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11:45 AM ET, June 18, 2008

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Michelle Obama Looks for a New Introduction  —  Michelle Obama's eyes flicker tentatively even as she offers a trained smile.  As her campaign plane arcs over the Flathead Range in Montana, she is asked to consider her complicated public image.  —  Conservative columnists accuse …
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Battle of the Spouses: A Bit Better for Obama  —  Early Edge is Michelle Obama's, But Plenty of Room to Move for Cindy McCain  —  In the battle of the spouses the early edge is Michelle Obama's, in favorable views and intensity of sentiment alike.  But there are sharp differences among groups …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Eschaton
Amanda L. Pentler / NY Daily News:
Cindy McCain cooks up more controversy
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bush Will Seek to End Offshore Oil Drilling Ban  —  WASHINGTON — President Bush, reversing a longstanding position, will call on Congress on Wednesday to end a federal ban on offshore oil drilling, according to White House officials who say Mr. Bush now wants to work with states to determine where drilling should occur.
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CNN:
Bush asks Congress to lift ban on offshore drilling  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush asked Congress Wednesday to permit drilling for oil off America's coasts — on the outer continental shelf — to combat rising oil and gas prices.  —  Bush also renewed his demand that Congress allow drilling …
Discussion: Cogitamus and Oliver Willis
Washington Post:
Mr. Zebari's Message  —  SEN. BARACK OBAMA told Iraq's foreign minister this week that he plans to visit the country between now and the presidential election.  We think that's a good thing, not because Sen. John McCain has been prodding the candidate to do it but because it will give …
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Patrick Cockburn / The Independent:
Iraq deal with US to end immunity for foreign contractors
Zogby:
Reuters/Zogby Poll: Obama Leads McCain, But Wins No Big Bounce  —  Defeating Hillary Clinton and locking up the Democratic Party nomination fails to propel Obama forward  —  UTICA, New York - Democrat Barack Obama holds an edge over Republican John McCain in the race for U.S. President …
Bill Sammon / Examiner:
Obama advisers say bin Laden can appeal to U.S. courts  —  WASHINGTON (Map, News) - Barack Obama's foreign policy advisers said Tuesday that Osama bin Laden, if captured, should be allowed to appeal his case to U.S. civilian courts, a privilege opposed by John McCain.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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Michelle Malkin:
Hey, Associated Press: You owe me at least $132,125!  —  The Internet firestorm over the Associated Press's heavy-handed attempt to bully bloggers over fair use article excerpts has been absolutely schadenfreude-licious.  Now, it's time to turn the tables.  If your blog or blog commenters …
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Patterico's Pontifications:
Irony Alert: AP Attacks Blogs for Quoting Their Stories …
Marc Ambinder:
Here's Your Bounce: Obama Up In PA, FL, OH  —  Bounce-obsessives can calm themselves: Quinnipiac's out with surveys of Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania this morning showing Obama gains in each state as compared to the last time Q-PAC polled.  The sample sizes are huge — more than 1,400 likely votes …
Discussion: Democracy in America and marbury
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Vulgarian at the Gate  —  In the razor-close and nationally important Senate race in Minnesota, Republican incumbent Norm Coleman is presented with a unique political problem.  Should he raise in his ads the issue of comedian Al Franken's offensive vulgarity?
Christopher Beam / Slate:
The Truth About Barack Obama  —  RUMORS THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN SHOULDN'T TRY TO CORRECT.  —  The Barack Obama presidential campaign introduced a new site last week, FightTheSmears.com, that it hopes will debunk persistent myths about the senator: that he's a Muslim, that he won't say the Pledge of Allegiance, etc.
Warren P. Strobel / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Documents confirm U.S. hid detainees from Red Cross  —  WASHINGTON — The U.S. military hid the locations of suspected terrorist detainees and concealed harsh treatment to avoid the scrutiny of the International Committee of the Red Cross, according to documents that a Senate committee released Tuesday.
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New York Times:
Mr. Bush v. the Bill of Rights  —  In the waning months of his tenure, President Bush and his allies are once again trying to scare Congress into expanding the president's powers to spy on Americans without a court order.  —  This week, the White House and Democratic and Republican leaders …
Tom Lasseter / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Easing of laws that led to detainee abuse hatched in secret  —  WASHINGTON — The framework under which detainees were imprisoned for years without charges at Guantanamo and in many cases abused in Afghanistan wasn't the product of American military policy or the fault of a few rogue soldiers.
Discussion: Lean Left
Claudia Parsons / Reuters:
Adviser denies Obama showed naivete on Jerusalem  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama misused a “code word” in Middle East politics when he said Jerusalem should be Israel's “undivided” capital but that does not mean he is naive on foreign policy, a top adviser said on Tuesday.
 
 
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First female British soldier killed in Afghanistan
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Clinton takes month off
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DISTRICT BRIEFING  —  A 44-year-old Maryland man pleaded guilty …
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Obama's Shifting Positions on Iraq: A Rezko Connection?
Evan Thomas / Newsweek:
A Disconnect  —  What Obama promises.  How Washington really works.
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