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Ned Parker / Los Angeles Times:
Saudis' role in Iraq insurgency outlined — Sunni extremists from Saudi Arabia make up half the foreign fighters in Iraq, many suicide bombers, a U.S. official says. — BAGHDAD — Although Bush administration officials have frequently lashed out at Syria and Iran, accusing it of helping insurgents …
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Jim Webb rips into Graham for putting political words in our Soldiers' mouths — Lindsay Graham sounded like he was on a pot of coffee, seven Red Bulls and a couple of packs of cigarettes—while being fluent at the Evelyn Wood talking points course. Jim Webb was not thrilled to be sitting next to him.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Fred Hiatt defends the administration's mild, restrained secrecy — Senior Washington Bush spokesman Fred Hiatt — who also works as the Editorial Page Editor of The Washington Post — shatters conventional wisdom this morning by defending the Bush administration's mild, balanced, and restrained use of government secrecy.
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Washington Post:
Keeping Secrets — How to balance national security with people's rights to have their day in court — A PRESIDENT'S prerogative to protect national security secrets needs to be respected, but it should not unconditionally trump the rights of those harmed by the very programs the president means to shield from public view.
Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
Climate Change Debate Hinges On Economics — Lawmakers Doubt Voters Would Fund Big Carbon Cuts — Here's the good news about climate change: Energy and climate experts say the world already possesses the technological know-how for trimming greenhouse gas emissions enough to slow the perilous rise in the Earth's temperatures.
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Lauren R. Dorgan / Concord Monitor:
Clinton, Romney lead poll — Head-to-head contests pose challenges — July 15. — illary Clinton and Mitt Romney hold the leads in their respective New Hampshire primary races, a new Monitor poll shows. But it's not all good news for the top two: The poll finds each would face thornier challenges …
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Louis Uchitelle / New York Times:
The Richest of the Rich, Proud of a New Gilded Age — The tributes to Sanford I. Weill line the walls of the carpeted hallway that leads to his skyscraper office, with its panoramic view of Central Park. A dozen framed magazine covers, their colors as vivid as an Andy Warhol painting, are the most arresting.
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Johann Hari / The Independent:
Ship of fools: Johann Hari sets sail with America's swashbuckling neocons — The Iraq war has been an amazing success, global warming is just a myth - and as for Guantanamo Bay, it's practically a holiday camp... The annual cruise organised by the 'National Review', mouthpiece of right-wing America …
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Larisa Alexandrovna / At-Largely:Send Liberals to "Gas Chambers."... Astonishing Right-Wing Extremism!
Omar Sinan / Associated Press:
Bin Laden praises martyrdom in new video — CAIRO, Egypt - A new al-Qaida videotape posted Sunday on a militant Web site featured a short, undated clip of a weary-looking Osama bin Laden praising martyrdom. — The bin Laden clip, which lasted less than a minute, was part …
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Associated Press:
Ralph Nader says he is considering 2008 presidential run — READING, Pennsylvania (AP) — Consumer advocate Ralph Nader told the Green Party's national convention that he is considering a 2008 presidential run and accused Democrats of trying to shut smaller parties out of the political process.
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The Moderate Voice
Satyam / Think Progress:
Kristol: 'We're Not In A Civil War' In Iraq, 'This Is Just Not True' — Approximately one year ago — in an August 2006 appearance on the Charlie Rose show — Bill Kristol acknowledged that Iraq was teetering on the edge of civil war, stating: "It is true that we are at risk of a sectarian civil war there …
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Confederate Yankee:
Iranian Missiles Recovered In Iraq [with Photos] — Via MNF-I: … That press release went up yesterday. I got copies of the photographs documenting the scene from MNF-I PAO this morning. — Iranian 107mm rocket captured while aimed at U.S. FOB Hammer in Iraq. (click photo for full size).
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Ian Urbina / New York Times:
As Loved Ones Fight On, War Doubts Arise — Cpl. April Ponce De Leon describes herself and her husband as "gung-ho marines," and in two weeks she deploys to Iraq, where her husband has been fighting since March. — But she says she stopped believing in the war last month after a telephone conversation with him.
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Watching Those We Chose
N. Gregory Mankiw / New York Times:
Fair Taxes? Depends What You Mean by 'Fair' — DO the rich pay their fair share in taxes? This is likely to become a defining question during the presidential campaign. — At a recent fund-raiser for Hillary Clinton, the billionaire investor Warren E. Buffett said that rich guys like him weren't paying enough.
Bill Curry / Hartford Courant:
Lieberman: Blind To Folly — In 1979, I was a freshman state senator lucky enough to be seated next to Joe Lieberman. Lucky because he was majority leader and it meant I could chat him up regularly, and lucky because he was funny, kind, decent and smart. — In 1988, Joe went after Lowell Weicker's U.S. Senate seat.
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