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President Outlines Strategy for Victory in Iraq — In Focus: Training Iraqi Security Forces — In Focus: National Strategy for Victory in Iraq — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thanks, please be seated. Please be seated. Thanks for the warm welcome. It's good to be back at the Naval Academy.
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Washington Post:
Transcript: President Bush's Speech on the War on Terrorism — Delivered at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. — SPEAKER: GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES — [*] BUSH: Thank you. Thank you. Please be seated. Thanks for the warm welcome.
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
"U.S. Military Covertly Pays to Run Stories in Iraqi Press" (UPDATED) — From the LA Times: … Wow. If that's the standard for propaganda, we could've saved the information op folks the trouble of writing new copy and just reprinted stories directly out of the LA Times...
Think Progress:
Rapid Response: Deconstructing the "National Strategy for Victory in Iraq" — After two-and-a-half years and 2,110 U.S. troop fatalities, the Bush administration released what it calls a "National Strategy for Victory in Iraq" (NSVI). The problem is, it's not a new strategy for success in Iraq; it's a public relations document.
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush Maps Out Iraq War Strategy — ANNAPOLIS, Md. - President Bush, facing growing doubts about his war strategy, said Wednesday that Iraqi troops are increasingly taking the lead in battle but that "this will take time and patience." He refused to set a timetable for withdrawing U.S. forces.
Christine Hauser / New York Times:Bush Again Rejects Calls for a Withdrawal Timetable in Iraq
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Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta:Propaganda in a State of War
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Daniela Deane / Washington Post:Bush Unveils New Iraq Strategy in Document
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Devlin Barrett / Associated Press:
Sen. Clinton Defends Iraq War Vote — WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday defended her vote to authorize war in Iraq amid growing unease among liberal Democrats who could determine the potential 2008 presidential candidate's future. — "I take responsibility for my vote …
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Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Memo: Alito Urged Government to Challenge Roe v. Wade — Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. was an architect of the Reagan administration's failed 1985 attempt to have the high court consider overruling Roe v. Wade, according to a memo from the period released today.
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MSNBC:
Alito urged indirect attacks on Roe v. Wade — Supreme Court nominee saw state-by-state approach as more effective — WASHINGTON - As a Reagan administration lawyer in 1985, Samuel Alito made clear his hope that the Supreme Court would one day overturn a landmark ruling that established abortion rights.
Media Matters for America:
O'Reilly: "There's a very secret plan ... to diminish Christian philosophy in the U.S.A." — On the November 28 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, host Bill O'Reilly pointed to "a very secret plan" by the "secular progressive" movement, which he said aims to …
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John Pike / Los Angeles Times:
The truth about WP — DESPITE EFFORTS to improve its image abroad, the United States has just suffered a damaging global propaganda defeat. And unfortunately, some of the wounds were self-inflicted. — Three weeks ago, the world's news media erupted into a feeding frenzy over new charges …
Randy Hall / CNSNews:
MoveOn.org Pulls Anti-War Ad Following Criticism — (CNSNews.com) - The liberal political group MoveOn.org has yanked a video ad from its website after being criticized for using images of British soldiers to represent Americans in Iraq. — The 30-second ad, which also began running on CNN …
James Taranto / Opinion Journal:
Best of the Web — A New Home — If you're among the readers who've written us to convey your disappointment about "The Journal Editorial Report" leaving PBS, a Fox News Channel press release brings some good news: … A press release from Dow Jones & Co., publisher of the Journal and this Web site …
Washington Post:
Virginia Man Among Iraq Hostages — Unknown Group Holds 4 Western Peace Activists, Calls Them Spies — BAGHDAD, Nov. 29 — Four Western peace activists, including a longtime resident of Northern Virginia, have been kidnapped in Iraq by a previously unknown insurgent group …
BBC:
US rejects Blair's climate hopes — The US has dismissed a suggestion from UK Prime Minister Tony Blair that it may be prepared to sign up to binding targets to tackle climate change. — Speaking at UN climate talks in Canada, the US chief negotiator said his nation would not enter talks …
