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Secret Service Defends Shoe Response
Secret Service Defends Shoe Response
Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, December 16, 2008; Page A16
Secret Service Shows Unsual Restraint in 'Bizarre' Shoe Incident
Secret Service Shows Unsual Restraint in 'Bizarre' Shoe Incident
blogs.abcnews.com — ABC News' Ann Compton Reports: U.S. Secret Service officials in Washington are making no comment, at least... not yet, on the incident which President Bush called "bizarre" but which could have turned very ugly indeed. Within seconds after an Iraqi... (more) Secret Service Shows Unsual Restraint in 'Bizarre' Shoe ...
Shoe Shame
corner.nationalreview.com — Earlier this week, I completed my Media Research Center ballot for their worst-of the media 2008. It's... always a little bit of a cup of expresso -- outrageous reporting I had since otherwise tried to block out of my memory. Bill Moyers equated using ... (more) Shoe Shame
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Newspaper Roundup for Dec. 16, 2008
CNSNews.com Headlines — ... immigration program Rushed citizenship push let in thousands of criminals Washington Post: Grand Jury Investigates Richardson Contributor Washington Times: Rice faults U.S.' Mideast focus; should have stressed democratic reforms New York Times: Big Oil Projects Put in Jeopardy by Fall in Prices New York Times: Kennedy Seeks to Prove Qualifications for Senate Bid Washington Post: Flying Shoes Create a Hero In Arab World Washington Post: Secret Service Defends Shoe Response Washington Post: Majority of Public Opposes Auto ...

The Daily Grind
Weekly Standard Blog — ... chief to become Biden's communications director. African-Americans do play at Katon Dawson's country club. Gov. David Paterson upset about "SNL's" blind jokes. Blind jokes? I had no idea that kind of thing was even close to allowed anymore. Cheney: Clinton is just what Obama needs. Rice: Iran hurting under sanctions. CNN's "Planet in Peril" a ratings bomb. Secret Service under scrutiny over response to shoe-throwing.

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