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Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Sen. Johnson suffers possible stroke  —  WASHINGTON - Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson (news, bio, voting record) of South Dakota suffered a possible stroke Wednesday and was taken to a Washington hospital, his office said.  If he should be unable to continue to serve, it could halt the scheduled Democratic takeover of the Senate.
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
South Dakota senator hospitalized  —  WASHINGTON - Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson (news, bio, voting record) of South Dakota was hospitalized after becoming disoriented Wednesday, weeks before his party is to take control of the Senate by a one-vote margin.  —  Johnson, who turns 60 on Dec. 28 …
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Sen. Tim Johnson hospitalized after possible stroke
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Jeff Greenfield / CNN:
Point of personal privilege  —  (CNN) — "Humor is the nitroglycerin of politics," a political analyst wrote long ago.  "Very powerful, but if it's not handled carefully, it can explode in your face."  —  Actually, I wrote those words in a widely un-read book.
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Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
HAIR-TRIGGER INSTINCTS....Jeff Greenfield protests that his comparison …
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Pauline Jelinek / Associated Press:
Military Meets, Exceeds Recruiting Goals  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - Though Americans are increasingly pessimistic about the war in Iraq, the Pentagon said Tuesday it is having success enlisting new troops.  The Navy and Air Force met their recruiting goals last month while the Army …
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Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
Army, Marine Corps To Ask for More Troops  —  The Army and Marine Corps are planning to ask incoming Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Congress to approve permanent increases in personnel, as senior officials in both services assert that the nation's global military strategy has outstripped their resources.
Barry R. McCaffrey / Washington Post:
Beyond Baker-Hamilton  —  One Approach to a Last Try at Stability in Iraq  —  A collapse of the Iraqi state would be catastrophic — for the people of Iraq, for the Middle East and for America's strategic interests.  We need a new political and military approach to head off this impending disaster …
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Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
Bush decides direction of Iraq policy
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Salt Lake Tribune:
Federal raid puts families in limbo  —  Immigration agents looking for stolen IDs detain scores in Hyrum  —  HYRUM - If only for a few minutes, Maria felt like an ''illegal alien'' in her homeland - the United States of America.  —  She thought she was going on break from her job …
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Julia Preston / New York Times:
U.S. Raids 6 Meat Plants in ID Case  —  In simultaneous dawn raids, federal immigration agents swept into six Swift & Company meatpacking plants in six states yesterday, rounding up hundreds of immigrant workers in what the agents described as a vast criminal investigation of identity theft.
Mark Bauerlein / Chronicle of Higher Education:
How Academe Shortchanges Conservative Thinking  —  Notwithstanding the outcome of the recent election, in one respect, the last few decades mark a breakthrough era for conservative intellectuals.  Their visibility has soared.  Thirty years ago, the only place to find conservatives on television …
Discussion: JunkYardBlog, The Corner and alicublog
Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
Former CNN News Chief To Launch 'IraqSlogger' Site  —  NEW YORK For the past four years there has been no shortage of news and views on Iraq and the long-running war there.  What's been missing: a one-stop-shopping clearinghouse for nonpartisan information, including material coming …
Discussion: Wizbang and Don Surber
CNN:
Official: Saudis to back Sunnis if U.S. leaves Iraq … WASHINGTON (CNN) — Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has warned Vice President Dick Cheney that Saudi Arabia would back the Sunnis if the United States pulls out of Iraq, according to a senior American official.
Peter R. Kann / Opinion Journal:
The Power of the Press  —  The media is in need of some mending.  —  Thomas Jefferson, a better president than we've had in a very long time, penned a line back in 1787: "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without government …
Allen Salkin / New York Times:
Web Site Hunts Pedophiles, and TV Goes Along  —  Last month, the Web site Perverted-Justice.com posted news of the conviction of Sean Young, a Wisconsin man sentenced to 10 years in state prison for soliciting sex online from a 14-year-old girl.  According to a transcript of an online chat posted …
 
 
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