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6:20 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.
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.
Nasser Karimi / Associated Press:
Iraq, Iran reach agreement on security
Discussion: NewsHog
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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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
Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
Frist Announces He Won't Seek White House in 2008
Discussion: Redstate and TalkLeft
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 …
Josh Gerstein / New York Sun:
Gingrich: Free Speech Should Be Curtailed To Fight Terrorism  —  A former House speaker, Newt Gingrich, is causing a stir by proposing that free speech may have to be curtailed in order to fight terrorism.  —  "We need to get ahead of the curve rather than wait until we actually literally lose a city …
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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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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Text: Ahmadinejad's letter to the American people  —  Hot off the presses.  I've only glanced at it but it looks like the usual melange of Jew-baiting, Aquarian peace and love, and left-wing Bush-hate bullet points.  Back with quotes in a few.  In the meantime, here's an image to meditate on while you read.
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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.
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.
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
Ali Waked / Ynetnews:
Report: Syrian network planned to kill Lebanese officials  —  Al-Mustaqbal newspaper reports Lebanese security forces exposed network of 200 members which trained in refugee camps in Lebanon, planned to assassinate 36 senior Lebanese officials  —  The Lebanese security forces exposed a network …
Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:
'No more steps until Shalit returned'  —  There is unlikely to be any additional progress in the suddenly rejuvenated diplomatic process until Cpl. Gilad Shalit is released, a senior diplomatic source said Tuesday, on the eve of a visit by Egyptian Intelligence chief Omar Suleiman.
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
Curt / Flopping Aces:
Getting The News From The Enemy, Update III  —  MAJOR UPDATE BELOW  —  IRAQ GOVERNMENT TO ANNOUNCE CAPT. HUSSEIN IS NOT WHO HE SAYS HE IS  —  First of all I apologize for the late response to the AP's rebuttal on this Burning Six story.  Loooong day and night at work last night so had no idea this was all taking place yesterday.
Los Angeles Times:
Controversy over Pentagon's war-spending plan  —  The emergency request of at least $127 billion is criticized as a wish list.  The military cites a big need to buy equipment.  —  WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is preparing an emergency spending proposal that could be larger and broader …
 
 
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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
Redstate:
Republicans Divided: "Moderates" or Conservatives To Blame?
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Jacqueline L. Sal / Washington Post:
Freshly Baked Handouts Forbidden in Fairfax
Discussion: The Corner and PoliPundit.com
Elizabeth Gudrais / Providence Journal:
Presidential hopeful Sen. Biden raises funds, criticizes Bush
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Local men accused of conspiring to help terrorists
Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:
Libertarian Calls for Federal Oversight of Local Police Techniques …
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For Better or For Worse: Entrepreneurs, Families, and Inequality
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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