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Jim Miklaszewski / MSNBC:
Pentagon plans for troop drawdown in Iraq  —  Proposal circulated on Capitol Hill depends on new Iraqi government  —  WASHINGTON - Amid all the actual chaos in Iraq and the political chaos in Washington, there is word that the Pentagon, where planning is everything, has drawn up a plan to draw down the number of U.S. troops in Iraq.
Discussion: Defense Tech and Oliver Willis
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Alan Elsner / Reuters:
Bush turns to political base as war support wanes
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
The / The Opinionated Bastard:   I scooped the New York Times: We start pulling out in 2006
Daily Kos:
Fog of War  —  Reuters, earlier today:
Discussion: The All Spin Zone
Times of London:
Security adviser named as source in CIA scandal  —  THE mysterious source who gave America's foremost journalist, Bob Woodward, a tip-off about the CIA agent at the centre of one of Washington's biggest political storms was Stephen Hadley, the White House national security adviser, according to lawyers close to the investigation.
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rawstory.com:
National Security spokeperson hones denial of Hadley role on Plame
Discussion: The Left Coaster and TalkLeft
Hindrocket / Power Line:
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, I'M AFRAID  —  The House leadership had a golden opportunity to make the Democrats put up or shut up tonight, and I'm afraid they blew it.  Rep. John Murtha offered a resolution demanding surrender in Iraq within six months (at least, that's how the New York Times describes it …
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PoliPundit.com:
Murtha Madness
David Corn:
Winning the War...over the War/OSM's Less-than-Stellar Launch  —  My colleagues at the new Open Source Media site, partly at my suggestion, have scheduled a Blog Carnival for Monday on the controversy over the prewar intelligence.  In a Blog Carnival, bloggers deluge a "ringmaster" …
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SAY "I'M IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT WITH DAVID CORN" …
Discussion: Daily Pundit
Open Source Media:
From the founders  —  "Free speech, not free beer!"  —  In 1985, that's how the Free Software Foundation first described an idealized world wherein innovative ideas would flow freely though the collaborative environment of the internet.  In casting about for a term that would denote freedom …
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Roger L. Simon / Mystery Novelist and Screenwriter:
This is so high school  —  Kenton Kelly, a CPA from Ohio who used to post on this site as Dennis the Peasant, has turned his website into a non-stop assault on me, going so far as to make jokes about shooting my dog on another person's site.  He attacks me in a relentless and obscene manner.
Discussion: The American Mind
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Dennis The Peasant:   Hum... Tomorrow Is Gonna Be Strange After All...
Philip Sherwell / Telegraph:
US offer would allow Teheran to enrich uranium in Russia  —  President George W Bush has backed a plan to allow Iran to enrich uranium in Russia.  The sudden change in tactics over Teheran's controversial nuclear programme has angered hawks in Washington and surprised European diplomats.
Jonathan Alter / New York Times:
Network Error  —  I REALIZED Mary Mapes had not told the whole story of the CBS-National Guard fiasco when I looked in the index to her book for a reference to The Boston Globe.  It wasn't there.  —  Why is this such a telltale omission?  In an article published in February 2004 …
Philip Shenon / New York Times:
Corruption Inquiry Threatens to Ensnare Lawmakers  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 - The Justice Department has signaled for the first time in recent weeks that prominent members of Congress could be swept up in the corruption investigation of Jack Abramoff, the former Republican superlobbyist …
Discussion: Oliver Willis and Think Progress
David Adesnik / OxBlog:
HARDBALL: MAYBE THEY SHOULD CALL IT "SOFTBALL": The transcripts for Friday don't go up until Monday, but you can listen to Chris Matthews' interview with John Murtha via podcast.  (URL: http://podcast.msnbc.com/audio/ podcast/MSNBC-Hardball.xml)  —  Actually, it isn't right to call it an interview …
Michelle Malkin:
JUST A YELLOW WOMAN DOING A WHITE MAN'S JOB  —  And all I get is this lousy t-shirt...  During one of countless book-related radio interviews this week, a liberal radio host insultingly asked me whether I write my own column.  His question was prompted by vicious anonymous bloggers who portray …
Discussion: Stuck On Stupid
Associated Press:
Justice Dept. May Pursue Halliburton Probe  —  The Justice Department is deciding whether to pursue an investigation into allegations of wrongdoing over how a division of the Halliburton Co. was awarded a contract in Iraq.  —  Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., released a letter Friday …
Rob / AMERICAblog:
The House Unraveled Tonight  —  From the Washington Post: … After Reid shut down the Senate, John and I discussed how something like this could be pulled off in the House.  I told him it was nearly impossible, Gingrich had done it on occasion, but the rules are too easy for the majority to stomp on the minority.
Washington Post:
Warner Visits N.H. Amid Much Speculation  —  Governor Says He's Still Undecided On Presidential Bid  —  NASHUA, N.H., Nov. 18 — Virginia Gov. Mark R. Warner, who is considering a run for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, made his first political visit to the home of the nation's …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Sectarian Hatred Pulls Apart Iraq's Mixed Towns  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, Nov. 19 - Abu Noor's town had become so hostile to Shiites that his wife had not left the house in a month, his family could no longer go to the medical clinic and mortar shells had been lobbed at the houses of two of his religious leaders.
Discussion: Centerfield
Laura / War and Piece:
Information War, Cont'd.  The Rendon Group issues a very interesting denial to the Bamford Rolling Stone story.  I am most intrigued by bullet point two: … In fact, if you read that bolded line closely, you'll see, this is not a denial at all.  It is a statement that someone else has issued a denial.
Discussion: Pacific Views and The Poor Man
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Storm Hit Little, but Aid Flowed to Inland City  —  JACKSON, Miss., Nov. 19 - When the federal government and the nation's largest disaster relief group reached out a helping hand after Hurricane Katrina blew through here, tens of thousands of people grabbed it.
David Adesnik / OxBlog:
COMPARING THE RESOLUTIONS: Gary Farber compares Murtha's proposal to the GOP version that got voted on yesterday.  According to Gary, no one should dare say that the two are the same.  As far as I can tell, the main difference is as follows — The GOP version says that "that the deployment …
Discussion: Centerfield, Steve Clemons and Amygdala
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