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A slightly expanded version of the daily headlines today. I didn’t get a chance to compile them yesterday. I also need to finish my recap of the bloggers’ lunch with Ken Blackwell at the Family Research Council yesterday. Great conversation. Special thanks to Joe Carter for organizing it.

• Bush Veto Puts New Pressure on Democrats РCharles Babington, Associated Press
• Can This Washington Be Saved? Can This War? РSymposium, National Review Online
• We Need a Clean Troop Funding Bill, and We Need It Now РRep. John Boehner, RedState
‚Ä¢ The GOP strikes again – Patrick O’Connor, Politico
• Congressional leaders are illiterate on Iraq РLawrence F. Kaplan, The New Republic

• East Africa could be the next haven for extremists РPeter Brookes, Armed Forces Journal
• Fighting the global insurgency РAlan Boyd, Asia Times
• Voices of America РHelle Dale, Washington Times
• U.S. taxpayers subsidize terrorist propaganda РJoel Mowbray, Wall Street Journal
• Debate Revived Over Private Use Of Terror Watch Lists РKelley Beaucar Vlahos, Fox News

• U.S. military shows its side of Iraq war on YouTube РAlexandra Zavis, Los Angeles Times
• Al-Qaeda in Iraq Before War Began РBrad Dayspring, RSC Blog
• Why the Left is Attacking Abstinence Programs РJanice Shaw Crouse, Townhall
• Tales from the School-Choice Wars РJohn Stossel, Human Events
‚Ä¢ Congress’ passion for paper – Ed Feulner, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

‚Ä¢ Stars and Pols See Jack Valenti Off to ‘Holy-World’ – Amy Argetsinger & Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post
• NRSC lacks candidates and money РAaron Blake, The Hill
• An Odd Middle РJennifer Rubin, National Review Online
‚Ä¢ Path to fairness isn’t in the cards – Ed Feulner, Chicago Sun-Times
• California Hotels Go Green With Low-Flow Toilets, Solar Lights РAri Levy & Carole Zimmer, Bloomberg