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Colum Lynch / Washington Post:
U.N. Official Faults U.S. Detentions  —  Terrorism Fight Hurts Torture Ban, Human Rights Chief Says  —  UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 7 — The U.S.-led fight against terrorism is eroding the time-honored international prohibition of torture and other forms of cruel or degrading treatment of prisoners …
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Andrew / www.AndrewSullivan.com:
QUOTE OF THE DAY:  —  "I think it is inappropriate and illegitimate …
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Amba / AmbivaBlog:   Rice, Torture, and the "Our People" Loophole
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  —  Democrats Release Report Highlighting Shortfalls  —  President Bush asserted today that despite insurgent attacks and problems such as corruption, the United States is making "steady progress" in helping Iraq rebuild its economy …
David Stout / New York Times:
Bush Cites Progress in Iraq, but Says It Is Uneven
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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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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.
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Poll: Four Years After the Fall of the Taliban, Afghans Optimistic About the Future  —  Despite Deep Challenges in Daily Life, Afghans Express a Positive Outlook  —  Dec. 7, 2005 — Four years after the fall of the Taliban, Afghans express both vast support for the changes that have shaken …
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
The American Way  —  What does it mean that your first act on entering a country is breaking its laws?  —  As Congress considers the Bush administration's guest-worker plan, as Republicans try to figure out what their immigration philosophy is, and as political observers parse the implications …
Burt Prelutsky / Townhall.com:
The Jewish Grinch who stole Christmas  —  I never thought I'd live to see the day that Christmas would become a dirty word.  You think it hasn't?  Then why is it that people are being prevented from saying it in polite society for fear that it will offend?
George F. Will / Washington Post:
The Inalienable Right to a Remote  —  Feeling, evidently, flush with (other people's) cash, the Senate has concocted a novel way to spend $3 billion: create a new entitlement.  The Senate has passed — and so has the House, with differences — an entitlement to digital television.
Andrew Sullivan / The New Republic:
The Abolition of Torture  —  Why is torture wrong?  It may seem like an obvious question, or even one beneath discussion.  But it is now inescapably before us, with the introduction of the McCain Amendment banning all "cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment" of detainees by American soldiers and CIA operatives anywhere in the world.

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