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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.
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New York Times:
White House Releases Outline of Its Strategy for Iraq  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 - President Bush today is putting forward for the first time a public version of what the White House calls a comprehensive strategy for victory in Iraq.  —  In a 35-page document released by the White House this morning …
Daniela Deane / Washington Post:
Bush Unveils New Iraq Strategy in Document  —  President Bush, facing increasing impatience with the war in Iraq, went on the offensive Wednesday, releasing a detailed strategy plan ahead of a speech on the war in an attempt to show the country the administration has a clear strategy for victory in Iraq.
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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
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Reid: Osama bin Dead  —  Compiled by Pajamas Media staff in Barcelona  —  Was Osama bin Laden killed in last month's earthquake in Pakistan?  So said Senate minority leader Harry Reid to a Nevada TV station (video here).  More than the news itself that the No. 1 Most Wanted could be dead -it's …
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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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Martin Crutsinger / Associated Press:
Sales of New Homes Up 13 Percent in Oct.
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Maxwell Goss / Right Reason:
The Joy of Conservatism: An Interview with Roger Scruton (Part I)  —  Roger Scruton is a philosopher, essayist, foxhunter, farmer, publisher, composer, and man of letters (not to mention a contributor to Right Reason).  He is also Britain's leading conservative intellectual and The Meaning of Conservatism …
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Michael Cooper / New York Times:
Pirro Is Advised Not to Oppose Mrs. Clinton  —  ALBANY, Nov. 29 - Jeanine F. Pirro's bid to unseat Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton suffered an embarrassing setback on Tuesday when the State Legislature's most powerful Republican said she should call the whole thing off and run for state attorney general instead.
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White House:
President's Remarks at Jon Kyl for Senate Dinner  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much.  (Applause.)  Thanks a lot.  (Applause.)  Thanks for coming.  Please be seated.  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you all.  Thanks for the warm welcome.  (Laughter.)  It's really good to be here.
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
U.S. Will Address E.U. Questions on CIA Prisons  —  The Bush administration pledged yesterday to respond to a formal inquiry from the European Union over reports of covert CIA prisons for al Qaeda captives in Eastern Europe, acknowledging for the first time that the controversy over the secret prison system has upset European allies.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Rumsfeld's War On 'Insurgents'  —  Last weekend, while other Americans were watching football and eating leftover turkey, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld ended the Iraqi insurgency.  —  It was easy, really: He declared that the insurgents would, henceforth, no longer be called insurgents.
Dave Masters / The Sun:
Worst quiz answers ever!  —  DO you think a crocodile is an insect or reckon the Italian word for motorway is Espresso?  —  Well, believe it or not that's exactly what some of the most clueless quiz show contestants of all time thought.  —  Their madcap answers are among a hilarious list …
New York Times:
Republicans Denounce Ex-Lawmaker  —  LOS ANGELES, Nov. 29 - Concerned that the stain of former Representative Randy Cunningham's admission that he took bribes and evaded taxes could damage the party's prospects, President Bush and other Republican leaders issued strong denunciations of Mr. Cunningham's actions on Tuesday.
Jeff Leeds / New York Times:
Deadheads Outraged Over Web Crackdown  —  The Grateful Dead, the business, is testing the loyalty of longtime fans of the Grateful Dead, the pioneering jam band, by cracking down on an independently run Web site that made thousands of recordings of its live concerts available for free downloading.

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