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1:20 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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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.
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Jim Stratton / Orlando Sentinel:   Analysis: Ballots favored Dems
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, TAPPED and TBogg
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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
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
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Edward Wong / New York Times:
Bomb Blasts Speaker's Car in Green Zone
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Beverley Lumpkin / Associated Press:
U.S. to implement passport requirement  —  WASHINGTON - The Homeland Security Department will require virtually all air travelers entering the United States after Jan. 23 to show passports — even U.S. citizens.  —  Until now, U.S. citizens, travelers from Canada and Bermuda …
Discussion: protein wisdom and The News Blog
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Radley Balko / Reason Magazine:
Here We Go Again  —  Police in Altanta have apparently shot and killed a 92-year-old woman Tuesday night during a drug raid.  Details are sketchy, but unless a nonagenerian was pushing dope and using lethal force to protect her supply, the most likely explanation here is that someone sent …
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worldpublicopinion.org:
Baghdad Shias Believe Killings May Increase Once U.S.-led Forces Depart but Large Majorities Still Support Withdrawal Within a Year  —  Shias in the Capital—Unlike Those in the Rest of Iraq—Oppose Disarming Militias  —  Most Shia Arabs living in Baghdad have shifted in recent months …
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Zachary Coile / San Francisco Chronicle:
Pelosi readying a pre-emptive House agenda  —  She's not going to let State of the Union overshadow the state of the nation  —  (11-22) 04:00 PST Washington — House Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi made clear Tuesday she's not willing to cede the public spotlight to President Bush in the weeks before his State of the Union speech.
Discussion: Political Animal and Angry Bear
New York Times:
A Parting Shot From George Allen  —  As a last little gift to America, Senator George Allen, who was narrowly defeated by James Webb this month, has introduced what may be his final piece of legislation: a bill that would allow the carrying of concealed weapons in national parks.
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.
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
When ads trump news  —  During any election season, responsible voters have a tough job — they have to weigh the information they receive from often-misleading campaign commercials with what they learn from often-incomplete media coverage.  Of course, that'd be a lot easier if one wasn't getting …
Discussion: CBS News and Political Animal
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 …
Jim Krane / Associated Press:
Elder Bush takes on son's Arab critics  —  ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Former President George H.W. Bush took on Arab critics of his son Tuesday during a testy exchange at a leadership conference in the capital of this U.S. ally.  —  "My son is an honest man," Bush told members …
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
John from WuzzaDem / WuzzaDem:
Hardball: Michael Richards  —  Welcome back to Hardball, I'm Chris Matthews.  Where do we draw the line between free speech and offensive speech?  Joining me via satellite is Michael Richards, who played Kramer on the old Seinfeld show.  Mr. Richards, welcome to the show.  —  Thanks for having me, Chris.
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Whitewashing Iraq on the Washington Post Op-Ed Page  —  Robert Kaplan, the national security correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, is one of our country's anointed foreign policy geniuses.  In November, 2001, he attended a secret meeting (along with Newsweek's Fareed Zakaria) …
Discussion: Wake up America
 
 
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Rangel Is Right  —  Charlie Rangel is angry about the Iraq war …
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