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11:15 AM ET, June 19, 2007

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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
The Runaway Train That Hit Scooter Libby  —  The attorney general called a meeting.  He assembled all the U.S. attorneys in the Great Hall of the Justice Department and told them, in essence, that their chief responsibility was to decide whom not to prosecute.
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Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
The Battle of Baqubah II
Discussion: Multi-National Force
New York Times:   Assault Pressed on Insurgents Near Baghdad
Fouad Ajami / New York Times:
Brothers to the Bitter End  —  SO the masked men of Fatah have the run of the West Bank while the masked men of Hamas have their dominion in Gaza.  Some see this as a tolerable situation, maybe even an improvement, envisioning a secularist Fatah-run state living peacefully alongside Israel and a small …
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Associated Press:
Fatah leadership decides to cut all contact with Hamas  —  Fatah's top leadership body decided Tuesday to cut off all contacts with Hamas, a participant said.  —  The decision was made in a meeting of the Fatah Central Committee, said Azzam al-Ahmed.  —  "The Fatah Central Committee decided today …
Washington Post:
'West Bank First': It Won't Work
Andrew Cohen / Bench Conference:
The Price of Blind Loyalty  —  For months now we've talked about how the scandal at the Justice Department would have a terrible impact upon the government's ability to adequately and accurately enforce and ensure the rule of law.  Now we are beginning to see precisely how this is happening.
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New York Times:
Question Time for Nominee Linked to Interrogations
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Donna St. George / Washington Post:
Getting Lost in the Great Indoors  —  Many Adults Worry Nature Is Disappearing From Children's Lives  —  Linda Pelzman appreciates the beauty of the outdoor world, sometimes pulling her children into the yard to gaze at a full moon or peer into a dense fog.
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Heritage Foundation:
How High Will Gas Prices Go?  —  A state by state analysis  —  Mouse over map to view breakdown by state.  —  Based on a review of the energy legislation currently before the U.S. Senate, S. 1419, including the just completed section on tax changes, the price of regular unleaded gasoline …
safo2008.com:
Senator Obama Responds to the Indian American Community  —  On Monday, June 18, Senator Barack Obama issued the following statement in response to the concerns expressed by the Indian American community regarding the Hillary Clinton opposition research memo.
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Hillary — Inevitable?  —  The line on Hillary Clinton in this election cycle has her as an inevitability for the Democratic presidential nomination.  Despite misgivings over her strong negatives, the Democrats have not seen any candidate of substance challenging her in the primaries.
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
The Hillary Conundrum
Discussion: Say Anything
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Embassy Staff In Baghdad Inadequate, Rice Is Told  —  Ambassador's Memo Asks for 'Best People'  —  Ryan C. Crocker, the new U.S. ambassador to Iraq, bluntly told Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in a cable dated May 31 that the embassy in Baghdad — the largest and most expensive U.S. embassy …
Charlie Savage / Boston Globe:
US agencies disobey 6 laws that president challenged  —  Officials regarded some as advisory  —  WASHINGTON — Federal officials have disobeyed at least six new laws that President Bush challenged in his signing statements, a government study disclosed yesterday.
The Politico:
Republican candidates begin snubbing Bush  —  A president with dismal approval ratings and a bitter intraparty rupture over immigration are obvious problems for Republican politicians.  —  In recent days, however, the combination is emerging as something less obvious: an opportunity.
CBS News:
Iraqi Orphanage Nightmare  —  Exclusive: U.S. Troops Discover And Rescue Orphan Boys Left Starving, Chained To Beds  —  (CBS) It was a scene that shocked battle-hardened soldiers, captured in photographs obtained exclusively by CBS News.  —  On a daytime patrol in central Baghdad …
Diane Cardwell / New York Times:
U.S. Is 'Really in Trouble,' Says Bloomberg, Sounding Like a Candidate  —  Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, sounding every inch the presidential candidate he insists he is not, brought his message of pragmatic, nonpartisan leadership to California on Monday, telling a crowd of Google employees that the nation was "really in trouble."
Discussion: New York Sun, Donklephant and MSNBC
Roger Simon / The Politico:
You're nobody until somebody pardons you  —  When he was 13 years old, Anthony Circosta shot another kid in the arm with a BB gun, which was not a nice thing to do.  —  And even though Circosta's shot did not break the kid's skin, Circosta was convicted of assault.
Scott Helman / Boston Globe:
McCain voices optimism on immigration plan  —  Says his support for measure has affected campaign  —  Senator John McCain had a wide-ranging interview yesterday with reporters and editors at the Globe.  (MICHELE McDONALD/GLOBE STAFF)  —  Senator John McCain of Arizona said yesterday that he was …
Discussion: New York Post, MSNBC and PoliPundit.com
Gregg Goldstein / Hollywood Reporter:
'Sicko' leaks have studios crying malpractice  —  Clips uploaded to YouTube in 14 chunks  —  NEW YORK — YouTube has removed clips of Michael Moore's U.S. health-care expose "Sicko" that appeared on the site during the weekend, two weeks before the film's June 29 opening.
Discussion: Say Anything and Althouse
 
 
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John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
An Interview With Bernard Goldberg About His New Book, Crazies …
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Pajamas Media:
MATT SANCHEZ, FROM IRAQ: RINSE AND REPEAT
Discussion: Gates of Vienna
Bret Stephens / Opinion Journal:
Persian Puzzles
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USA Today:
Troops' 1-month breaks blocked
Discussion: The Impolitic
The Hill:
Few senators read Iraq NIE report
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Faith In Government  —  Obama takes the Christianist route …
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Tom Baxter / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Race for Norwood's seat closely watched
Thomas Sowell / Jewish World Review:
Unfinished business  —  Not only is Nifong still liable …
Stephanie Simon / Los Angeles Times:
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Jerry Seper / Washington Times:
Illegals using fire to clear border
Discussion: Say Anything and Lonewacko
CNN:
House pet projects stay private despite promises
Discussion: Say Anything
David Morgan / Reuters:
Iraq now ranked second among world's failed states
Fred Dalton Thompson / ABC Radio Networks:
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