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3:15 AM ET, August 3, 2007

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The New Republic:
A Statement on Scott Thomas Beauchamp  —  Scott Thomas Beauchamp is a U.S. Army private serving in Iraq.  He came to THE NEW REPUBLIC's attention through Elspeth Reeve, a TNR reporter-researcher, whom he later married.  Over the course of the war, we have tried to provide our readers with a sense of Iraq as it is seen by the troops.
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Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
TNR Claims (Partial) Vindication  —  Read it all.  —  I'll start with this: … Error?  Mistake?  He was off by an entire country and something like nine months?  —  This is what TNR terms an "error," a "mistake"?  And when they "fact-checked" this beforehand, how did their …
Dean Barnett / Townhall.com:
Franklin Foer and Co. Keep Digging  —  At long last, The New Republic's editors have released a statement regarding the Beauchamp affair.  It is a maddening piece of work - evasive, misleading, self-pitying and deliberately distortive.  By all means, read the whole thing.  But do so critically and carefully.
Michelle Malkin:
The Scott Thomas Beauchamp saga: The fallibility of TNR's fact-checkers  —  Update 9:30pm Eastern.  Dean Barnett boils it down: … Update 8:49pm Eastern.  This is Camp Buehring in Kuwait.  In response to one of the commenters below, Camp Buehring is a separate facility/staging area …
National Review:
Say What?  [Stephen Spruiell]  —  TNR's editors on an "error" …
Discussion: QandO
Bryan / Hot Air:
TNR posts Beauchamp "confirmation" that, um, doesn't really confirm anything
Discussion: TBogg
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard:
TNR's "Investigation" Reveals Beauchamp Was Always a Monster
Discussion: Shakespeare's Sister
Associated Press:
Obama says use of nuclear weapons to fight al-Qaida 'not on the table,'  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said Thursday he would not use nuclear weapons «in any circumstance.  —  «I think it would be a profound mistake for us to use nuclear weapons …
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Agence France Presse:
Pakistan slams 'ignorant' Obama attack warning  —  ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan accused Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama of "sheer ignorance" for threatening to launch US military strikes against Al-Qaeda on Pakistani soil.  —  Obama warned Wednesday that if he is elected president …
ABCNEWS:
Presidential Race Goes Nuclear  —  Clinton Implies Obama's Comments Were Careless  —  Sens. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., sparred over foreign policy as the former first lady implied that the first term senator's comments on the use of nuclear weapons were careless and unpresidential.
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Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Recovery suspended; Pawlenty calls for statewide bridge inspections
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:   This Could Have Waited  —  It's not that I completely disagree …
Martin Kady II / The Politico:
Reid: Bridge collapse is 'wake-up call'  —  It took less than a day for the disastrous bridge collapse in Minneapolis to turn into a political uproar on Capitol Hill.  —  As Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) opened the Thursday session of the Senate, he warned that the bridge disaster was a …
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Tariq Panja / Associated Press:
Glasgow terror suspect dies from burns  —  LONDON - A man critically burned after allegedly crashing an explosive-laden Jeep into Glasgow Airport died of his injuries Thursday, Strathclyde Police said.  —  Kafeel Ahmed, 27, had been in the hospital for a month with burns from the alleged attack on June 30 …
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Chris Dodd Smacks Down O'Reilly about Daily Kos: The VIDEO  —  Continuing on Nicole's post, I've got the video of Dodd doing a great job of sticking up for Daily Kos in an excellent way.  He told the truth.  And when propagandists like BillO are confronted with the truth—heads explode.
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Ian James / Associated Press:
Sean Penn praised by Venezuela's Chavez  —  CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has praised Sean Penn for his critical stance against the war in Iraq, saying the two chatted by phone and soon plan to meet in person.  —  Chavez said Penn traveled to Venezuela this week wanting …
Arizona Republic:
Migrant law blocks benefits  —  Prop.  300 denying college aid, child care  —  Nearly 5,000 people in Arizona have been denied in-state college tuition, financial aid and adult education classes this year under a new state law banning undocumented immigrants from receiving those state-funded services.
Byron York / National Review Online:
The Vast Left-Wing Establishment  —  Today more than a thousand Kossacks — adherents of the left-wing website DailyKos — are gathering for their annual convention in Chicago.  It's the second YearlyKos, in circumstances far different from the first, held in June 2006 in Las Vegas.
Daniela Deane / Washington Post:
Out of the Theater, Into the Courtroom  —  Jhannet Sejas and her boyfriend were celebrating her 19th birthday by taking in a matinee showing of the hit movie "Transformers" at the theater at Ballston Common mall.  —  Sejas was enjoying the movie so much that she decided to film a short clip …
Jerusalem Post:
'Egyptians killed 4 Sudanese on border'  —  Egyptian soldiers killed four Sudanese refugees near the Egypt-Israel border overnight Wednesday in full view of IDF troops, a shaken-sounding IDF soldier said in an interview with Channel 10, Thursday evening.  —  According to the soldier …
Joe Klein / Time:
Political Pariahs  —  "Some people say we've lost our standing," former Representative Harold Ford Jr. of Tennessee, chairman of the moderate Democratic Leadership Council (DLC), lamented at his organization's annual meeting in Nashville on July 30.  "But if there ever was a time when the country needed the DLC... it's now."
 
 
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Senate Passes Children's Health Bill, 68-31
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Anne Penketh / The Independent:
Russia claims North Pole
Discussion: The Belmont Club
Agence France Presse:
Critics take aim at Bin Laden musical
RADAR:
BIG MOMMA'S HOUSE
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Katharine Q. Seelye / The Caucus:
Clinton and the Bloggers
Washington Post:
Ruling Limited Spying Efforts
Noah Shachtman / Danger Room:
First Armed Robots on Patrol in Iraq (Updated)
 Earlier Items: 
Agence France Presse:
Gates says US underestimated depth of Sunni-Shiite divisions
Discussion: The Belmont Club
Jeffrey Breinholt / Counterterrorism Blog:
More Overlooked History: The Muslim Libel Cases
N.Z. / Victory Caucus:
Mitt Romney: The Victory Caucus Interview
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Associated Press:
Minister In Skirt Charged With Indecent Exposure
KNTV-TV:
Police: Masked Gunman Kills Veteran Oakland Reporter
Discussion: Sadly, No! and At-Largely
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Edwards assails rivals over News Corp.
Discussion: Hot Air and Done With Mirrors