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10:30 AM ET, September 14, 2007

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New York Times:
Text of the President's Address  —  Following is the prepared text of President Bush's address on Iraq, as provided by the White House:  —  THE PRESIDENT: Good evening.  In the life of all free nations, there come moments that decide the direction of a country and reveal the character of its people.
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Fred Kaplan / Slate:
BUSH'S APPALLING IRAQ SPEECH.  —  President Bush's TV address tonight was the worst speech he's ever given on the war in Iraq, and that's saying a lot.  Every premise, every proposal, nearly every substantive point was sheer fiction.  The only question is whether he was being deceptive or delusional.
Washington Post:
The Least Bad Plan  —  PRESIDENT BUSH'S explanation of his latest plans for Iraq last night was marred by a couple of important omissions.  First, the president failed to acknowledge that, according to the standards he himself established in January, the surge of U.S. troops into Iraq has been a failure …
New York Times:
No Exit, No Strategy  —  This was the week in which Americans hoped they would get straight talk and clear thinking on Iraq.  What they got was two exhausting days of Congressional testimony by the American military commander, hours of news conferences and interviews, clouds of cut …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Multiple Messages and Audiences  —  President Bush addressed three very different audiences on Thursday night, and he had to hope that each would hear a different message.  —  To an American public overwhelmingly searching for an exit from Iraq, Mr. Bush said that he was now ready to take his first …
Discussion: Corrente, Prairie Weather and Althouse
Booman Tribune:
Washington Post Endorses PermaWar
Discussion: Corrente
Anne Gearan / Associated Press:
A Look at Bush's Assertions About Iraq
Discussion: Cliff Schecter and PoliBlog (TM)
Doyle McManus / Los Angeles Times:
Bush redefines 'victory'
David S. Cloud / New York Times:
Number of Soldiers to Be Left in Iraq Remains Unclear
Matt Cooper / Condé Nast Portfolio Magazine:
CAPITAL  —  The Liberal Case for Ted Olson  —  Lots of rumors floating about that the administration is backing off appointing Ted Olson as Attorney General because of Democratic objections.  Look, he was my lawyer in the CIA leak case for my Supreme Court appeal.
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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Gonzales Ready to Leave the Stage
Discussion: Law Blog
Opinion Journal:
Borking Mr. Olson  —  President Reid gives AG orders to the White House.
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Ronald A. Cass / Real Clear Politics:   Dems Try to Choose Bush's Attorney General
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Hsustock: The Definition Of Insanity  —  If the definition of insanity is repeating the same actions over and over despite consistent failure, then the American judiciary needs a shrink when it comes to Norman Hsu.  Despite having run out on his sentencing for a nolo contendere plea on fraud 15 years ago …
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Dan Frosch / New York Times:
Judge in Colorado Sets Bond of $5 Million for Democratic Fund-Raiser  —  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo., Sept. 13 — A judge ordered a cash bond of $5 million for Norman Hsu, the shadowy Democratic fund-raiser, after Colorado authorities told the court here that Mr. Hsu might have been involved …
The Prowler / American Spectator:
The New York Times MovesOn  —  The New York Times in the past has rejected "advocacy" ads from Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, as well as from the National Right to Life Committee, despite the fact that both would have qualified for the same "special advocacy, stand by" rates that the radical …
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Angered by an Antiwar Ad, Giuliani Seeks Equal Space  —  The New York Times came under attack Thursday by Rudolph W. Giuliani and a group of conservative Republicans for what they said was favoritism in the rate charged to MoveOn.org, a liberal group that opposes the war …
RIA Novosti:
U.S. develops 14-ton super bomb, bigger than Russian vacuum bomb  —  The U.S. has a 14-ton super bomb more destructive than the vacuum bomb just tested by Russia, a U.S. general said Wednesday.  —  The statement was made by retired Lt. General McInerney, chairman of the Iran Policy Committee …
Sonya Geis / Washington Post:
Scholars Decry Law School's About-Face on New Dean  —  Scholars across the political spectrum protested what they called an assault on academic freedom after the University of California at Irvine withdrew a job offer from a liberal professor who wrote an op-ed criticizing the Bush administration.
The Blotter:
Foley Unlikely to Be Prosecuted; Lewd Internet Messages Too Old  —  Vic Walter and Krista Kjellman Report:  —  Disgraced former Congressman Mark Foley, whose e-mails and instant messages to teenage former congressional pages shocked the country, may avoid criminal prosecution in Florida …
Discussion: The Raw Story
John R. Emshwiller / Wall Street Journal:
For Clinton, 2000 Fund-Raising Controversy Lingers  —  Ex-Supporter Paul  —  Stays on the Attack  —  With Suit, Claims  —  LOS ANGELES — As Sen. Hillary Clinton grapples with the burgeoning scandal surrounding disgraced fund-raiser Norman Hsu, she can't quite shake a fund-raising controversy from her 2000 Senate campaign.
 
 
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
DOING TO HISTORY WHAT HE DID TO IRAQ
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N.J.'s Corzine to Defy New Health-Care Rules
Jeff Carlton / Associated Press:
Security chief says terrorists have been arrested on border
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
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Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
Just the Facts  —  Gen. Petraeus brings some clarity to the Iraq debate.
Discussion: GINA COBB
Chris Edwards / TCS Daily:
FREDeralism!  —  There has been a void in the Republican presidential race.
John Distaso / New Hampshire Union Leader:
Shaheen to run for Senate
The Atlantic Online:
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