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OT: Who's Hyperpartisan? |
Who's Hyperpartisan?
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By E. J. Dionne Jr.
Friday, March 9, 2007; Page A21
Hand-wringing over extreme partisanship has become a popular cause
among learned analysts. They operate from Olympian heights and strain
for evenhandedness by issuing tut-tuts to all sides, Democrats and
Republicans, liberals and conservatives.
But the evidence of recent days should settle the case: This
administration has operated on the basis of a hyperpartisanship not
seen in decades. Worse, the destroy-the-opposition, our-team-vs.-their-
team approach has infected large parts of the conservative movement
and the Republican Party. That's a shame, since there are plenty of
good people in both. Still, the tendency to subordinate principles to
win short-term victories and cover up for the administration is, alas,
rampant on the right.
In the Wheelbarrow With Libby
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1503.html
By Eugene Robinson
Friday, March 9, 2007; Page A21
The White House would like to strip the guilty verdicts against Lewis
"Scooter" Libby of any larger meaning. The White House also would like
to change the subject.
"I think there has been an attempt to try to use this as a great big
wheelbarrow in which to dump a whole series of unrelated issues and
say, 'Aha,' " press secretary Tony Snow said Wednesday. "And it is
what it is; it's a case involving Scooter Libby and his recollections,
and we're just not going to comment further on it."
Higher-Ed Superpower
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1502.html
By David Ignatius
Friday, March 9, 2007; Page A21
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- When people think about American power in the
world, they usually list the country's forbidding arsenal of bombers,
aircraft carriers and troops. Yet America's greatest strategic asset
these days might not be its guns but its universities.
Higher education is arguably the last area in which the United States
dominates the world. We're discovering the limits of military power in
Iraq, the pressures of economic competition from China and India, the
vulnerability of our financial markets to sudden changes abroad. But
in this globalized world, American universities remain the gold
standard. And thanks to aggressive university presidents, they are
widening their lead.
Mr. Putin's Enemies
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It's becoming more and more dangerous to be one of them.
Friday, March 9, 2007; Page A20
ANOTHER RUSSIAN journalist critical of the government of Vladimir
Putin has died under mysterious circumstances. Ivan Safronov, a 51-
year-old military specialist, had just returned to his apartment
building after shopping for oranges last Friday when he fell from the
window of a fourth-floor stairwell. Authorities quickly labeled his
death a suicide, only to be contradicted by Mr. Safronov's colleagues
at the newspaper Kommersant, who said that he had no reason to take
his own life -- but that he had been preparing an explosive story
disclosing plans by Russia to sell advanced missiles and fighter jets
to Iran and Syria.
Frequent Errors In FBI's Secret Records Requests
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2356_pf.html
Audit Finds Possible Rule Violations
By John Solomon and Barton Gellman
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, March 9, 2007; A01
A Justice Department investigation has found pervasive errors in the
FBI's use of its power to secretly demand telephone, e-mail and
financial records in national security cases, officials with access to
the report said yesterday.
The inspector general's audit found 22 possible breaches of internal
FBI and Justice Department regulations -- some of which were potential
violations of law -- in a sampling of 293 "national security letters."
The letters were used by the FBI to obtain the personal records of
U=2ES. residents or visitors between 2003 and 2005. The FBI identified
26 potential violations in other cases.
Bush Threatens to Veto Democrats' Iraq Plan
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0206_pf.html
By Jonathan Weisman and Shailagh Murray
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, March 9, 2007; A01
Bush administration officials escalated the fight over a new spending
package for the Iraq war yesterday, saying for the first time that the
president will veto a House Democratic plan because it includes a
timetable to start bringing troops home within a year and would
undermine military efforts.
The veto threat came as House and Senate Democrats announced
aggressive new measures to narrow U.S. involvement in Iraq, although
party leaders acknowledged that their members are far from united on
the efforts. Liberals want to start troop withdrawals immediately, but
more conservative members worry that they are micromanaging the war,
and House leaders have been struggling to come up with a compromise.
Gonzales Yields On Hiring Interim U.S. Attorneys
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1087_pf.html
By Paul Kane and Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, March 9, 2007; A01
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales agreed yesterday to change the
way U.S. attorneys can be replaced, a reversal in administration
policy that came after he was browbeaten by members of the Senate
Judiciary Committee still angry over the controversial firings of
eight federal prosecutors.
