The Note's Must-Reads

July 20, 2007— -- Politics of Iraq:

ABC News' Z. Byron Wolf: "Ambassador: U.S. 'Buying Time at a Cost of the Lives of Our Soldiers'"LINK

The Wall Street Journal's Greg Jaffe and Yochi J. Dreazen: "Gap Widens Over Iraq Approach"LINK

Washington Times' David R. Sands and Sara A. Carter: "White House lowers bar for Iraq success"LINK

Bush Administration:

New York Times' Jim Rutenberg: "Bush Attacks Democrats on Budget"LINK

The Associated Press: "Bush Chief of Staff Could Be Cited"LINK

Washington Post's Dan Eggen and Amy Goldstein: "Broader Privilege Claimed In Firings White House Says Hill Can't Pursue Contempt Cases"LINK

Washington Times' Stephan Dinan: "Bush: Americans will realize need for aliens"LINK

The State: "Bush to visit Charleston in Democrats' wake"LINK

2008: Iowa:

The Des Moines Iowa Register's Michael Beaumont: "Iowa GOP expects bigger straw poll than '99"LINK

2008: Republicans:

Los Angelos Times' Michael Finnegan: "Lobbying records heat up Thompson, Romney rivalry"LINK

2008: Republicans: Giuliani:

New York Daily News' Celeste Katz: "South Carolina firefighters back Giuliani"LINK

New York Times'Marc Santora: "Giuliani Sees Progress Since Sept. 11, but Criticizes Bush's Way of Pursuing Al Qaeda"LINK

USA Today's Susan Page: "Giuliani: U.S. should focus more on Pakistan"LINK