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• Too Late for Damage Control? McCain Campaign Sends a Dozen Communications Operatives, Lawyers to Alaska• ABC News Confirms That Sarah Palin Was Secessionist AIP Member• Family values in action: Bible-thumping GOP Veep pick Sarah Palin's 17-year-old daughter is pregnant and out of wedlock• Palin Forced Staff to Resign in Loyalty Test• John McCain's Campaign Completely Screwed Up the Vetting of Sarah Palin• Palin Hires Lawyer for Trooper-Gate Investigation
• Al Qaeda Has Free Movement in Pakistan, Top Official Concedes• Lawyers: Alberto Gonzales broke law by mishandling and bringing home classified antiterrorism documents• Republican National Convention Opens: Cindy McCain, Laura Bush, Governors Have No Choice But to Focus on Gustav• Police State: the federal government is directly involved in raids on peaceful RNC protesters in and around St. Paul
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