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10:15 AM ET, January 18, 2007

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Stephen Farrell / Times of London:
Give us guns - and troops can go, says Iraqi leader  —  Listen to the interview with Nouri al-Maliki  —  America's refusal to give Baghdad's security forces sufficient guns and equipment has cost a great number of lives, the Iraqi Prime Minister said yesterday.
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Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
Maliki Stresses Urgency In Arming Iraqi Forces  —  Need for U.S. Troops Could Drop 'Dramatically'  —  The Iraqi government's need for American troops would "dramatically go down" in three to six months if the United States accelerated the process of equipping and arming Iraq's security forces …
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Shiite Fighters Arrested in Crackdown, Iraq Says  —  Facing intense pressure from the Bush administration to show progress in securing Iraq, senior Iraqi officials announced Wednesday that they had moved against the country's most powerful Shiite militia, arresting several dozen senior members in the past few weeks.
Discussion: Firedoglake and The Moderate Voice
Damien Cave / New York Times:
Iraqis Answer Global Critics by Tackling Troubling Issues
Discussion: FP Passport
New York Times:
Court to Oversee U.S. Wiretapping in Terror Cases  —  The Bush administration, in a surprise reversal, said on Wednesday that it had agreed to give a secret court jurisdiction over the National Security Agency's wiretapping program and would end its practice of eavesdropping without warrants on Americans suspected of ties to terrorists.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Congressional Procession of Iraq Proposals Likely to Lead Nowhere  —  "You cannot run a war by committee," Vice President Cheney said over the weekend.  —  Oh?  Just watch them.  —  Lawmakers were introducing Iraq legislation at a mad pace yesterday, at one point in the afternoon scheduling news conferences in half-hour intervals.
Discussion: The Caucus and Reason Magazine
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Anne Flaherty / Associated Press:
Iraq resolution exposes GOP divisions
Discussion: The News Blog
Noam Levey / Los Angeles Times:
Senators' resolution condemns Bush plan for Iraq
Discussion: Democrats.com and BobGeiger.com
Heidi Przybyla / Bloomberg:
Bush Faces Deepening War Opposition, Demand for Congress to Act  —  Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) — President George W. Bush failed to rally public support with his nationally televised speech announcing plans to send more soldiers to Iraq, as most Americans say they want Congress to find a way to stop the troop increase.
Discussion: CNN Political Ticker
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Ronald Brownstein / Los Angeles Times:
Commanding majority opposes more troops in Iraq  —  WASHINGTON — A commanding majority of Americans oppose President Bush's decision to send more troops to Iraq and just over half the country wants Congress to block the deployment, a Times/Bloomberg poll has found.
Frank Ahrens / Washington Post:
Area Readers Get the Joke  —  The Onion, the Gen-X satiric newspaper, is coming to Washington and will partner with The Washington Post, which will print the paper and sell local ads.  —  The Onion, which also maintains a Web site, will be distributed free in news boxes and by hawkers in Washington beginning the first week in April.
Discussion: Attytood and Wonkette
CBS News - Couric & Co.:
Katie: A Woman At The Table  —  One week ago, Katie sat down for a briefing at the White House, and noticed something unusual.  —  Last Wednesday, President Bush gave his address to the country about "the new way forward" for Iraq, and lots of journalists—including me, of course—were in Washington to cover it.
Will Hutton / Guardian:
Mao was cruel - but also laid the ground for today's China  —  The crimes of communist China's founder shouldn't blind us to achievements which paved the way for its current modernisation  —  Nobody wants to be an apologist for Mao.  Even the Communist party, five years after his death …
Rob Stein / Washington Post:
Cancer Deaths Decline For Second Straight Year  —  The number of Americans who died of cancer has dropped for a second straight year, marking a milestone in the war on the disease, officials said yesterday.  —  More than 3,000 fewer Americans died from cancer in 2004 than in 2003 …
Jonathan E. Kaplan / The Hill:
Van Hollen and Dean bury hatchet  —  Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), the new chief election strategist for the House Democrats, welcomed Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean to his office Tuesday for a "jovial" meeting in which the two pledged to work together during the 2008 election cycle.
Discussion: MyDD
Ryan Keith / Associated Press:
Obama's Past Offers Ammo for Critics  —  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama may have a lot of explaining to do.  —  He voted against requiring medical care for aborted fetuses who survive.  He supported allowing retired police officers to carry concealed weapons …
Discussion: Pajamas Media
knbc.nbcweatherplus.com:
Snow Falls In West LA, Malibu  —  CHP To Escort Motorists Through Icy Grapevine  —  SANTA CLARITA, Calif. — Snow fell on the palm trees of West Los Angeles and Malibu Wednesday afternoon as Jack Frost visited the Southland again.  —  Images: Malibu, West LA Snow  —  Video
 
 
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Discussion: Samizdata.net
Media Matters for America:
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Judd / Think Progress:
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Gregg Krupa / Detroit News:
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Discussion: News Hounds and Hot Air
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Greg Sargent / electioncentral.tpmcafe.com:
Obama's Turn: Says He'll Introduce Iraq Legislation Calling For Phased Withdrawal