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10:20 AM ET, November 30, 2006

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New York Times:
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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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.
Discussion: Wake up America
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
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 …
Discussion: PrairiePundit and PoliBlog (TM)
Ralph Peters / New York Post:
IRAQ'S UNCIVIL WAR  —  TIME TO DEFINE THE MISSION  —  YOU can call her a blond, but she's still a redhead.  The endless spitting match over whether Iraq is in a state of civil war is a media-driven grudge fight that ignores the complex reality.  It's name-calling, not analysis.
Discussion: The Corner and TigerHawk
Washington Post:
Bush: Calls for Troop Drawdowns Unrealistic  —  At Summit, President Stands by Iraqi Prime Minister, Discusses Speeding Up Security Handover  —  President Bush delivered a staunch endorsement of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Thursday morning and dismissed calls for U.S. troop withdrawals …
Tabassum Zakaria / Reuters:   Bush, Maliki Hold Crunch Talks on Iraq
Harold Meyerson / Washington Post:
Plumb Out of Mission  —  The meaning of the election was clear …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Hal Straus / Need to Know:
Sadr Says Which Side He's On
Discussion: NewDonkey.com and Demagogue
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
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.
Discussion: Riehl World View, Nitpicker and Slublog
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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.
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere and Blogs of War
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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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Allahpundit / Hot Air:   Time for the semi-annual "UN peacekeepers raping kids" post
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 …
The Daily Dish:
Spare Us, Hillary  —  She really shouldn't run.  It would divide and polarize the country; she's dreadful on the stump; she has very high negatives; most Democrats only like her; almost no-one loves her; and do we really want 20 years of two families in the White House?  Besides: what do you do with Bill?
Investor's Business Daily:
Between The Lines  —  Iran: While Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tries to woo "Noble Americans," a smuggled video shows how truth and justice actually fare in his country.  —  The Iranian president is back to writing letters, this time a five-page missive directly to the American people.
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.
Discussion: BuzzMachine
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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Scott Helman / Boston Globe:
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