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7:40 AM ET, December 6, 2006

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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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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.
Robert Burns / Associated Press:
Gates OK'd for defense by Senate panel
Discussion: NewsHog
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
ERRORS, OMISSIONS, INVENTIONS AND FALSEHOODS
Discussion: The Corner
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 …
Kos / Daily Kos:
2008: If Obama runs, he wins  —  Standard caveats aside (it's early, we don't have a set field, blah blah blah), it's hard to see how Barack Obama loses the nomination barring scandal or the mother-of-all gaffes.  —  I've been working up a few scenarios given the primary calendar …
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Kathleen Reardon / The Huffington Post:   "Pick Your Poison" Politics
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 …
Discussion: Hot Air and The Reaction
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Thomas de Zengotita / The Huffington Post:
Why Big George Broke Down Sobbing Today Over Medium George
Discussion: Iowa Voice
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.
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
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 …
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: Dean's World
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Nadia Abou El-Magd / Associated Press:   Egypt says American plotted terrorism
Smash / The Indepundit:
Bush's Latest Lunacy  —  THE UNITED STATES plans to establish permanent bases on the Moon, according to a report in the New York Times citing Bush Administration officials.  —  Under a presidential order signed in 2004, the federal government has been developing plans for new space hardware …
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 …
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. …
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy and Unfogged
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.
David Brown / Times of London:
Richest tenth own 85% of world's assets  —  Where the wealth is  —  The richest 2 per cent of adults own more than half the world's wealth, according to the most comprehensive study of personal assets.  —  Among the largest economies, Britain boasted the third-highest average wealth of $126,832 …
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
Washington Post:
Panel To Urge Pressure On Iraq  —  Study Group to Present Its Report to Bush Today  —  The bipartisan Iraq Study Group plans to recommend to President Bush that he threaten to reduce economic and military support for Iraq's government if it fails to meet specific benchmarks intended …
Discussion: On Deadline and AMERICAblog
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
Robert Farley / Lawyers, Guns and Money:
The Answer is "No"  —  With due respect to the amount of server space that Ezra, Ezra, Ezra, etc. have dedicated to this discussion of the possibility of an alliance between liberals and libertarians, or in other iterations of how libertarians and liberals can be friends, I really …
Gregg Krupa / Detroit News:
Muslim woman cites gym after interrupted prayer  —  Dearborn resident says her complaint to Fitness USA manager about patron went unheeded.  —  DEARBORN — Fitness USA, a gym chain, is investigating an alleged civil rights violation involving a local Muslim woman who says her afternoon prayer …
 
 
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Alan Travis / Guardian:
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Migrants to be quizzed on benefits but not British history
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James Taranto / Opinion Journal:
Best of the Web  —  How 'Integration' Became Discrimination
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Gene Johnson / Associated Press:
Man Accused of Faking Retardation
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David Bernstein / The Volokh Conspiracy:
MAKING ATLAS SHRUG IN VENEZUELA: State Department folk …
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Is Reyes So Darn Clean?
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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
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