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Joe Lieberman / Opinion Journal:
Our Troops Must Stay  —  America can't abandon 27 million Iraqis to 10,000 terrorists.  —  I have just returned from my fourth trip to Iraq in the past 17 months and can report real progress there.  More work needs to be done, of course, but the Iraqi people are in reach of a watershed transformation …
John Fund / gop.com:
In Case You Missed It: Senator Sieve  —  From Opinion Journal's Political Diary  —  Is Senator Harry Reid all that swift when it comes to U.S. Intelligence matters?  Last Wednesday, the Minority Leader appeared on KRNV-TV's "Nevada Newsmakers" program and dropped a stunning revelation.
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Betsy / Betsy's Page:
John Fund has a blockbuster of a story on several levels.  Apparently, Harry Reid has leaked classified information to the press. … This is a scandal!  If senators can't be trusted with top secret information, they won't be able to perform their Constitutional obligations to oversight of the Executive branch.
NewsMax.com:
John McCain: Torture Worked on Me  —  Sen. John McCain is leading the charge against so-called "torture" techniques allegedly used by U.S. interrogators, insisting that practices like sleep deprivation and withholding medical attention are not only brutal - they simply don't work …
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Gregory M. Lamb / Christian Science Monitor:
A one-stop shop for the 'best' blogs  —  By gathering an elite group of widely read bloggers, a young media company hopes to make them more attractive to advertisers.  —  If a single thought-provoking weblog can find a large audience, might 70 or more linked together start a revolution?
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Daniel J. Solove / Concurring Opinions:
Pajamas Media  —  A CSM article discusses the Pajamas Media …
Discussion: Althouse
Vikas Bajaj / New York Times:
Sales of New Homes Stay Strong in October, Setting Record  —  Gasoline is cheaper than it was before Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans.  Consumer confidence jumped last month and new home sales hit a record.  The stock market has been rising.  Even the nation's beleaguered factories appear …
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Anne D'Innocenzio / Associated Press:
Consumer Confidence Up As Gas Prices Fall
James Taranto / Opinion Journal:
Best of the Web  —  Mistaken Identity  —  Yesterday we got an e-mail from an old friend who is a captain in the U.S. Army.  He writes: … Here's the scene to which our friend refers:  —  "A hundred and fifty thousand American men and women are stuck in Iraq," according to the narration that accompanies this scene.
Discussion: Mark in Mexico
Los Angeles Times:
U.S. Military Covertly Pays to Run Stories in Iraqi Press  —  Troops write articles presented as news reports.  Some officers object to the practice.  —  WASHINGTON — As part of an information offensive in Iraq, the U.S. military is secretly paying Iraqi newspapers to publish stories written …
Devlin Barrett / Associated Press:
Hillary Clinton Defends Pro-War Vote  —  WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday defended her vote to authorize war in Iraq amid growing unease among liberal Democrats who could determine the potential 2008 presidential candidate's future.  —  "I take responsibility for my vote …
Will Dunham / Reuters:
Don't call it an 'insurgency': Rumsfeld  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld argued on Tuesday that the guerrillas fighting U.S.-led foreign forces and the American-backed government in Iraq do not deserve to be called an "insurgency."
Discussion: The Left Coaster and Catch
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Rumsfeld's War On 'Insurgents'
Discussion: Nitpicker and The Road To Surfdom
Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
Andrea Mitchell Watch Day 3 — Anatomy of a Circle Jerk  —  Andrea Mitchell on Hardball, following Patrick Fitzgerald's press conference on Oct, 28, 2005 (Crooks & Liars has audio/video of all the following): … Wow, Andrea, that's amazing.  You GO GIRL!!!  Where exactly did she get this exclusive, insider information?
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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Crooks and Liars:
What CIA investigation?
Discussion: Once Upon a Time and New York Post
New York Times:
Bush to Outline Broad Iraq Plan; Push on Training  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 - President Bush on Wednesday will put forward for the first time a public version of what the White House calls a comprehensive strategy for victory in Iraq.  —  In a related effort to begin extricating American forces next year …
Discussion: The Left Coaster
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
U.S. Lacks Plan to Curb Terror Funds, Agency Says  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 - The government's efforts to help foreign nations cut off the supply of money to terrorists, a critical goal for the Bush administration, have been stymied by infighting among American agencies, leadership problems …
Washington Post:
U.S. Debate on Pullout Resonates As Troops Engage Sunnis in Talks  —  RAMADI, Iraq, Nov. 29 — Outside Ramadi's city auditorium, the mortar rounds fell, two, then three, each rattling the concrete walls slightly.  Inside, locked in an intense debate about what it would take for American troops …
CNN:
LIVE FROM...  Pentagon Briefing; Human Rights Activists Kidnapped; Bush to Give Speech on Iraqi Troop Levels  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.  —  KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: That was President Bush talking about border issues …
Discussion: Democratic Veteran

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Julian Borger / Guardian:
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White House:
President's Remarks at Jon Kyl for Senate Dinner
Discussion: Washington Post and Wampum
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Jake Palmateer / thedailystar.com:
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DefenseLINK:
News Briefing with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Gen. Peter Pace
Washington Post:
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Anton La Guardia / Telegraph:
EU and Muslim countries fail the terror test

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NY Daily News:
Not-so-Petty cash to rock bat mitzvah
Elliot Spagat / Associated Press:
After congressman resigns, prosecutors say case is far from over
Discussion: Bad Attitudes
Karen Abbott / Rocky Mountain News:
Refusal to present ID sparks test of rights
Reuters:
Homosexuality destabilizes society: Vatican paper
Richard W. Stevenson / New York Times:
Bush Renews Push to Overhaul Immigration
Michael J. Totten:
The Lebanese/Israeli Border
Ainsley Thomson / New Zealand Herald:
Ban on men sitting next to children
 
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