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John McCain campaign puts to use the
footage Hillary Clinton made for them a few months ago.
Sen. Ted Stevens (R-cultureofcorruption):
"It's not bribery; it's not some corruption; it's a series
of tubes."
Last week: Obama says he's willing to
allow offshore drilling as compromise
This week: McCain slams Obama over
drilling off coast
McCain's support for 2003 sale of
Airborne to Germany's DHL comes back to bite him in Ohio.
McCain's campaign manager worked as a lobbyist for the deal
and was paid $185,000 to help engineer it.
My friends, when John McCain talks
about celebrity, he knows what he's talking about. After
all, he's appeared in "24". And "Wedding Crashers". And he
hosted SNL. (LGT video and discussion from Dan Abrams' show)
American Conservative: It was Feith's
office, not CIA, that forged the Habbush letter.
John McCain will return $50,000 in
contributions by a foreign national "bundler" for his
campaign.
Incumbent Tennessee Democrat who's also
Jewish easily defeats opponent who compared him to the KKK.
Man Held In Fla. On Charge Of
Threatening Obama
Senator Presses the NRA for Information
on the Gun Lobby Mole
Leaked McCain Memo: Paint Obama As "Job
Killing Machine"
McCain Donor: McCain Worse Than Bush
McCain Blogger Lies, Insinuates Obama
Has Recieved More Money From Big Oil Than McCain
Health and Human Services Secretary
Mike Leavitt insisted the agency's proposed rule allowing
physicians to refuse to provide abortions does not include
contraceptives. |
| Courts and Justice |
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The Justice Department investigation
into the firings of nine U.S. attorneys has been extended to
encompass allegations that senior White House officials
played a role in providing false and misleading information
to Congress. |
| Iraq |
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Sadr to disarm if U.S. withdraws on
timetable
Security developments in Iraq, Aug 8
Iraq's Islamic Party leader
assassinated in Mosul
Iraq to resume oil exploration after 20
year pause
Eight Iraq family members killed by old
landmine
Two Iraqi officials say the U.S. and
Iraq are close to a deal under which all American combat
troops would leave by October 2010 with remaining U.S.
forces gone about three years later. |
| Afghanistan |
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Provincial Chief Judge Killed in
Eastern Afghanistan
UN Official: Afghan Children Being
Raped With "Impunity"
Taliban gaining control, strength
US troops kill 4 Afghan women, child
and militants
Some Afghan MPs back Taliban, drugs
trade: official
US plans surveillance buildup in Iraq,
Afghanistan
U.S. suffers deadliest three months in
Afghanistan |
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Thinktank: an attack on Iran "could
backfire by strengthening Tehran's resolve to acquire the
bomb."
United States Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice on Thursday refrained from saying the U.S.
would prevent Israel from mounting a much-touted attack
against Iran over the Islamic Republic's nuclear
aspirations.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul
Gheit says an Israeli attack on Iran may cause heavy losses
for Tel Aviv and the region as a whole.
ISRAELI Cabinet minister Shaul Mofaz, a
contender to succeed the prime minister, denounced his
native Iran on today as "the root of all evil" and said its
nuclear programme constituted a threat to world peace.
It said Olli Heinonen, the IAEA's
deputy director in charge of inspections, would hold talks
in Tehran on Thursday and Friday. An IAEA official said
Heinonen was expected back in Vienna early on Saturday
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