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1:25 PM ET, December 13, 2006

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Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Saudis Give a Grim What If Should U.S. Opt to Leave Iraq  —  Saudi Arabia has told the Bush administration that it might provide financial backing to Iraqi Sunnis in any war against Iraq's Shiites if the United States pulls its troops out of Iraq, according to American and Arab diplomats.
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Cillizzac / The Fix:
House Democrats Extend '06 Gains to 30 Seats  —  House Democrats increased their 2006 election gains to 30 seats Tuesday, with former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez's (D) surprisingly convincing victory over Rep. Henry Bonilla (R) in a runoff election in Texas's massive 23rd District.
Discussion: Firedoglake, Ezra Klein and The Agonist
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Greg Jefferson / MySanAntonio.com:
Rodriguez defeats Bonilla
Audrey Hudson / Washington Times:
Muslim pilgrims urged to complain  —  American Muslims making a religious pilgrimage to Mecca are being encouraged to file civil rights complaints if they feel discriminated against by airlines.  —  The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), citing what it called the "airport profiling" …
Julian E. Barnes / Los Angeles Times:
Pentagon's plan: More U.S. troops in Iraq  —  Boosting presence and aid, and an anti-Sadr offensive, carry risks but offer the best path to victory, military officials say.  —  WASHINGTON — As President Bush weighs new policy options for Iraq, strong support has coalesced in the Pentagon behind …
Nazila Fathi / New York Times:
Israel Fading, Iran's Leader Tells Deniers of Holocaust  —  A two-day gathering of Holocaust deniers and white supremacists ended Tuesday with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad welcoming participants in his office and telling them Israel would not survive long.  —  "The Zionist regime …
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White House:
Press Briefing by Tony Snow  —  White House Conference Center Briefing Room  —  MR. SNOW: All right, just a couple of opening comments, and I'll be happy to take your questions.  As you know, earlier today, the President began the day by having breakfast with Bob Gates, who will be sworn in next Monday as the Secretary of Defense.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Just Call Him Tony 'I Don't Know' Snow
Discussion: Riehl World View and TVNewser
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Democrats Consider Outside Ethics Panel  —  House Democrats are seriously exploring the creation of an independent ethics arm to enforce new rules on travel, lobbying, gifts and other issues that Democrats intend to put in place on taking power next month.  —  Senior party officials …
USA Today:
Majority say history won't be kind to Bush  —  WASHINGTON — History's view of George W. Bush will be harsh, Americans predict.  —  In a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Friday through Sunday, a 54% majority says Bush will be judged as a below-average or poor president, more than double …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
James Peron / TCS Daily:
The Global Poor Are Getting Richer, Faster  —  In a report out today, The World Bank looks both at current economic growth rates and projections for the next 25 years.  The report, Global Economics Prospects 2007 says "developing economies are projected to grow by 7.0 percent in 2006 …
Discussion: Dean's World
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Clinton hires faith guru  —  Burns Strider, one of the Democratic Party's leading strategists on winning over evangelicals and other values-driven voters, will join Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) as she prepares to launch her 2008 presidential campaign.
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
More Journalists Join Political News Venture  —  Mike Allen, a reporter who covers the White House for Time magazine, and Roger Simon, the chief political correspondent for Bloomberg News, are joining the new multimedia political news venture being overseen by two former Washington Post journalists.
Discussion: Wonkette and Romenesko
Matthew Hill / BBC:
Ukraine babies in stem cell probe  —  Healthy new-born babies may have been killed in Ukraine to feed a flourishing international trade in stem cells, evidence obtained by the BBC suggests.  —  Disturbing video footage of post-mortem examinations on dismembered tiny bodies raises serious questions about what happened to them.
Discussion: Sister Toldjah
 
 
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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Dying for 'Maybe'  —  James A. Baker III, the renowned foreign …
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Mark Bauerlein / Chronicle of Higher Education:
How Academe Shortchanges Conservative Thinking
Discussion: The Corner and alicublog
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
The Foley Fallout  —  Soon-to-be-speaker Nancy Pelosi is fond …
Jeff Greenfield / CNN:
Point of personal privilege
Dr. Helen:
The Scarlet R  —  I saw at Right Wing News that Tom Delay …
CNN:
Poll: Most Americans see lingering racism — in others
New York Times:
Lobbying the Jury  —  We are disappointed that the Supreme Court …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Pinochet Passes By  —  Your Ned, the son af an American diplomat …
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Ellyn Ferguson / herald-dispatch.com:
Byrd to give up W.Va. projects
Edward Jay Epstein / Slate:
The Polonium Connection
Discussion: Andrew Sullivan and The Corner
Cal Thomas / Townhall.com:
Donald Rumfeld w/ Cal Thomas: Transcript
Jim Geraghty / New York Sun:
McCain Hints Minn. Governor May Be His Running Mate
New York Times:
In Tuition Game, Popularity Rises With Price
Dean Barnett / Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:
FAQ - The Shiites and the Sunnis
Discussion: Big Lizards and Tom DeLay Blog
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
FROM THIS MOMENT ON  —  What is to be said about Frank Sinatra …
Discussion: protein wisdom and Iowa Voice