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11:20 AM ET, January 4, 2007

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Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
Intelligence Chief Is Shifted to Deputy State Dept. Post  —  John D. Negroponte, whom President Bush installed less than two years ago as the first director of national intelligence, will soon leave his post to become the State Department's second-ranking official, administration officials said Wednesday.
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Negroponte to Leave Job to Be State Dept. Deputy  —  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has persuaded John D. Negroponte to leave his post as director of national intelligence and come to the State Department as her deputy, government officials said last night.  —  Negroponte's move would fill a crucial hole on Rice's team.
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:   A Strange Change  —  John Negroponte has given up his Cabinet …
Associated Press:
Spy chief will quit to fill diplomatic hole
James Gordon Meek / NY Daily News:
W pushes envelope on U.S. spying  —  New postal law lets Bush peek through your mail  —  WASHINGTON - President Bush has quietly claimed sweeping new powers to open Americans' mail without a judge's warrant, the Daily News has learned.  —  The President asserted his new authority …
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Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
You've got mail — which Bush thinks he can read
Discussion: Balloon Juice
George F. Will / Washington Post:
The Right Minimum Wage  —  A federal minimum wage is an idea whose time came in 1938, when public confidence in markets was at a nadir and the federal government's confidence in itself was at an apogee.  This, in spite of the fact that with 19 percent unemployment and the economy contracting …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
What You Don't Know About The Federal Minimum Wage
Discussion: bRight & Early
New York Times:
Ethics Overhaul Tops the Agenda in New Congress  —  On the brink of regaining power after 12 years, House Democrats said Wednesday that they would move immediately to try to sever ties between lawmakers and lobbyists who figured into scandals that helped Democrats win control of Congress.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Brian Naylor / NPR:
Democrats Dictate Plans for Congress, GOP Says
Discussion: DownWithTyranny! and The Corner
Barack Obama / Washington Post:
A Chance To Change The Game  —  This past Election Day, the American people sent a clear message to Washington: Clean up your act.  —  After a year in which too many scandals revealed the influence special interests wield over Washington, it's no surprise that so many incumbents were defeated …
Discussion: Sirotablog
Associated Press:
Angry Nixon vowed to 'ruin' diplomatic corps … WASHINGTON (AP) — Embittered by career diplomats during his first term, President Nixon said he wanted to "ruin the Foreign Service" before leaving office, according to newly released State Department documents.
Discussion: Macsmind and DownWithTyranny!
Lois Romano / Washington Post:
Passed Over by Pelosi, Harman Doesn't Get Even.  She Gets Mad.  —  Catfight aftermath: Rep. Jane Harman is still quite irked that House Speaker-designee Nancy Pelosi nixed her for chairman of the House intelligence committee — and she's not exactly being stoic about it.
Discussion: Sister Toldjah
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Washington Post:
Pelosi Walks Tightrope Enforcing Rules
Discussion: GregsOpinion.com
New York Post:
RANGEL BOOTS VEEP  —  EVICTS CHENEY FROM CHOICE CAPITOL DIGS  —  Rep. Charles Rangel has evicted Vice President Dick Cheney from his office in the Capitol, and the Harlem heavyweight is moving into the prime digs today, The Post has learned.  —  Gilded letters were freshly painted atop …
Deborah Sontag / New York Times:
In Padilla Wiretaps, Murky View of 'Jihad' Case  —  In 1997, as the government listened in on their phone call, Adham Hassoun, a computer programmer in Broward County, Fla., proposed a road trip to Jose Padilla, a low-wage worker there.  The excursion to Tampa would be his treat, Mr. Hassoun said …
Christopher Drew / New York Times:
U.S. Bars Lab From Testing Electronic Voting  —  A laboratory that has tested most of the nation's electronic voting systems has been temporarily barred from approving new machines after federal officials found that it was not following its quality-control procedures and could not document that it was conducting all the required tests.
Stephen Singer / Associated Press:
Lieberman Party Now in Hands of Critic  —  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The party Sen. Joe Lieberman created to mount his independent re-election campaign has been seized by one of his critics, and the secretary of state's office said Wednesday that it won't challenge the takeover.
Discussion: Wizbang and SOTUblog
TRex / Firedoglake:
Late Nite FDL: And They Call Us 'Unhinged', Partie Deux  —  We'll, there's just nothing like that good old Right Wing Civility, now is there? … Isn't that special?  —  Can you imagine the s**t-storm that would erupt if a liberal posted an entry like that on their blog?
Robert Tracinski / realclearpolitics.com:
To Win in Baghdad, Strike at Tehran  —  As early as next week, President Bush is expected to give a major speech announcing a new strategy in Iraq.  This is an excellent opportunity for the administration to announce a big strategic change that could dramatically improve America's prospects in Iraq.
Donald J. Boudreaux / Christian Science Monitor:
Middle-class woes?  A letter to Lou Dobbs.  —  America's trade deficit is evidence of its economic vigor and promise, not a cause for concern.  —  FAIRFAX, VA. - Dear Mr. Dobbs, Congratulations on having a large new bloc of voters bear your name!  Politicians ignore the "Lou Dobbs Democrats" at their peril.
Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
New Orleans Repeats Mistakes as It Rebuilds  —  Many Houses Built in Areas Katrina Flooded Are Not on Raised Foundations  —  NEW ORLEANS — By ones and twos, homeowners here are reinhabiting neighborhoods, even the most devastated ones, and many view their return as a triumph over adversity.
 
 
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
O Mighty Crisis  —  THE "CONSTITUTIONAL COLLAPSE" OVER JUDICIAL PAY.
Mike Pflanz / Telegraph:
UN to hold inquiry into Sudan child abuse
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
White House won't condemn Saddam taunts
Fred Kaplan / Slate:
Iron Man  —  WHY BUSH STILL WON'T CHANGE HIS STRATEGY.
Joel Stein / Los Angeles Times:
Have something to say? I don't care
Ann Coulter / Human Events:
The Democratic Party: A Vast Sleeper Cell
BBC:
Belarus hits Russia with oil tax
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John Darman / Newsweek:
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SMART, BUT WRONG  —  WHY W'S FIRING GEN. CASEY
Olivier Guitta / Counterterrorism Blog:
Did Moqtada Al Sadr take part in the actual hanging of Saddam Hussein?
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
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Bush Signals Budget Accord
 

 
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