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New York Times:
Economy Lifts Bush's Support in Latest Poll  —  After months of political erosion, President Bush's approval rating improved markedly in the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll, largely tracking Americans' more positive attitudes toward the economy.  —  But his presidency is still plagued …
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New York Times:
More Questions as Rice Asserts Detainee Policy  —  WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 - Responding to pressure at home and abroad to set clearer standards for the interrogation of terrorist suspects, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday that the policy of the United States was not to allow its personnel …
Discussion: Steve Clemons and PoliBlog
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Washington Post:
In Cities Bush Cited, Progress Is Relative  —  In a tale of two cities, President Bush yesterday heralded progress in northern Mosul and southern Najaf as new models for rebuilding Iraq.  —  But last Friday, Iraq's government imposed emergency law and a curfew in Sunni-dominated Mosul …
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William Branigin / Washington Post:
Bush Lauds Progress in Iraq, Rejects Timetable
David Stout / New York Times:
Bush Cites Progress in Iraq, but Says It Is Uneven
Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
Playwright Takes a Prize and a Jab at U.S.  —  LONDON, Dec. 7 - The playwright Harold Pinter turned his Nobel Prize acceptance speech on Wednesday into a furious howl of outrage against American foreign policy, saying that the United States had not only lied to justify waging war against Iraq but had also …
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Nigel Reynolds / Telegraph:
Pinter rails against US in Nobel prize speech  —  Age and sickness have not wearied him.  Harold Pinter used the platform of his Nobel prize for literature yesterday to call for the prosecution of George W Bush and Tony Blair for the invasion of Iraq.  He called it "a bandit act, an act of blatant state terrorism".
Daniel Williams / Washington Post:
Police Attack Voters During Last Day of Egypt Election  —  BADAWAY, Egypt, Dec. 7 — Police firing tear gas and rubber bullets blocked voters from reaching polling stations in several electoral districts around the country Wednesday and at least eight people were reported killed on the violent …
Discussion: Informed Comment
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
House Passes 3 Tax Cuts, Plans a 4th  —  Cost Would Outstrip Recent Action on Deficit  —  The House passed three separate tax cuts yesterday and plans to approve a fourth today, trimming the federal revenue by $94.5 billion over five years — nearly double the budget savings that Republicans muscled through the House last month.
Jonathan Finer / Washington Post:
In Iraq, Signs of Political Evolution  —  Parties That Shunned January Vote Are Now Embracing the Process  —  BAGHDAD, Dec. 7 — Tucked into a bunker-like former headquarters of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party, a type of war room unfamiliar in this country buzzed with life Wednesday.
NY Daily News:
Rummy exit rumored; Lieberman eyed for job  —  WASHINGTON - White House officials are telling associates they expect Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to quit early next year, once a new government is formed in Iraq, sources said yesterday.  —  Rumsfeld's deputy, Gordon England …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
Will Rover Skate?  —  CBS News is reporting that Fitzgerald spent three hours with the grand jury today, accompanied by three deputies and an FBI agent.  Since Judge Hogan's ruling last summer said that anybody testifying before the grand jury had to walk in through the front door …
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Lawrence O'Donnell / The Huffington Post:
Rove's Lawyer an On-the-Record Liar
Shane Harris / govexec.com:
Army project illustrates promise, shortcomings of data mining  —  In the spring of 2000, a year and a half before the 9/11 attacks, Erik Kleinsmith made a decision that history may judge as a colossal mistake.  —  Then a 35-year-old Army major assigned to a little-known intelligence organization …
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AJStrata / The Strata-Sphere:
Able Danger, China, Cohen, AQ Data Purge = 9-11
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Sean Gardiner / Sun-Sentinel:
In return for guilty plea, businessman may be witness in SunCruz, murder cases  —  New York businessman Adam Kidan is expected to plead guilty next week to federal conspiracy and wire fraud charges in connection with the purchase of the SunCruz gambling fleet from entrepreneur Konstantinos …
Discussion: NewsHog and Talking Points Memo
Peter Heinlein / Voice of America:
US Blasts Security Council for Failing to Condemn Terror Attack in Israel  —  Washington's ambassador to the United Nations has criticized the Security Council for failing to condemn the latest terrorist attack in Israel.  —  The envoy singled out Algeria for blocking a U.S. drafted statement.
Happyfeminist / The Happy Feminist:
TA DA!!!  THE FOURTH CARNIVAL OF FEMINISTS!  —  Apologies to those in different time zones for whom this Carnival is actually coming on or close to December 8.  I have divided the posts selected for inclusion into several broad themes (in no particular order), although of course many posts …
Discussion: Pandagon
ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: Shoe Bomber Alert Preceded Airport Shooting  —  Egyptian Man Had Been Stopped at New York Airport; Shoes Tested Positive for Explosive  —  Dec. 7, 2005 — Federal law enforcement sources tell ABC News they had been on the alert for a possible shoe bomber when a federal air marshal opened fire …
Discussion: Begging to Differ

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