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4:35 PM ET, July 26, 2009

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CNN:
White House: CBO ‘overstepped’ in its analysis  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — The White House has criticized the Congressional Budget Office's findings that the Obama administration's proposal to control Medicare costs would yield a moderate savings of $2 billion over the next decade.
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Washington Post:
The Health-Care Sacrifice  —  What President Obama needs to tell the public about the cost of reform  —  PRESIDENT OBAMA sometimes presents health-care reform as a pain-free proposition, as simple as choosing the red pill over the blue — one that's no more effective but costs twice as much.
The White House:
CBO and IMAC  —  This morning, the Congressional Budget Office …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Bite Your Tongue  —  Being obnoxious isn't a crime.  —  As we reflect on the arc of civil rights dramas from Jim Crow to Jim Crowley, my friend John Timoney, the police chief of Miami, observes: “There's a fine line between disorderly conduct and freedom of speech.
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Mary Wisniewski / Chicago Sun Times:
Daley weighs in on Gates controversy  —  President Obama should have gathered the facts first before commenting on Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s encounter with Cambridge, Mass. police, Mayor Daley said Saturday, wading into the controversy.  —  Daley said Obama …
Discussion: Macsmind and Political Byline
Glenn C. Loury / New York Times:
Obama, Gates and the American Black Man
Discussion: The New Republic and Whiskey Fire
Guardian:
The evidence Bush tried to hide  —  Photos from US spy satellites declassified by the Obama White House provide the first graphic images of how the polar ice sheets are retreating in the summer.  The effects on the world's weather, environments and wildlife could be devastating
Martina Stewart / CNN:
Axelrod: I'm not thinking about Palin's next move  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - David Axelrod, one of President Obama's most trusted political advisers, said Sunday that he does not spend time thinking about what Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin might do next.  —  “I can tell you with absolutely honesty …
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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Gov. Sarah Palin's last day; now what for GOP's North Star?  [Video]  —  Well, today's the last day in office — partial day, actually — for Alaska's Republican about-to-be-ex-governor, Sarah Palin.  —  On Friday we wrote right here about the string of summertime farewell picnics she launched (see video above).
Joe Biden / New York Times:
What You Might Not Know About the Recovery  —  SIX months ago, when President Obama and I took office, we were confronted with an economic crisis unparalleled in our lifetime.  The nation was hemorrhaging more than 700,000 jobs a month, the housing market was in free fall, and the fate of the financial system hung in the balance.
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The Politico:
Clinton: Iran's pursuit of nukes ‘futile’  —  Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on NBC's “Meet the Press” on Sunday that Iran will never achieve its goal of obtaining a nuclear weapon, declaring to Tehran: “Your pursuit is futile.”  —  “What we want to do is to send a message to whoever …
Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
U.S. Command Considering Private Security on Afghan Front Lines  —  Firm Could Have Broad Protection Authority in Afghanistan  —  The U.S. military command is considering contracting a private firm to manage security on the front lines of the war in Afghanistan, even as Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates …
Paul Krugman:
Why markets can't cure healthcare  —  Judging both from comments on this blog and from some of my mail, a significant number of Americans believe that the answer to our health care problems — indeed, the only answer — is to rely on the free market.  Quite a few seem to believe that this view reflects the lessons of economic theory.
David Brown / Washington Post:
As Health-Care Quality Rises, So Does Price  —  With Heart Attack Treatments, as Quality Rises, So Does Cost  —  Two decades ago, a famous clinical experiment showed that if a patient in the throes of a heart attack chewed and swallowed an aspirin tablet, the risk of dying fell from 13.2 percent to 10.2 percent.
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