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10:19 PM ET, January 10, 2007

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Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
Troop Surge Already Under Way  —  90 Advance Troops from 82nd Airborne Arrive in Baghdad  —  President Bush's speech may be scheduled for tonight, but the troop surge in Iraq is already under way.  —  ABC News has learned that the "surge" Bush is expected to announce in a prime time speech tonight has already begun.
Discussion: Sirotablog and Wonkette
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Newsweek:
Don't believe all the hype.  What Bush really hopes to accomplish in his Iraq speech.  —  After all the hype, all the leaks, and all the punditry, what more can the president say on Wednesday night that hasn't been said already?  —  The answer, according to senior Bush aides, is quite a lot.
John O'Neil / New York Times:
Troops Sent in Surge to Have Limited Role, Bush Aide Says  —  President Bush will announce tonight that the additional American troops he plans to send to Baghdad will act only in support of Iraqi forces, and that they are being sent only because the Iraqi government has promised a "fundamental" …
Fox News:
OFFICIAL: BUSH TO ADMIT IRAQ MISTAKES  —  WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush will tell the nation Wednesday night that he should have sent more troops to Iraq to fight the war during the earlier stages of the nearly four-year conflict, a senior administration official revealed.
Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
A Change in Tactics, Not Strategy
Discussion: The Mahablog and slacktivist
San Francisco Chronicle:
MATIER AND ROSS  —  New Year's nightmare for visiting Yale singers  —  How's this for an only-in-San Francisco story:  —  Members of the Baker's Dozen, the renowned, all-male a cappella singing group from Yale, are pummeled outside a New Year's Eve party after singing "The Star-Spangled Banner."
Discussion: Gay Patriot and Power Line
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Choir boys jumped by San Fran punks after singing Star-Spangled Banner
Discussion: Flopping Aces
Agence France Presse:
Yale barbershop singers recovering after ambush
Discussion: Shakespeare's Sister
WCTX-TV:
Members of Yale choir attacked in San Francisco
Discussion: Norwegianity
Faiz / Think Progress:
McCain: Iraq War Was 'Easy'  —  As the Carpetbagger Report noted, today on MSNBC, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) defended his statement from Oct. 2002 when he claimed, "I believe that the success [in Iraq] will be fairly easy."  McCain told Tim Russert, "It was easy, it was easy.  I said the military operation would be easy."
Discussion: Firedoglake
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:   McCain says the US was greeted as liberators in Iraq and the war was easy...
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:   Everything after May 2003 doesn't count
Drudge Report:
EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY: ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT TO THE NATION  —  Good evening.  Tonight in Iraq, the Armed Forces of the United States are engaged in a struggle that will determine the direction of the global war on terror - and our safety here at home.
White House:
The President's New Iraq Strategy Is Rooted In Six Fundamental Elements:  — Create space for political progress;  — Diversify political and economic efforts; and  — Iraq Could Not Be Graver - The War On Terror Cannot Be Won If We Fail In Iraq.  Our enemies throughout the Middle East are trying to defeat us in Iraq.
David Wood / Baltimore Sun:
Better armor lacking for new troops in Iraq  —  WASHINGTON // The thousands of troops that President Bush is expected to order to Iraq will join the fight largely without the protection of the latest armored vehicles that withstand bomb blasts far better than the Humvees in wide use, military officers said.
Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
Wage Increase Could Hinge on Tax Cuts  —  As part of their 100-hour legislative blitz, House Democrats are expected to vote today to increase the minimum wage for the first time in a decade, to $7.25 an hour, in a move that economists say will raise pay for 13 million workers.
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
House Passes Increase in Minimum Wage to $7.25
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
Janet Hook / Los Angeles Times:
Democrats feel liberals' antiwar heat  —  Freshman and veteran lawmakers alike risk the ire of bloggers and other activists if they waver on an Iraq exit.  —  WASHINGTON — It did not take long for Rep. Nancy Boyda, a freshman Democrat from Kansas, to learn the price of defying her party's liberal base.
Newsweek:
Gates Cleans House  —  New Pentagon chief is expected to oust the U.S. general involved in the Somalia strikes.  —  Ten Hut: Robert Gates talks with troops on a December visit to Baghdad  —  Airstrikes this week on alleged Al Qaeda figures in Somalia may prove to be one of the last …
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Spocko/ABC story on CBS 5  —  The heat is raining down on KSFO and their crew over the hate speech that permeates the airwaves.  Already almost 15,000 people have listened to this audio that typifies what we're talking about.  Morgan, Sussman and Lee tried to get Spocko's site closed down by ABC.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup Poll:
Little Public Confidence in Bush on Iraq  —  Only one in four believe he has a clear plan for dealing with the situation there  —  PRINCETON, NJ — As President George W. Bush prepares to address the nation Wednesday evening to unveil his new policy on Iraq, he is doing so with little public confidence …
Discussion: The Fix, DownWithTyranny! and Daily Kos
Max Boot / Los Angeles Times:
The media aren't the enemy in Iraq  —  Blaming the press for the problems in Iraq deflects the blame from where it belongs.  —  IF WE WIND UP losing the war in Iraq, as now appears likely (though not inevitable), many conservatives know who to blame: the press, or, in blogger-speak, the MSM (mainstream news media).
Saul Hudson / Reuters:
Chavez sworn in for radical new term in Venezuela  —  CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was sworn in on Wednesday for a new six-year term that he vowed to use to press a radical socialist revolution including nationalizations that have roiled financial markets.
 
 
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Brendan Miniter / Opinion Journal:
Lone Star Split
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"E-Day": It was 40 years ago today
Deacon / Power Line:
A PREVIEW OF TONIGHT'S PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS ON IRAQ
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
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brownback.senate.gov:
Brownback Comments on Troop Surge
Discussion: The New Editor
David Sirota / Sirotablog:
Today, I am proud Max Baucus is my U.S. Senator
kstptv5.com:
Students kicked off school bus in St. Paul
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
surge (surj) n. 1. a sudden increase . . . in political parlance
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Reuters:
Bush to seek $6.8 bln for new Iraq strategy
Discussion: Daily Kos
Jeffrey Gettleman / New York Times:
Raid in Somalia May Have Killed Qaeda Suspect
Maggie Haberman / New York Post:
STEALTH RUDY BUTTONS LIP ON TROOP SURGE
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