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Washington Post:
Transcript: President Bush's Speech on the War on Terrorism  —  Delivered at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.  —  SPEAKER: GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES  —  [*] BUSH: Thank you.  Thank you.  Please be seated.  Thanks for the warm welcome.
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
"U.S. Military Covertly Pays to Run Stories in Iraqi Press" (UPDATED)  —  From the LA Times: … Wow.  If that's the standard for propaganda, we could've saved the information op folks the trouble of writing new copy and just reprinted stories directly out of the LA Times...
Think Progress:
Rapid Response: Deconstructing the "National Strategy for Victory in Iraq"  —  After two-and-a-half years and 2,110 U.S. troop fatalities, the Bush administration released what it calls a "National Strategy for Victory in Iraq" (NSVI).  The problem is, it's not a new strategy for success in Iraq; it's a public relations document.
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush Maps Out Iraq War Strategy  —  ANNAPOLIS, Md. - President Bush, facing growing doubts about his war strategy, said Wednesday that Iraqi troops are increasingly taking the lead in battle but that "this will take time and patience."  He refused to set a timetable for withdrawing U.S. forces.
Christine Hauser / New York Times:
Bush Again Rejects Calls for a Withdrawal Timetable in Iraq  —  President Bush today laid out what he called a strategy for victory in Iraq, saying that American troops will not be withdrawn in response to "artificial timetables set by politicians in Washington" but will remain deployed …
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BillHobbs.com:
LA Times Ignores Key Points of Bush's Iraq Speech  —  The Los Angeles Times story on President Bush's very fine speech today to graduates at the U.S. Naval Academy, outlining the administration's strategy in Iraq, is filled with omissions and spin.  Here are just two examples:
Daniela Deane / Washington Post:
Bush Unveils New Iraq Strategy in Document
CNN:
Bush: U.S. to stay in Iraq till war is won
Discussion: The Poor Man and Althouse
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta:
Propaganda in a State of War
Discussion: TalkLeft
Devlin Barrett / Associated Press:
Sen. Clinton Defends Iraq War Vote  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - 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 …
Discussion: JustOneMinute and TheAgitator.com
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Patrick D. Healy / New York Times:
Senator Clinton Calls for Withdrawal From Iraq to Begin in 2006
Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Quotes on President Bush's speech on Iraq  —  Reactions to President Bush's speech on Iraq:  —  "After nearly 1,000 days of war in Iraq, our troops, their families, and the American people deserve more than just a Bush-Cheney public relations campaign.  They deserve a clear strategy with military …
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William Branigin / Washington Post:
Democrats Attack Iraq Strategy
Daniela Deane / Washington Post:
Bush Releases Detailed Strategy Plan
Media Matters for America:
O'Reilly: "There's a very secret plan ... to diminish Christian philosophy in the U.S.A."  —  On the November 28 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, host Bill O'Reilly pointed to "a very secret plan" by the "secular progressive" movement, which he said aims to …
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 …
BBC:
US rejects Blair's climate hopes  —  The US has dismissed a suggestion from UK Prime Minister Tony Blair that it may be prepared to sign up to binding targets to tackle climate change.  —  Speaking at UN climate talks in Canada, the US chief negotiator said his nation would not enter talks …
Discussion: The Reaction
Washington Post:
Virginia Man Among Iraq Hostages  —  Unknown Group Holds 4 Western Peace Activists, Calls Them Spies  —  BAGHDAD, Nov. 29 — Four Western peace activists, including a longtime resident of Northern Virginia, have been kidnapped in Iraq by a previously unknown insurgent group …
Discussion: Rantingprofs and OxBlog
John Pike / Los Angeles Times:
The truth about WP  —  DESPITE EFFORTS to improve its image abroad, the United States has just suffered a damaging global propaganda defeat.  And unfortunately, some of the wounds were self-inflicted.  —  Three weeks ago, the world's news media erupted into a feeding frenzy over new charges …
MSNBC:
Alito urged indirect attacks on Roe v. Wade  —  Supreme Court nominee saw state-by-state approach as more effective  —  WASHINGTON - As a Reagan administration lawyer in 1985, Samuel Alito made clear his hope that the Supreme Court would one day overturn a landmark ruling that established abortion rights.

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