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Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine, himself a political appointee in the Clinton administration, has released his report on the supposed "illegal" political hiring at the Civil Rights Division of George W. Bush's Department of Justice. [Full disclosure: I served four years as a career lawyer in CRD during the Bush era -- apparently to little notice since the report barely mentions me in passing.] Fine issued the report just days before Attorney General nominee Eric Holder's confirmation hearing. That timing seemed aimed at providing maximum political benefit to...

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president obama spoke about the debt ceiling negotiations between democrats and republicans. his remarks are under five minutes. >> hello, everybody. i wanted to give you an update on the deficit negotiations. i want to wish everybody a happy fourth of july. over the weekend, white team and i have serious discussions with congressional leaders in both parties. i believe that progress is within sight, but i don't want to fool anybody. we still have to work through some real differences. i have heard reports that there may be some in congress that want to do just enough to make sure th...