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4:35 PM ET, November 26, 2007

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MSNBC:
Trent Lott announces his resignation  —  Minority whip says he will leave Senate before end of the year  —  Pascagoula, Mississippi - Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott, the Senate's No. 2 Republican, announced Monday he will retire from the Senate by end of year.
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The Politico:
Top official: Lott to resign  —  Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) plans to resign his seat by year's end, a senior Republican official told Politico.  —  The announcement took Capitol Hill by surprise because Lott, the former majority leader, seemed to be relishing his job as minority whip, the second-ranking GOP leadership job.
New York Times:
Lott to Resign His Senate Seat Before the End of the Year
Discussion: DownWithTyranny! and Daily Kos
Qassim Abdul-Zahra / Associated Press:
Iraqis may offer US deal to stay longer  —  BAGHDAD - Iraq's government, seeking protection against foreign threats and internal coups, will offer the U.S. a long-term troop presence in Iraq in return for U.S. security guarantees as part of a strategic partnership, two Iraqi officials said Monday.
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Spencer Ackerman / TPMmuckraker:
White House Releases "Principles" for Permanent Iraqi Presence  —  So it begins.  After years of obfuscation and denial on the length of the U.S.'s stay in Iraq, the White House and the Maliki government have released a joint declaration of "principles" for "friendship and cooperation."
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Iraqis Offer Long-Term Security Partnership  —  The Iraqi government has offered the US a long-term security partnership that envisions a lower profile for American troops, as well as economic advantages for US investors.  The agreement would replace the current UN mandate, which Iraq wants extended only to the end of 2008.
White House:
Press Gaggle by Dana Perino and General Douglas Lute, Assistant …
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
The False Conservative  —  Who would respond to criticism from the Club for Growth by calling the conservative, free-market campaign organization the "Club for Greed"?  That sounds like Howard Dean, Dennis Kucinich or John Edwards, all Democrats preaching the class struggle.
The Politico:
Clinton and Obama switch roles in Iowa  —  DES MOINES — In a reversal of fortune, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is barnstorming Iowa with a front-runner's swagger while Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) scrambles like an underdog.  —  In ways big and small over the weekend …
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Patrick Ruffini / Townhall.com:
Ron Paul Has Won  —  He won't win the nomination.  He won't win any primaries.  But for Ron Paul's quixotic bid for the White House, it's "Mission Accomplished."  —  Take a look at this from Sunday's Washington Post.  Not just the article but the killer packaging:
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Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Fighting Over Libertarianism
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Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
President Bush and 'Madame Rice': A Personal Bond Helps Align Policy  —  Condoleezza Rice and President Bush are often described as opposites, but their closest advisers say they are remarkably alike.  Both are products of their own elites — Mr. Bush from the old East Coast establishment …
Sara A. Carter / Washington Times:
Islamists target Arizona base  —  Fort Huachuca, the nation's largest intelligence-training center, changed security measures in May after being warned that Islamist terrorists, with the aid of Mexican drug cartels, were planning an attack on the facility.  —  Fort officials changed security measures …
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Rudy: It's time to unmask Romney  —  WINDHAM, N.H. — In a big strategic shift, Rudy Giuliani hammered Mitt Romney's record on three fronts, saying it was time to "take the mask off and take a look at what kind of governor he was."  —  Using some of the toughest language of his campaign …
Joe Hagan / New York Magazine:
Dan Rather's Last Big Story Is Himself  —  If he weren't famous, he'd be mistaken for a veteran of a long-ago war: khaki safari shirt on his back, scuffed combat boots on his feet, that wiry crest of a brow, rheumy eyes under heavy lids, lower lip jutting out like an ornery fish resisting a hook.
The Corner:
Hastert Resigns Today  —  I am told that former Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) is faxing his resignation letter to Gov. Rod Blagojevich this afternoon.  —  Once the resignation is official, the governor has five days to set the special election within 120 days of the resignation.
Stephanie Coontz / New York Times:
Taking Marriage Private  —  WHY do people — gay or straight — need the state's permission to marry?  For most of Western history, they didn't, because marriage was a private contract between two families.  The parents' agreement to the match, not the approval of church or state, was what confirmed its validity.
Discussion: Blue Mass. Group and QandO
Jed Babbin / Human Events:
The Second Amendment Wedge  —  Hillary calls them, "kitchen table issues," the political questions Americans take seriously enough to talk about them privately, in their homes, among family and friends.  Whether she likes it or not, one of those issues is gun control.
Discussion: The Corner and Blue Crab Boulevard
 
 
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
The Case Against Despair  —  It's not impossible to shrink the federal government.
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Daily Mail:
English is the foreign language for 40% of primary school pupils
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