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5:35 PM ET, November 25, 2008

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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Exceptional news: John Brennan won't be CIA Director or DNI  —  (updated below - Update II)  —  This is really exceptional news on multiple levels — the best political news I've heard since the election: … Brennan's self-defense here is quite disingenuous.
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Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
BRENNAN WITHDRAWS NAME FOR TOP SPY  —  From NBC's Robert Windrem  —  In a letter to President-elect Obama, John Brennan has asked that his name be withdrawn from consideration as CIA director. … Brennan was thought to be the leading candidate for the job.
Associated Press:
Brennan out of running for top intel post  —  WASHINGTON: John Brennan, President-elect Barack Obama's top adviser on intelligence, took his name out of the running Tuesday for any intelligence position in the new administration.  —  Brennan wrote in a Nov. 25 letter to Obama that he did not want to be a distraction.
Scott Horton / Harper's:
John Brennan for CIA? Think Again
Discussion: The Daily Dish and The Heretik
Stephen Soldz / Psyche, Science, and Society:
Open Letter to President-Elect Obama: Break With the Dark Side.
Discussion: ATTACKERMAN and NION
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Peter Orszag / Director's Blog:
Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes: A final blog entry  —  Today President-elect Obama announced his intention to nominate me as director of the Office of Management and Budget.  I am therefore resigning as director of CBO and this will be my final blog entry.  —  I have absolutely loved my time at CBO.
CNN:
Obama says he'll go through budget ‘line by line’  —  (CNN) — President-elect Barack Obama pledged Tuesday to go through the federal budget “page by page, line by line” to eliminate excessive spending and get the economy back on track.  —  “If we are going to make the investments we need …
Frank James / The Swamp:
Obama: No business as usual on spending
Discussion: New York Times and The Politico
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Gates agrees to stay on under Obama  —  Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has agreed to stay on under President-elect Obama, according to officials in both parties.  Obama plans to announce a national-security team early next week that includes Gates at the Pentagon and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton …
Discussion: Reuters, Wonkette and Gothamist
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Huma Khan / Political Punch:
Gates a ‘Done Deal’
Discussion: Think Progress and Salon
Martin Kady II / The Politico:
Dems vs. Dems in new Congress  —  Forget the Republican filibuster and the race to 60.  The real fight in the next Congress is Democrats vs. themselves.  —  With nearly complete control of Washington for the first time in three decades, Democrats are entering a treacherous power zone …
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Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
Where Was Geithner in Turmoil?  —  President-elect Barack Obama unveiled on Monday an economic team with deep experience handling economic crises.  But does the man at the center of this star-studded cast, Timothy F. Geithner, the nominee for Treasury secretary, have what is needed to take the nation in a new financial direction?
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Chris Isidore / CNNMoney.com:
Fed bets $800 billion on consumers
Discussion: Donklephant
Wall Street Journal:
New Facility Targets Consumer Lending
Discussion: Washington Post and Wonk Room
New York Post:
WE HEAR . . . WE HEAR  —  THAT although we didn't think it would be pos sible to silence Ann Coulter, the leggy reaction- ary broke her jaw and the mouth that roared has been wired shut . . . THAT the Tel Aviv Hilton was abuzz Saturday with the arrival of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock …
Melinda Henneberger / Slate:
Obama's threat to Catholic hospitals and their very serious counterthreat.  —  When I saw the Catholic bishops had declared war on President-elect Obama at their semiannual meeting in Baltimore two weeks ago, my first reaction was pique: Gosh, guys, it isn't even parade day yet, and here you are, all dressed up and ready to rain on it.
Mark Preston / CNN:
Palin to hit campaign trail in Georgia  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin will make multiple campaign appearances on behalf of Sen. Saxby Chambliss next week in Georgia, serving as the political closer for the GOP senator who is battling to win a second term.
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
GA-Senate: Tight as a Tick
Thom Shanker / The Caucus:
Pentagon Cancels Big Holiday Gala  —  WASHINGTON - Adm. Mike Mullen has taken the unusual step of canceling the large holiday reception held annually by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, citing “these trying financial times.”  —  Instead, the admiral and his wife will host …
Discussion: TIME.com
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Paul Bedard / US News:
Pentagon Cancels Pricey Holiday Party Because of Recession
Discussion: Think Progress and Wonkette
Spencer Ackerman / The Washington Independent:
Karzai — Whoa!  — Calls for a Timetable to End the Afghanistan War  —  To call this unexpected is really quite an understatement.  From the Associated Press: … It's hard to know what's totally at work here.  My first instinct is that this is a measure to shore up Karzai's waning support among war-weary Pashtuns.
Discussion: Brian Beutler
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Associated Press:   Karzai: Fixed end date needed for Afghan war
Wall Street Journal:
Why Don't We Hang Pirates Anymore?  —  It's a safe bet, dear reader, that the title of this column has caused you to either (a) roll your eyes and wonder, What century do you think we're living in? or (b) scratch your head and ask, Yes, why don't we?  Wherever you come down …
Discussion: Betsy's Page
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Galrahn / Information Dissemination:   Are Pirates the Problem, or the Solution?
David Zucchino / Los Angeles Times:
Injured veterans engaged in new combat  —  In a little-noticed regulation change, the Pentagon's definition of combat-related disabilities is narrowed, costing some wounded veterans thousands of dollars in lost benefits.  —  Marine Cpl. James Dixon was wounded twice in Iraq — by a roadside bomb and a land mine.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
DISGUSTING WHINING  —  You've probably noticed Mark Halperin's claim that the level of pro-Obama bias in the election coverage this year was so bad it was “disgusting.”  I'll leave it to others to analyze what “disgusting” means when deployed by someone who takes his journalistic cues from Matt Drudge.
John McCain / Nielsen Wire:
How Obama's Local Buys Added Up  —  Nielsen's final look at ad buys by the 2008 Presidential candidates proved one famous mantra: politics really are local.  —  President-elect Barack Obama placed 155% more spot TV ads than John McCain during the general election season (6/08 to 11/08) …
Erika Lovley / The Politico:
Scientists urge caution on global warming  —  Climate change skeptics on Capitol Hill are quietly watching a growing accumulation of global cooling science and other findings that could signal that the science behind global warming may still be too shaky to warrant cap-and-trade legislation.
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST.  —  “Isn't it amazing,” asks Krugman, “just how impressive the people being named to key positions in the Obama administration seem?  Bye-bye hacks and cronies, hello people who actually know what they're doing.  For a bunch of people who were written off …
Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Claremont parents clash over kindergarten Thanksgiving costumes  —  Some say having students dress up as pilgrims and Native Americans is ‘demeaning.’ Their opponents say they are elitists injecting politics into a simple children's celebration.  —  For decades, Claremont kindergartners …
 
 
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Rochelle Riley / Detroit Free Press:
For economy's sake, Pelosi needs to push for impeachment now
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and The Raw Story
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Brennan Withdraws
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Patrick Ruffini / The Next Right:
Crying Wolf on the Fairness Doctrine
Andrew Sparrow / Guardian:
Lap dancing ‘not sexual act’ claims head of club organisation
Discussion: Hot Air
Ari Melber / The Politico:
Learning from President Bush's mistakes
Discussion: Open Left and unbossed.com
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A Soldier, Taking Orders From Its Ethical Judgment Center
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