Gonzales told Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) and other senior members
of the committee that the administration will no longer oppose
legislation limiting the attorney general's power to appoint interim
prosecutors. Gonzales also agreed to allow the committee to interview
five top-level Justice Department officials as part of an ongoing
Democratic-led probe into the firings, senators said after a tense,
hour-long meeting in Leahy's office suite.
Candidate Clinton, Embracing the Trite and the True
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1786.html
By Dana Milbank
Friday, March 9, 2007; Page A02
Are you in it to win? Would you regard civil rights as the gift that
keeps on giving? Do you believe in the American Dream, stupid?
If you answered yes to any of the above, you might consider supporting
Hillary Clinton, the person to send to the White House when you care
enough to send the very best. More than any other candidate, Clinton
has brought the sensibility of Hallmark greeting cards to the 2008
presidential race.
'Planet Killer' Not in the Stars, Asteroid Research Indicates
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/08/AR200703080=
2019_pf.html
NASA Urged to Find Ways to Deflect Smaller Threats
By Marc Kaufman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, March 9, 2007; A03
The risk that an asteroid capable of wiping out humanity will crash
into Earth is minuscule, new calculations suggest, but the chances of
a smaller one destroying a city or setting off a catastrophic tsunami
remain unclear and may be higher than previous estimates.
The calculations were presented at a four-day meeting in Washington
this week, leading scores of scientists present to conclude that NASA
needs to move aggressively to meet a congressional deadline for
identifying most of the potentially hazardous smaller asteroids and to
develop ways to deflect them if they home in on Earth.
Rove Doing His Part to Help Shape a Positive Legacy for Bush
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2184_pf.html
By Michael Abramowitz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, March 9, 2007; A05
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 8 -- In an interview this week in his
windowless West Wing office, Karl Rove said that there is "very
little" discussion about President Bush's legacy at the White House
these days, only a focus on developing good policy that might have a
long-term impact. "The president's attitude is, 'History is going to
write the legacy long after we are all dead or in no position to
affect it -- so why worry about it?' " Rove said.
Yet history is never far from Rove's mind. While he has kept a low
profile in Washington since the midterm election losses took some of
the edge off his reputation as a political genius, Rove, a Bush senior
adviser and deputy chief of staff, has begun trying to put his own
distinctive spin on current events and the longer historical view.
Hagel Ready To Announce . . . What?
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2036.html
By Chris Cillizza and Matthew Mosk
Friday, March 9, 2007; Page A11
Sen. Chuck Hagel will make an announcement about his political future
on Monday in Omaha. It's anybody's guess, however, exactly what the
Nebraska Republican plans to announce.
Hagel's options include a bid for the 2008 presidential nomination as
a Republican or an independent, a race for reelection to the seat he
has held since 1996, or retirement from elected office.
Bush Theme of Doubling Latin Aid Is Seen as Misleading
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/08/AR200703080=
2176_pf.html
By Monte Reel and Peter Baker
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, March 9, 2007; A14
BUENOS AIRES, March 8 -- As President Bush arrived in Brazil on
Thursday, he brought with him a message that he believes has been lost
on the region: U.S. concerns about persistent poverty have prompted a
doubling of economic aid to Latin America since 2001.
"I do worry about the fact that some say, 'Well, the United States
hasn't paid enough attention to us, or the United States really isn't
anything more than worried about terrorism,' " Bush said in an
interview broadcast throughout Latin America on CNN's Spanish-language
network Thursday. "In fact, the record has been a strong record."
Angry Crowds Rally Against President in Brazil
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By Peter Baker
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, March 9, 2007; Page A14
SAO PAULO, Brazil, March 8 -- Thousands of students, workers and
environmentalists protesting President Bush's arrival here Thursday
shut down a road in a central business district, and some clashed with
helmet-wearing riot police who fired tear gas and beat demonstrators.
The boisterous rally and the sharp police response presaged a
potentially volatile visit for the president, who landed here in the
evening for a six-day tour through Latin America, his longest since
taking office. Protesters also gathered Thursday in Colombia and
Mexico, two later stops on Bush's itinerary, and organizers expect
tens of thousands at a demonstration in Buenos Aires on Friday.
U=2ES. Open to Talking About Iraq With Iran and Syria
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2013.html
By Karen DeYoung
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, March 9, 2007; Page A15
The Bush administration opened the door yesterday to one-on-one
discussions with both Iran and Syria at this weekend's Baghdad
conference, as long as the talks are limited to the subject of peace
and stability in Iraq.
