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10:45 PM ET, July 19, 2007

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Carol Leonnig / Washington Post:
Judge Dismisses Plame Lawsuit  —  A federal judge today dismissed a lawsuit filed by former CIA officer Valerie Plame and her husband against Vice President Cheney and top administration officials over the disclosure of Plame's name and covert status to the media.
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Breaking: Judge dismisses Plame's civil suit.  —  The AP reports: … Read more on the leak scandal here.  —  UPDATE: Full opinion is HERE.  —  UPDATE II: Flashback — Judge John D. Bates, the judge who dismissed today's suit, also dismissed the lawsuit over Dick Cheney's energy task force records:
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Angry Bear
CNN:
Ex-spy's lawsuit against Cheney tossed  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by outed spy Valerie Plame and her husband against Vice President Dick Cheney and other top Bush administration officials.  —  Plame had accused members of the Bush administration of leaking her identity.
Associated Press:
Valerie Plame's Lawsuit Dismissed  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday dismissed former CIA operative Valerie Plame's lawsuit against members of the Bush administration in the CIA leak scandal.  —  Plame, the wife of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, had accused Vice President Dick Cheney …
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:   Novak justifies outing Plame & sources
Associated Press:   Valerie Plame's lawsuit dismissed
CREW:
MELANIE SLOAN, LEGAL COUNSEL FOR JOE AND VALERIE WILSON …
Discussion: Firedoglake
Devlin Barrett / Associated Press:
Pentagon rebukes Sen. Clinton on Iraq  —  WASHINGTON - The Pentagon told Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton that her questions about how the U.S. plans to eventually withdraw from Iraq boosts enemy propaganda.  —  In a stinging rebuke to a member …
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Eric S. Edelman / DefenseLINK:
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Romney also once backed "age-appropriate" sex ed  —  Former Gov. Mitt Romney attacked Sen. Barack Obama yesterday for purportedly wanting sex education in kindergarten.  —  It turns out, Romney himself once indicated support for the same sort of sex-ed approach — "age-appropriate" — that Obama backs.
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
FOX News Poll: Republicans Losing Ground in '08 Race  —  NEW YORK — Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton now holds a slight lead over top Republican Rudy Giuliani for the first time in a hypothetical 2008 presidential matchup.  In fact, to varying degrees, Clinton and fellow Democratic …
Dalia Sussman / The Caucus:
Poll: Hillary Clinton as Role Model
Abu Aardvark:
Sunni insurgency: Out of the shadows  —  I just want to draw attention to a really important story about Iraq, which could easily get lost in the questions about the Mashhadani capture - the report in the Guardian about the moves to cement the public political profile of the major Sunni insurgency groups …
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Audrey Hudson / Washington Times:
Democrats cut 'John Doe' provision  —  Congressional Democrats today failed to include a provision in homeland security legislation that would protect the public from being sued for reporting suspicious behavior that may lead to a terrorist attack, according to House Republican leaders.
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
FEMA Suppressed Health Warnings for Workers, Katrina Victims  —  Agency Rejected Environmental Testing on Formaldehyde Gas Levels  —  The Federal Emergency Management Agency has suppressed warnings from its own Gulf coast field workers since the middle of 2006 about suspected health problems …
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Mark Helprin / New York Times:
Forced to Get Along  —  WHEN considering President Bush's new plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, it would be wise to bear in mind that because political initiatives in the Middle East are cursed with such a high failure rate analysts sometimes use the odds as a substitute for craft.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Israpundit
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Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Crisis = Opportunity
Media Matters for America:
Sawyer apologizes for false assertion that Reid "vows to filibuster"  —  On the July 19 edition of ABC's Good Morning America, co-host Diane Sawyer apologized for her false assertion — documented by Media Matters for America — regarding Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-NV) …
Discussion: Corrente, Taylor Marsh and Norwegianity
CNN:
Dave Chappelle: Next White House press secretary?  —  From CNN White House Correspondent Ed Henry  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — One of the best parts of the White House beat is that you just never know who's going to show up at those black iron gates at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Discussion: Think Progress and Wonkette
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Has anyone seen our 'war czar'?  —  An AP report this morning notes that the White House is continuing to lobby lawmakers on Iraq policy, in part by offering access to top officials responsible for implementing war policy. … That's a rather passive way of describing the war czar's role, isn't it?
The Raw Story:
Raw Story uncovers even more pricey primping by Romney  —  The perception that Mitt Romney is some sort of pretty-boy was burnished earlier this week when reports emerged that he spent $300 in campaign funds for makeup "consulting" this year.  It turns out Romney has maintained an expensive beauty regimen for years.
 
 
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Animesh Roul / Counterterrorism Blog:
Pakistan: Revenge Attacks on Chinese Nationals and Security Personnel
Josephine Hearn / The Politico:
Liberals vow to block Iraq funding
Discussion: The Raw Story
CREW:
CREW FILES SENATE ETHICS COMPLAINT AGAINST SENATOR DAVID VITTER
Don Surber:
Kerry lied, people died
Discussion: TigerHawk
BBC:
Fed fears $100bn credit losses
Discussion: The Newshoggers
Karl-Thomas / The ActBlue Blog:
Blogosphere Day Supports ActBlue
Redstate:
Everything you've heard is true. I'm leaving next Thursday.
Discussion: INSTAPUTZ
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Angus Reid / Angus Reid Global Monitor:
New Zealanders Decry Ban on Political Satire
John Dickerson / Slate:
A NEW AD EXPLOITS THE SUFFERING OF THE EDWARDS' FAMILY.  BUT THAT'S OK.
Discussion: TIME: Swampland
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
LEAVING IRAQ....Michael Duffy of Time makes me bang my head on the wall:
Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
Department of Energy disputes Rep. Murtha's claims on earmark request
Spencer Ackerman / Election Central:
Iraq and the Defense Bill: A Post-Mortem Guide for the Perplexed