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President Bush told the September 11 commission yesterday in a closed-door meeting that a memo saying Osama bin Laden wanted to conduct terrorist attacks in the United States did not provide enough intelligence for his administration to stop the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. (The Washington Times) http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040429-113358-9307r.htm

In a stunning snub, two Democrats on the 9/11 commission yesterday abruptly walked out in the middle of the Oval Office interview with President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. (NY Post) http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/19924.htm

Major developments Friday in Iraq (AP) http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGATX58COTD.html

U.S. casualties for April (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2004-04-05-april-toll_x.htm

'Al-Qaida' denies chemical plot...A purported tape from al-Qaida operative Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi said Friday his group did not plan a chemical weapons attack as the Jordanian authorities have alleged, but said the group is targeting Jordan.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4868468/

Cheney Praises Fox News Channel...Vice President Calls Network 'More Accurate' Than Others (The Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53974-2004Apr29.html

The Sinclair Broadcast Group will yank Nightline from its seven ABC stations tonight because of a plan to devote the show to reading the names of the hundreds of American service members killed in Iraq, which Sinclair says is intended to damage support for U.S. actions there. (The Baltimore Sun) http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/bal-to.sinclair30apr30,0,2707993.story?coll=bal-features-headlines

Opinion/Editorial

Laswell: Swept Away...The Fox network joins Hillary Clinton to play the race card. http://www.opinionjournal.com/taste/?id=110005021