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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.
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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.
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.
Daniela Deane / Washington Post:
Bush Unveils New Iraq Strategy in Document — President Bush, facing increasing impatience with the war in Iraq, went on the offensive Wednesday, releasing a detailed strategy plan ahead of a speech on the war in an attempt to show the country the administration has a clear strategy for victory in Iraq.
New York Times:
White House Releases Outline of Its Strategy for Iraq — WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 - President Bush today is putting forward for the first time a public version of what the White House calls a comprehensive strategy for victory in Iraq. — In a 35-page document released by the White House this morning …
New York Times:
Bush to Outline Broad Iraq Plan; Push on Training — WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 - President Bush on Wednesday will put forward for the first time a public version of what the White House calls a comprehensive strategy for victory in Iraq. — In a related effort to begin extricating American forces next year …
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
THE WHITE HOUSE has released its Iraq strategy document. I think it owes a bit of a debt to Steven Den Beste. But hey, you can't always rely on bloggers to explain the war plan. — UPDATE: Some people are asking what's new about this strategy. The answer — as Jon Henke notes — is nothing, really.
Matthew Yglesias / TAPPED:
LIGHT AT THE TUNNEL. Based on my quick first read of the Bush "Victory Strategy" for Iraq, I don't really see the groundwork for the big 2006 troop withdrawal that lots of commentators have been expecting. Instead, the "strategy" seems to consist of exactly what the strategy thus far has been …
Joe Lieberman / Opinion Journal:
Our Troops Must Stay — America can't abandon 27 million Iraqis to 10,000 terrorists. — I have just returned from my fourth trip to Iraq in the past 17 months and can report real progress there. More work needs to be done, of course, but the Iraqi people are in reach of a watershed transformation …
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Los Angeles Times:
U.S. Military Covertly Pays to Run Stories in Iraqi Press — Troops write articles presented as news reports. Some officers object to the practice. — WASHINGTON — As part of an information offensive in Iraq, the U.S. military is secretly paying Iraqi newspapers to publish stories written …
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Michelle Malkin:
THEY DON'T SUPPORT OUR TROOPS — Lots of blog buzz over MoveOn.org's latest, noxious anti-war propaganda. First, check out the video here (in Quicktime). — Notice this? — Best of the Web reported yesterday on a sharp-eyed Army captain's reaction to that scene in MoveOn's fund-raising ploy:
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James Taranto / Opinion Journal:Best of the Web — Mistaken Identity — Yesterday we got …
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Patrick D. Healy / New York Times:
Senator Clinton Calls for Withdrawal From Iraq to Begin in 2006 — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, in her strongest statement on the war in Iraq since visiting the country in 2003, yesterday defended her vote to authorize military action but harshly criticized President Bush's leadership …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Rumsfeld's War On 'Insurgents' — Last weekend, while other Americans were watching football and eating leftover turkey, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld ended the Iraqi insurgency. — It was easy, really: He declared that the insurgents would, henceforth, no longer be called insurgents.
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Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:RUMSFELD AND PACE....Via Tim Dunlop, Dana Milbank of the Washington …
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Michael Cooper / New York Times:
Pirro Is Advised Not to Oppose Mrs. Clinton — ALBANY, Nov. 29 - Jeanine F. Pirro's bid to unseat Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton suffered an embarrassing setback on Tuesday when the State Legislature's most powerful Republican said she should call the whole thing off and run for state attorney general instead.
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Maxwell Goss / Right Reason:
The Joy of Conservatism: An Interview with Roger Scruton (Part I) — Roger Scruton is a philosopher, essayist, foxhunter, farmer, publisher, composer, and man of letters (not to mention a contributor to Right Reason). He is also Britain's leading conservative intellectual and The Meaning of Conservatism …
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Reid: Osama bin Dead — Compiled by Pajamas Media staff in Barcelona — Was Osama bin Laden killed in last month's earthquake in Pakistan? So said Senate minority leader Harry Reid to a Nevada TV station (video here). More than the news itself that the No. 1 Most Wanted could be dead -it's …
Dennis Lim / villagevoice.com:
Dante's Inferno … TURIN, ITALY "This is a horror story because most of the characters are Republicans," director Joe Dante announced before the November 13 world premiere of his latest movie, Homecoming, at the Turin Film Festival. Republicans, as it happens, will be the ones …
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Full text of Bush's Musgrave speech — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Thanks for the warm welcome. Thanks for the invitation, Marilyn. I am here because Marilyn Musgrave is a great Congresswoman. (Applause.) And she deserves to be reelected to the United States Congress. (Applause.)
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Support H.R. 550—Verified Voting is Vital! … SIGN THE PETITION TODAY! — Another election has passed without any action by Congress to protect our votes. Time after time, in state after state, electronic voting machines are proving to be extremely unreliable, with voting shortfalls showing up across the country.
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