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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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Sameer N. Yacoub / Associated Press:
U.N.: Iraqi civilian deaths at new high — BAGHDAD, Iraq - The United Nations said Wednesday that 3,709 Iraqi civilians were killed in October, the highest monthly toll since the March 2003 U.S. invasion and another sign of the severity of Iraq's sectarian bloodbath.
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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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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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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 …
Christopher Lee / Washington Post:
HHS Nominee Has Prescribed Birth Control — Spokeswoman Stresses Keroack's Private Practice Over Role in Christian Group — Despite his work for a Christian pregnancy counseling group that opposes contraception, the physician who yesterday began overseeing federal family-planning programs …
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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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Jim Stratton / Orlando Sentinel:
Analysis: Ballots favored Dems — Sarasota's 'undervotes' were examined in 5 state races. — The group of nearly 18,000 voters that registered no choice in Sarasota's disputed congressional election solidly backed Democratic candidates in all five of Florida's statewide races, an Orlando Sentinel analysis of ballot data shows.
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'
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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 …
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Zachary Coile / San Francisco Chronicle:
Pelosi readying a pre-emptive House agenda — She's not going to let State of the Union overshadow the state of the nation — (11-22) 04:00 PST Washington — House Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi made clear Tuesday she's not willing to cede the public spotlight to President Bush in the weeks before his State of the Union speech.
Lawrence O'Donnell / The Huffington Post:
Rangel Is Right — Charlie Rangel is angry about the Iraq war, the one that Henry Kissinger has told us we can't win. Thanks, Henry, but most Americans figured that out before you did. Rangel saw combat in Korea. Kissinger has only seen combat on TV. That might have something …
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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.
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 …
Max / MaxSpeak:
WHY I DON'T BELIEVE — The Post's Social Security coverage moves me to profanity: — " . . . the White House is willing to listen to other ideas, administration officials said, including personal savings accounts that do not involve diverting Social Security taxes, as well higher payroll taxes …
Jim Krane / Associated Press:
Elder Bush takes on son's Arab critics — ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Former President George H.W. Bush took on Arab critics of his son Tuesday during a testy exchange at a leadership conference in the capital of this U.S. ally. — "My son is an honest man," Bush told members …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Spoils of Prime Office Space Go to Democrats — Forget those pesky leadership fights. The folks who run Congress are now getting down to what really matters on Capitol Hill: dividing up the office space. — In something of a break with recent tradition, the incoming Democratic speaker …
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The Right Angle
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Whitewashing Iraq on the Washington Post Op-Ed Page — Robert Kaplan, the national security correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, is one of our country's anointed foreign policy geniuses. In November, 2001, he attended a secret meeting (along with Newsweek's Fareed Zakaria) …
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