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During his tenure as president, Summers went to great lengths to cultivate ties with the 13-year mayor, and last night spoke warmly of him, characterizing Menino as "one of those mayors" whose name would be associated with his city for years to come...
...reported, Adnan Ali al-Kadhimi stood by his account of amnesty considerations. "The prime minister himself has said that he is ready to give amnesty to the so-called resistance, provided they have not been involved in killing Iraqis," Kadhimi told the Post. And other government sources the paper spoke to did not contradict that...
...This past spring he hailed Florida's lowest crime rate in 30 years - no small feat given the peninsula's population explosion. But even as he spoke, the legislature was shutting down the state's "boot camps" for juvenile offenders, get-tough facilities Jeb had long supported, because a black teen had died in January after a beating by camp guards. Says Mitch Ceasar, head of Florida's Broward County Democratic Party, "This is still a very centrist state, and Jeb Bush is very often out of step with most Floridians and, I think, most Americans...
...open-ended commitment, which I think does not put enough pressure on the new Iraqi government, nor do I think it is smart strategy to set a date certain." Members of the crowd yelled, "Why not?" There was loud booing. It was almost impossible to hear Clinton as she spoke over the crowd to declare, "I do not agree that that is in the best interest of our troops or our country." After her speech, as Clinton was walking along the stage and shaking hands with attendees who had rushed to meet her, more than a dozen members...
...that goes past the midterm elections," said Ari Melber, a blogger for Huffington Post. Dean's idea of spending money on putting organizers in all 50 states, rather than directing it only to key congressional races this year, is derided in Washington, but the bloggers clapped loudly when Dean spoke about it. Sessions on "War, Foreign Policy and Activism" and "Political Journalism: Problems and Solutions" were full of attendees, while more than half the chairs were empty as Tom Vilsack, the Iowa governor and potential 2008 candidate, spoke about education. Two of the leaders of the popular liberal site Mydd.com...