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12:55 PM ET, December 28, 2006

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Bob Woodward / Washington Post:
Ford Disagreed With Bush About Invading Iraq  —  Former president Gerald R. Ford said in an embargoed interview in July 2004 that the Iraq war was not justified.  "I don't think I would have gone to war," he said a little more than a year after President Bush had launched the invasion advocated …
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Thomas M. DeFrank / NY Daily News:
Last lunch with a legend  —  Speaks candidly about the WMDs and war in Iraq  —  DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF … RANCHO MIRAGE, Cal. - Jerry Ford was a politician of rare amiability, but this day he was hopping mad.  —  "They won't let me go in the pool and swim," …
Discussion: PrairiePundit and Don Surber
Newsweek:
From Watergate to Monicagate  —  Like Gerald Ford, George W. Bush believed his mission was to restore honor and integrity at the White House.  The striking parallels between two administrations.  —  To understand Gerald Ford's place inside the Bush administration, you need to turn the clock back six years.
Peter Spiegel / Los Angeles Times:
He led by listening  —  Ford was not afraid of strong-willed advisors …
Discussion: Wonkette
Peter Baker / Washington Post:   Similar Personnel, Different Approaches
StrategyPage:
Ethiopians Blitz Their Way Across the Country  —  Ethiopian troops have stood aside so that Somali gunmen representing the Transitional Government can enter Mogadishu.  The surviving Islamic Courts fighters have fled south, from whence they came.  This does not solve the basic problem …
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Jeffrey Gettleman / New York Times:
Opponents of Islamists Seize Somali Capital  —  Just hours after the Islamist forces abandoned Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, militias loyal to the transitional government seized the city today in a stunning reversal of fortunes.  —  According to residents, troops from the transitional government …
Jackie Calmes / Wall Street Journal:
Edwards's Theme: U.S. Poverty  —  Amid Iraq Talk, White House Hopeful Sticks to '04 Issue in '08 Run  —  For the roughly two dozen candidates considering a run for the White House, it is perhaps the jackpot question: What might be the winning message in a contest whose first nominating vote is still more than a year away?
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Edwards Announces Presidential Bid in New Orleans  —  Former North Carolina senator John Edwards officially jumped into the 2008 presidential race this morning in this flood-ravaged city, sounding a populist call for citizen action to reduce the U.S. troop presence in Iraq …
Washington Post:
Close Adviser to Sadr Dies in U.S.-Iraqi Raid  —  A top deputy of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr was killed Wednesday during a raid by U.S. and Iraqi troops in the southern holy city of Najaf, sparking protests from Sadr's followers and complicating an already tense relationship with the powerful anti-American leader.
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Marc Santora / New York Times:
Sectarian Ties Weaken Duty's Call for Iraq Forces
Discussion: Daily Kos, Booman Tribune and Hot Air
brusselsjournal.com:
Blair on Islam: Standard-Bearer of Tolerance  —  A quote from Tony Blair in Foreign Affairs, January/February 2007  —  To me, the most remarkable thing about the Koran is how progressive it is.  I write with great humility as a member of another faith.  As an outsider, the Koran strikes …
Discussion: Yourish.com and Atlas Shrugs
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Tony Blair / Foreign Affairs:
A Battle for Global Values
Discussion: Euphoric Reality
Daniel Freedman / It Shines For All:
Declassified State Department Document: Arafat Responsible for Storming of Embassy and Murder of Americans in 1973  —  The State Department has finally admitted (document has just been declassified) that Arafat was behind the 1973 murder of two Americans in Sudan by the Black September terrorist group.
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Joseph Farah / WorldNetDaily:
State Department declassifies report on 1973 terror attack in Khartoum
James Risen / New York Times:
G.O.P. Senator in Spotlight After a Critical Iraq Speech  —  At the close of the Senate's lame-duck session, in between formulaic tributes to senators departing voluntarily or otherwise, a Republican backbencher suddenly rose to give one of the most passionate and surprising speeches about the war in Iraq yet delivered in Congress.
Washington Post:
Bush and Security Advisers to Meet Today on Iraq Strategy  —  President Bush's top national security advisers arrived here to hone a new Iraq strategy that administration officials said seems increasingly likely to include a surge of additional troops to try to help stabilize the country.
Barbara O'Brien / Crooks and Liars:
Moonies and the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy  —  Robert Parry of Consortium News writes, … The 21-year veteran is former WT reporter George Archibald, who wrote an internet essay about internal turmoil at the newspaper.  Parry continues, … Parry goes on to describe Sun Myung Moon …
Discussion: AlterNet and Consortiumnews.com
Tyler Cowen / New York Times:
Universal 401(k) Accounts Would Bring the Poor Into the Ownership Society  —  Of the current proposals to address income inequality, the universal 401(k) is the most likely to bring general prosperity.  —  The core idea is simple.  The federal government creates tax-free retirement accounts …
Examiner:
Olivier Guitta: Plan B: Syria's forgotten — but dangerous — nuclear program  —  WASHINGTON - The Iraq Survey Group is calling for open negotiations with Syria, but new reports show that Damascus is up to no good.  Indeed, while world attention is rightly focused on the nuclear capabilities …
Discussion: The Corner
 
 
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