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Tabassum Zakaria / Reuters:
Democrats say will push for Iraq withdrawal — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats, who won control of the U.S. Congress, said on Sunday they will push for a phased withdrawal of American troops from Iraq to begin in four to six months, but the White House cautioned against fixing timetables.
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Kansas City Star:
Shift on Syria, Iran discussed — Ascension of Gates highlights potential impact of Baker commission ideas. — WASHINGTON | A top U.S. intelligence official has been meeting with Middle East counterparts to discuss proposals expected from the Baker commission on Iraq, Middle East sources have told Newsday.
Washington Post:
Panel May Have Few Good Options to Offer — Bipartisan Group's Plan Expected in Dec. — After meeting with President Bush tomorrow, a panel of prestigious Americans will begin deliberations to chart a new course on Iraq, with the goal of stabilizing the country with a different U.S. strategy and possibly the withdrawal of troops.
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
SAY IT AIN'T SO, W! — Tomorrow President Bush will meet with Jim Baker and Lee Hamilton to discuss the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group. The group's report will be issued next month, but presumably its conclusions have more or less taken shape. Based on the leaking that is currently going on, the news could hardly be worse:
Reuters:
Start U.S. Iraq withdrawal in 4-6 months: Democrats —Text+WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats, who won majorities in the U.S. Congress in last week's elections, said on Sunday they will push for a phased withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq to begin in four to six months.
Jules Crittenden / Boston Herald:Faint-hearted Dems have plan for (terrorist) victory
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Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:U.S. must prove it's a staying power
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New York Times:Democrats and Iraq — The Democrats will not be able to savor their victory for long.
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John Bresnahan / Roll Call:
Pelosi Puts Weight Behind Murtha in Leader Bid — Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), in line to become Speaker in January, is throwing her support to Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) in the race for Majority Leader, a move that will be an early test of her influence and will weigh heavily on Murtha's contest …
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Josephine Hearn / The Hill:
Pelosi backs Murtha for majority leader — Speaker-in-waiting Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) threw her support behind Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) for majority leader Sunday, giving a significant boost to Murtha in his race against Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.). — "Your strong voice for national security …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Pelosi endorses Murtha for majority leader — What better way to assuage fears about Democrats being too dovish and anti-military than to back America's foremost spokesman for cut and run — who once famously pronounced Haditha a case of murder "in cold blood" while the investigation was still ongoing?
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Why the Beltway class can't comprehend the Russ Feingolds of the world — (updated below) — When Russ Feingold announced in March that he would introduce a resolution to censure President Bush for breaking the law by eavesdropping on Americans without warrants, a clear …
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Daily Kos:
by Senator Russ Feingold — I know there may well already be diaries here and elsewhere discussing my decision to continue my important work in the Senate and not run for President in 2008, but I wanted everyone in the online community to hear from me directly.
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
An Uneasy Alliance — AMID all the post-election bliss evident within the constellation of bloggers and online Democratic activists known as the "netroots" last week, there was a note of anger and disappointment. Ned Lamont, the antiwar Connecticut businessman who defeated Senator Joseph …
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Richard Wolffe / Newsweek:
The Architect's Faulty Specs — Rove believed in his metrics. He miscalculated. How did Bush's guru get the numbers so wrong? — President Bush knew he was in for a rough night. As he settled down in front of the TV in the White House residence to watch the election results, the numbers were already grim.
Agence France Presse:
Iran TV broadcasts 'US ship spy plane footage' — Iran's Arabic language television station broadcast footage it claimed showed a US aircraft carrier cruising in Gulf waters it said was taken by an unmanned Iranian drone. — The brief minute-long film, which was shown …
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Douglas J. Feith / Washington Post:
The Donald Rumsfeld I Know — Much of what you know about Donald Rumsfeld is wrong. — I worked intimately with Rumsfeld for four years, from the summer of 2001 until I left the Pentagon in August 2005. Through countless meetings and private conversations, I came to learn his traits …
Michael Tomasky / Los Angeles Times:
Dems put the 'big tent' back together — Democrats rebuild their historically popular left-center coalition. — THE OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED VERSION of the Democrats' victory last week, touted on television Tuesday night and repeated here and there in the following days, was that the party won by deftly running moderates in red states.
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