Anne Patterson Out — Jeffrey Gedmin in as Deputy Permanent Representative of the U.S. to the United Nations

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TWN has just confirmed that Jeffrey Gedmin (see post below) will be named as John Bolton’s No. 2 at the United Nations and will carry the formal title of “Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations.

John Roberts the New Chief Justice

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Rehnquist has been succeeded. Time will tell if he helps to undo Roe v. Wade and Americans’ rights to privacy. My gut instinct suggest that he will prove to be a fairer and more decent judge than most progressives think. But that choice was what Democrats lost in the last election.

Body Armor Costs for Soldiers: Why Won’t the White House and Pentagon Stand by Deployed Soldiers?

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What do Bush and Rumsfeld think they are doing in failing to reimburse deployed military service men and women for body armor they bought to protect themselves in Iraq and Afghanistan? Do they think that this is like public school in which teachers are (wrongly) expected to cover a lot of their own classroom expenses?…

Karen Hughes Trip: Smashing Success

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In an administration that prides itself on message control, that keeps potential dissenters out of policy discourse or even political events with its leaders, and punishes or rewards based on whether someone is “with them or against them,” Karen Hughes’ very public encounters with people who are angered by American behavior in the world couldn’t…

Nancy Pelosi: Don’t Make “Serious Dems” Choke Down Alcee Hastings at Helm of Intel Committee

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I can’t find very much in this RedState.org post that I don’t agree with. That’s a problem. Pelosi needs to reverse course right now on her anti-Jane Harman crusade. In case registering is a problem, here is a key slice: That’s right.

Tom DeLay: Hanging on His Own Words. . .

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A loyal, anonymous reader just sent me these two important Tom DeLay quotes — directed at then President Bill Clinton during his legal scuffles. Tom DeLay (R-Texas), quoted in the Washington Post, October 9, 1998: I believe that this nation sits at a crossroads.

Nancy Pelosi: You are Undermining Dems on National Security in Moving Harman Off Intel Committee

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I learned — in great detail — about Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi’s intentions to unseat Representative Jane Harman as Ranking Member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence on Saturday, the 17th of September but sat on the story, both because I wanted to dig a bit deeper and also because I was being crushed…