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1:25 PM ET, December 16, 2006

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Bret Stephens / Opinion Journal:
The Road to Tehran  —  Polite society helped pave the way for Iran's Holocaust conference.  —  "Not acceptable," says Ban Ki Moon, new Secretary-General of the United Nations.  "Repulsive," say the editors of Britain's Guardian newspaper.  "An insult . . . to the memory of millions of Jews," says Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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jules crittenden:
Holo-Denial Update  —  I don't know about you, but I'm really starting to like those genocidal, anti-Semite, nuke-wanting mullahs.  I mean, they just let it all hang out there.  MEMRI reports:  —  Iran Holocaust Denial Conference Announces Plan to Establish World Foundation for Holocaust Studies …
Discussion: Riehl World View
MEMRI:   Special Dispatch Series - No. 1397
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Bayh Rules Out White House Bid in 2008  —  Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) announced today that he will forgo a run for president in 2008, citing the "long odds" he would face as a candidate who is not well-known nationally.  —  In a statement released early today, Bayh said, "After talking with family …
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Greg Sargent / tpmcafe.com:
Bayh Says He Won't Run For President
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Incoming Chairmen Ready to Investigate  —  Democratic-Led Panels to Probe Administration's Actions in War and Counterterrorism  —  Incoming Democratic committee chairmen say they will hold a series of hearings and investigations early next year to build the case for their call for a phased withdrawal …
New York Times:
Options Sought for Surge in U.S. Troops to Stabilize Iraq  —  Military planners and White House budget analysts have been asked to provide President Bush with options for increasing American forces in Iraq by 20,000 or more.  The request indicates that the option of a major "surge" …
Payson / Think Progress:
Cheney: Rumsfeld 'Is the Finest Secretary of Defense This Nation Has Ever Had'  —  Today, Vice President Dick Cheney spoke at a ceremony honoring outoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.  Cheney, himself a former Defense Secretary under George H. W. Bush, said Rumsfeld was the "finest Secretary of Defense this nation has ever had."
Discussion: digg and State of the Day
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Associated Press:
Rumsfeld gets big Pentagon sendoff
Discussion: Power Line
Nancy Trejos / Washington Post:
Women Lose Ground in the New Iraq  —  Once They Were Encouraged to Study and Work; Now Life Is 'Just Like Being in Jail'  —  BAGHDAD — Browsing the shelves of a cosmetics store in the Karrada shopping district, Zahra Khalid felt giddy at the sight of Alberto shampoo and Miss Rose eye shadow, blusher and powder.
Michael A. Weber / Tennessean.com:
Bredesen's Christmas card depicts Muslim girl  —  Picture and message leave church leaders scratching their heads  —  Gov. Phil Bredesen has given an unusual twist to his family's Christmas card: He is marking a Christian holiday with a card depicting a Muslim girl.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:   THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS FUTURE
Tim Golden / New York Times:
Military Taking a Tougher Line With Detainees  —  A part of the Camp 6 center at Guantánamo, which had been intended to be common area.  With the tighter security, however, the inmates will not be sharing meals there.  Camp 6 also has one-man exercise pens.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Think Progress:
EXCLUSIVE: White House Forbids Publication Of Op-Ed On Iran By Former Bush Official  —  Middle East analyst Flynt Leverett, who served under President Bush on the National Security Council and is now a fellow at the New America Foundation, revealed today that the White House has been blocking …
Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:
Clinton to Tout Re-Release of 'Village'  —  NEW YORK — It will be a daytime gabfest with Barbara, Rosie _ and Hillary.  —  New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will be making the rounds of the morning shows next week, promoting the rerelease of her book, "It Takes a Village," …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Don Surber
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Extreme Mortman:   The Keating Wind Comes Sweepin' Down The Plain
Media Matters for America:
"Media Matters"; by Jamison Foser  —  GOP media lemming alert: Is big-eared Barack Hussein Obama this year's John Francois Kerry?  —  The 2008 presidential campaign may well be decided by the way the news media cover the candidates over the next few months.
Ben Evans / Associated Press:
Ex-Rep. Barr Quits GOP for Libertarians  —  A former Georgia congressman who helped spark President Clinton's impeachment has quit the Republican Party to become a Libertarian, saying he is disillusioned with the GOP on issues such as spending and privacy.  —  Bob Barr, who served eight years …
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Testimony Helps Detail CIA's Post-9/11 Reach  —  MILAN — A few days after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the CIA station chief in Rome paid a visit to the head of Italy's military intelligence agency, Adm. Gianfranco Battelli, to float a proposal: Would the Italian secret services help …
Taylor Marsh on Politics Now:
About Afghanistan...  UPDATED and cross-posted on Huffington Post  —  This morning I hope to connect with Scott Kesterson who is a photojournalist embedded in Afghanistan.  The interview will begin at 10:30 a.m. eastern - 7:30 a.m. pacific.  He's got a post up at Huffington Post.
Dark Wraith / Big Brass Blog:
The Wall and the Wedge  —  At Pam's House Blend, Pam Spaulding published a post today on Sen. John McCain's proposal called "Stop the Online Exploitation of Children Act," which purports to "modernize and expand reporting requirements" for certain types of Websites including what are commonly known as "blogs."
 
 
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Orin Kerr / The Volokh Conspiracy:
CALIFORNIA DEATH PENALTY DEVELOPMENT: Judge Jeremy Fogel …
William L. Hosch / Britannica Blog:
Eternal Merry-Go-Round?  —  On December 15, 1791 the U.S. Bill of Rights was adopted.
Discussion: TalkLeft
James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
Matt Drudge: Liberal Tool?
Justin Rood / TPMmuckraker:
Bush Admin Won't Release Iraq Attack Numbers
James Taranto / Opinion Journal:
Best of the Web  —  Responding to Rangel—VIII  —  We'll be back from vacation Monday.
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Andrew Cochran / Counterterrorism Blog:
New Pentagon Counterinsurgency Manual Released
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
A Gnawing Problem On Assateague Island
Tom Blackwell / National Post:
Diabetes breakthrough  —  Toronto scientists cure disease in mice
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
DO WE NEED A BIGGER ARMY?  Gen. Peter Schoomaker says that we do:
Discussion: TAPPED
Brad DeLong / Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal:
Don't Believe It, Matt! Income Inequality Did Rise! A Lot!
SFist:
Tauscher Gets Tut-Tutted
Discussion: TPMCafe blogs and Calitics
Martha Raddatz / ABCNEWS:
Army Captain's Simple Demonstration: How to Win in Iraq
Catherine Holahan / Business Week:
Virtually Addicted  —  A lawsuit against IBM is reviving debate …
TRex / Firedoglake:
Late Nite FDL: Crichton's Clumsy Hatchet
Gateway Pundit:
Bomb Blast! Violence Mars Iranian Election- One Dead