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11:45 AM ET, April 21, 2009

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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Enhanced Interrogations Worked  —  In releasing highly classified documents on the CIA interrogation program last week, President Obama declared that the techniques used to question captured terrorists “did not make us safer.”  This is patently false.  The proof is in the memos Obama made public …
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New York Times:
Obama Urges C.I.A. Not to Be Discouraged by Memos  —  WASHINGTON — Pressure mounted on President Obama on Monday for more thorough investigation into harsh interrogations of terrorism suspects under the Bush administration, even as he tried to reassure the Central Intelligence Agency …
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Obama Cites CIA's Possible ‘Mistakes’ But Vows Support
Discussion: Think Progress
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
White House Cheat Sheet: Cheney Keeps on Swinging  —  Former vice president Dick Cheney continued his one-man assault on President Obama, issuing a broad condemnation of the White House — from its handling of the CIA interrogation memos to the handshake with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez …
Discussion: MSNBC, The Hill and The Page
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Martina Stewart / CNN:
Cheney: 'I don't think we've got much to apologize for'  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - The former vice president Dick Cheney is slamming President Obama's efforts to set a new tone for relations with the U.S. on the world stage.  —  “I guess I've been concerned the way that we've been presented overseas …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Shakesville
Dick Cheney / Fox News:   About This Video … MORE VIDEOS FROM FOX NEWS  —  ‘Hannity’ Exclusive
Juan Williams / FOX Forum:
Obama's Outrageous Sin Against Our Kids  —  As I watch Washington politics I am not easily given to rage.  —  Washington politics is a game and selfishness, out-sized egos and corruption are predictable.  —  But over the last week I find myself in a fury.
Wall Street Journal:
America's Newest Profession: Bloggers for Hire  —  In America today, there are almost as many people making their living as bloggers as there are lawyers.  Already more Americans are making their primary income from posting their opinions than Americans working as computer programmers, firefighters or even bartenders.
Los Angeles Times:
Crimes suspected in 20 bailout cases — for starters  —  The special inspector general says TARP is ‘inherently vulnerable to fraud, waste and abuse.’ The risk grows as the plan becomes more complex, he says.  —  Reporting from Washington and Los Angeles — In the first major disclosure …
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Wall Street Journal:
Computer Spies Breach Fighter-Jet Project  —  WASHINGTON — Computer spies have broken into the Pentagon's $300 billion Joint Strike Fighter project — the Defense Department's costliest weapons program ever — according to current and former government officials familiar with the attacks.
Discussion: CBS News and The Page
David Brooks / New York Times:
Big-Spending Conservative  —  We've all heard liberal speeches on the economy.  The central concern is inequality.  Power and wealth tend to concentrate at the top of society, so government must stand as a countervailing power.  It must defend the people against the powerful to ensure fairness and opportunity for all.
Discussion: Commentary, Jay Bookman and marbury
The Politico:
Why Republicans are devouring one book  —  There aren't any sex scenes or vampires, and it won't help you lose weight.  —  But House Republicans are tearing through the pages of Amity Shlaes' “The Forgotten Man” like soccer moms before book club night.  —  Shlaes' 2007 take on the Great …
Chuck Neubauer / Washington Times:
EXCLUSIVE: Senator's husband cashes in on crisis  —  Feinstein sought $25 billion for agency that awarded contract to spouse  —  On the day the new Congress convened this year, Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation to route $25 billion in taxpayer money to a government agency …
Ceci Connolly / Washington Post:
Health-Care Dialogue Alarms Obama's Allies  —  As Congress returns to begin an intense debate over reshaping the nation's $2.2 trillion health-care system, prominent left-leaning organizations and liberal House members are issuing a warning to their Democratic allies: Don't cave on us.
Lindsey Ellerson / Political Punch:
President Beefcake?  D.C. magazine to feature shirtless Obama on cover  —  ABC News' Karen Travers and Jake Tapper report:  —  In the throes of an economic crisis and two wars, does the nation want more headlines about a “Pec-tacular” “Buff Bam”?  —  President Obama appears shirtless …
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Stuart Rothenberg / Real Clear Politics:
Media Cover Obama Like He's Ultimate A-List Celebrity
Discussion: Media Blog
New York Times:
