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WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 2007 – Cheryl Irwin says she can tell those who were at the Pentagon the day terrorists flew a commercial jet into its walls. They are the ones who, while standing in its open center courtyard, will look up at a passing commercial jet and pray it continues flying by. Irwin is one of thousands here who will commemorate the terrorist attacks tomorrow in their own way. She will not be at her desk. In an ironic twist of fate, her best friend happened to be at the World Trade Center plaza that same morning. So,...

Ben Smith of Politico.com reports that the first attack on a new book on Hillary Clinton came from Media Matters for America, "a Democratic-leaning group whose founders are close to the New York Democrat senator's presidential campaign..." Bingo. It looks like the media may finally be coming to grips with how the Clinton machine operates. The Media Matters attack on a reporter for daring to co-author a book that is somewhat critical of the New York senator is provoking interest in the group's ties to the Democratic presidential frontrunner. But there is far more to the story. ....................... The book...