memeorandum: Rejecting the Draft (New York Times)

11:15 AM ET, November 22, 2006

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Assassins and Diplomacy — Another murder in Beirut for Jim Baker to contemplate. — Former Secretary of State James Baker has been saying that, when it comes to diplomacy, you don't "restrict your conversations to your friends"—shorthand for the view that the U.S. should engage Syria …

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Anwar Amro / Associated Press:
Lebanese Christian minister is assassinated

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H. Varulkar / MEMRI:
Lebanon on the Brink of Civil War (2)

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Gateway Pundit:
The Beirut Assassinations: One Common Denominator

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jules crittenden:
It's a Dirty Job ...

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Editor and Publisher:

New Survey: Iraqis Want a Speedy U.S. Exit — and Back Attacks on Our Forces — NEW YORK Past surveys have hinted at this result, but a new poll in Iraq makes it more stark than ever: the Iraqi people want the U.S. to exit their country. And most Iraqis now approve of attacks on U.S. forces …

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Edward Wong / New York Times:

Bomb Blasts Speaker's Car in Green Zone — A bomb exploded in an armored car among those belonging to the speaker of Parliament, wounding the American security guard who was driving it out of a parking area in the government Green Zone and disrupting a meeting of lawmakers nearby, a parliamentary aide said.

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Sameer N. Yacoub / Associated Press:
U.N.: Iraqi civilian deaths at new high

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Tom Hayden / The Huffington Post:
U.S. Retreat from Iraq? The Secret Story

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Mark Leibovich / New York Times:

An Ideologue for Hire Gets New Alliance — Senator Joseph I. Lieberman announced Tuesday that he had hired a new spokesman, which is not in itself that noteworthy, except that the said spokesman, Marshall Wittmann, is one of the great career vagabonds, ideological contortionists …

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Libby Sander / New York Times:

6 Imams Removed From Flight for Behavior Deemed Suspicious — Six Muslim religious leaders were taken off a US Airways flight in Minneapolis on Monday evening and detained for several hours after some passengers and crew members complained of behavior they deemed suspicious, including prayers at the gate.

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Robert Spencer / Front Page Magazine:
Putting Homeland Security First

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Washington Post:

Democratic Leaders Reject Idea of Draft — Pelosi and Others Predict Cool Reception in Congress for Any Conscription Bill — The new Democratic-controlled Congress will not seriously consider reinstating the draft, even if concerns about the military's strength and resiliency grow, party leaders said yesterday.

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New York Times:
Rejecting the Draft

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Lawrence O'Donnell / The Huffington Post:
Rangel Is Right — Charlie Rangel is angry about the Iraq war …

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WSB-TV:

Elderly Woman Killed; 3 APD Officers Wounded — ATLANTA — Three Atlanta police officers were shot and wounded and an elderly woman killed at a house in northwest Atlanta Tuesday night. — The woman, who relatives say was 92-years-old, opened fire on the officers from the narcotics division …

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Radley Balko / Reason Magazine:

Here We Go Again — Police in Altanta have apparently shot and killed a 92-year-old woman Tuesday night during a drug raid. Details are sketchy, but unless a nonagenerian was pushing dope and using lethal force to protect her supply, the most likely explanation here is that someone sent …

Discussion: Instapundit.com

Allahpundit / Hot Air:

Video: U.S. Secretary of Education loses big on Celebrity Jeopardy — What's more embarrassing than being Secretary of Education and having your ass handed to you on Celebrity Jeopardy? Being Secretary of Education and having your ass handed to you on Celebrity Jeopardy by Lenny from "Laverne & Shirley."

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Nancy Zuckerbrod / Houston Chronicle:

Ed. secretary places 2nd on 'Jeopardy' — WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Margaret Spellings says she studied hard to prepare for Tuesday night's airing of "Celebrity Jeopardy!" — "I didn't want to be the education secretary who didn't know how to spell potato," Spellings joked …

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Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:

Some Curbs on Sex Offenders Called Ineffective, Inhumane — As convicted sex offenders go, they seem to pose little danger. — One is 100 years old. Another can barely walk and is in the late stages of Alzheimer's disease. Another is dying of heart disease in a nursing home.

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Associated Press:

Republicans Clinch House Races in Ohio, New Mexico — More than a week after Rep. Heather A. Wilson (R-N.M.) claimed a razor-thin election victory, her Democratic challenger conceded yesterday, saying that a recount would cost too much and that there was no guarantee it would reverse the result.

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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:

Reno Joins Criticism of Anti-Terror Strategy — Former Prosecutors Urge Court to Act Against Indefinite Detention of Suspects — Former attorney general Janet Reno has taken the unusual step of openly criticizing the Bush administration's anti-terrorism strategy — joining seven …

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Kim Severson / New York Times:

Pass a Drumstick, and an Olive Branch — COOKS can control the Thanksgiving menu, but when the dishes leave the kitchen, things can unravel fast. — Family grudges buried by time and distance resurface. New girlfriends meet ex-husbands. Prius drivers make small talk with S.U.V. owners.

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