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• Once again, Fineman looks at Republican failures and sees problems for ... Democrats

  Published: August 6, 2007, 3:30 pm

  Tags: Chris Matthews, Howard Fineman, Kelly O Donnell, Nbc, The Chris Matthews Show, 2008 Elections, Government Elections

  White House correspondent Kelly O'Donnell all echoed the conventional wisdom, advanced by Republicans and many in the media who are apparently ignoring events in recent years, that Democrats continue to bear the burden of explaining themselves on national security. In fact, the most recent National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) concluded

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• NBC's O'Donnell: Edwards "keeps hoping that [voters] still want a return to a Southern white man"

  Published: August 6, 2007, 2:41 pm

  Tags: Chris Matthews, Kelly O Donnell, Nbc, The Chris Matthews Show, 2008 Elections, Barack Obama, Government Elections, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards

  that's a risk? O'DONNELL: Well -- MATTHEWS: Politically? O'DONNELL: -- it certainly will be the kind of gut-check moment for people when they're voting. Are they ready to make that commitment? MATTHEWS: I agree. O'DONNELL: It's easy to be excited on the campaign trail for both Hillary Clinton and Barack

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• Media ignore Rove's leak, White House falsehoods, Bush's promise to fire leaker

  Published: August 13, 2007, 6:25 pm

  Tags: Bill Plante, Kelly O Donnell, Associated Press, Cbs, Msnbc, Msnbc Live, Nbc, The Early Show, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Today Show, Cia Leak Investigation, National Security Foreign Policy, War In Iraq

  White House correspondent Kelly O'Donnell reported only that Rove "has been under incredible scrutiny over the last few years in the CIA leak case where he was appearing before the grand jury five times" and that he was "never charged in that case." About a half-hour later, O'Donnell reported that "part" of the reason Rove and

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• Media reports on Freedom's Watch advertisements don't note misinformation

  Published: August 23, 2007, 10:26 pm

  Tags: Jessica Yellin, Kelly O Donnell, Cnn, Los Angeles Times, Nbc, Nbc Nightly News, The New York Times, The Situation Room, Today Show, Media, National Security Foreign Policy, War In Iraq

  with Brian Williams: KELLY O'DONNELL (NBC News White House correspondent): The president claimed America's modern enemy, Al Qaeda, saw weakness -- that if a war became unpopular enough, the U.S. would leave. A parallel campaign launched today involves new TV ads, fighting the PR battle. KRIESEL [Freedom's Watch

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• Media failed to resolve question of which members of Congress Freedom's Watch ads are targeting

  Published: August 24, 2007, 8:51 pm

  Tags: Jessica Yellin, Karen Tumulty, Kelly O Donnell, Cnn, Mcclatchy Newspapers, Nbc, The New York Times, The Situation Room, The Washington Post, Time Magazine, Today Show, Usa Today, National Security Foreign Policy, War In Iraq

  White House correspondent Kelly O'Donnell asserted that Freedom Watch's "aim is Congress." By contrast, other media outlets have reported on the anti-war groups' analyses of where the ads were placed, as well as the fact that Freedom's Watch would not reveal its own list of

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• Rosie Raises Global Warming Alarm, Demands Daily Helicopter Rides

  Published: November 8, 2007, 3:50 pm

  Tags: Environment, Global Warming, Brian Kilmeade, Greg Kelly, Gretchen Carlson, Martha Stewart, Rosie O Amp 039 Donnell, Tom Brokaw, Msnbc, Nbc

  such a big problem. ROSIE O'DONNELL: What do you think of global warming? MARTHA STEWART: I think global warming is a real problem. O'DONNELL: Yeah, you know how I know it is? STEWART: Why? O'DONNELL: Last week my kids were in the pool. STEWART: Ugh! O'DONNELL: Yeah, in October in New York. On November 7, news broke that negotiations of a

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• New Mexico Moves Ahead on Spaceport

  Published: May 10, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: New, Mexico, Moves, Ahead, Spaceport, Kelly O Donnell, Virgin Galactic Ltd, New Mexico, Will Whitehorn, Richard Branson, Daniel Carey, Patrick Beckett, Rio Grande, Sierra County, Steven Landeene, Australia, Federal Aviation Administration, International Space Station

  Undaunted by widespread skepticism, New Mexico's effort to build the world's first commercial spaceport is nearly on schedule to open in late 2010.

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• Bloomberg: Crane Collapse ‘Intolerable’

  Published: May 30, 2008, 1:30 pm

  Tags: Company Town, American Media, Bloomberg, Bonnie Fuller, Cnn, Details, Jessica Yellin, Joe Dolce, Keith Kelly, Mayor Bloomberg, Msnbc, Nbc, Star, The Donnell Library

  people." [NYP] • The Donnell Library will be razed this week to make room for a hotel, and its longtime patrons are sad. “I cried,” said Esther Hautzig, 77, who worked two days a week at the information desk. [NYT] • The New York City Housing Authority plans to raise rents between 5 and 15 percent for some tenants and

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• Ireland Shoots Down Plan for a More Unified E.U.

  Published: June 14, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Ireland, Shoots, Down, Plan, For, More, Unified, E U, Brussels, European Union, Europe, Clara O Donnell, Declan Ganley, Lisbon Treaty, London, Bernie Kiernan, Bertie Ahern, Brendan Clinton, Brian Cowen, Brian Lenihan, Claudia Kelly, Dublin, John Ormston, Centre For European R

  DUBLIN, June 13 -- Irish voters resoundingly rejected a treaty designed to modernize the European Union, the second time in three years that European voters have shot down a complex proposal to create more authority and world influence at the bloc's Brussels headquarters.

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