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10:40 AM ET, December 6, 2006

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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 …
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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:
Iraq Panel Calls Conditions 'Grave and Deteriorating'  —  Conditions in Iraq are "grave and deteriorating," with the prospect that a "slide toward chaos" could topple the U.S.-backed government and trigger a regional war unless the United States changes course and seeks a broader diplomatic …
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  —  Islam And Politics: As we first suspected, the six imams bounced from a US Airways flight misled the public about the incident and likely staged the whole thing as a scheme to weaken security.  —  Their actions undermine any good will and trust Muslim leaders have built since 9/11.
Discussion: A Blog For All
NY Daily News:
Blaze kills daughter of 9/11 pilot
Discussion: The Corner
Audrey Hudson / Washington Times:
Probes dismiss imams' racism claim
Discussion: JunkYardBlog and Michelle Malkin
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.
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
Newsweek:
'We Can't Afford to Leave'  —  As the debate over Iraq intensifies, leading Democrat Silvestre Reyes is calling for the deployment of more U.S. troops.  —  Dec. 5.  2006 - In a surprise twist in the debate over Iraq, Rep. Silvestre Reyes, the soon-to-be chairman of the House Intelligence Committee …
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.
Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
Bush Denies Reaching Out to Dad  —  Even as Washington's punditocracy relishes the storyline of the elder-statesman father riding to the hapless son's rescue, President Bush insisted yesterday that he doesn't talk shop with his dad — and certainly doesn't ask for his advice.
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Real Clear Politics:   Interview with President Bush, Roundtable
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
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.
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere
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 …
New York Times:
The Nomination Hearing for Robert M. Gates  —  Following is the transcript of the session of nomination hearing for Robert M. Gates as provided by Federal News Service.  —  SEN. WARNER: Good morning, everyone.  —  Dr. Gates, I think I can safely say on behalf of the citizens of our country …
David Brown / Times of London:
Richest tenth own 85% of world's assets  —  Where the wealth is  —  The richest 2 per cent of adults own more than half the world's wealth, according to the most comprehensive study of personal assets.  —  Among the largest economies, Britain boasted the third-highest average wealth of $126,832 …
Manohla Dargis / New York Times:
The Trippy Dream Factory of David Lynch  —  There are, in the movies, few places creepier to spend time than in David Lynch's head.  It is a head where the wild things grow, twisting and spreading like vines, like fingers, and taking us in their captive embrace.
Discussion: The Corner and TBogg
 
 
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Senators So Very, Very Not Contrary Toward Gates
David Rogers / Wall Street Journal:
Some Republicans Take a Scorched-Hill Tack
Herschel Smith / The Captain's Journal:
Politically Correct Rules of Engagement Endanger Troops
Discussion: Dr. Sanity
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
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Discussion: FishBowlDC
New York Times:
U.S. Offers North Korea Aid for Dropping Nuclear Plans
Christopher Maag / New York Times:
Recreating 'A Christmas Story' for Tourists in Cleveland
Political Radar:
Gore to Bush on Iraq: It's Not About You
Discussion: NO QUARTER
Brad Stone / New York Times:
Spam Doubles, Finding New Ways to Deliver Itself
Discussion: Political Animal
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Gregg Krupa / Detroit News:
Muslim woman cites gym after interrupted prayer
Alan Travis / Guardian:
Criminals on probation murdered 98 in two years
Discussion: Tim Worstall
Ed At Aft / NCLB:
Build It Up  —  "[We have] leaks and even the occasional icicle …
Gene Johnson / Associated Press:
Man Accused of Faking Retardation
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Guardian:
Russia will not extradite Litvinenko suspects
Helen Kennedy / NY Daily News:
Obama's Prez-ence felt in Hil territory
New York Times:
At Least 5 Marines Are Expected to Be Charged in Haditha Deaths
Discussion: TalkLeft
Taylor Marsh on Politics Now:
SEIU NURSE LOCK-OUT: Who is Brent Yessin?
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Reuters:
After oral arguments, SCOTUS appeared wary of curbing US government contacts with social media platforms in the First Amendment case of Murthy v. Missouri

 
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