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9:45 AM ET, March 11, 2009

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Laura Rozen / The Cable:
Freeman speaks out on his exit  —  Retired Amb.  Chas Freeman, who said today that he no longer accepts an offer to chair the National Intelligence Council, has just sent this message: … More to come.
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Schumer Takes Credit For Getting Chas Freeman Ousted  —  Chuck Schumer's office sends over a statement from the Senator himself, saying he's the one who got Chas Freeman dumped from the post of National Intelligence Council chief: … As I reported the other day, Schumer had privately communicated …
Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
Impartiality Questioned, Intelligence Pick Pulls Out
Laura Rozen / The Cable:
Did Chuck Schumer kill the Freeman appointment?
Discussion: Power Line
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Freeman Precedent  —  There are a couple of things worth noting …
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
David Rothkopf:   Freeman is forced out  —  So Chas Freeman withdrew his nomination …
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Salon:
Heads should roll  —  Oh, the incestuous mediocrity of American politics and media — compared to the splendors of Brazil!  As a direct result of the two articles I wrote about superstar singer Daniela Mercury in Salon in June and August of last year, I was invited by the publisher Editora Abril …
Discussion: Fausta's Blog and Commentary
Howard Fineman / Newsweek:
A Turning Tide?  —  Obama still has the approval of the people, but the establishment is beginning to mumble that the president may not have what it takes.  —  Surfer that he is, President Obama should know a riptide when he's in one.  The center usually is the safest, most productive place in politics …
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
ZOMBIE LIES THAT WILL NOT DIE.  —  We're not even going to talk about the tendentious Matrix analogy laced into this column Amity Shlaes wrote for Bloomberg.  Not.  Even.  Going.  To.  Talk.  About.  It.  I already read the thing for you.  I refuse to relive it.
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
No quit: the campaign to boost Bush  —  The defense never rests.  When President Barack Obama released his own policy this week on former President George W. Bush's practice of attaching controversial signing statements to legislation, a reporter quickly got a tip from a Bush loyalist …
Martina Stewart / CNN:
S.C. gov wants to use some stimulus funds to pay down debt  —  (CNN) - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford plans to ask President Obama for permission to use part of his state's stimulus money to pay down its debt, not on new spending, according to a letter he sent state legislators Tuesday.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Brian Faler / Bloomberg:
Congress Sends $410 Billion Spending Bill to Obama for Signing  —  The U.S. Congress gave final approval to a $410 billion bill that will boost domestic spending, loosen the trade embargo on Cuba and fund thousands of congressional pet projects known as earmarks.
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David Rogers / The Politico:
Obama gets omnibus and earmark fight
Discussion: The Foundry, The Politico and The Hill
Capital Commerce:
Putting Obama on the Couch  —  “So, like, do you think Obama is just mean or something?”  That is how a twentysomething television booker recently responded to my critique to her of the president's stimulus package and banking bailout plans.  Actually, I think Team Obama is filled with dedicated …
Alan Greenspan / Wall Street Journal:
The Fed Didn't Cause the Housing Bubble  —  Any new regulations should help direct savings toward productive investments.  —  We are in the midst of a global crisis that will unquestionably rank as the most virulent since the 1930s.  It will eventually subside and pass into history.
José M. Guardia / Barcepundit:
IN MEMORIAM, 5 YEARS AFTER  —  Eva Belén Abad Quijada, Spain, 30 years old  —  Óscar Abril Alegre, Spain, 19 years old  —  Liliana Guillermina Acero Ushiña, Ecuador, 26 years old  —  Florencio Aguado Rojano, Spain, 60 years old  —  Juan Alberto Alonso Rodríguez, Spain, 38 years old
Discussion: Jules Crittenden
Will Bunch / Philly.com:
What the Huck?  Chuck Norris' roundhouse kick to the gut of American democracy  —  That was fast.  It was just one year ago that right-wing martial arts guru Chuck Norris was a sought-after “get” for the GOP presidential candidates like Mike Huckabee, who paraded the star of “Walker …
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
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Stephen Labaton / New York Times:
Some Banks, Citing Strings, Want to Return Aid  —  WASHINGTON — The list of demands keeps getting longer.  —  Financial institutions that are getting government bailout funds have been told to put off evictions and modify mortgages for distressed homeowners.  They must let shareholders vote on executive pay packages.
Discussion: Dealbreaker and Riehl World View
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Inside Murtha's ‘earmark factory’  —  Over the course of the past decade, Rep. John P. Murtha has earmarked millions of dollars for the Electro-Optics Center at Penn State University — money that has, in turn, gone to clients of the PMA Group, the Murtha-linked lobbying shop that was raided …
Discussion: Instapundit
Bruce Kesler / Maggie's Farm:
Top Ten Reasons For ObamaCare Are Based On False Information  —  George Bernard Shaw warned “Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”  The major overhaul of American health care pursued by President Obama and his supporters is based on many false premises and is excessive and likely to do more harm than good.
BBC:
US Congress eases curbs on Cuba  —  The US Congress has voted to lift restrictions on relations with Cuba imposed by the Bush administration.  —  Cuban-Americans will be allowed to travel to the island once a year and send more money to relatives there.  —  Curbs on sending medicines and food have also been eased.
Discussion: PoliBlog
Ali Frick / Think Progress:
Specter on Steele: 'I wouldn't pay a whole lot of attention to him.'  —  This morning, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) spoke to Pennsylvania radio show “The Morning News with Nancy and Kevin,” where he was asked who led the Republican Party.  Specter replied that he was “trying to bring it back in a sensible …
Discussion: Salon
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Telegraph:
Muslim extremists shout abuse at British soldiers during homecoming march
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The White House:
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT TO THE HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE …
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Robbie Brown / New York Times:
Arrests Draw New Attention to Assisted Suicide
Discussion: DISSENTING JUSTICE
Chuck Todd / MSNBC:
PEACE WITH THE TALIBAN?  —  From NBC's Chuck Todd
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Betsy's Page
Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:
Obama's Court Nominees Are Focus of Speculation
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Uh, We're Bragging About Sending Citibank to Help the Iraqi Banking Sector?
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