Lawmaker Is Said to Have Agreed to Aid Lobbyists  —  WASHINGTON — One of the leading House Democrats on intelligence matters was overheard on telephone calls intercepted by the National Security Agency agreeing to seek lenient treatment from the Bush administration for two pro-Israel lobbyists …
Paul Kane / New York Times:
Up, Up and Out  —  ROBERT GATES, the secretary of defense, has proposed a budget overhaul that will go a long way toward improving our national security, but more can be done to meet his long-term goal: creating the right military for the 21st century.  —  Not since Henry Stimson's tenure …
Discussion: PrairiePundit and Neptunus Lex
Ann Sanner / Associated Press:
National service bill to get Obama's signature  —  Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition  —  WASHINGTON - The AmeriCorps program started by President Bill Clinton will triple in size over the next eight years, and tens of thousands of other Americans will soon …
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
Jerusalem Post:
Netanyahu won't attend AIPAC summit, asks Peres to represent Israel  —  Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday canceled his plans to attend the upcoming AIPAC summit, after it became clear that US President Barack Obama would not meet him during the conference.
Globe and Mail:
Clinton, Bush booked for joint Toronto appearance  —  Event next month billed as a ‘conversation’ between the two most recent U.S. presidents  —  WASHINGTON — Former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will appear together in Toronto next month on a public stage for the first time since …
Michael Liedtke / Associated Press:
NYT Co. 1Q losses worsen as ad sales plunge 27 pct  —  New York Times Co.'s 1Q loss of $74.5M, worse than expected as ad revenue plunges 27 percent  —  The New York Times Co. fell into a deeper financial hole during the first quarter as the newspaper publisher's advertising revenue plunged 27 percent …
Robin Givhan / Washington Post:
Susan Boyle Makeover Would Add Grace Notes  —  The transformation of Susan Boyle from a bashful Scottish villager with a lovely singing voice into an Internet star, U.S. media fixation and real-life Cinderella story brings with it a discomforting question.  It's a query that usually …
Discussion: Althouse and Pundit & Pundette
Fox News:
Exclusive: Carrie Prejean Says ‘God Was Testing My Faith’ With Gay Marriage Question  —  Carrie Prejean is the most famous runner-up in Miss USA history.  —  In an exclusive interview with FOXNews.com's Courtney Friel, Miss California says her phone has been ringing off the hook …
THE WEEK News & Opinion:
The Republicans' Paranoid Style  —  In 1964, historian Richard Hofstadter described “the paranoid style” as a periodic recurrence in American national life, characterized by “the use of paranoid modes of expressions by more or less normal people . . . heated exaggeration, suspiciousness, and conspiratorial fantasy.”
Discussion: The Note
Mitt Romney / National Review:
A Timid Advocate of Freedom  —  At last week's Summit of the Americas, President Obama acquiesced to a 50-minute attack on America as terroristic, expansionist, and interventionist from Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega.  His response to Ortega's denunciation of our effort to free Cuba …
Glenn Thrush / Glenn Thrush's Blog:
Joe: Release of torture memo helps “our enemies”  —  Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman has been a good Democratic soldier since Barack Obama covered his back during the kick-him-out-of-the-caucus imbroglio earlier this year.  —  But the hawkish independent, who questioned Obama's experience level …
John Crawley / Reuters:
U.S. to give Chrysler, GM new aid  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration will make about $500 million available to Chrysler LLC through the end of this month as it seeks to reach an alliance with Fiat, and up to $5 billion through May to help General Motors Corp restructure outside of bankruptcy …
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
 
 
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Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
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Thomas Erdbrink / Washington Post:
Nobel Peace Laureate Takes Case of U.S. Journalist Convicted in Iran of Spying
Discussion: CBS News
The White House:
The Case for Reform in Education and Health Care
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and Portfolio
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / The Caucus:
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Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:
Murtha's Defense Earmarks Draw Questions
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Deborah Solomon / Wall Street Journal:
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Matthew Weaver / The Guardian:
The BBC cancels a planned Boris Johnson interview after presenter Laura Kuenssberg says she accidentally sent the former UK prime minister her briefing notes

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