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11:30 AM ET, October 6, 2007

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Petula Dvorak / Washington Post:
Fort Hunt's Quiet Men Break Silence on WWII  —  For six decades, they held their silence.  —  The group of World War II veterans kept a military code and the decorum of their generation, telling virtually no one of their top-secret work interrogating Nazi prisoners of war at Fort Hunt.
New York Post:
AN IMMODERATE MODERATOR  —  So, should viewers of Tuesday's Re publican presidential debate expect an exchange of views between the candidates - or between the candidates and one of the event's moderators?  —  It's a fair question, given the jaw-dropping comments Thursday evening from MSNBC blowhard …
Melissa Underwood / Fox News:
Candidates Have Their Say on Obama's Decision Not to Wear Flag Pin  —  Barack Obama may choose not to wear an American flag pin on his lapel, but many of the presidential contender's political rivals say they wouldn't leave home without one.  —  VIDEO: Barack Obama Decides Not to Continue Wearing a Flag Pin on His Lapel
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Guardian:
Ron Paul takes it to the bank  —  The libertarian, anti-war Republican presidential candidate shocked Washington by raising $5m in three months.  Was it such a big surprise?  —  Here are some of the ways the American political press has referred to representative Ron Paul …
Media Matters for America:
So where is Sean Hannity's flag lapel pin? … Discussing a recent interview with a reporter in Iowa in which Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) said that he had stopped wearing an American flag pin on his lapel during the lead-up to the Iraq war, Fox News host Sean Hannity said on the October 4 broadcast …
Chicago Sun Times:
Obama stuck in no-pin zone
Discussion: Liberal Values and FP Passport
ABCNEWS:
High Level Debate Stalled Syria Air Strike  —  U.S. Was Concerned Over Intelligence, Stability to Region, Officials Tell ABC News  —  The September Israeli airstrike on a suspected nuclear site in Syria had been in the works for months, ABC News has learned, and was delayed only at the strong urging of the United States.
Ezra Levant / The Shotgun:
150 million pages of fighting the good fight  —  To my deep regret, the Western Standard has decided to stop publishing our print edition.  —  It's a purely financial decision.  Even though our advertising revenues were stronger than ever, with marquee brands like GM, Mazda …
Discussion: The Corner and Jay Currie
Justin Juozapavicius / Associated Press:
Scandal brewing at Oral Roberts  —  TULSA, Okla. - Twenty years ago, televangelist Oral Roberts said he was reading a spy novel when God appeared to him and told him to raise $8 million for Roberts' university, or else he would be "called home."  —  Now, his son, Oral Roberts University …
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bush Says Interrogation Methods Aren't Torture  —  President Bush, reacting to a Congressional uproar over the disclosure of secret Justice Department legal opinions permitting the harsh interrogation of terrorism suspects, defended the methods on Friday, declaring, "This government does not torture people."
Discussion: Back Talk
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
With Him or Against Him  —  THE BLACK-AND-WHITE WORLD OF CLARENCE THOMAS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RACE.  —  Clarence Thomas' new autobiography, My Grandfather's Son, paints a stark picture of an America in which nothing but race matters.  In his telling, virtually everyone who has ever wronged him has done so because of his race.
Discussion: The Corner
WKMG-TV:
Prosecutor Accused In Sex Sting Kills Himself  —  MILAN, Mich. — A federal prosecutor who was arrested in an Internet sex sting after he allegedly traveled to Michigan from Florida to have sex with a 5-year-old girl hanged himself in a Michigan federal prison Friday morning, Detroit television station WDIV-TV reported.
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Patriotism Is More Than Just A Refuge For Scoundrels  —  Over the last two days, the question of patriotism has been debated over the blogosphere.  It started with Barack Obama's tortured explanation of why he stopped wearing a lapel pin representing the American flag.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Townhall.com
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The Corner:   re Patriotism  —  From a reader: … That's an interesting view of causality.
The Atlantic Online:
I am my own lodestar  —  This is why I love Mark Kleiman: … I've had my fair share of battles with both the "neck-down Darwinists" and the black-people-are-just-naturally- stupid crowd, and I've never felt noticeably improved by either side.  It takes some chutzpah to argue that intelligence …
William Glaberson / New York Times:
War-Crimes Prosecutor Quits in Pentagon Clash  —  In the latest disruption of the Bush administration's plan to try detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, for war crimes, the chief military prosecutor on the project stepped down yesterday after a dispute with a Pentagon official.
Stephen Moore / Opinion Journal:
GOP Tax Dilemma  —  After years of waste in Congress, voters aren't buying the party's fiscal message.  —  A few weeks ago Republican leaders gathered on Capitol Hill to hear from their top pollsters and pundits about how they can win back the votes of independent voters.
 
 
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Dale Lezon / Houston Chronicle:
Senate confirms Harris County judge for appeals court
Discussion: ACSBlog
Brett Okamoto / CNN:
Editor keeps his job after 'F**k Bush' column
John M. Broder / New York Times:
State Dept. Plans Tighter Control of Security Firm
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
Faiz / Think Progress:
Do you pray for Bush?  —  Fox News asks the tough questions …
Discussion: Election Central
Guardian:
The fallout from an attack on Iran would be devastating
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Bush: 'Never really thought about' war - no Iran plan
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Greater Love Hath No Man....
Discussion: Cliff Schecter
The Long War Journal:
Shuffling paperwork to victory: The Evolution of the Fallujah Police Department
Discussion: Hot Air
The Atlantic Online:
Reagan's Disciples Plan Relaunch Of Conservative Movement