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9:10 AM ET, January 10, 2007

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jules crittenden:
On Reflection  —  George Bush will address us tonight, and show us the way forward.  The general outline has been floated: Up to 20,000 more troops, ready to move in by the end of the month.  Hammer time for Baghdad and Anbar, already underway with 80 insurgents killed on Haifa Street since Saturday.
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Kate Phillips / The Caucus:
Kennedy: 'George Bush's Vietnam'  —  Senator Ted Kennedy spoke at the National Press Club this afternoon, detailing a resolution he plans to introduce today that would require Congress to vote on President Bush's anticipated plan to send more troops to Iraq and any additional funding for those troops.
David Stout / New York Times:
Fissures Grow on Eve of Bush Speech on Iraq  —  On the eve of President Bush's planned speech on Iraq, both the White House and a prominent Democratic critic of the president said the United States was at a decisive moment, not just in Iraq but in American history.
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Randy Hall / CNSNews:
Kennedy: Send No New Troops Into 'Cauldron of Civil War'
Discussion: Fox News and Hot Air
John Hendren / KGO-TV:
Kennedy: Iraq Is George Bush's Vietnam
Discussion: MyDD and The Mahablog
New York Times:
Democrats Plan Symbolic Votes Against Bush's Iraq Troop Plan  —  Democratic leaders said Tuesday that they intended to hold symbolic votes in the House and Senate on President Bush's plan to send more troops to Baghdad, forcing Republicans to take a stand on the proposal and seeking to isolate …
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John Dickerson / Slate:
CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS HATE THE SURGE.  BUT THEY DON'T DARE TRY TO STOP IT.  —  Sen. Ted Kennedy is the Senate Democrats' army of one, trying to launch a revolution when they would prefer cordial discussion.  Scheduled to discuss health care at the National Press Club …
Washington Post:
U.S. Is Not Saying Who, or What, Was Hit in Somalia Raid  —  Two days after the United States launched an airstrike against alleged al-Qaeda terrorists in southern Somalia, U.S. officials declined yesterday to provide details of who, or what, was hit.  —  In Mogadishu, the Somali capital …
Discussion: The Jawa Report and The Agonist
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New York Times:
Airstrike Rekindles Somalis' Anger at the U.S.
Discussion: On Deadline and Matthew Yglesias
Associated Press:
Somali official: Top al-Qaeda suspect killed in U.S. airstrike
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
David Marin / republicans.oversight.house.gov:
Did the 9/11 Commission receive all the documents it requested?  Davis Releases Berger Report  —  Washington, D.C. - Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Tom Davis (R-VA) released the following statement today on a committee report that sheds important new light …
Washington Post:
With Iraq Speech, Bush to Pull Away From His Generals  —  When President Bush goes before the American people tonight to outline his new strategy for Iraq, he will be doing something he has avoided since the invasion of Iraq in March 2003: ordering his top military brass to take action they initially resisted and advised against.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Associated Press:
Senator's condition upgraded after brain surgery  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Tim Johnson's condition has been upgraded from critical to fair, four weeks after he was hospitalized for a brain hemorrhage, his office said Tuesday.  —  The South Dakota Democrat, who was rushed to the hospital December 13 …
TRex / Firedoglake:
Late Nite FDL: Blather, Rinse, Repeat (The Five Stages of Blogging)  —  (This illustration is a Demotivator from www.despair.com.)  —  Groan.  Add the name of Joe Klein to the long list of Pompous Old Bores Who Should Know Better (like Tom DeLay) who have decided that hey …
Discussion: The Horse's Mouth, TAPPED and Swampland
Anne Flaherty / Associated Press:
Democrats to challenge Bush's Iraq plan  —  WASHINGTON - President Bush is telling lawmakers he will send thousands more U.S. troops to Iraq's two most troubled regions, in a plan that Democrats are resisting as a major escalation of a 31/2-year-old war.  On Tuesday, Senate Armed Services …
New York Times:
Venezuelan Plan Shakes Investors  —  Verizon Communications had been looking to lighten its exposure to Latin America for some time when it struck a deal in April to sell investments in three properties in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela.  —  Now, it probably wishes it had disconnected its Latin lines even sooner.
Alec Baldwin / The Huffington Post:
Time is Up  —  I was in NY these past few days for a quiet holiday period.  I flew out of town on Saturday, January 6th. 72 degrees in New York.  On January 6th.  People walking along Central Park in t-shirts.  —  There is no winter in the East right now.  No snowfall in NY in December for the first time since 1877.
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
White House:
Press Briefing by Tony Snow  —  White House Conference Center Briefing Room  —  MR. SNOW: Good afternoon.  A couple notes, and then I'll be happy to take questions.  The President's schedule today: Normal morning briefings; he's consulting with members of Congress, and continuing to work on the speech for tomorrow night.
 
 
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