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10:25 AM ET, September 10, 2007

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Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Delay Decision on Cuts, General Says  —  The top American commander in Iraq, Gen. David H. Petraeus, has recommended that decisions on the contentious issue of reducing the main body of the American troops in Iraq be put off for six months, American officials said Sunday.
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The New / New York Times:
Back From Iraq, Still Facing Fire  —  Today and tomorrow, the United States ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker, and the top American general there, David Petraeus, will appear before Congress to offer a progress report on the war.  The Op-Ed page asked six experts on the Iraq conflict to come …
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
The Iraq Report's Other Voice
Discussion: The Swamp and Chicago Tribune
Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:
Congress, White House Battle Over Iraq Assessment
Discussion: Firedoglake and Prairie Weather
Brian Ross Reports / The Blotter:
Second Bin Laden Tape Expected  —  Brian Ross Reports:  —  A second tape from Osama bin Laden was recorded in the same location as the video released last week.  —  People in the intelligence community who have seen the tape feel it is directly related to the 9/11 anniversary since …
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Rusty / The Jawa Report:
Another bin Laden Video Expected, Waleed al-Shehri Hijacker "Martyrdom" Video  —  It looks like OBL just can't keep away from the cameras.  We already have several videos of the 9/11 hijackers, but not all of them.  I'm surprised al Qaeda didn't release them earlier.  —  Fox News:
Discussion: Stop The ACLU, Wizbang and Jihad Watch
Los Angeles Times:
Study finds left-wing brain, right-wing brain  —  Even in humdrum nonpolitical decisions, liberals and conservatives literally think differently, researchers show.  —  Exploring the neurobiology of politics, scientists have found that liberals tolerate ambiguity and conflict better than conservatives because of how their brains work.
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Marlowe Hood / Agence France Presse:
Homo politicus: brain function of liberals, conservatives differs  —  PARIS (AFP) - The brain neurons of liberals and conservatives fire differently when confronted with tough choices, suggesting that some political divides may be hard-wired, according a study released Sunday.
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
Judy Peres / Chicago Tribune:
Political attitudes may be all in head
Discussion: On Deadline
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Democrats Reach Out to Hispanic Voters  —  Democratic presidential candidates courted the fast-growing Hispanic electorate on Sunday night by debating on a Spanish-language television network, where they promised to swiftly overhaul the immigration system and accused Republicans and President Bush of stoking anti-Hispanic sentiment.
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Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
In a First, a Candidate Forum in Translation
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Beth Reinhard / MiamiHerald.com:
Democrats try to speak to Hispanics
Discussion: MSNBC
BBC:
US surge has failed - Iraqi poll  —  About 70% of Iraqis believe security has deteriorated in the area covered by the US military "surge" of the past six months, an opinion poll suggests.  —  The survey by the BBC, ABC News and NHK of more than 2,000 people across Iraq also suggests …
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Opinion Journal:
Listening to Petraeus  —  The president had the courage to change course on Iraq.  Does Congress?  —  Today, Gen. David Petraeus—commander of our forces in Iraq—returns to Washington to report on the war in Iraq and the new counterinsurgency strategy he has been implementing there.
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Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Prisons Purging Books on Faith From Libraries  —  Behind the walls of federal prisons nationwide, chaplains have been quietly carrying out a systematic purge of religious books and materials that were once available to prisoners in chapel libraries.  —  The chaplains were directed by the Bureau …
USA Today:
Thompson climbs in GOP poll  —  WASHINGTON — Former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson has gotten a modest bump in support after finally announcing he's running for the Republican presidential nomination, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds.  And Arizona Sen. John McCain may have started to turn around his beleaguered campaign.
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David S. Broder / Washington Post:
McCain Finds His Footing
Discussion: Power Line
Examiner:
The sleazy tactics of George Soros  —  WASHINGTON (Map, News) - It appears that lurking in the political shadows with billionaire philanthropist and Democratic financier George Soros is a tar pit of old-fashioned sleaze.  It's hard to conclude otherwise in view of two recent election fraud verdicts …
Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
The Senate's Ethics Sleight of Hand  —  The final version of the widely celebrated ethics bill, approved by overwhelming margins in both the House and Senate a month ago, finally and quietly made its way last week from Capitol Hill to the White House.  It surely will soon be signed into law by President Bush.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Edward Cody / Washington Post:
For China's Censors, Electronic Offenders Are the New Frontier  —  DANZHOU, China — Li Hua was outraged.  The public high school where he had been teaching civics for six years was about to be swallowed up by a fancy private institution.  The merger had been ordered by local officials …
Bryan / Hot Air:
New Vent: Checking up on The New Republic  —  Michelle interviews The Weekly Standard's Michael Goldfarb about the Scott Thomas Beauchamp scandal.  We also stop by The New Republic's office in Washington to see if editor Franklin Foer will talk with us.  —  Blowback
 
 
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John Fund / Opinion Journal:
A Bundle of Trouble
Associated Press:
Mexico dynamite truck explosion kills 37
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Mike / The Monkey Tennis Centre:
ACLU man jailed for child porn gets a pass from the media …
Philip Sherwell / Telegraph:
Activists take Al Gore to task on his diet
Robynn Tysver / Omaha World-Herald:
Hagel's potential successors expected to fall in line quickly
Discussion: The Caucus
Leila Fadel / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Security in Iraq still elusive
Washington Post:
Democrats' Struggle to Change Course in Iraq Has Produced Much Debate, Little Action
Discussion: Brian Beutler
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. to Target Iranian Arms Entering Iraq
Discussion: Think Progress
 Earlier Items: 
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
THE ISLAMISTS DAY PARADE
Sahar IIS / Inside Iraq:
Iraqi in Iraq  —  Sitting to a dinner of kabab, hot khubz …
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Party Out of Bounds (Blogger Style)
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Audit Cites Overpaid Medicare Insurers
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Anti-war leaders stymied, frustrated
Jamiecnn / CNN Political Ticker:
Craig to seek withdrawal of guilty plea
Discussion: The Politico, The Hill and TalkLeft
Matthew Dowd / The Huffington Post:
War in Iraq: Wisdom of Crowds
 

 
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