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Iraq Panel to Recommend Pullback of Combat Troops — The bipartisan Iraq Study Group reached a consensus on Wednesday on a final report that will call for a gradual pullback of the 15 American combat brigades now in Iraq but stop short of setting a firm timetable for their withdrawal …
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Bush Proclaims Support for Iraqi Premier — President Bush today proclaimed Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki "the right guy for Iraq," and said the two had agreed to speed the turnover of security responsibility from American to Iraqi forces. But Mr. Bush dismissed a reported decision …
Washington Post:
Study Group to Call for Pullback — The Iraq Study Group, which wrapped up eight months of deliberations yesterday, has reached a consensus and will call for a major withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, shifting the U.S. role from combat to support and advising, according to a source familiar with the deliberations.
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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.
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Democrats Reject Key 9/11 Panel Suggestion — Neither Party Has an Appetite for Overhauling Congressional Oversight of Intelligence — It was a solemn pledge, repeated by Democratic leaders and candidates over and over: If elected to the majority in Congress, Democrats would implement …
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More Demonization Of Illegals At WND — I'm in favor of tough border enforcement stopping illegal entry into the US. That comes from a solid concern about national security and support for legal immigrants who take the time to follow the law when they move to our nation.
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Joseph Farah / WorldNetDaily:
Illegal aliens murder 12 Americans daily — Death toll in 2006 far overshadows total — U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq, Afghanistan — WASHINGTON - While the military "quagmire" in Iraq was said to tip the scales of power in the U.S. midterm elections, most Americans have no idea …
Daily Mail:
'Spy' radiation alert for 33,000 BA passengers — More than 33,000 British Airways passengers faced a radiation scare last night as three planes were grounded over fears that they have been contaminated by the toxin that killed Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko.
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BBC:
UN troops face child abuse claims — Children have been subjected to rape and prostitution by United Nations peacekeepers in Haiti and Liberia, a BBC investigation has found. — Girls have told of regular encounters with soldiers where sex is demanded in return for food or money.
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Already Too Busy for Civility — That was certainly swift. Washington has a way of quickly acculturating people, especially those who are most susceptible to derangement by the derivative dignity of office. But Jim Webb, Democratic senator-elect from Virginia, has become a pompous poseur …
Michael Hickins / internetnews.com:
Feds to Toughen E-Voting Standards? — A federal agency is set to recommend significant changes to specifications for electronic-voting machines next week, internetnews.com has learned. — The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is recommending that the 2007 version …
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Joseph D. McNamara / Wall Street Journal:
50 Shots — Around 4 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 25, several New York City police officers in plain clothes fired an estimated 50 shots at a car, wounding two black men and killing a third, 23-year-old Sean Bell. Some police bullets penetrated nearby homes. Although an undercover officer …
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Huffington Post Will Add Original Reporting to Its Blog — The Huffington Post, which started about 18 months ago as a political Web site for celebrity bloggers, is preparing to venture into original reporting, with plans to cover Congress and, already, the 2008 presidential campaign.
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Audrey Hudson / Washington Times:
Marshals decry imams' charges — Air marshals, pilots and security officials yesterday expressed concern that airline passengers and crews will be reluctant to report suspicious behavior aboard for fear of being called "racists," after several Muslim imams made that charge in a press conference Monday …
Kasie Hunt / Associated Press:
7M in U.S. jails, on probation or parole — WASHINGTON - A record 7 million people - or one in every 32 American adults - were behind bars, on probation or on parole by the end of last year, according to the Justice Department. Of those, 2.2 million were in prison or jail …
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