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11:35 AM ET, September 3, 2007

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CNN:
Bush makes surprise visit to Iraq  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — President Bush greeted his war commanders with salutes Monday during a surprise visit to a U.S. air base in Iraq's Anbar province.  —  Air Force One touched down at Al Asad Air Base at 3:43 p.m. (7:43 a.m. EDT) under a blazing sun.
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Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
Bush, Advisers Make Surprise Visit to Iraq  —  AL ASAD AIRBASE, Anbar Province, Iraq, Sept. 3 — On the eve of major administration decisions on U.S. strategy in Iraq, President Bush, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and top U.S. military leaders including …
Associated Press:
Bush makes war assessment in Iraq  —  AL-ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq - President Bush and his national security team made a first-hand assessment of the war in Iraq and prospects for political reconciliation Monday before a showdown with Congress over the U.S. troop buildup.
David S. Cloud / New York Times:
Bush Visits Iraq Ahead of Assessment  —  President Bush and his top national security advisers made a surprise joint visit to Iraq today for talks with Gen. David H. Petraeus and top Iraqi officials a week before the American commander is scheduled to deliver a long-awaited assessment of the situation in Iraq.
Discussion: Norwegianity
Jules Crittenden:
Bush in Iraq  —  NPR reporting he's landed, enroute to an econmic summit in Australia.  Web reports now coming in.  —  AP: He's in Anbar, landed at Al-Asad.  —  CNN here, BBC here.  More on-air from Beeb, currently reporting he's expected to meet with al-Maliki and Sunni tribal leaders who've joined …
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:   Bush in Iraq  —  AL-ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq (AP) - President Bush …
Chris Hawley / Arizona Republic:
Strong words for America, stern warnings for Mexico  —  MEXICO CITY - Mexico's president drew a standing ovation from legislators as he chided Americans for new border fences and their "humiliating treatment" of illegal immigrants during his State of the Union speech on Sunday.
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Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
State of Mexico Addressed, by Invitation Only
Discussion: Hot Air and Fausta's blog
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Edwards in Pittsburgh for steel, mine worker nods
Discussion: The Politico
Jeffrey Gettleman / New York Times:
Chaos in Darfur on Rise as Arabs Fight With Arabs  —  Some of the same Arab tribes accused of massacring civilians in the Darfur region of Sudan are now unleashing their considerable firepower against one another in a battle over the spoils of war that is killing hundreds of people and displacing tens of thousands.
Ralph Peters / New York Post:
WHAT EXIT?  FALLUJAH!  —  JERSEY MARINES DO U.S. PROUD  —  Jersey rules.  The Marines of 1st Platoon, Fox Company, 3rd Battal ion, 3rd Marines aren't living large, but they're making a huge difference.  Bunking in a police precinct headquarters in Fallujah, they're at the forward edge of our current successes in Iraq.
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
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Bradley S. Klapper / Associated Press:
Report: U.S. workers are most productive  —  GENEVA - American workers stay longer in the office, at the factory or on the farm than their counterparts in Europe and most other rich nations, and they produce more per person over the year.  —  They also get more done per hour than everyone …
Daily Mail:
Soldiers evacuate babies from Israeli daycare centre as Islamic Jihad rockets fall  —  Soldiers scrambled to evacuate babies from a day care center in rocket-scarred Sderot today after a projectile fired by Palestinian militants thudded into the courtyard.  —  None of the 15 babies at the center was hurt.
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Turkishdailynews:
The secular elite vs. the popular Islamists  —  Today's political challenge is to allow people to live according to their religion, while at the same time protecting those who are either irreligious or who have a different interpretation of the Koran  —  As a foreigner who is highly interested in …
Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:
Roberts Suggested Miers, Book Says  —  Author Delves Inside Bush Controversies  —  John G. Roberts Jr., now the chief justice of the United States, suggested Harriet Miers to President Bush as a possible Supreme Court justice, according to a new book on the Bush presidency.
 
 
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Associated Press:
Retired UK general criticizes U.S. Iraq policy
Don Surber:
Save Our Elmer  —  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials report …
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On Two Fronts, One Nuclear, Iran Is Defiant
Pat Dollard / Young Americans:
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Susan Hogan / Chicago Sun Times:
Dean tells Muslims: Run for political office
David Bernstein / The Volokh Conspiracy:
WHY IS CUBA SO POOR?:  According to this story in the New York Times …
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Meet The Press: A Pissy Mary Matalin Throws Her Pen When Punked By Shrum
Discussion: The Impolitic