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4:10 PM ET, January 3, 2007

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Washington Post:
But It's Thomas Jefferson's Koran!  —  Rep.-elect Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, found himself under attack last month when he announced he'd take his oath of office on the Koran — especially from Virginia Rep. Virgil Goode, who called it a threat to American values.
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Dan / Riehl World View:
AP's Carroll Has Been Here Before  —  Michelle Malkin …
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
Qassim Abdul-Zahra / Associated Press:
Official Held in Saddam Hanging Video  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — The person believed to have recorded Saddam Hussein's raucous execution on a cell phone camera was arrested Wednesday, an adviser to Iraq's prime minister said.  —  A U.S. military spokesman, meanwhile, said the United States …
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James Glanz / New York Times:
Hussein Guard Is Arrested, Officials Say
Discussion: Reason Magazine
George W. Bush / Opinion Journal:
What the Congress Can Do for America  —  Let them say of these next two years: We used our time well.  —  Tomorrow, members of the 110th Congress will take their oaths of office here in Washington.  I will have the privilege of working with them for the next two years—one quarter of my presidency …
Judd / Think Progress:
Administration Official: Troop Escalation 'More Of A Political Decision Than A Military One'  —  CNN reports "President Bush is expected to announce his new Iraq strategy in an address to the nation early next week."  According to the BBC, "The speech will reveal a plan to send more US troops to Iraq."
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Suzanne Malveaux / CNN:
Officials: Bush mulls Iraq surge, address likely next week … WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush is expected to announce his new Iraq strategy in an address to the nation early next week, several sources in Washington told CNN.  —  On Wednesday, the president is scheduled to host …
Discussion: BobGeiger.com and MSNBC
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
George W. Bush and the Media: Final Words and Last Laughs
Discussion: CBS News and FishBowlDC
Associated Press:
Pat Robertson: God told me of 'mass killing' in 2007 … VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia (AP) — Evangelical broadcaster Pat Robertson said Tuesday that God has told him that a terrorist attack on the United States would cause a "mass killing" late in 2007.  —  "I'm not necessarily saying it's …
Washington Post:
A Fairer House  —  THE NEW Democratic House majority has an ambitious plan for its first 100 hours in power, from increasing the minimum wage to strengthening ethics rules to having the federal government negotiate prescription drug prices.  Unfortunately, its plans don't include getting …
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Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:   Lobbyists hired to align with Congress
Lois Romano / Washington Post:
Effect of Obama's Candor Remains to Be Seen  —  Senator Admitted Trying Cocaine in a Memoir Written 11 Years Ago  —  Long before the national media spotlight began to shine on every twist and turn of his life's journey, Barack Obama had this to say about himself: "Junkie.  Pothead.
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Michael Calderone / New York Observer:
Will Bill Keller End 'Public Editor' Slot at The Times?  —  Dan Okrent Protests; Faithful Barney Calame Sputters Weary Defense  —  The New York Times will soon decide whether it will do away with its public editor.  —  The two-year term of the current public editor, Byron (Barney) Calame, will conclude in May.
Weekly Standard:
Al Qaeda TV  —  A new 24-hour insurgent station reveals al Qaeda's increasing sophistication, and our continuing confusion.  —  AL QAEDA AND its allies now have their own 24-hour television station.  Based at a secret studio in Syria, its signal is broadcast to the entire Arab world from a satellite owned by the Egyptian government.
Cara Buckley / New York Times:
A Man Down, a Train Arriving, and a Stranger Makes a Choice  —  It was every subway rider's nightmare, times two.  —  Who has ridden along New York's 656 miles of subway lines and not wondered: "What if I fell to the tracks as a train came in?  What would I do?"  —  And who has not thought: "What if someone else fell?
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
FBI Reports Duct-Taping, 'Baptizing' at Guantanamo  —  FBI agents witnessed possible mistreatment of the Koran at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, including at least one instance in which an interrogator squatted over Islam's holy text in an apparent attempt to offend a captive …
Kate Holt / Telegraph:
UN staff accused of raping children in Sudan  —  The UN said today that it would launch an investigation after the Daily Telegraph reported allegations that UN personnel have abused children in southern Sudan.  —  Members of the United Nations peacekeeping forces in southern Sudan …
Amos Harel / Associated Press:
Think tank: Israel could attack Iran's nuclear program alone  —  The Institute for National Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University said in its annual report, released Tuesday, that Iran will possess nuclear weapons unless military action is taken against it, and Israel would be capable of carrying out such an attack
Discussion: Power Line and The Corner
Jan Crawford Greenburg / ABCNEWS:
Justice Appointed by Ford Remembers the Late President  —  Exclusive Interview: John Paul Stevens Recalls Ford's Selection Over Conservative Favorite  —  Today Justice John Paul Stevens remembered the president who nominated him to the Supreme Court more than three decades ago …
 
 
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David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Fox News reporter says Bush admitted using cocaine, then retreats …
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Guess Who Is Going To DC?  —  Well, aside from Patrick Fitzgerald …
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Michael J. Totten:
Hanging With Hezbollah  —  "If they (Jews) all gather in Israel …
Discussion: Instapundit.com
Examiner:
Yeas and Nays: Wednesday, Jan. 3
New York Post:
JOHN CONYERS  —  Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) has been licking …
Discussion: Daled Amos and Macsmind
John J. Miller / Opinion Journal:
Checked Out  —  A Washington-area library tosses out the classics.
Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
Wage bill will iron out an Abramoff wrinkle
Al Kamen / Washington Post:
An 'Honest,' 'Open' House, Where Cameras Can't Zoom Out
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Let The Healing Begin Part VII
Discussion: The Sideshow and Lean Left
Bill / INDCJournal:
Where in the ...  I just got back from a first mounted patrol/IED hunt …
John Keegan / Telegraph:
50,000 more US troops can save Iraq
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Activists on the Left Applying Pressure to Democratic Leaders