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10:55 AM ET, January 17, 2007

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Michelle Malkin:
Back from Baghdad  —  My HotAir.com colleague Bryan Preston and I are back from Iraq.  Thanks to Allah and Ian for holding down the fort at HA and thanks much to guest-bloggers Mary Katharine Ham, See-Dubya, and the Big Lizards for filling in here during my absence.  Be sure to bookmark their blogs.
Bryan / Hot Air:
Assessing Iraq  —  Michelle and I spent four days patrolling the environs around Forward Operating Base Justice in north and west Baghdad last week.  FOB Justice is near one functional neighborhood, Khadimiyah, one mostly recovered neighborhood, Al Salam, one dysfunctional neighborhood …
Bill / INDCJournal:
Random Pictures, One  —  Army PFC Ian Reeser of the Ferris …
Discussion: Hot Air
Scott Shane / New York Times:
As Trial Begins, Cheney's Ex-Aide Is Still a Puzzle  —  Paradox seems to define I. Lewis Libby Jr., who remains a bit mysterious even to close colleagues.  He is the White House policy enforcer who also wrote a literary novel; a buttoned-down Washington lawyer who likes knocking back tequila shots …
Discussion: Is That Legal? and TalkLeft
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Libby Quick Hits
Washington Post:
Jurors Questioned About War, Memory as Libby Trial Opens
Discussion: MSNBC, Firedoglake and TalkLeft
Washington Post:
An Apology to Detainees' Attorneys  —  During a radio interview last week, I brought up the topic of pro bono work and habeas corpus representation of detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.  Regrettably, my comments left the impression that I question the integrity of those engaged in the zealous defense of detainees in Guantanamo.
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Josh White / Washington Post:
U.S. Official Apologizes for Guantanamo Remarks  —  A Pentagon official who criticized large U.S. law firms for representing terrorism suspects at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has apologized for his comments, saying that his discussion on a local radio program does not reflect his "core beliefs."
Discussion: TPMCafe blogs
USA Today:
The big question about Barack Obama  —  CHICAGO — Two years in the U.S. Senate.  Seven years in the Illinois Senate.  One loss in a primary election for the U.S. House of Representatives.  One stirring keynote address at a Democratic National Convention.  Two best-selling books.
Discussion: CNN Political Ticker
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Obama Starts '08 Bid, Reshaping Democratic Field
Discussion: Washington Post and PoliBlog (TM)
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Race and Gender Make Democrats' Field Historic
MSNBC:
Saudis consider sending troops to Iraq  —  Government 'deeply skeptical' al-Maliki can make Bush surge plan work  —  Saudi Arabia believes the Iraqi government is not up to the challenge and has told the United States that it is prepared to move its own forces into Iraq should the violence …
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Frist looking at governor run in 2010  —  Former Majority Leader Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) is seriously considering a gubernatorial run in Tennessee in 2010, possibly setting up a White House bid further down the road.  —  Sources in Washington and Tennessee say Frist, who will turn 55 next month …
Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
THE LEFT AND THE WAR....If anti-war liberals were right about the war from the start, how come they don't get more respect?  Here's the nickel version of the answer from liberal hawks: It's because they don't deserve it.  Sure, the war has gone badly, but not for the reasons the doves warned of.
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Online NewsHour:
President Bush Defends Decision to Send Additional Troops to Iraq  —  JIM LEHRER: Mr. President, welcome.  —  PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH: Thank you, sir.  —  MR. LEHRER: How do you feel about the way the Iraqi government handled the hangings of Saddam Hussein, and now more recently, two of his top aides?
Carolyn Lochhead / San Francisco Chronicle:
CONFLICT IN IRAQ  —  Iraq refugee crisis exploding  —  40% of middle class believed to have fled crumbling nation  —  (01-16) 04:00 PST Washington — Iraq is in the throes of the largest refugee crisis in the Middle East since the Palestinian exodus from Israel in 1948 …
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Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:   Iraqi Death Toll Exceeded 34,000 in 2006, U.N. Says
Anne C. Mulkern / Denver Post:
Tancredo officially eyeing bid  —  Washington - Colorado's Tom Tancredo took his first official step Tuesday toward running for president.  —  The Republican congressman from Littleton - known for his hard-line stance on immigration - announced his plan to file paperwork for a presidential exploratory committee.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and On Deadline
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
What $1.2 Trillion Can Buy  —  The human mind isn't very well equipped to make sense of a figure like $1.2 trillion.  We don't deal with a trillion of anything in our daily lives, and so when we come across such a big number, it is hard to distinguish it from any other big number.
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Three Time [Loser] Winner  —  There just didn't seem to be any other way to explain why I'm not going to be present for the first two weeks of the Libby trial so I decided to resort to the truth.  —  As someone who has devoted years to building this blog around coverage of the CIA leak investigation …
Reuters:
Philippines says Abu Sayyaf leader killed in clash  —  MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines said on Wednesday that troops had killed the top planner of the country's most deadly Islamic militant group in a clash at a rebel jungle camp in the southwest.  —  Abu Sulaiman, one of the top five leaders …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Liang Youchang / Xinhua News Agency:
Iran shoots down U.S. spy drone amid growing military pressure  —  TEHRAN, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — Iranian troops have shot down a U.S. pilotless spy plane recently, an Iranian lawmaker announced on Tuesday as the Islamic Republic was facing increasing military pressure from its arch rival — the United States.
Tom Brown / Reuters:
Castro surgery seems to have been botched: experts  —  MIAMI (Reuters) - Cuban leader Fidel Castro has long prided himself on Cuba's doctors and free public health care system, but that system seems to have let him down after he fell ill in July , U.S.-based doctors said on Tuesday.
New York Times:
Anti-Buildup Measure to Have Bipartisan Stamp  —  Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, an outspoken Republican critic of the administration's Iraq policy, will join two leading Democrats in introducing a resolution opposing President Bush's buildup of troops in Iraq, putting a bipartisan stamp …
 
 
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Senators to Introduce Resolution Opposing Bush's Iraq Policy
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French Visit to Tehran, Seen as Diplomatic Faux Pas, Is Aborted
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Lawmakers' Lobbying Spouses Avoid Hill Reforms
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Insurgencies Rarely Win - And Iraq Won't Be Any Different (Maybe)
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Author Blames 9/11 On 'Cultural Left'
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Little Green Footballs:
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