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5:15 PM ET, June 24, 2007

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Nico / Think Progress:
Kristol Defends Cheney, Williams Says He's Creating A 'Secured Undisclosed Bunker Of His Mind'  —  This morning on Fox News Sunday, Weekly Standard editor William Kristol defended Vice President Cheney's decision to exempt himself from an executive order designed to safeguard classified national security information.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Garlic
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Michael Isikoff / Newsweek:
A New Dick Cheney-Alberto Gonzales Mystery  —  Tricky Dick: Cheney is refusing a government review of his office  —  A new battle has erupted over Vice President Dick Cheney's refusal to submit to an executive order requiring a government review of his handling of classified documents.
Discussion: Think Progress and Prairie Weather
Rozius Unbound:
Maureen Dowd: A Vice President Without Borders, Bordering on Lunacy
Discussion: Alternate Brain
Rozius Unbound:
Frank Rich: They'll Break the Bad News on 9/11  —  Frank Rich looks at how the Bush Administration will try to play the American public yet again as the September deadline for the Iraq fiasco approaches.  —  Frank Rich, The New York Times, June 24, 2007  —  By this late date we should know the fix …
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New York Times:
General's Iraq Progress Report Has Competition
Discussion: NION and Jules Crittenden
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:   Brutal Repression In Iran
Ali Eteraz:
Iran Degrading Its Youth Over Clothing Because Oil Has Run Out
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Gateway Pundit
Associated Press:
'Most severely wounded' soldier endures: blind, quadriplegic, struggling to breathe  —  TAMPA, Florida: He lies flat, unseeing eyes fixed on the ceiling, tubes and machines feeding him, breathing for him, keeping him alive.  He cannot walk or talk, but he can grimace and cry.
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Marilynn Marchione / Associated Press:   Gov't struggles to care for wounded GI's
Steve Benen / Talking Points Memo:
The article is not explicit, but an underlying theme of the Washington Post's profile on Dick Cheney is that his unprecedented power is only possible because Bush is anxious to get out of the way. … "Side-by-side wing chairs"?  I'm reminded of the embarrassing point in 2004 …
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Cheney:
'A Different Understanding With the President'
Jim Abrams / Associated Press:
Senate renews debate on immigration bill  —  WASHINGTON - Senators pushing a new immigration policy appealed Sunday to wavering supporters ahead of renewed debate on securing the borders and dealing with 12 million undocumented immigrants.  —  A fragile compromise was pulled from the Senate in early June …
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
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Nicole Gaouette / Los Angeles Times:
Immigration bill ignites grass-roots fire
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
Robynn Tysver / Omaha World-Herald:   Kerrey not hushing talk on possible Senate bid
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.
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Charles Levinson / Telegraph:
Fatah vows to wipe Hamas from West Bank
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
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 …
Arnon Regular / Haaretz:
`Road map is a life saver for us,' PM Abbas tells Hamas  —  Selected minutes acquired by Haaretz from one of last week's cease-fire negotiations between Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas and faction leaders from the Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Popular and Democratic Fronts …
Discussion: Firedoglake
San Francisco Chronicle:
Aussie hired by state GOP embroiled in immigration lawsuit  —  Michael Kamburowski, the Australian immigrant hired as a top official in the California Republican Party, was ordered deported in 2001, jailed three years later for visa violations — and has filed a $5 million wrongful arrest lawsuit …
Mark Steyn / Orange County Register:
We've replaced Rushdie in hiding  —  A year or so after the Ayatollah Khomeini took out an Islamist mob contract on Salman Rushdie in 1989, the novelist appeared, after elaborate security arrangements, on a television arts show in London.  His host was Melvyn Bragg, a longtime British telly grandee …
Rep. Luis Guiterrez / MSNBC:
'Meet the Press' transcript for June 24, 2007  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: Immigration, what should happen to the 12 million undocumented immigrants now living in the U.S.  ? How much does our economy rely on their work?  Are we serious about border security?
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Lonewacko
TigerHawk:
Complaining about the "Public Editor"  —  Last month, the New York Times appointed a new public editor, Clark Hoyt.  Judging by today's column, he will carefully defend the Times from the grave risk that it tilts too far to the right.  —  Hoyt considers the torrent of criticism the Times …
Discussion: New York Times and Wizbang
Matt / Think Progress:
Russert: ISG Commissioners Say Giuliani's Excuse For Leaving Is Untrue  —  Earlier this week, Newsday reported that former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani quit the Iraq Study Group after co-chairman James Baker offered "him a stark choice: either attend the meetings or quit."
Thomas W. Krause / TBO.com:
Ethics Survey Finds Lawyers Lower The Bar  —  TAMPA - Can your lawyer collect 12 hours' pay after working an eight-hour day?  —  A recent survey shows that about a third of U.S. lawyers have done it.  Nearly half of all lawyers don't see an ethical problem with it.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
 
 
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Reuters:
Iran president turns to butcher for economy tips
Discussion: Hot Air
Why Now?:
Because They Are Afraid  —  Mustang Bobby at Bark Bark Woof Woof writes …
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Poll: What Americans (Don't) Know
John Hooper / Observer:
Blair tells Pope: I'm ready to be a Catholic
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Book offers excuses for middling career
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Military sees drop in black recruits
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