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5:40 PM ET, July 19, 2008

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Dotcomabc / Political Punch:
White House Accidentally E-Mails to Reporters Story That Maliki Supports Obama Iraq Withdrawal Plan  —  The White House this afternoon accidentally sent to its extensive distribution list a Reuters story headlined “Iraqi PM backs Obama troop exit plan - magazine.”
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Reuters:
Iraqi PM backs Obama troop exit plan: report  —  BERLIN (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told a German magazine he supported prospective U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's proposal that U.S. troops should leave Iraq within 16 months.
Spiegel Online:
Iraq Leader Maliki Supports Obama's Withdrawal Plans  —  In an interview with SPIEGEL, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Barack Obama's 16 timeframe for a withdrawal from Iraq is the right one.  —  Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki supports US presidential candidate Barack Obama's plan …
New York Times:
Obama Opens a Foreign Tour in Afghanistan  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — Senator Barack Obama arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday, opening a high-stakes foreign trip in a country that is increasingly the focus of his clash with Senator John McCain in the presidential campaign over whether the war …
Ilan Goldenberg / democracyarsenal.org:
It's Over  —  Not much to say here.  Other than the fact that this is a huge huge huge deal.  Article speaks for itself. … And … And … Is there anything left to say?
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Maliki: Obama's 16-month timetable sounds good; Update: Spiegel changes quote  —  Here's the exchange from Spiegel's English translation, duly hyped by Reuters as tacit evidence of Liberal Jesus's foreign-policy sagacity. … The unasked follow-up question: How about the 14-month timetable …
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
MALIKI BACKS BARACK OBAMA'S IRAQ PLAN.  —  To really understand the importance of Maliki's comments, you need to consider their opposite.  Imagine if Maliki had walked in front of the cameras and said, “at this stage, a timetable for withdrawal is unrealistic, and we hope our American friends …
Marc Ambinder:
McCain Campaign Responds To Al-Maliki  —  “His domestic politics require him to be for us getting out,” said a senior McCain campaign official, speaking on the condition of anonymity.  “The military says ‘conditions based’ and Maliki said ‘conditions based’ yesterday in the joint statement with Bush.
Marc Ambinder:
Al-Maliki's Announcement: A Big Deal
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Juan Cole / Informed Comment:
Bush Accepts Time Horizon for US Troop withdrawal
Discussion: Newshoggers.com
Spiegel Online:
‘The Tenure of Coalition Troops in Iraq Should Be Limited’
Discussion: The Swamp
CNN:
Obama lands in Afghanistan
Washington Post / The Trail:
Obama Travels to Afghanistan
Discussion: The Fix, The Swamp and TIME.com
Think Progress:
Live Blogging: Al Gore To Appear This Morning At Netroots Nation Convention  —  “Former Vice President Al Gore is scheduled to speak this morning to more than 2,000 bloggers and others meeting at the Netroots Nation convention.  His appearance here has been kept hush hush …
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Avi Zenilman / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Gore compares offshore drilling to invasion of Iraq
Discussion: The Caucus and TIME.com
Katharine Q. Seelye / The Caucus:
Al Gore Is Special Guest Star at Netroots Nation
Michael Luo / The Caucus:
Conservative Group to Air Anti-Obama Ads  —  An independent conservative group that worked on behalf of President Bush in 2004 is planning to begin broadcasting nationally next week a commercial that attacks Senator Barack Obama as a flip-flopper.  —  The non-profit advocacy group …
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
McCain, 71, nods off on ‘Late Night with Conan’  —  By the time Sen. John McCain gets on NBC's “Late Night with Conan O'Brien” tonight, it's gonna look like it's way past the veteran senator's bedtime.  —  The show was, of course, taped this afternoon, a little bit late due to a very surprising event …
Kitty Donaldson / Bloomberg:
Brown Says No ‘Artificial Timetable’ for Iraq Troop Withdrawal  —  U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he would not set “an artificial timetable” for withdrawing British troops from Iraq, though progress toward a reduction is being made.  —  “It is certainly our intention that we reduce our troops …
Discussion: Commentary
Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:
APS & Global Warming  —  The story gets more complicated — and interesting.  Here, via Benny Peiser's always valuable email, is Monckton's letter to the American Physical Society: … Relevant links: Monckton's paper.  The Announcement by the APS editor of Physics & Society to open …
 
 
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Katharine Q. Seelye / The Caucus:
Easing Off Online Obscenities
Discussion: The Sideshow
Jim Lindgren / The Volokh Conspiracy:
FUNDING BARACK OBAMA'S “CIVILIAN NATIONAL SECURITY FORCE.”
Discussion: A Newt One
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
U.S. Is Alone in Rejecting All Evidence if Police Err
Katrin Bennhold / New York Times:
A Veil Closes France's Door to Citizenship
Bob Herbert / New York Times:
Yes We Can  —  As I was listening to Al Gore on the telephone …
Michael Falcone / The Caucus:
Obama's Lobbyist Policy Excludes Cleland
The China Beat:
Things We'd Rather You Not Say on the Web, Or Anywhere Else
 Earlier Items: 
Gateway Pundit:
McCAIN CLAIMS VICTORY IN IRAQ— Let the Gnashing of Teeth Begin
Discussion: www.redstate.com
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Political harmony v. the rule of law: an easy choice for the political establishment
Jennifer Parker / Political Radar:
Subliminal Messaging, or Over-Active Imaginations?
Discussion: Hot Air and Ed Driscoll.com
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
‘Stunningly Shameful’  —  The Bush administration flip-flops on Iran.
Ashley Johnson / National Journal Online:
Promises to Keep  —  IF HISTORY IS ANY GUIDE, THE NEXT PRESIDENT …
Discussion: The Swamp
Julie Satow / New York Sun:
Tax Rates For New Yorkers Would Top 50% Under Obama
Catherine Donaldson-Evans / Fox News:
PETA Expands Ad Campaign That Uses Teen Pregnancy to Push Pet Message
Discussion: Stop The ACLU and Moonbattery