"If a discussion emerges which is focused upon these goals in Iraq,
they are discussions which, as diplomats, we will proceed with," said
David M. Satterfield, State Department coordinator for Iraq and senior
adviser to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. "We are not going to
turn and walk away."
Ecuadoran Lawmakers Barred From Chamber
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2014.html
Associated Press
Friday, March 9, 2007; Page A15
QUITO, Ecuador, March 8 -- Police surrounded Ecuador's National
Congress on Thursday to keep out dozens of lawmakers who were fired a
day earlier by four electoral judges the lawmakers had sought to
impeach, in the latest constitutional crisis in the small Andean
nation.
The four judges of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal accused 57
legislators of interfering with a referendum on whether to rewrite the
constitution.
Japan-N. Korea Talks Conclude in Acrimony
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1859.html
Historical Differences Remain Thorny
By Mari Yamaguchi
Associated Press
Friday, March 9, 2007; Page A16
HANOI, March 8 -- Talks between Japan and North Korea on normalizing
relations ended after only 45 minutes Thursday, as their top envoys
blamed each other for the lack of agreement on key historical issues.
"I hope they understand the consequences," Japan's Koichi Haraguchi
said at a news conference at the end of the rocky two-day talks,
referring to the North Koreans. No further discussion is planned in
Hanoi, he said. No date was announced for more talks.
Beijing Hits Back at U.S. for Raising Rights Concerns
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0747.html
In Rebuttal of State Dept. Report, China Points to Iraq, Guantanamo
Abuse Cases
By Edward Cody
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, March 9, 2007; Page A16
BEIJING, March 8 -- Responding to U.S. complaints, China charged
Thursday that the Bush administration has no standing to criticize
other countries on human rights because its own record is full of
blemishes at home and abroad.
The Chinese accusation, in a retort to the State Department's annual
human rights report issued Tuesday, called particular attention to
what it said were abuses committed by U.S. soldiers and intelligence
agents in Afghanistan and Iraq and at the prison at Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba. The Chinese also underlined what they described as increased
willingness by Washington to spy on its own citizens by monitoring
telephone calls, computer connections and travels.
China Looks To Protect Private Property
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/08/AR200703080=
0083.html
By Maureen Fan
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, March 9, 2007; Page A16
BEIJING, March 8 -- China's legislature began examining a much-debated
measure Thursday that is intended to help protect private property in
an increasingly well-off society.
Although the Communist Party still believes the state owns all land,
the growing economy has meant that private property "has been
increasing with each passing day," the draft legislation states,
adding that the protection of that property is the "urgent demand of
the people."
U=2EN. Nuclear Agency Curtails Technical Assistance to Iran
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1108.html
By Molly Moore
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, March 9, 2007; Page A17
PARIS, March 8 -- The United Nations' atomic monitoring agency on
Thursday curtailed nearly two dozen nuclear technical aid programs to
Iran as part of an international effort to pressure the country to
halt its uranium enrichment program.
Members of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) meeting in
Vienna agreed to suspend or reduce 22 of the 55 technical aid projects
it funds for improving Iran's civilian use of nuclear technology.
Democrats Forge Single Voice on Iraq
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By Shailagh Murray
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, March 9, 2007; Page A19
The new Senate Iraq resolution, unveiled yesterday afternoon, is the
latest handiwork yet of Congress's newest "it club": the Senate
Democratic war council. The inaugural meeting was called last June by
Harry M. Reid (Nev.), then the minority leader. The midterm elections
were nearing, and Democrats wanted to answer voters' growing concerns
about the war.
The result was a nonbinding resolution offered by Sens. Jack Reed
(R.I.) and Carl M. Levin (Mich.) that called for troop reductions to
begin by the end of the year. It failed 60 to 39 but represented the
Democrats' first major challenge to President Bush's Iraq policy since
the war began.
Health Findings From Institute To Be Free Online
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2304.html
By Rick Weiss
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, March 9, 2007; Page A19
Activists who believe that the results of federally funded research
ought to be available free to the public won a victory this week with
a deal that will ensure Web posting of studies financed by the Howard
Hughes Medical Institute.
The Chevy Chase-based institute, which pumps $600 million a year into
biomedical research, cut the deal with Elsevier, a Dutch publisher of
science journals. Elsevier will post on the Web the manuscripts of all
research involving Howard Hughes investigators, six months after the
information appears in its journals.
Shutting Out Terrorism's Victims
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/opinion/09fri1.html
American law currently bars the entry to the United States of some of
terrorism's most abused victims: refugees who have been forced to
provide so-called material assistance.
