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Ed Henry / CNN:
Iraq Study Group: Pull most troops from combat by '08 … WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Iraq Study Group will urge President Bush to move most U.S. troops out of combat roles by early 2008, according to two sources who have seen the executive summary of the group's report.
Washington Post:
Panel To Urge Pressure On Iraq  —  Study Group to Present Its Report to Bush Today  —  The bipartisan Iraq Study Group plans to recommend to President Bush that he threaten to reduce economic and military support for Iraq's government if it fails to meet specific benchmarks intended …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
The Price of Iran's Help  —  DUBAI — On the eve of the Baker-Hamilton commission's report, a top Iranian official set a tough condition for his country's help in stabilizing Iraq, saying that Tehran isn't interested in such cooperation unless the Bush administration sets a timetable for withdrawing its troops.
Discussion: Back Talk, Ezra Klein and PrairiePundit
White House:
President Bush Receives Report from the Iraq Study Group  —  THE PRESIDENT: I just received the Iraq Study Group report, prepared by a distinguished panel of our fellow citizens.  I want to thank James Baker and Lee Hamilton and the panel members for spending a lot of time on this really difficult issue.
The Allen Report:
Exclusive: What the Baker Commission Report Recommends
Discussion: Suitably Flip
Associated Press:
Excerpts of Iraq Study Group Report
Discussion: Ezra Klein
Newsweek:
'We Can't Afford to Leave'  —  As the debate over Iraq intensifies …
Political Radar:
Gore to Bush on Iraq: It's Not About You
Discussion: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and NO QUARTER
Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
ASKING MEN TO DIE TO "MITIGATE DEFEAT"
New York Times:
Panel Backs Overhaul of Iraq Policy
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Iraq Study Group report released
Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
Exclusive: Iraq Study Group Details
Lyndsey Layton / Washington Post:
Culture Shock on Capitol Hill: House to Work 5 Days a Week  —  Forget the minimum wage.  Or outsourcing jobs overseas.  The labor issue most on the minds of members of Congress yesterday was their own: They will have to work five days a week starting in January.  —  The horror.
Debra Burlingame / Opinion Journal:
On a Wing and a Prayer  —  Grievance theater at Minneapolis International Airport. … Those are the words that started it all.  Six bearded imams are said to have shouted them out while offering evening prayers as they and 141 other passengers waited at the gate for their flight out of Minneapolis International Airport.
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Investor's Business Daily:
Tale Of Fibbing Imams
Washington Post:
Mary Cheney and Partner Are About to Be Moms  —  Mary Cheney, the vice president's openly gay daughter, is pregnant.  She and her partner of 15 years, Heather Poe, are "ecstatic" about the baby, due in late spring, said a source close to the couple.  —  It's a baby boom for grandparents Dick …
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John / AMERICAblog:
BREAKING: Cheney's lesbian daughter Mary is pregnant!
Discussion: Jesus' General
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
ERRORS, OMISSIONS, INVENTIONS AND FALSEHOODS  —  A reader writes that he received the email message below sent by Professor Kenneth Stein of Emory University and the Carter Center.  Professor Stein's expertise lies in the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
New York Times:
U.S. Offers North Korea Aid for Dropping Nuclear Plans  —  The United States has offered a detailed package of economic and energy assistance in exchange for North Korea's giving up nuclear weapons and technology, American officials said Tuesday.  —  But the offer, made last week during …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:   Carrots For Dear Leader
Daily Mail:
Does water STILL flow on Mars?  —  Dramatic new photographs of Mars have revealed the possible existence of water on its surface.  —  The images - released for the first time on Wednesday by the US space agency NASA - were taken earlier this year in an attempt to unlock the secrets of the Red Planet.
David Rogers / Wall Street Journal:
Some Republicans Take a Scorched-Hill Tack  —  Leaving Budget Decisions  —  To Democrats Could Disrupt  —  New Leadership's Agenda  —  WASHINGTON — Like a retreating army, Republicans are tearing up railroad track and planting legislative land mines to make it harder for Democrats …
Christopher Maag / New York Times:
Recreating 'A Christmas Story' for Tourists in Cleveland  —  If Denny Renz were a boy again, he said, he would love nothing more than to re-enact Ralphie Parker's childhood.  —  He would crawl under the kitchen sink the way Ralphie's brother, Randy, did to hide from Mr. Parker, their father in the 1983 movie "A Christmas Story."
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Judd / Think Progress:
Cavuto to Krugman: 'You Are Lying To People'  —  Princeton economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman went on Fox News this afternoon to talk about his new article in Rolling Stone Magazine, "How the Super-Rich Are Screwing America."  —  Krugman's article is about how income inequality …
Dennis Prager / Human Events:
A Reponse to My Many Critics — And a Solution  —  To understate the case, my last column, "America, Not Keith Ellison, Decides What Book a Congressman Takes His Oath on," seems to have touched a national nerve.  —  It has caused a national discussion — actually, more hate-filled attacks …
Thomas Bartlett / Chronicle of Higher Education:
Breaking Bread: Horowitz vs. Bérubé  —  Michael Bérubé and David Horowitz have said some not-very-nice things about each other over the years.  There was, for example, the time that Mr. Bérubé referred to Mr. Horowitz as a "sorry old fraud" and a "right-wing lackey."
Kevin Aylward / The 2006 Weblog Awards:
The 2006 Weblog Awards Finalists Announced  —  Below are the finalists in The 2006 Weblog Awards, presented in both category and alphabetical order.  Finalist badges are available now and voting is scheduled to begin Thursday. … Cateogory Listing of The 2006 Weblog Awards Finalists:  —  Best Blog
 
 
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Times of London:
Russia demands the handover of Putin's critics in exchange for poison case help
William Caldwell IV / Washington Post:
Why We Persevere  —  BAGHDAD — I don't see a civil war in Iraq.
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From Ruins of Afghan Buddhas, a History Grows
Discussion: The Peking Duck, Althouse and TIME
New York Times:
New York Bans Most Trans Fats in Restaurants
Discussion: Demagogue and Althouse
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Senators So Very, Very Not Contrary Toward Gates
Discussion: Power Line
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Richest tenth own 85% of world's assets
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The Nomination Hearing for Robert M. Gates
Ed At Aft / NCLB:
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New York Times:
At Least 5 Marines Are Expected to Be Charged in Haditha Deaths
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