out — Pentagon Wary of Thorny Reconfirmation Hearings — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced yesterday that Marine Gen. Peter Pace will step down as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in September, a move that Gates said will avert …
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Thom Shanker / New York Times:
Chairman of Joint Chiefs Will Not Be Reappointed — The Bush administration said Friday that it would not reappoint Gen. Peter Pace to a second term as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, making him the highest-ranking officer to be a political casualty of the fight over Iraq.
David Stout / New York Times:General Peter Pace to Retire as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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John Distaso / New Hampshire Union Leader:
Fred Thompson plans late-June trip to NH — MANCHESTER - Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson will make his first visit to New Hampshire as a potential presidential candidate later this month, a high-ranking Republican says. — State Senate Minority Leader Ted Gatsas, R-Manchester …
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Emptywheel / The Next Hurrah:
Shorter Reggie: I Will Remember Your Interest in Public Service the Next Time Someone Really Needs It — As I was reading the Amicus Brief from Robert Bork and friends today, I was thinking to myself, "Jeebus! They sure pulled this together quickly, with 12 fancy lawyers agreeing on a brief within 72 hours.
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Josh Gerstein / New York Sun:
Professors Back Libby on Appeal — Group Includes Dershowitz, Bork — A dozen legal scholars, including a noted civil libertarian, Alan Dershowitz, are coming to the aid of a convicted White House aide facing a 2 1/2-year prison sentence. The scholars submitted an amicus brief Thursday …
Washington Post:
Paris Hilton Ordered Back to Jail — A sobbing, shouting Paris Hilton was led from the courtroom Friday and ordered by a judge to return to jail to serve out the remainder of her 45-day sentence. — "It's not right," yelled Hilton, rising from her seat at the defendant's table. — "Mom! Mom!
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Alexandra Gekas / Newsweek:
John Lewis Remembers a Civil-Rights Nemesis — Jim Clark, the sheriff of Selma, Ala., led the charge against protesters on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in the civil-rights showdown known as 'Bloody Sunday.' He passed away this week. Rep. John Lewis, who survived the blows of Clark's men, remembers his nemesis.
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Rasmussen Reports:
Why the Senate Immigration Bill Failed — Elite newspapers and countless bloggers are writing their own explanations of why the compromise immigration legislation failed last night. Most of the write-ups discuss legislative tactics, an amendment offered by Senator Byron Dorgan (D) …
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Michael Yon:
Death or Glory Part II of IV — Death or Glory Part II of IV: — Into the Desert With the Queen's Royal Lancers — Sunrise. — The intended target in an ambush never knows when it's over. Yesterday's ambush, which killed two soldiers and wounded three others, is a case in point.
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Robert Schmidt / Bloomberg:
Justice Official May Revise Voter-Fraud Testimony, People Say — A Justice Department lawyer under fire for bringing criminal voter-fraud charges on the eve of the 2006 election may revise his Senate testimony about the case, which angered other U.S. prosecutors, officials familiar with the matter said.
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Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:Hearing on FEC Pick Could Add Fuel to Debate Over Justice Dept.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Paris going back to jail; Update: Shep Smith snark video added! Update: More Shep snark! — According to Shep Smith, she was dragged screaming from the courtroom. Schadenfreudemania! — Update: CNN's viewers are unloading on them for the wall-to-wall coverage of this crap.
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Chuck Todd / MSNBC:
Taking New Hampshire for granite — Relevance of the first-in-the-nation primary never more in doubt — Have you captured a candidate on camera? We want to see it. Click here to send us your pictures and videos, and we'll post the best on MSNBC.com. — Political Director
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Philip Klein / American Spectator:Newt Says He May Be Able To Do More on Sidelines - Friday …
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Pat Milton / Associated Press:
Official says JFK terror probe widening — NEW YORK - The investigation into the thwarted plot to bomb John F. Kennedy International Airport is widening beyond the four men in custody, with more suspects sought outside the U.S. for their suspected roles, a law enforcement official said Friday.
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Elaine Ganley / Associated Press:
Prober: CIA ran secret jails in Europe — PARIS - The CIA ran secret jails in Poland and Romania to interrogate key terror suspects, shackling and handcuffing inmates, keeping some naked for weeks and reducing contact with the outer world to masked and silent guards, a European investigator said Friday.
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Quantifying the Role of Old-School Ties in Investing — A new study circulating through hedge funds and university campuses points to the powerful role that old-school ties play in the world of investing. — Mutual fund managers invest more money in companies that are run by people with whom …
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The Atlantic Online:
Kabuki: In a Good Way — Mike Crowley derides the recent "are we safer?" contretemps as just so much kabuki: … To me, though, this is valuable kabuki. Bracketing for a moment the issue of Edwards reinvention of himself since 2004, we're seeing one of several indications that Clinton's aspiration …
Brad DeLong / Grasping Reality with Both Hands:
An Unrealistic, Impracticle, Utopian Plan for Dealing with the Health Care Opportunity — Felix Salmon deploys me as a weapon in an internecine struggle with his fellow Portfolio magazine writer [Russ Mitchell] Kevin Maney by blogging a piece of our coffee yesterday at Strada, at the corner of Bancroft and College, in Berkeley:
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