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Marty Lederman / Balkinization:
So Much for the President's Assent to the McCain Amendment  —  The President signed the Defense Appropriations bill on Friday.  In his signing statement he did at least two notable things.  —  First, with respect to several provisions of the bill, the President signaled his intention …
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Move to scuttle Hamdan, Al Odah cases?  —  The Bush Administration appears to be preparing to try to scuttle the two most significant pending cases on the legal rights of foreign nationals now being held at the terrorism prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.  One of those cases has been granted review …
Discussion: Opinio Juris
Matthew J. Franck / Bench Memos on National …:
How Alito Helped Bush 20 Years Ago  —  Today's Washington Post has one more item of interest, an article about Samuel Alito's role in sketching, in 1986, the Reagan administration's strategy of issuing presidential "interpretive signing statements" declaring the executive branch's understanding …
Peter Finn / Washington Post:
Russia Warned on Natural Gas Dispute  —  EU Plans Emergency Session to Address Sharp Drop in Gas Imports  —  MOSCOW, Jan. 2 — Several European countries reported sharp drops Monday in the level of natural gas they are receiving from Russia as a dispute over pricing between …
Discussion: Mark in Mexico and Rook's Rant
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Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Russia Restores Most of Gas Flow Despite Dispute With Ukraine  —  MOSCOW, Jan. 2 - The Russian gas monopoly said tonight that it would restore most of the natural gas that it withheld from a giant pipeline running through Ukraine to Western Europe.  —  The decision does not resolve …
Financial Times:
Stand-off cuts gas supplies to Europe
Discussion: Daily Kos
Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
U.S. Has End in Sight on Iraq Rebuilding  —  Documents Show Much of the Funding Diverted to Security, Justice System and Hussein Inquiry  —  BAGHDAD — The Bush administration does not intend to seek any new funds for Iraq reconstruction in the budget request going before Congress in February, officials say.
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Hotline On Call:
Welcome To Oh...Six  —  The Hotline pauses for a bit and what happens?  News still breaks out.  Imagine that.  So to catch you up, here's our summary of the past ten days, in it's-not-hackneyed-until-we-do- it "Best Of/Worst Of" form.  —  Best use of a college bowl game …
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Michelle Malkin:
CHUCK SCHUMER, ONE-ARMED PLUMBER  —  I had a "See, I told you so" moment yesterday morning watching Sen. Chuck Schumer on Fox News Sunday attempt to excuse the NYT/NSA leaks.  —  First, watch Schumer spin when Chris Wallace asks him about the DOJ criminal investigation into the NYT/NSA leaks:
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Andrew Miga / Associated Press:
Kerry Positioned for '08 White House Bid  —  WASHINGTON - It's almost as if Sen. John Kerry never stopped running for president.  He still jets across the country, raising millions of dollars and rallying Democrats.  He still stalks the TV news show circuit, scolding President Bush at every turn.
April Castro / Associated Press:
Comptroller in Texas Walks Away From GOP  —  AUSTIN, Texas - Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn turned her back on the Republican Party and announced Monday she will run for governor as an independent.  —  The move allows Strayhorn to escape a potentially ugly primary battle against Gov. Rick Perry.
Discussion: IntoxiNation-News …
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ShrinkWrapped:
"Bear Baiting" at the New York Times  —  Many years ago I had a child enter Psychoanalysis because his temper was interfering with his ability to function in school as well as infuriating his parents to distraction.  All children test limits with authority figures and the Child Therapy situation is no different.
Discussion: The Anchoress
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Kobayashi Maru:
The MSM Franchise - Erosion... and Backlash?
Salman Masood / New York Times:
Pakistanis Back Off Vow to Control Madrasas  —  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 1 - As the incendiary training at some of Pakistan's seminaries drew renewed focus in the weeks after the July 7 bombings in London, President Pervez Musharraf promised to bring the schools into the mainstream and expel …
Gordon Trowbridge / militarycity.com:
Troops sound off  —  Military Times Poll finds high morale, but less support for Bush, war effort  —  Support for President Bush and for the war in Iraq has slipped significantly in the last year among members of the military's professional core, according to the 2005 Military Times Poll.
Hullabaloo:
Divine Right Of Republicans  —  This Newsweak story is, well, weak: … First of all, I'm sick of this bulls**t about the president being the commander in chief all the time.  This isn't a military dictatorship.  Citizens, and even lawyers in the Justice department, don't have a commander in chief.
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Green Knight

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