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5:50 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.
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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.
Rozius Unbound:
Maureen Dowd: A Vice President Without Borders, Bordering on Lunacy
Discussion: Alternate Brain
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Brutal Repression In Iran
Discussion: The Impolitic
Cernig / The Newshoggers:
Malkin, The Human Rights Concern Troll
Ali Eteraz:
Iran Degrading Its Youth Over Clothing Because Oil Has Run Out
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Gateway Pundit
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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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
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 …
Ross Douthat / The Atlantic Online:
Crises of Faith  —  America is becoming more secular; Europe is becoming more religious.  Both trends could mean trouble.  —  N othing divides the United States from Europe like religion.  America has its public piety and its multitude of thriving sects, Europe has its official secularism and its empty, museum-piece churches.
Digby / Firedoglake:
FDL Book Salon Welcomes Glenn Greenwald  —  (Please welcome Salon blogger and author Glenn Greenwald who is here to discuss his book A Tragic Legacy: How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency.  You can read an excerpt here — JH)  —  After 9/11, I remember being quite surprised …
Discussion: Salon
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 …
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
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."
 
 
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Tom Elia / theneweditor.com:
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Michael J. Totten:
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Speech Police, Riding High In Oakland
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Because They Are Afraid  —  Mustang Bobby at Bark Bark Woof Woof writes …
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Hating on Michael Moore is a worn-out cliche
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CNN:
'Chemical Ali' sentenced to hang
Thomas W. Krause / TBO.com:
Ethics Survey Finds Lawyers Lower The Bar
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Alisa Tang / Associated Press:
U.S., NATO See Surge in Afghan Deaths
Discussion: Think Progress
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