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4:50 PM ET, July 15, 2008

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James Gordon Meek / NY Daily News:
Obama purges Web critique of surge  —  WASHINGTON - Barack Obama's campaign scrubbed his presidential Web site over the weekend to remove criticism of the U.S. troop “surge” in Iraq, the Daily News has learned.  —  The presumed Democratic nominee replaced his Iraq issue Web page …
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Obama: 'I Had No Doubt... We Would See a Reduction in Violence' With Surge  —  The two most glaring contradictions in Obama's statements on the surge are bolded.  —  Rush noted Obama's position in January 2007: … Dan Riehl notes Obama's position in July 2007: … A Democratic debate in September 13, 2007:
Discussion: Commentary
Gateway Pundit:
HAH!!... OBAMA SCRUBS “CIVIL WAR” FROM IRAQ WEBPAGE!!
Discussion: michellemalkin.com
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Obama purges site of surge criticism
Avi Zenilman / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:   Talking about AfPak  —  In an addition to a speech on the economy …
Amanda Scott / Barack Obama:
“A New Strategy for a New World”  —  Barack delivered a speech on the war in Iraq and national security in Washington, DC this morning.  He laid out his strategy for making America safer: ending the war in Iraq responsibly; finishing the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama's national security speech  —  In Obama's speech (in full after the jump) today, he reiterates his strategy for withdrawal — “success” — in Iraq, and dwells on Afghanistan and Pakistan.  —  McCain, meanwhile, is delivering remarks in New Mexico attacking Obama for opposing the surge.
Eli Lake / New York Sun:
McCain Will Call for a Surge of Troops to Afghanistan  —  WASHINGTON — Senator McCain will announce plans today for an Iraq-style “surge” of troops in Afghanistan.  —  An adviser to the campaign told The New York Sun that, in a speech to be delivered in Albuquerque, N.M. …
New York Times:
Obama's Remarks on Iraq and Afghanistan  —  Following is the text of Barack Obama's speech on Iraq and Afghanistan, as prepared for delivery and provided by his campaign.  —  Sixty-one years ago, George Marshall announced the plan that would come to bear his name.  Much of Europe lay in ruins.
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
McCain: “Today We Know Senator Obama Was Wrong”
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Mutatis Mutandis  —  How would the Republican base react to this:
Discussion: Spin Cycle and Eunomia
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Ben / Think Progress:   Billboard displaying burning twin towers reads 'please don't vote for a Democrat.'
Gary Kamiya / Salon:
Rush Limbaugh was right  —  The blogosphere's reaction to the New Yorker cover proves that the Bush era has killed a lot of liberals' sense of humor.  And that's not funny.  —  It's official: The Bush era has made liberals so terrified of right-wing smears it has caused them to completely lose their sense of humor.
White House:
Press Conference by the President  —  James S. Brady Press Briefing Room  —  THE PRESIDENT: Good morning.  It's been a difficult time for many American families who are coping with declining housing values and high gasoline prices.  This week my administration took steps to help address both these challenges.
John Tierney / New York Times:
A New Frontier for Title IX: Science  —  Until recently, the impact of Title IX, the law forbidding sexual discrimination in education, has been limited mostly to sports.  But now, under pressure from Congress, some federal agencies have quietly picked a new target: science.
Satyam / Think Progress:
O'Hanlon ‘livid’ over Obama's plan for withdrawal from Iraq.  —  Yesterday, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) published an op-ed in the New York Times outlining his strategy to get out of Iraq.  The Washington Post reports that Iraq war supporter Michael O'Hanlon of the Brookings Institution was “livid” after reading Obama's op-ed:
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Brit Hume to Step Down as Fox News Anchor  —  Brit Hume, a top anchor and executive with Fox News since the channel was launched 12 years ago, plans to step down at year's end.  But he won't disappear entirely.  —  Sources familiar with the situation say that Hume, 65 …
Discussion: Think Progress
Matthew Yglesias:
War for War's Sake  —  Reviewing Eric Patterson's Just War Thinking over the weekend, Robert Farley said: … But just because modern democratic societies don't, usually, attach a positive value to war-fighting as such doesn't mean that nobody does.  As I observed of John McCain and his hero Teddy Roosevelt:
Discussion: Newshoggers.com
 
 
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Did you notice how the controversy about the New Yorker cover …
Discussion: Sadly, No!
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