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6:30 AM ET, December 6, 2006

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Newsweek:
'We Can't Afford to Leave'  —  As the debate over Iraq intensifies, leading Democrat Silvestre Reyes is calling for the deployment of more U.S. troops.  —  Dec. 5.  2006 - In a surprise twist in the debate over Iraq, Rep. Silvestre Reyes, the soon-to-be chairman of the House Intelligence Committee …
New York Times:
The Nomination Hearing for Robert M. Gates  —  Following is the transcript of the session of nomination hearing for Robert M. Gates as provided by Federal News Service.  —  SEN. WARNER: Good morning, everyone.  —  Dr. Gates, I think I can safely say on behalf of the citizens of our country …
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CNN:
Senate committee approves Gates nomination … WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Senate Armed Services Committee unanimously approved President Bush's defense secretary nomination Tuesday and sent it to the full Senate for approval, the committee's outgoing chairman said.
Yitzhak Benhorin / Ynetnews:
Gates does not rule out nuclear attack on Israel  —  US defense secretary-designate, testifying at his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing, says he cannot guarantee that if Iran possesses nuclear weapons it will not use them to put Ahmadinejad's threats into action and wipe Israel off map.
Frank Newport / Gallup Poll:
"Don't Know" Leads for President in 2008  —  Clinton, McCain, Obama, and Giuliani mentioned most frequently  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Many Americans cannot spontaneously think of the name of a person they would like to see elected president in 2008.  While this lack of firm conviction …
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Kathleen Reardon / The Huffington Post:   "Pick Your Poison" Politics
Kevin Aylward / The 2006 Weblog Awards:
The 2006 Weblog Awards Finalists Announced  —  Below are the finalists in The 2006 Weblog Awards, presented in both category and alphabetical order.  Finalist badges are available now and voting is scheduled to begin Thursday. … Cateogory Listing of The 2006 Weblog Awards Finalists:  —  Best Blog
Brendan Farrington / Associated Press:
First President Bush Sobs While Talking of Son  —  Former President George H.W. Bush came here Monday to talk about leadership and opened his remarks with advice on working with rivals, being patient and building personal relationships.  —  He then broke down in tears mentioning his son …
Judd / Think Progress:
Cavuto to Krugman: 'You Are Lying To People'  —  Princeton economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman went on Fox News this afternoon to talk about his new article in Rolling Stone Magazine, "How the Super-Rich Are Screwing America."  —  Krugman's article is about how income inequality …
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Ian / Hot Air:
Video: Cavuto catches Krugman's disingenuous take on "super-rich" controlled economy
Discussion: Suitably Flip
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report:
American Among Terror Plotters in Egypt  —  *Bumped* because I don't think this is getting enough press.  An American.  Arrested in Egypt.  Part of an international cell of jihadis.  For, at the very least, encouraging people to go to Iraq and fight Americans.  That.  Is.  TREASON.
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
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Nadia Abou El-Magd / Associated Press:   Egypt says American plotted terrorism
Lyndsey Layton / Washington Post:
Culture Shock on Capitol Hill: House to Work 5 Days a Week  —  Forget the minimum wage.  Or outsourcing jobs overseas.  The labor issue most on the minds of members of Congress yesterday was their own: They will have to work five days a week starting in January.  —  The horror.
Washington Post:
Mary Cheney and Partner Are About to Be Moms  —  Mary Cheney, the vice president's openly gay daughter, is pregnant.  She and her partner of 15 years, Heather Poe, are "ecstatic" about the baby, due in late spring, said a source close to the couple.  —  It's a baby boom for grandparents Dick …
WBIR.com:
Flatulence, not turbulence forces plane landing in Nashville  —  Flatulence brought 99 passengers on an American Airlines flight to an unscheduled visit to Nashville early Monday morning.  —  American Flight 1053, from Washington Reagan National Airport and bound for Dallas/Fort Worth …
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and JunkYardBlog
James Taranto / Opinion Journal:
Best of the Web  —  How 'Integration' Became Discrimination  —  The New York Times reports on an important case the Supreme Court heard yesterday: … But liberal justices disagreed: … The fundamental dispute is whether antidiscrimination laws—the 14th Amendment and, by implication …
Discussion: Power Line
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Ed At Aft / NCLB:
Build It Up  —  "[We have] leaks and even the occasional icicle from my computer lab ceiling, asbestos coming up off the floor, the exterior walls are crumbling.  We feel forgotten ...." —a Minnesota technology coordinator  —  "Our school has been built on a former landfill. …
Manohla Dargis / New York Times:
The Trippy Dream Factory of David Lynch  —  There are, in the movies, few places creepier to spend time than in David Lynch's head.  It is a head where the wild things grow, twisting and spreading like vines, like fingers, and taking us in their captive embrace.
Discussion: The Corner and TBogg
jules crittenden:
God Favors the Bold  —  Today, it's all about the Iraq Study Group.  They'll post their report this morning and everyone will pick it apart.  The general outlines have been reported.  More training.  Pressure on the Iraqis to get organized.  A slow withdrawal.  Talks with Iran and Syria.
New York Times:
At Least 5 Marines Are Expected to Be Charged in Haditha Deaths  —  At least five marines are expected to be charged, possibly as early as Wednesday, with the killing of 24 Iraqis, many of them unarmed women and children, in the village of Haditha in November 2005, according to a Marine official and a lawyer involved in the case.
Discussion: TalkLeft
 
 
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Washington Post:
Panel To Urge Pressure On Iraq
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Alan Travis / Guardian:
Criminals on probation murdered 98 in two years
Discussion: Tim Worstall
James Slack / Daily Mail:
Migrants to be quizzed on benefits but not British history
Audrey Hudson / Washington Times:
Probes dismiss imams' racism claim
Gene Johnson / Associated Press:
Man Accused of Faking Retardation
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
David Bernstein / The Volokh Conspiracy:
MAKING ATLAS SHRUG IN VENEZUELA: State Department folk …
Discussion: TurkeyBlog2 and alicublog
Taylor Marsh on Politics Now:
SEIU NURSE LOCK-OUT: Who is Brent Yessin?
Discussion: Ruck Pad, Firedoglake and MyDD
 Earlier Items: 
Justin Rood / TPMmuckraker:
Our Great List of Scandalized Administration Officials
Mickey Kaus / Slate:
Is Reyes So Darn Clean?
Discussion: PrairiePundit
Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
U.S. Army Battling To Save Equipment
Paul Rieckhoff / The Huffington Post:
Investigation Reveals Military Punishing Wounded Troops
Discussion: NPR
Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
SOLVING THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS....I've been waiting impatiently …
Discussion: The Peking Duck
Sara Kugler / Associated Press:
NYC Health Board Votes to Ban Trans Fats
Vanessa Gera / Associated Press:
Death camp site to be renovated
Kos / Daily Kos:
2008: If Obama runs, he wins
 

 
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Jason Cowley, the editor-in-chief of UK magazine the New Statesman, is stepping down from the position at the end of December after 16 years

The New York Times Company:
The New York Times names Dick Stevenson as Washington bureau chief; Stevenson has been at the paper for nearly 40 years and Washington editor since 2021

Ayodeji Rotinwa / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the Agora Center for Research, a Ugandan newsroom sitting between activism and investigative reporting, posting its work on various social media sites

 
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