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9:40 AM ET, June 24, 2007

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Sarah Baxter / Times of London:
Old girlfriends cast their vote for Thompson  —  IN the battle for the women's vote, Fred Thompson has a secret weapon against Hillary Clinton - the legions of former girlfriends who still adore him and who want him to be president.  —  The Hollywood actor and former Tennessee senator racked …
Cheney:
'A Different Understanding With the President' … Just past the Oval Office, in the private dining room overlooking the South Lawn, Vice President Cheney joined President Bush at a round parquet table they shared once a week.  Cheney brought a four-page text, written in strict secrecy by his lawyer.
Robynn Tysver / Omaha World-Herald:
Kerrey not hushing talk on possible Senate bid  —  Bob Kerrey is once again playing the political flirt.  —  The former Nebraska governor and senator is showing just enough skin, and making all the right moves, to give supporters hope that he will return to the state and run for U.S. Senate.
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Rule Of Law?  —  I haven't followed the kerfuffle over Dick Cheney's handling of classified material very closely, mostly because it looked like one of the mountains that Cheney's critics like to make out of molehills.  However, this issue does hold a political if not legal vulnerability …
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
DICK CHENEY AS A LEGISLATIVE OFFICIAL: Ed Morrissey is not impressed …
Discussion: Silent Running
Associated Press:
'We Will Try to Form an Islamic Society'  —  Mahmoud Zahar — a founder of Hamas, and one of its most militant hardliners — has called for an Islamic state in the Gaza Strip.  After the Hamas takeover of the territory last week, he's also threatened Fatah with more violence in the West Bank.
New York Times:
General's Iraq Progress Report Has Competition  —  Last month, Congress set a deadline for the American commander in Iraq, declaring that by Sept. 15 he would have to assess progress there before billions more dollars are approved to finance the military effort to stabilize the country.
Discussion: NION and Jules Crittenden
Nick Denton / Valleywag:
Microsoft pays star writers to recite slogan  —  The stodgy old media industry has a rule that newspaper reporters, and TV news hosts, shouldn't trade on their public trust to endorse products.  It's become redundant: the reading public typically wants journalists to drop the pretense of objectivity …
Richard Cowan / Reuters:
Lawmaker urges condoms for border control  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A congressman is pushing a not-so-quick fix in the debate over illegal immigrants from Mexico: free contraceptives.  —  "A slower rate of growth of Mexico's population would improve the economy of Mexico.
John Quiggin / Crooked Timber:
The myth of "The Myth of the Paperless Office"  —  The "paperless office" is one of those catchphrases that gets bandied about for a while, only to disappoint and eventually be used in a purely derisive way.  As Wikipedia says, it has become 'a metaphor for the touting of new technology …
Washington Times:
How conservative is Fred Thompson?  —  After John East, a stalwart conservative from North Carolina, entered the U.S. Senate in 1981, wags began referring to Jesse Helms as "the liberal senator from the Tar Heel state."  We are reminded of this tale as Republican activists rush to encourage …
Discussion: Power Line
Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
Matt Taibbi Answers Your Questions  —  We asked for emails, and you responded: Rolling Stone political writer Matt Taibbi responds to two dozen reader questions below.  Note: Questions have been edited for length and/or clarity. … As a child I wanted to be a zoologist.
David Barboza / New York Times:
My Time as a Hostage, and I'm a Business Reporter  —  AS an American journalist based in China, I knew there was a good chance that at some point I'd be detained for pursuing a story.  I just never thought I'd be held hostage by a toy factory.  —  That's what happened last Monday …
Discussion: The Glittering Eye
Howie / The Jawa Report:
The Only Way  —  A little Instapundit post like this one can cause such a reaction from my little blog bitch Olliver Willis and Kevin Drum at Washington Monthly......is......there must be some truth to it.  Stuff just doesn't get that kind of reaction unless you feel guilty about err something …
Michael J. Sniffen / Associated Press:
Judge criticizes warrantless wiretaps  —  WASHINGTON - A federal judge who used to authorize wiretaps in terrorist and espionage cases criticized President Bush's decision to order warrantless surveillance after the Sept. 11 attacks.  —  Royce Lamberth, a district court judge in Washington …
Tim Rutten / Los Angeles Times:
Where is the West's outcry?  —  FOR a writer, Salman Rushdie has had a rather turbulent career.  —  Even by his standards, however, this has been quite a week for the Indian-born, British-educated Booker Prize-winning novelist, now a resident of New York:  —  Queen Elizabeth II knighted …
 
 
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Bari Weiss / Opinion Journal:
Looking for a Few Good Men
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Tom Hilton / If I Ran the Zoo:
More on the Anti-Abortion Concern Troll
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BREITBART.COM:
Cameron's bag raises a few eyebrows
Paul Mirengoff / News Bloggers Blog:
Beyond "Sicko"  —  Jeff Hoard wonders why Americans are suspicious of Socialized Medicine.
Discussion: Power Line
Los Angeles Times:
No Guns founder pleads not guilty to gun charges
Discussion: National Review
Adam Nichols / NY Daily News:
Christie blasts Rudy on WTC air
Ian Urbina / New York Times:
Lowering Flag for War's Dead Brings a New Rift
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Texas Town Forged Bush's Firm Stand on Immigration
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Thomas B. Edsall / Huffington Post:
HuffPost Exclusive: More Lobbyists On McCain Staff Than Any Other 08 Candidate
Brock Vergakis / Associated Press:
Romney objects to campaign attacks
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
Steve Gorman / Reuters:
Two U.S. networks pass on Paris Hilton interview
Discussion: The Newshoggers
Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Iran Cracks Down on Dissent, Parading Examples in Streets
The Atlantic Online:
Early Warning … Okay, this is a subject I know virtually nothing about.
New York Times:
At White House, Renewed Debate on Guantánamo
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