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7:05 PM ET, November 29, 2006

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Nawaf Obaid / Washington Post:
Stepping Into Iraq  —  Saudi Arabia Will Protect Sunnis if the U.S. Leaves  —  In February 2003, a month before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, the Saudi foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, warned President Bush that he would be "solving one problem and creating five more" if he removed Saddam Hussein by force.
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Washington Post:
Bloc Led by Shiite Cleric Quits Iraqi Government  —  Lawmakers Loyal to Moqtada al-Sadr Protest Prime Minister's Summit With Bush  —  A bloc of Iraqi lawmakers allied with militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr announced Wednesday that they were suspending their involvement in the government …
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
U.S.-Iraq summit put off until Thursday  —  AMMAN, Jordan - President Bush's high-stakes summit with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was put off Wednesday after public disclosure of U.S. doubts about his capacity to control sectarian warfare.  The White House said the two leaders would meet on Thursday.
Nasser Karimi / Associated Press:
Iraq, Iran reach agreement on security  —  TEHRAN, Iran - Iraq's president said Wednesday he had reached a security agreement with Iran, which the United States accuses of fueling the chaos in the war-torn country.  Iran's president called on countries to stop backing "terrorists" in Iraq and for the Americans to withdraw.
Discussion: NewsHog and Pajamas Media
Associated Press:
Bush to meet with Iraqi PM as gloomy memo surfaces … RIGA, Latvia (AP) — Reports circulated Wednesday that one of President Bush's top advisers has serious doubts about the Iraqi prime minister's ability to stem the violence in his country, as President Bush headed for a meeting with embattled Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
David Espo / Associated Press:
Frist will not seek presidency in 2008  —  WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Wednesday he will not run for president in 2008, a high-profile campaign dropout more than a year before the first convention delegates are chosen.  —  "In the Bible, God tells us for everything there is a season …
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Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
Frist Announces He Won't Seek White House in 2008  —  Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said today that he will not run for president in 2008, saying he plans to "take a sabbatical from public life" and return to his Tennessee home and his professional roots as a doctor.
Discussion: Redstate and TalkLeft
Washington Wire:
Frist Decides Against '08 Presidential Bid  —  Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee said he has put aside plans to run for the White House in 2008, and instead will return to medicine and the health-care field that helped launch his political career 12 years ago.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Noble Americans / CNN:
Ahmadinejad's letter to Americans  —  [Editor's note: This is the full text of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's open letter to "the American People," as supplied to CNN.]  —  (CNN) — In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful  —  O, Almighty God, bestow upon humanity …
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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
In Following His Own Script, Webb May Test Senate's Limits  —  At a recent White House reception for freshman members of Congress, Virginia's newest senator tried to avoid President Bush.  Democrat James Webb declined to stand in a presidential receiving line or to have his picture taken …
Roy / alicublog:
COME, LET US TREASON TOGETHER.  I seem to remember days when The West Wing was derided as a liberal fantasy.  At least that fantasy was relatively benign; apparently some conservatives are dreaming of something a little more rough.  —  Behold Orson Scott Card's new novel, Empire, summarized thus by Publisher's Weekly:
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Andrew DeMillo / Associated Press:
Clark wants to avoid late campaign start  —  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Wesley Clark said Tuesday he wants to avoid waiting too late to make a decision on whether to run for president — a mistake he made in his failed 2004 bid.  "I think it was clear that I got in too late last time," …
Kirk Johnson / New York Times:
Pro-Peace Symbol Forces Win Battle in Colorado Town  —  Peace is fighting back in Pagosa Springs.  —  Last week, a couple were threatened with fines of $25 a day by their homeowners' association unless they removed a four-foot wreath shaped like a peace symbol from the front of their house.
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court to Take Up Global Warming  —  WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is defending its refusal to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from new motor vehicles in the first case about global warming to reach the Supreme Court.  —  The Environmental Protection Agency lacks the power …
Nico / Think Progress:
Right-Wing Attack On Pelosi Over 'Union Hypocrisy' Systematically Debunked  —  Right-wing media outlets are engaged in an effort to tar House Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who won the Cesar Chavez award from the Cesar E. Chavez Foundation in 2003, as anti-worker.
New York Times:
Pope Backs Turkey's Bid to Join European Union  —  Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Turkey on Tuesday armed with a surprise gesture of good will aimed at blunting Muslim anger toward him: he backed Turkey's long-stalled desire to join the European Union, reversing a statement he made two years ago.
Roddy Boyd / New York Post:
HANK'S NEW LADY  —  GREENBERG PUTS SQUEEZE ON PINCH'S PAPER  —  Billionaire insurance titan Maurice "Hank" Greenberg has begun buying huge blocks of New York Times stock to break the Sulzberger family's stranglehold on the media empire, The Post has learned.
Discussion: Media Blog and Romenesko
Shmuel Rosner / Reuters:
Chirac: France, U.S. agree there is no point talking to Syria  —  France and the United States agree there is no point in talking to Syria because the conditions for an honest dialogue do not exist, French President Jacques Chirac said Wednesday.  —  Chirac's comments come …
Discussion: Hot Air and Blue Crab Boulevard
Michael Calderone / New York Observer:
Washington Post Class Gets Graded  —  Welcome to corporate America, journos!  Reporters at The Washington Post will now be ranked with a multiple-choice job-performance assessment each year.  —  Accompanying an annual written evaluation, each reporter will be described as …
Diane McWhorter / Slate:
The N-Word  —  UNMENTIONABLE LESSONS OF THE MIDTERM AFTERMATH.  —  There's been something weird about the denouement of the midterm elections, starting with the pronounced absence of Democratic triumphalism.  The prevailing mood has been stunned relief rather than glee …
Discussion: TAPPED and The Agonist
 
 
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Ted Bridis / Associated Press:
U.S. Bans Sale of IPods to North Korea
Ethan Wallison / Real Clear Politics:
The Nancy I Knew  —  Nancy Pelosi tried to snatch an early victory …
Discussion: Power Line
BBC:
Radioactive traces on BA planes
Discussion: Hot Air and On Deadline
Michelle Humphrey / NewsBusters.org:
Drunken DeVito Slams Bush on ABC's 'View' (with Video)
Discussion: Hot Air and Ed Driscoll.com
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Hagel's Moment?  —  A month ago the idea that Sen. Chuck Hagel …
Eli Lake / New York Sun:
Baker Panel Aide Expects Israel Will Be Pressed
Dennis Prager / Townhall.com:
America, Not Keith Ellison, decides what book a congressman takes his oath on
Associated Press:
X-Men illustrator dies in Superman pajamas
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
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Redstate:
Republicans Divided: "Moderates" or Conservatives To Blame?
Jacqueline L. Sal / Washington Post:
Freshly Baked Handouts Forbidden in Fairfax
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Los Angeles Times:
Controversy over Pentagon's war-spending plan
Arnold Kling / TCS Daily:
For Better or For Worse: Entrepreneurs, Families, and Inequality
Washington Post:
Economics Experts Join Romney's PAC
Victor Davis Hanson / Opinion Journal:
Losing the Enlightenment  —  A civilization that has lost confidence …
Ali Waked / Ynetnews:
Report: Syrian network planned to kill Lebanese officials
 

 
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