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12:00 PM ET, November 22, 2006

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Assassins and Diplomacy  —  Another murder in Beirut for Jim Baker to contemplate.  —  Former Secretary of State James Baker has been saying that, when it comes to diplomacy, you don't "restrict your conversations to your friends"—shorthand for the view that the U.S. should engage Syria …
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Juan / Informed Comment:
Bush's Cedar Revolution Collapses in Yet Another Policy Failure
Discussion: Rising Hegemon and Daimnation!
Editor and Publisher:
New Survey: Iraqis Want a Speedy U.S. Exit — and Back Attacks on Our Forces  —  NEW YORK Past surveys have hinted at this result, but a new poll in Iraq makes it more stark than ever: the Iraqi people want the U.S. to exit their country.  And most Iraqis now approve of attacks on U.S. forces …
Discussion: Donklephant
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Edward Wong / New York Times:
Bomb Blasts Speaker's Car in Green Zone  —  A bomb exploded in an armored car among those belonging to the speaker of Parliament, wounding the American security guard who was driving it out of a parking area in the government Green Zone and disrupting a meeting of lawmakers nearby, a parliamentary aide said.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Sameer N. Yacoub / Associated Press:
U.N.: Iraqi civilian deaths at new high  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - The United Nations said Wednesday that 3,709 Iraqi civilians were killed in October, the highest monthly toll since the March 2003 U.S. invasion and another sign of the severity of Iraq's sectarian bloodbath.
Discussion: Democrats.com
Libby Sander / New York Times:
6 Imams Removed From Flight for Behavior Deemed Suspicious  —  Six Muslim religious leaders were taken off a US Airways flight in Minneapolis on Monday evening and detained for several hours after some passengers and crew members complained of behavior they deemed suspicious, including prayers at the gate.
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Associated Press:
Republicans Clinch House Races in Ohio, New Mexico  —  More than a week after Rep. Heather A. Wilson (R-N.M.) claimed a razor-thin election victory, her Democratic challenger conceded yesterday, saying that a recount would cost too much and that there was no guarantee it would reverse the result.
Discussion: TAPPED and TIME
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Jim Stratton / Orlando Sentinel:
Analysis: Ballots favored Dems  —  Sarasota's 'undervotes' were examined in 5 state races.  —  The group of nearly 18,000 voters that registered no choice in Sarasota's disputed congressional election solidly backed Democratic candidates in all five of Florida's statewide races, an Orlando Sentinel analysis of ballot data shows.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: U.S. Secretary of Education loses big on Celebrity Jeopardy  —  What's more embarrassing than being Secretary of Education and having your ass handed to you on Celebrity Jeopardy?  Being Secretary of Education and having your ass handed to you on Celebrity Jeopardy by Lenny from "Laverne & Shirley."
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Nancy Zuckerbrod / Houston Chronicle:
Ed. secretary places 2nd on 'Jeopardy'
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
Christopher Lee / Washington Post:
HHS Nominee Has Prescribed Birth Control  —  Spokeswoman Stresses Keroack's Private Practice Over Role in Christian Group  —  Despite his work for a Christian pregnancy counseling group that opposes contraception, the physician who yesterday began overseeing federal family-planning programs …
Discussion: The Corner, Feministing and TBogg
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WSB-TV:
Elderly Woman Killed; 3 APD Officers Wounded  —  ATLANTA — Three Atlanta police officers were shot and wounded and an elderly woman killed at a house in northwest Atlanta Tuesday night.  —  The woman, who relatives say was 92-years-old, opened fire on the officers from the narcotics division …
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Radley Balko / Reason Magazine:
Here We Go Again  —  Police in Altanta have apparently shot …
Discussion: Instapundit.com
Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
Some Curbs on Sex Offenders Called Ineffective, Inhumane  —  As convicted sex offenders go, they seem to pose little danger.  —  One is 100 years old.  Another can barely walk and is in the late stages of Alzheimer's disease.  Another is dying of heart disease in a nursing home.
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Reno Joins Criticism of Anti-Terror Strategy  —  Former Prosecutors Urge Court to Act Against Indefinite Detention of Suspects  —  Former attorney general Janet Reno has taken the unusual step of openly criticizing the Bush administration's anti-terrorism strategy — joining seven …
Washington Post:
Democratic Leaders Reject Idea of Draft  —  Pelosi and Others Predict Cool Reception in Congress for Any Conscription Bill  —  The new Democratic-controlled Congress will not seriously consider reinstating the draft, even if concerns about the military's strength and resiliency grow, party leaders said yesterday.
Discussion: Armchair Generalist
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Lawrence O'Donnell / The Huffington Post:
Rangel Is Right  —  Charlie Rangel is angry about the Iraq war …
Discussion: BlondeSense
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Spoils of Prime Office Space Go to Democrats  —  Forget those pesky leadership fights.  The folks who run Congress are now getting down to what really matters on Capitol Hill: dividing up the office space.  —  In something of a break with recent tradition, the incoming Democratic speaker …
Discussion: The Right Angle
Kim Severson / New York Times:
Pass a Drumstick, and an Olive Branch  —  COOKS can control the Thanksgiving menu, but when the dishes leave the kitchen, things can unravel fast.  —  Family grudges buried by time and distance resurface.  New girlfriends meet ex-husbands.  Prius drivers make small talk with S.U.V. owners.
BBC:
Israel to probe cluster bomb use  —  The Israeli army is to investigate the way cluster bombs were used during the recent conflict with Hezbollah.  —  The chief of the defence staff has said he prohibited the wide use of the munitions during the conflict.  —  But human rights observers …
Discussion: Biased BBC and The Big Pharaoh
 
 
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Pelosi readying a pre-emptive House agenda
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Whitewashing Iraq on the Washington Post Op-Ed Page
Max Rodenbeck / New York Review of Books:
How Terrible Is It?  —  The National Security Strategy …
Discussion: TAPPED and INTEL DUMP
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Bush Plans to Meet With Maliki
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Report Finds DHS Lax on Contracting Procedures
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Chemical weapons' disposal delayed
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The once Merry England.
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Ian Shapira / Washington Post:
Those Who Pass Classes But Fail Tests Cry Foul
Rem Rieder / American Journalism Review:
Nothing but Net  —  ONLINE EXCLUSIVE » An online start …
KITV:
White House Staffer Robbed, Beaten In Waikiki
Discussion: On Deadline, Hot Air and TalkLeft
Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
GOP leaving spending bills to Democrats