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PRESS DIGEST - Washington Post - July 10
10 Jul 2007 04:39:40 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, July 10 (Reuters) - The Washington Post included the following items on its front page on July 10. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

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President Bush, facing a growing Republican revolt against his Iraq policy, has rejected calls to change course but will launch a campaign emphasizing his intent to draw down U.S. forces next year and move toward a more limited mission if security conditions improve, senior officials said yesterday.

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As he sought to renew the USA Patriot Act two years ago, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales assured lawmakers that the FBI had not abused its potent new terrorism-fighting powers. "There has not been one verified case of civil liberties abuse," Gonzales told senators on April 27, 2005.

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For the first time since President Bill Clinton's plan for health-care reform, overseen by his wife, collapsed in 1994, the leading Democratic presidential candidates are campaigning in favor of universal health care. But in developing their specific plans, they are embracing the pragmatic steps advocated by policy experts whose ideas were shaped by their first exposure to the perils of health-care politics 13 years ago.

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