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7:05 PM ET, August 17, 2007

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Brad Shannon / The Olympian:
Baird sees need for longer U.S. role in Iraq  —  U.S. Rep. Brian Baird said Thursday that his recent trip to Iraq convinced him the military needs more time in the region, and that a hasty pullout would cause chaos that helps Iran and harms U.S. security.  —  "I believe that the decision …
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National Review:
Credit Democrats Who Visit Iraq, They're Calling It As They See It  —  Day by day, I am more surprised at the turn in the Iraq debate.  I know this is going to sound like pie-in-the-sky optimism, but I wonder if by the time General Petraeus makes his report, there will be something of a consensus …
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:   Another Democrat In Support Of The Mission
Terence Hunt / Associated Press:
Snow to leave White House before Bush  —  WASHINGTON - White House press secretary Tony Snow said Friday he'll leave sometime before the end of the Bush presidency because of financial pressures.  —  He declined to say when he would depart, but that, "I'm going to stay as long as I can."
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CNN:
White House spokesman quitting
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Washington Wire:
Dodd Criticizes White House Handling of Credit Problems
Discussion: Ezra Klein
Washington Wire:
Another Bush Administration Departure?
Discussion: Brian Beutler
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
It Shouldn't Have Taken the Deaths of Three Miners to Get the Media to Focus on Mine Safety  —  So last night, suddenly, after the tragic second collapse at the Utah mine, there was a dramatic shift in the TV coverage of the story.  All at once, faux folksy mining boss Bob Murray …
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Phoenix Woman / Firedoglake:
So It Has Come To This  —  Photo: Utah American Energy Inc …
Discussion: The Liberal Avenger
CNN:
Rescue efforts uncertain after three killed at Utah mine
Discussion: Central Sanity
CNN Political Ticker:
Thompson: Roe 'bad law and bad medicine'  —  DES MOINES, Iowa (CNN) - Likely Republican White House hopeful Fred Thompson told CNN Friday that he would push for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage and would work to overturn Roe v. Wade if elected president.
Washington Post:
Jenna and Henry: Now They're Really, Really Official  —  Back in February 2005, Laura Bush was asked about the guy her daughter Jenna was seeing.  "This is not a serious boyfriend — I hate to have to be the one to say it on television," said the first lady.  "But he's a very nice young man."
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TerrytheTurtle / Think Progress:
Fashion article peeves Bush.
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Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
Hatred Begins at Home  —  The NYPD looks at what turns young Westerners into jihadis.  —  Whenever I think of war, I think of this: It was 1982 or '83, I was in Northern Ireland, and a local reporter was showing me around Derry, then a center of the Protestant-Catholic conflict.
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Anne Marie Kilday / Houston Chronicle:
Short of Purple Hearts, Navy tells vet to buy own  —  PEARLAND — Korean War veteran Nyles Reed, 75, opened an envelope last week to learn a Purple Heart had been approved for injuries he sustained as a Marine on June 22, 1952.  —  But there was no medal.  Just a certificate and a form stating that the medal was "out of stock."
Russ Buettner / New York Times:
For Giuliani, Ground Zero as Linchpin and Thorn  —  As Rudolph W. Giuliani campaigns around the country highlighting his stewardship of New York City after the Sept. 11 attacks, he is widely hailed for bringing order to a traumatized city.  But he has also raised the hackles of rescue …
Media Matters for America:
O'Reilly: "I think everybody's got to relax on all this gay stuff" … On the August 15 edition of his Fox News television show, Bill O'Reilly responded to a viewer's email questioning his August 14 remarks about Gov. Bill Richardson (D-NM), who had, at a presidential forum the week before …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
MICHIGAN TO MOVE UP ITS PRIMARY  —  From NBC News' Chuck Todd  —  According to sources inside both parties, the two state parties in Michigan have agreed to move the state's primary — legislatively — to Jan. 15.  This is a compromise date out of respect for Democratic Sen. Carl Levin …
Christopher Cooper / Wall Street Journal:
Edwards, Foreclosure Critic, Has Investing Tie to Subprime Lenders  —  As a presidential candidate, Democrat John Edwards has regularly attacked subprime lenders, particularly those that have filed foreclosure suits against victims of Hurricane Katrina.  But as an investor …
Think Progress:
On Iraq Regime Change, 2007 Cheney Contradicts 2000 Cheney While Dismissing 1994 Cheney  —  Earlier this week, a video from 1994 of Dick Cheney discussing why the first Bush administration didn't move "into Baghdad" during the Gulf War surfaced on the internet and spread like wildfire.
Brad Kane / Naples Daily News:
I-75 Blog: Waiting on the Expressway Authority  —  Lee County Metropolitan Planning Organization meeting today to discuss controversial $10-million federal earmark for interchange at Coconut Road.  The Southwest Florida Expressway Authority is meeting afterward to also discuss I-75, although in a more general sense.
Discussion: Capitol Briefing and TPMmuckraker
Peter Hecht / Sacramento Bee:
Race for '08: Clinton widens her lead in California  —  New survey shows Clinton dominating the Democratic field in California - Obama said to be losing his luster  —  Story appeared in MAIN NEWS section, Page A4  —  Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton is expanding …
 
 
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Anjeanette Damon / Inside Nevada Politics:
Finally, some Nevada poll results
Jules Crittenden:
Poll: Americans Want to Win
John Schwartz / New York Times:
A Billion Dollars Later, New Orleans Still at Risk
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Best. Movie. Line. Ever.
Kimberley A. Strassel / Opinion Journal:
Democrats and Cannibals  —  The Kos kids try but fail to devour party moderates.
Federal Reserve:
For immediate release  —  Financial market conditions …
Noah Shachtman / Wired News:
Army Reports Brass, Not Bloggers, Breach Security
Confederate Yankee:
Yet Again: AFP's Photo Woes Continue