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Washington Post Fires Froomkim; Offers Column to Iraq Architect Paul Wolfowitz

Froomkin was one of the WaPo's most popular columnists, but was an aggressive progressive.
June 19, 2009  |  
 
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On Thursday, the Washington Post confirmed it had fired liberal online columnist Dan Froomkin. On Friday, they gave a guest column to Bush war architect Paul Wolfowitz.

To be fair, Wolfowitz isn’t being paid, and his column is a guest editorial. But the paper’s promotion of a man who was a key architect of President George W. Bush’s policy on Iraq — and one of its most ardent hawks — is sure to raise eyebrows among the liberals and those critical of the Post’s coverage in the run-up to the Iraq war.

Wolfowitz’s column? How Obama needs to take a harder line on Iran. It’s titled, “

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