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	<title><![CDATA[Benchmarking Schumer on John Bolton, David Addington and Mukasey]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-clemons/benchmarking-schumer-on-j_b_70910.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p><img alt="schumer.jpg" src="http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/schumer.jpg" width="336" height="250" /></p>

<p>I was for confirming <a href="http://www.nysun.com/article/36714">Judge Michael Mukasey</a> as Attorney General before his stumbles and somersaults over defining what is and is not torture. The fact is that there are people in the administration -- some still serving and some recently departed -- who can answer the question on water-boarding far more directly than Mukasey did. That alone should be enough for Senator <a href="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/11/02/444447.aspx">Chuck Schumer to say no to the person he helped recommend</a>...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:47:00-04:00</date_published>
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