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Iraqi Journalist Throws His Shoes At Bush During Press Conference In Baghdad (Updated)» — President Bush is in Baghdad today on a surprise farewell visit highlighting the security deal recently reached between the U.S. and Iraq. CNN Baghdad correspondent Michael Ware reports …
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Shoes thrown at Bush on Iraq trip — President Bush ducks as the shoes are thrown — A surprise visit by US President George Bush to Iraq has been overshadowed by an incident in which two shoes were thrown at him during a news conference. — An Iraqi journalist was wrestled to the floor …


Iraqi Throws Shoes At Bush During Press Conference (VIDEO) — CNN notes that this is considered an insult among muslims: … Earlier from AP: BAGHDAD — On an Iraq trip shrouded in secrecy and dissent, President George W. Bush on Sunday hailed progress in the unpopular war that defines …

Video: The obligatory “Iraqi journalist throws shoes at Bush” clip — Christmas comes early for the left. As one of our commenters snarked in Headlines, between this and the fact that the guy's in media, he's now qualified for his own show on MSNBC. — Maliki, to his credit, went for the block.


Bush Arrives in Iraq for a Final Visit — BAGHDAD — President Bush flew to Iraq on Sunday, a final trip to highlight the recently completed security agreement between Iraq and the United States. — Air Force One arrived in Baghdad at 4 p.m. after a 10-and-a-half-hour overnight flight from Andrews Air Force Base near Washington.

Iraqi journalist hurls shoes at Bush during news conference — BAGHDAD — An Iraqi television journalist hurled two shoes at President Bush on Sunday during a joint news conference Bush was holding with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki to mark the signing of a U.S.-Iraq security agreement.

Bush Ducks Shoes Thrown in Iraqi Leader's Office — A A A — Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) — President George W. Bush ducked two shoes thrown at him by a man during a press conference in the Iraqi prime minister's office to mark the signing of a security agreement.


Iraqi journalist throws shoes at Bush during press conference
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McCain scolds GOP for whacking Obama — In a surprising rebuke to the warriors who fought for him through tough times, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Sunday sided with President-elect Barack Obama and scolded the Republican National Committee for fanning the Illinois corruption scandal.
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NYT wiretap source revealed — When the New York Times published its investigation of the NSA's warrantless wiretap program, the paper ignored President Bush's request to hold off on revealing details of the secret program. In an Oval Office meeting, Bush gave the following message …
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Biden to shrink VP role — big time — Joe Biden is laying plans to significantly shrink the role of the vice presidency in Barack Obama's White House, according to an official familiar with his thinking. — It's not just that Biden won't sit in on Senate Democrats' weekly caucus meetings …
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Nazis in the military: 'I'm so proud of my kills' — [Shawn Stuart, Iraq War veteran, at a 2006 neo-Nazi rally in Olympia, WA.] — Two years ago, the Southern Poverty Law Center ran a devastating report describing the infiltration of neo-Nazis into the ranks of the American military.


Illinois Is Trying. It Really Is. But the Most Corrupt State Is Actually . . . Where is officialdom most crooked? Last week, many guessed it must be Illinois, after news that Gov. Rod Blagojevich was taped making brazen personal demands in exchange for his selection of a Senate successor to President-elect Barack Obama.

State official says Blagojevich may step aside Monday — Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) may give up his seat on Monday, according to the state's attorney general. — “We have heard that there is a possibility that tomorrow he will make an announcement that he will step aside,” Lisa Madigan said Sunday on NBC's “Meet the Press.”
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The Lasting Effects of Political Poison — WASHINGTON — It came to John D. Podesta during a jog through the scenic Rock Creek Park over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. His boss was going to be impeached and there was no way around it. It took Rahm Emanuel a little longer to reach that conclusion.

A Finger in the Dike — For the first time in human history, I agree with Dick Cheney. According to The Los Angeles Times, he warned Republican senators that if they refused to bail out the auto companies, “we will be known as the party of Herbert Hoover forever.”