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10:50 AM ET, November 30, 2006

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New York Times:
Iraq Panel to Recommend Pullback of Combat Troops  —  The bipartisan Iraq Study Group reached a consensus on Wednesday on a final report that will call for a gradual pullback of the 15 American combat brigades now in Iraq but stop short of setting a firm timetable for their withdrawal …
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Washington Post:
Bush: Calls for Troop Drawdowns Unrealistic  —  At Summit, President Stands by Iraqi Prime Minister, Discusses Speeding Up Security Handover  —  President Bush delivered a staunch endorsement of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Thursday morning and dismissed calls for U.S. troop withdrawals …
Washington Post:
Study Group to Call for Pullback  —  The Iraq Study Group, which wrapped up eight months of deliberations yesterday, has reached a consensus and will call for a major withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, shifting the U.S. role from combat to support and advising, according to a source familiar with the deliberations.
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Wake up America
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bush Proclaims Support for Iraqi Premier  —  President Bush today proclaimed Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki "the right guy for Iraq," and said the two had agreed to speed the turnover of security responsibility from American to Iraqi forces.  But Mr. Bush dismissed a reported decision …
Discussion: PrairiePundit and PoliBlog (TM)
Ralph Peters / New York Post:
IRAQ'S UNCIVIL WAR  —  TIME TO DEFINE THE MISSION  —  YOU can call her a blond, but she's still a redhead.  The endless spitting match over whether Iraq is in a state of civil war is a media-driven grudge fight that ignores the complex reality.  It's name-calling, not analysis.
Discussion: The Corner and TigerHawk
Paul Richter / Los Angeles Times:
Iraq study group wraps up talks
Discussion: democracyarsenal.org
Sharon Behn / Washington Times:
Shi'ites, Sunnis amass arms  —  Rival Shi'ite and Sunni groups are massing their militias in expectation of major confrontations, Iraqis say, even as President Bush prepares to meet today with the nation's embattled prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki.  —  Mr. Bush's meeting in Jordan is part …
Discussion: Jesus' General
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Opinion Journal:
Bush and Maliki  —  The real enemy in Iraq is not a "civil war."
Discussion: Flopping Aces and The Anchoress
Tabassum Zakaria / Reuters:   Bush, Maliki Hold Crunch Talks on Iraq
Harold Meyerson / Washington Post:
Plumb Out of Mission  —  The meaning of the election was clear …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Democrats Reject Key 9/11 Panel Suggestion  —  Neither Party Has an Appetite for Overhauling Congressional Oversight of Intelligence  —  It was a solemn pledge, repeated by Democratic leaders and candidates over and over: If elected to the majority in Congress, Democrats would implement …
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Already Too Busy for Civility  —  That was certainly swift.  Washington has a way of quickly acculturating people, especially those who are most susceptible to derangement by the derivative dignity of office.  But Jim Webb, Democratic senator-elect from Virginia, has become a pompous poseur …
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Greg Sargent / tpmcafe.com:
George Will Distorts WaPo's Own Reporting To Smear Jim Webb  —  This has to be one of the rankest displays of journalistic dishonesty I've seen in some time on the part of any columnist, large or small.  —  In today's Washington Post column, George Will assails Dem Senator-elect Jim Webb …
Daily Mail:
'Spy' radiation alert for 33,000 BA passengers  —  More than 33,000 British Airways passengers faced a radiation scare last night as three planes were grounded over fears that they have been contaminated by the toxin that killed Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko.
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Sky News:
Spy Radiation Fears Grow
Discussion: Hot Air and The Sun
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
More Demonization Of Illegals At WND  —  I'm in favor of tough border enforcement stopping illegal entry into the US.  That comes from a solid concern about national security and support for legal immigrants who take the time to follow the law when they move to our nation.
Discussion: Riehl World View, Nitpicker and Slublog
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BBC:
UN troops face child abuse claims  —  Children have been subjected to rape and prostitution by United Nations peacekeepers in Haiti and Liberia, a BBC investigation has found.  —  Girls have told of regular encounters with soldiers where sex is demanded in return for food or money.
The Daily Dish:
Spare Us, Hillary  —  She really shouldn't run.  It would divide and polarize the country; she's dreadful on the stump; she has very high negatives; most Democrats only like her; almost no-one loves her; and do we really want 20 years of two families in the White House?  Besides: what do you do with Bill?
Joseph D. McNamara / Wall Street Journal:
50 Shots  —  Around 4 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 25, several New York City police officers in plain clothes fired an estimated 50 shots at a car, wounding two black men and killing a third, 23-year-old Sean Bell.  Some police bullets penetrated nearby homes.  Although an undercover officer …
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Justices' First Brush With Global Warming  —  A Supreme Court argument Wednesday on the Bush administration's refusal to regulate carbon dioxide in automobile emissions offered three intertwined plot lines to the audience that had come to watch the court's first encounter with the issue of global climate change.
Investor's Business Daily:
Between The Lines  —  Iran: While Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tries to woo "Noble Americans," a smuggled video shows how truth and justice actually fare in his country.  —  The Iranian president is back to writing letters, this time a five-page missive directly to the American people.
 
 
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Deacon / Power Line:
MORE TROOPS FOR BAGHDAD?  —  The latest National Review editorial calls …
Hudson Institute:
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Discussion: The Corner and Ezra Klein
Scott Helman / Boston Globe:
After newspaper report, Falwell says he hasn't endorsed Romney
Discussion: Redstate and The Corner
Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Republicans Want Vote on Abortion Bill
Anita Wadhwani / thetennessean.com:
Christians must 'let go' some beliefs for sake of peace, theologian says
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Huffington Post Will Add Original Reporting to Its Blog
Discussion: BuzzMachine
Kasie Hunt / Associated Press:
7M in U.S. jails, on probation or parole
Discussion: TalkLeft and Reason Magazine
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Michael Hickins / internetnews.com:
Feds to Toughen E-Voting Standards?
Discussion: The BRAD BLOG and The Sideshow
Howard W. French / New York Times:
Chinese-language Wikipedia presents different view of history
Discussion: The Peking Duck
Elliot Spagat / Associated Press:
San Diego to Ban Wal-Mart Supercenters
Discussion: UNCoRRELATED and Redstate
Babbling Brooks / The Torch:
Why Canadians don't know the trivia that's not trivial
Frances Harrison / BBC:
Iran issues fatwa on Azeri writer
Austin Bay / strategypage.com:
Iraq's War of Perception: "Who is Jamil Hussein?"
Audrey Hudson / Washington Times:
Marshals decry imams' charges