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9:30 AM ET, September 3, 2007

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CNN:
Bush makes surprise visit to Iraq  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — President Bush arrived at an air base west of Baghdad Monday on an unannounced visit, the White House said.  —  He plans to meet face-to-face with top military commanders, the U.S. ambassador, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and provincial tribal leaders.
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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.
Amy Lorentzen / Associated Press:
Edwards backs mandatory preventive care  —  TIPTON, Iowa - Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards said on Sunday that his universal health care proposal would require that Americans go to the doctor for preventive care.  —  "It requires that everybody be covered.
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Edwards in Pittsburgh for steel, mine worker nods  —  PITTSBURGH - Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards hopped out of Iowa and into already steamy Western Pennsylvania this morning for a Labor Day rally and an endorsement that's worth braving the humidity.
Discussion: The Politico
Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
State of Mexico Addressed, by Invitation Only  —  Calderón Delivers Speech At Ceremonial Palace  —  President Felipe Calderón, blocked from delivering the traditional state-of-the-nation address to Congress, called Sunday for changing the format of an annual rite that has become a chaotic embarrassment for Mexico.
Discussion: Hot Air and Fausta's blog
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Traci Carl / Associated Press:
Calderon blasts U.S. immigration policies  —  MEXICO CITY — President Felipe Calderon blasted U.S. immigration policies on Sunday and promised to fight harder to protect the rights of Mexicans in the U.S., saying "Mexico does not end at its borders."  —  The criticism earned Calderon …
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 …
Nancy A. Youssef / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Combat deaths in Iraq decline; reasons aren't clear  —  WASHINGTON — American combat deaths in Iraq have dropped by half in the three months since the buildup of 28,000 additional U.S. troops reached full strength, surprising analysts and dividing them as to why.
Damian Thompson / Telegraph Blogs:
BBC offers Palestinians 'support'  —  The BBC has been advertising for a "Project Director, Palestinian Territories" to advise Palestinian journalists.  On what?  Impartiality?  —  The BBC have devised another way to spend our money  —  "And I thought WE hated the Israelis," …
Discussion: Israel Matzav
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 …
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Don Surber:
Save Our Elmer  —  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials report that the number of licensed hunters in America fell 13%, dropping from 14 million hunters in 1996 to 12.5 million in 2006.  That's at a time when the estimated U.S. population rose from 265 million in 1996 to 299 million in 2006, a 12.8% increase.
Daniel Gross / Newsweek:
The New Money Pit  —  It started with subprime mortgages.  Now owners of McMansions are defaulting, and the effects of the housing bust are beginning to ripple through the economy.  —  Walking through the gated community of Black Mountain Vista on a hill in Henderson, Nev., Thomas Blanchard offers a guided tour of real-estate woe.
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.
Pat Dollard / Young Americans:
The Man Behind The De Palma Smear: Mark Cuban Declares War On The Troops  —  Billionaire Mark Cuban has decided to put all of his weight behind a campaign to smear US troops in Iraq as "monsters'.  Cuban has decided that De Palma's film "Redacted" must be seen as the cornerstone …
 
 
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Associated Press:
Retired UK general criticizes U.S. Iraq policy
Hussein Dakroub / Associated Press:
Lebanese army crushes militants at camp
Gateway Pundit:
Craig's Resignation Puts Focus on Democratic Klansmen, Creeps & Killer
New York Times:
On Two Fronts, One Nuclear, Iran Is Defiant
James Hamilton / Econbrowser:
Comments on Housing and the Monetary Transmission Mechanism
The Huffington Post:
Hale "Bonddad" Stewart: U.S. Economy "Heading For the Rocks"
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Double Standards [hilzoy]
Susan Hogan / Chicago Sun Times:
Dean tells Muslims: Run for political office
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The Atlantic Online:
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Blitzer Dismantles Rep. Boustany's Assertions Of Progress In Iraq
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
Dale Carpenter / The Volokh Conspiracy:
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Tim Shipman / Telegraph:
Will President Bush bomb Iran?
Associated Press:
Colo Springs couple says got threatening call from congressman