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4:10 AM ET, December 7, 2006

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United States Institute of Peace:
Iraq Study Group Report Released  —  Download the official report just released by the Iraq Study Group titled The Iraq Study Group Report: The Way Forward - A New Approach.  USIP is the facilitating organization for the Iraq Study Group (ISG), co-chaired by James A. Baker, III, and Lee H. Hamilton.
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Spencer Ackerman / American Prospect:
No Middle Ground  —  The Iraq Study Group calls its prescription "responsible transition;" there's nothing responsible about it.  —  Given the specific lineup of the 10 wise men and women serving on the Iraq Study Group, the most conspicuous absence is that of supermodel Heidi Klum.
Jamie Holly / Crooks and Liars:
Feingold Cuts Through The ISG Hype on Countdown  —  Keith Olbermann had Russ Feingold on to give his assessment of the now very famous Iraq Study Group report.  —  Video - WMV Video -QT  —  Feingold said what I have felt all day.  This report does not give us a clear path in Iraq and leaves the future of the war up in the air.
Agence France Presse:
Baker panel's mention of Palestinian "right of return" raises eyebrows  —  A reference to Palestinians' "right of return" in the report issued by the high-level Iraq Study Group broke a diplomatic taboo which sparked immediate concern in Israel and surprise among Middle East policy experts.
Discussion: Roger L. Simon
Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
Threats Wrapped in Misunderstandings  —  The Iraq Study Group's prescriptions hinge on a fragile Iraqi government's ability to achieve national reconciliation and security at a time when the country is fractured along sectarian lines, its security forces are ineffective and competing visions threaten …
Christopher Dickey / Newsweek:   U.S troops just don't have the means to stop Iraq's death squads.
CNN:
Senate approves Gates as defense secretary … WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Senate voted 95-2 Wednesday to approve Robert Gates as President Bush's choice to replace Donald Rumsfeld as defense secretary.  —  The vote came a day after the nomination sailed through the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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David Stout / New York Times:
Senate Confirms Gates as Defense Secretary  —  Robert M. Gates, President Bush's nominee to be defense secretary, was confirmed by the Senate this afternoon, hours after the Iraq Study Group offered recommendations meant to gradually reduce the United States' role in Iraq and stem the increasing violence there.
Discussion: Hot Air, FP Passport and A Blog For All
Fred Kaplan / Slate:
Enter the Grown-Up  —  ROBERT GATES' IMPRESSIVE—AND REASSURING—CONFIRMATION HEARINGS.  —  The most eyebrow-raising moment—of many such moments—in Robert Gates' confirmation hearings today came when Sen. Robert Byrd, the stentorian Democrat of West Virginia, asked if he favored attacking Iran.
Associated Press:
Panel: Bush Iraq policy 'not working'  —  WASHINGTON - President Bush's policy in Iraq "is not working," a high-level commission said bluntly on Wednesday, prodding the administration to use diplomacy to stabilize the country and allow withdrawal of most American combat troops by early 2008.
Insight:
Baker wants Israel excluded from regional conference
Discussion: Redstate and PoliPundit.com
Air Force Times:
Senate confirms Gates as defense secretary, 95-2
Discussion: In From the Cold
Jeff Jacoby / Boston Globe:
The danger of engaging with the enemy
Anne Plummer Flaherty / Associated Press:
Gates confirmed as secretary of defense
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
Hamas smuggled $66 million in 8 months  —  Hamas officials have managed to smuggle more than $66 million in cash through the Rafah border crossing in the past eight months, a member of the Hamas-led government revealed Wednesday.  —  Meanwhile, sources close to the Hamas-led government claimed …
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Aaron Klein / WorldNetDaily:
Report: Hamas met delegation of Democrats  —  Source claims U.S. party willing to hold dialogue with terror group  —  JERUSALEM - Hamas met with a delegation of "important Democrats" who expressed interest in relations with the Palestinian terror group even if it doesn't recognize the right …
Popular Mechanics:
LIQUID WATER ON MARS  —  Ending a debate that began more than a decade ago, NASA announced today that water does indeed flow on Mars.  The agency is calling the discovery one of its most significant to date.  —  "We had evidence that water had flowed across the surface of Mars billions of years ago …
Discussion: THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER
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BBC:
Water flowed 'recently' on Mars
Discussion: Secular Blasphemy
Lyndsey Layton / Washington Post:
5-day work week is a Capitol Hill culture shock  —  Democrats seek a businesslike image; many in GOP decry effect on families  —  WASHINGTON - Forget the minimum wage.  Or outsourcing jobs overseas.  The labor issue most on the minds of members of Congress yesterday was their own …
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Arrest Warrant Issued in Denver for Oregon Blogger  —  Many of you will remember the Deb Frisch - Protein Wisdom blog drama.  —  Dr. Frisch has removed her website, but many of her posts and comments can still be found on Technorati and Google.  —  After the Frisch-Goldstein drama …
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Case of the Dwindling Docket Mystifies the Supreme Court  —  On the Supreme Court's color-coded master calendar, which was distributed months before the term began on the first Monday in October, Dec. 6 is marked in red to signify a day when the justices are scheduled to be on the bench, hearing arguments.
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
Darshak M. Sanghavi, M.D. / New York Times:
Wanting Babies Like Themselves, Some Parents Choose Genetic Defects  —  Wanting to have children who follow in one's footsteps is an understandable desire.  But a coming article in the journal Fertility and Sterility offers a fascinating glimpse into how far some parents may go to ensure …
Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:
Lauer Implores Gore: 'You Could Be In A Position To Save The Planet!'  [Video]  —  In all my years of Today-watching, I'm not sure I've ever seen anything quite like the display Matt Lauer put on this morning.  In beseeching Al Gore to run for president, Lauer literally portrayed him as the planet's potential savior.
MSNBC:
NBC: 10 U.S. service members killed in Iraq  —  Meanwhile, mortar attack kills 8 Iraqis, wounds 40 in Sadr City district  —  Residents look at a minibus destroyed in a suicide bomb attack in Baghdad's Sadr City on Wednesday.  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Ten American service members were killed …
Discussion: THE CUNNING REALIST
 
 
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