The Rational Mr. Buffett
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/opinion/09fri2.html
Warren Buffett's greatest asset may be his real-world sense, which too
many others in the nation's executive suites seem to lack.
Healthy Cattle and Healthy Humans
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/opinion/09fri3.html
The F.D.A. must make sure that a new veterinary antibiotic drug - of
marginal importance to the cattle industry - will not undercut a drug
vital to human medical care.
A Summit Technology Can't Reach
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/opinion/09whittaker.html
By JIM WHITTAKER
Electronic signaling devices have made it easier for climbers to rely
more on search-and-rescue personnel, and less on skill and knowledge.
Al Gore's Outsourcing Solution
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/opinion/09easterbrook.html
By GREGG EASTERBROOK
If our goal in legislating against carbon releases is about truly
trying to reduce the accumulation of greenhouse gasses in the
atmosphere, the main event will be in the developing world.
Democrats Rally Behind a Pullout From Iraq in '08
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/washington/09cong.html?ref=3Dworld
By JEFF ZELENY and ROBIN TONER
Republicans vowed to block the new Democratic effort, which they said
amounted to micromanaging the war.
Iraqis Seek Role in Rebuilding Their Nation
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/world/middleeast/09sadrcity.html?ref=3Dwo=
rld
By DAMIEN CAVE
A makeover of Sadr City reflects a broad effort by Iraqi leaders to
focus on lucrative rebuilding efforts.
Australian Muslims Go for Surf, Lifesaving and Burqinis
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/world/asia/09australia.html?ref=3Dworld
By RAYMOND BONNER
A beach program for Australia's Muslims is challenging the perception
of the blond, blue-eyed and sun-bronzed lifeguard.
Output Falling in Oil-Rich Mexico, and Politics Gets the Blame
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/business/worldbusiness/09pemex.html?ref=
=3Damericas&pagewanted=3Dall
By ELISABETH MALKIN
Pemex, Mexico's oil monopoly, is struggling, with falling production
and reserves and no money to reverse the slide.
Visit by Bush Fires Up Latins' Debate Over Socialism
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/world/americas/09latin.html
By JIM RUTENBERG and LARRY ROHTER
President Bush's tour seems in part geared to counter the influence of
President Hugo Ch=E1vez of Venezuela.
China Nears Passage of Landmark Property Law
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/business/09yuan.html
By JIM YARDLEY
Two pieces of legislation are intended to protect private wealth and
create a more coherent tax code.
A Youth Ministry Some Call Antigay Tests Tolerance
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/us/09battlecry.html?ref=3Dus
By JESSE McKINLEY
At a two-day event called BattleCry, young Christians plan to speak
out against homosexuality, obscene music and violent video games.
In War Over Teaching Reading, a U.S.-Local Clash
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/education/09reading.html?ref=3Dus&pagewan=
ted=3Dall
By DIANA JEAN SCHEMO
A federal program to teach reading pressured schools to adopt a
specific approach in order to receive financing.
Fox on the Debates
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/fox-on-the-debates/
Roger Ailes warns candidates not to bow to pressure from groups
wanting to cut Fox or other news organizations out of the presidential
campaign debates.
Award Honorees Describe How They Hope to Improve the World
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/technology/09ted.html?ref=3Dbusiness
By SAUL HANSELL
Former President Bill Clinton is among the winners of the annual TED
prize, named for the confluence of technology, entertainment and
design.
China to Open Fund to Invest Currency Reserves
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/world/asia/09cnd-china.html?ref=3Dworldbu=
siness
By JIM YARDLEY and DAVID BARBOZA 8:29 AM ET
Analysts say that the agency is set to begin life as one of the
world's biggest investment funds.
Bush Hails Biofuels Pact in Brazil
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Bush-Latin-America.html?ref=3Dworl=
dbusiness
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 11:00 AM ET
President Bush visited a mega fuel depot for tanker trucks to sign an
agreement on ethanol as a way to boost alternative fuels production in
the Americas.
Palm Responds to the iPhone
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/technology/09palm.html?ref=3Dtechnology
By JOHN MARKOFF
The maker of hand-held computers has hired a top software designer to
respond to the challenge posed by Apple's new iPhone.
Start-Up Aims for Database to Automate Web Searching
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/technology/09data.html?ref=3Dtechnology
By JOHN MARKOFF
Metaweb Technologies is setting out to create a vast public database,
paving the way for a more automated Internet.
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