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Selections from the Washington Post: April 9, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: WashingtonPost.com, April 9, 2009.

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Extremist Web Sites Are Using U.S. Hosts
:On March 25, a Taliban Web site claiming to be the voice of the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" boasted of a deadly new attack on coalition forces in that country. Four soldiers were killed in an ambush, the site claimed, and the 'mujahideen took the weapons and ammunition as booty.' " 
(By Joby Warrick and Candace Rondeaux, The Washington Post)

Holder Begins Justice Revamp
"Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. began a series of personnel moves yesterday in one of the most sensitive and secretive sections of the Justice Department, part of his effort to restore public confidence in the nation's highest law enforcement operation."
(By Carrie Johnson, The Washington Post)

How Bernanke Staged a Revolution
"Every six weeks or so, around a giant mahogany table in an ornate room overlooking the National Mall, 16 people, one after another, give their take on how the U.S. economy is doing and what they, the leaders of the Federal Reserve, want to do about it."
(By Neil Irwin, The Washington Post)

Coddling Cuba
"HALF A DOZEN members of the Congressional Black Caucus spent hours huddling with Fidel and Raúl Castro in Havana this week as part of a swelling campaign to normalize relations with Cuba. 'It is time to open dialogue and discussion,"'Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) told a news conference in Washington... "
(The Washington Post)

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