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White House:
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...
CNN:
Bush: U.S. to stay in Iraq till war is won  —  President does not set timetable for withdrawal of troops  —  Programming note: Decorated veteran Rep. John Murtha and Republican Armed Services Committee Chair Sen. John Warner discuss President Bush's Iraq plan, 10 p.m. ET.
Think Progress:
Rapid Response: Deconstructing the "National Strategy for Victory in Iraq"
Christine Hauser / New York Times:
Bush Again Rejects Calls for a Withdrawal Timetable in Iraq
Discussion: The Left Coaster and Eric Umansky
William Branigin / Washington Post:
Democrats Attack Iraq Strategy
BillHobbs.com:
LA Times Ignores Key Points of Bush's Iraq Speech
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta:
Propaganda in a State of War
Discussion: Hit and Run and Pensito Review
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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Max Boot / Los Angeles Times:
White flag Democrats
Discussion: Busy, Busy, Busy and uggabugga
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
Charles Lane / Washington Post:
Roberts Seeks Middle Ground
Discussion: Power Line
William Beutler / Hotline On Call:
Greatly Exaggerated  —  In the WSJ's subscriber-only "Political Diary" yesterday afternoon, John Fund reported that Senate Min. Leader Harry Reid had told Reno's NBC affiliate: "I heard that Osama bin Laden died in the [recent Pakistan] earthquake, and if that's the case …
Discussion: YARGB
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Vicki Allen / Reuters:
House minority leader backs quick Iraq pullout  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday backed a call by Democratic Rep. John Murtha (news, bio, voting record) to quickly start the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq …
Discussion: AMERICAblog
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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Pelosi Calls for Withdrawal From Iraq
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 …
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 …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Rice's Rising Star  —  Condoleezza Rice had an interesting office visitor on Monday — none other than her old mentor and the nation's realist in chief, former national security adviser Brent Scowcroft.  It was the first serious chat they've had after many months of strained relations …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
David Stout / New York Times:
Justices Consider Abortion Case on Parental Notification  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 - The New Hampshire attorney general asked the Supreme Court today to restore her state's abortion law, and in so doing she encountered sharp questions about a facet of the statute's requirement that doctors notify …
Discussion: Althouse, Feministe and Prometheus 6
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 …
Discussion: Rantingprofs and OxBlog
Mr. Snitch / Mister Snitch!:
Blogging styles and traffic stats  —  We've been blogging just long enough (not quite a year now) to have spotted at least seven distinct types of traffic-generating blogging styles.  —  Just as there are different styles of investing, there are different approaches to traffic generation.

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