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Tuesday, July 31, 2007 12:00 AM

A new low of mindlessness for our media

Returning to marvel once again at the deceitful Brookings Institution media spectacle.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Tuesday, July 31, 2007 01:05 PM

    O'Hanlon testimony

    Matthew Yglesias blogged a bit of today's hearing--

    [O'Hanlon] Totally backed down. Said the progress has only been against aqi, that sectarian violence and the civil war is as bad as ever, and that the current strategy will probably fail. He thinks we should partition the country. Why the turnabout from the optimistic op-ed? He didn't say....

    http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com/archives/2007/07/ohanlon.php

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