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8:40 AM ET, December 2, 2009

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Washington Post:
Obama's Afghan policy speech at West Point  —  Following is the transcript of President Obama's speech Tuesday at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. (The Post's report on the president's address is here.)  —  Thank you.  Please be seated.  —  Good evening.
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Paul / Power Line:
What I heard tonight  —  Earlier today I wondered whether President Obama's speech about Afghanistan would sound more like a description of a war plan or a structured settlement of a legal dispute.  What I heard tonight tilted decidedly in the latter direction.
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
A Disappointing Speech in Support of the Right Policy  —  President Obama's speech on Afghanistan was disappointing.  Yes, the policy is right: more troops, a counter-insurgency strategy, a stronger alliance with Pakistan.  But the personal commitment of the president to pursue the war …
Discussion: Commentary and American Power
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Live-Blogging West Point  —  8.35 pm.  “Not the deepest of fears but the highest of hopes.”  —  I confess I do not feel those highest hopes.  I do not share his confidence in American military and civilian power to turn the roiling region of Afghanistan and Pakistan into something less threatening.
William Kristol / PostPartisan:
A war president  —  In his Monday open letter/cri de coeur to the man he supported for president, Michael Moore asked Barack Obama: … Well, it is so.  President Obama went to West Point, said it was an honor to be with young soldiers who embody what's finest about our country …
CNN:
Just In: Key Obama speech excerpts released  —  (CNN) - The White House just released excerpts of President Obama's prime-time televised speech where he will outline his strategy on Afghanistan.
Jesse Lee / White House.gov Blog Feed:
The New Way Forward - The President's Address  —  Tonight the President outlined his strategy on Afghanistan and Pakistan from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. Read the transcript or watch the full video below, we will update this post with translations of the address as they come in:
Spencer Ackerman / The Washington Independent:
Obama Announces 30K More Troops for Afghanistan  —  President Barack Obama addresses cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Tuesday night.  (Sharkpixs/ZUMA Press)  —  In a decision that may define his presidency, Barack Obama on Tuesday night announced the deployment …
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Lunch With The President: The Politics Of Obama's War Plan
Michael Calderone / Michael Calderone's Blog:
Obama lunches with top political writers
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:   This I Believe  —  Let me start with the bottom line and then tell …
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Analyzing Obama's Afghan Speech
the Medium Lobster / Fafblog:   Victory Science  —  Let us never forget just what's at stake …
Mary Katharine Ham / Weekly Standard:
McCain Press Release: ‘Success is the Real Exit Strategy.’
Discussion: Hot Air and Commentary
Laura Rozen / Laura Rozen's Blog:
Obama at West Point: I do not make this decision lightly
Discussion: The Note
Hotline On Call:
Tanner To Retire  —  Rep. John Tanner (D-TN), a leading Blue Dog Dem, will retire at the end of his current term, Dem sources tell Hotline OnCall.  —  [UPDATE: Tanner released a statement late tonight confirming the news.  “Betty Ann and I had considered retiring in 2007 at the end of the 110th Congress …
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The Politico:
Blue Dog Tanner to retire from House
Aaron Blake / The Hill:   Rep. Tanner to retire
Jeff Poor / NewsBusters.org:
Matthews Calls West Point, Site of Obama Speech ‘The Enemy Camp,’ ‘Strange Venue’  —  Either MSNBC “Hardball” host Chris Matthews let one slip tonight, or it was an extremely poor choice of words.  —  Following President Barack Obama's Dec. 1 speech, which he announced his intentions …
BBC:
Climate data row man steps down  —  The research director at the centre of a row over climate change data said he would stand down from the post while there is an independent review.  —  Professor Phil Jones, director of the Norwich-based University of East Anglia's (UEA) Climatic Research Unit (CRU), has said he stands by his data.
Discussion: Biased BBC
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Victoria McGrane / The Politico:
Bernanke hearing brings Fed critics  —  There probably couldn't be a worse time for a Federal Reserve chairman to come up for renomination.  —  Public trust in the once-revered central bank is so low, it now ranks below the Internal Revenue Service in opinion polls.
Discussion: The Page
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Jon Hilsenrath / Wall Street Journal:
Fed Debates New Role: Bubble Fighter
Discussion: Beat the Press and The Big Picture
Christopher Soghoian / slight paranoia:
8 Million Reasons for Real Surveillance Oversight  —  Disclaimer: The information presented here has been gathered and analyzed in my capacity as a graduate student at Indiana University.  This data was gathered and analyzed on my own time, without using federal government resources.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Atlanta mayor: Reed says police chief top priority  —  The morning after being elected mayor of Atlanta by a margin so narrow that opponent Mary Norwood has not yet conceded defeat, Kasim Reed said his first priority will be finding a new police chief well-versed in combating gangs.
Megan McArdle:
ClimateGate III: The Mystery of the Missing Data  —  Over the weekend, I came in for some probably deserved criticism from Clive Crook over my initial, somewhat airy, reaction to ClimateGate.  In my defense, he quotes my first post on the topic, not the follow up.
CODEPINK:
November 30, 2009  —  There are news reports that on Decembers 1st, Obama will be at West Point to announce that he is sending tens of thousands more troops to Afghanistan, this despite our rallies, vigils, petitions, phone calls and e-mails saying NO to MORE WAR.
Discussion: Conventional Folly
 
 
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