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8:55 PM ET, September 16, 2007

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Bruce Landis / Providence Journal:
Chafee quietly quits the GOP … PROVIDENCE — Lincoln D. Chafee, who lost his Senate seat in the wave of anti-Republican sentiment in last November's election, said yesterday that he has left the party.  —  Chafee said he disaffiliated with the party he had helped lead …
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Moderate Lincoln Chafee Has Left The GOP Building
Tahman Bradley / Political Radar:
Bush vs. Greenspan: White House Fires Back  —  ABC News' John Cochran Reports: Former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan's memoirs, 'The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World' doesn't go on sale officially until Monday, but already the White House has fired back at two charges he levels.
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Ian Welsh / Firedoglake:
No, Greenspan Doesn't Get To Rehabilitate His Reputation  —  So Alan Greenspan has a new book coming out on Monday.  And it says nasty things about the Bush administration.  Welcome to the club Alan - the club of Bush enablers who write books once they aren't in power …
wftv.com:
Albright Says U.S. Must Use Diplomacy Surge  —  Former Secretary Of State Says Iraq Worse Than Vietnam  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — Once the highest-ranking woman in the history of the United States government, Madeleine Albright, spent Friday in central Iowa.  —  The former Secretary of State …
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TigerHawk:
Osirak redux, and the idiom of military action  —  The Times of London reported this morning that the Israeli "incursion" into Syrian airspace a few days back destroyed, or was intended to destroy, nuclear material probably supplied by the North Koreans.  Iran is probably involved as well …
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Peter Beaumont / Observer:
Was Israeli raid a dry run for attack on Iran?
Discussion: Corrente, Israel Matzav and Power Line
David Johnston / New York Times:
Bush May Name Ex-Judge to Succeed Gonzales  —  A former federal judge from New York has emerged as a contender to succeed Alberto R. Gonzales as attorney general, as the White House moved closer to announcing President Bush's choice to lead the Justice Department, according to associates of several prospective candidates.
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CNN:
O.J. Simpson faces robbery, assault charges  —  LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) — O.J. Simpson will be charged with a total of six counts of robbery, assault, burglary and conspiracy, Las Vegas police announced Sunday.  —  Simpson was arrested at his hotel room at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas …
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
The Economics Of Bling  —  It's a real phenomenon: … Sorry but can't resist:
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Althouse
Damien Cave / New York Times:
U.S. Seizes Suspect in Killing of Sunni Sheik  —  American military officials said Sunday that they captured a suspected militant linked to last week's assassination of a Sunni Arab tribal leader in Anbar Province, in western Iraq, who had collaborated with the American military to fight insurgents.
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Gary Langer / New York Times:   What They're Saying in Anbar Province
Bruce Smith / Associated Press:
McCain: I'm a Baptist  —  HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who has long identified himself as an Episcopalian, said this weekend that he is a Baptist and has been for years.  —  Campaigning in this conservative, predominantly Baptist state …
Brian Knowlton / New York Times:
Gates Sees a 'Protracted' Stay for Troops  —  Two days after saying he hoped American forces in Iraq might be reduced to 100,000 by the end of next year, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today that American troops were likely to remain in that country for a "protracted period."
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Lindsey Graham's Realism  —  Now that the president has endorsed the Petraeus-Crocker plan for Iraq, it is worth noting one exchange from their Senate hearings.  —  Some senators, such as Barbara Boxer of California, were so self-absorbed they could not manage to ask a single question …
Discussion: Daily Kos and SWJ Blog
Richard Klass / The Huffington Post:
The Selling of the President's War  —  The presentation to Congress by general David H. Petraeus was not an analytical military situation report it was a sales pitch for the president's policy.  I trust Gen. Petraeus when he insists that his opening statement was not vetted by the White House.
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
US Gets Sattar Assassin  —  The US has captured the al-Qaeda terrorist who masterminded the assassination of the leader of Anbar Awakening.  Intelligence following the murder pinned it on Fallah Khalifa Hiyas Fayyas al-Jumayli, who got captured outide of a town north of Baghdad:
Discussion: BBC, Gateway Pundit and Argghhh!
N. Gregory Mankiw / New York Times:
One Answer to Global Warming: A New Tax  —  IN the debate over global climate change, there is a yawning gap that needs to be bridged.  The gap is not between environmentalists and industrialists, or between Democrats and Republicans.  It is between policy wonks and political consultants.
Discussion: JustOneMinute and EconLog
Matthew Barakat / Associated Press:
Thousands march in D.C. war protest  —  WASHINGTON - Several thousand anti-war demonstrators marched through downtown Washington on Saturday, clashing with police at the foot of the Capitol steps where more than 190 protesters were arrested.  —  The group marched from the White House to the Capitol to demand an end to the Iraq war.
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Washington Post:
Antiwar Protest Held in Washington
 
 
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Telegraph:
Bush setting America up for war with Iran
Times of London:
Bankers fear £12bn run on Rock
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Douglas MacKinnon / Houston Chronicle:
Yellow ribbons on cars don't measure real support
Discussion: INTEL DUMP
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Converts To Islam Move Up In Cells
New York Times:
Vocal on Iraq, McCain Keeps Quiet on Bush
SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
Sen. Hagel on Real Time: Petraeus Dog and Pony Show "Dishonest …
Discussion: Macsmind
Interview By Edward Lewine / New York Times:
Conservative Stronghold  —  Morning routine: On a normal morning …
Discussion: The Next Hurrah
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
The campaign sizzles today at Harkin's steak fry
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Tim Shipman / Telegraph:
Bin Laden sidelined as al-Qaeda threat revives
Don Pogreba / Intelligent Discontent:
Attacking the Dead: Conservative Support for the Troops
Jamey Keaten / Associated Press:
Arctic ice melt opens Northwest Passage
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Sparse Schedule for Thompson on Trail
Joanna Walters / Observer:
Gingrich plots revenge on Clintons
Discussion: AMERICAblog and Cliff Schecter
 

 
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The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount CEO Bob Bakish steps down; Brian Robbins, Chris McCarthy, and George Cheeks will run Paramount on an interim basis as an “Office of the CEO”

Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:
The Financial Times signs a deal with OpenAI to train AI models on the publisher's archived content and to let ChatGPT reply with short summaries of FT articles

Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Shari Redstone agreed to take less than $2B for her Paramount stake as part of Skydance's “best and final” offer, lower than what was initially offered

 
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