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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
In Theater of War, It's Iraq Study Group's Turn to Take the Stage — Minutes after the Iraq Study Group placed an improvised explosive device beneath the Bush administration's Iraq policy yesterday, panel member Lawrence Eagleburger was asked how President Bush reacted to the recommendations.
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New York Times:
Bush Expresses Caution on Key Points in Iraq Panel's Report — President Bush moved quickly on Thursday to distance himself from the central recommendations of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group: pulling back all combat brigades over the next 15 months and direct talks with Iran and Syria.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Will It Work in the White House? — In 142 stark pages, the Iraq Study Group report makes an impassioned plea for bipartisan consensus on the most divisive foreign policy issue of this generation. Without President Bush, that cannot happen. — The commissioners gave a nod to Mr. Bush …
Media Matters for America:
Meet the new boss... Now that the Baker-Hamilton Commission is ending this country's long national acid trip, I am struck by the fact that, save possibly Donald Rumsfeld and Christopher Hitchens, no one's intellect, analysis, and honesty have been more profoundly undermined by the results …
William M. Arkin / Early Warning:
Not What the American or Iraqi People Want — For all the hype, the Iraq Study Group offers two fundamental recommendations that the President might and might even be able to implement: The Group calls for the United States to engage Iraq's neighbors, specifically Iran and Syria.
Frederick W. Kagan / NY Daily News:Asking for chaos — Iraq Study Group fails the big test: how to quell the violence
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Niles Lathem / New York Post:IRAQ 'APPEASE' SQUEEZE ON W.
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Fox News:
NEW MEXICO GOV. BILL RICHARDSON: 'I AM RUNNING' IN 2008 — New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is expected to formally file papers to form a presidential exploratory committee in January. But today he told FOX News "I am running," as he described the professional and personal experiences that he believes have prepared him for the job.
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Jennifer Talhelm / Associated Press:
Richardson Speaks Against Border Fence — WASHINGTON — New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson says a fence at the Mexican border authorized by Congress this fall "gets in the way" of U.S.-Mexico relations, and he wants the new Democratic Congress to reverse the legislation.
David Crary / Associated Press:
Groups Mixed on Mary Cheney's Pregnancy — Conservative leaders voiced dismay Wednesday at news that Mary Cheney, the lesbian daughter of Dick Cheney, is pregnant, while a gay-rights group said the vice president faces "a lifetime of sleepless nights" for serving in an administration that has opposed recognition of same-sex couples.
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White House:
President Bush Meets with British Prime Minister Tony Blair — Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building — PRESIDENT BUSH: Thank you all. Please be seated. I just had a good visit with Prime Minister Tony Blair. I appreciate you coming back, Mr. Prime Minister.
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PR Newswire:
Report: Ex-Spy Contact Falls Into Coma — A key figure in the poisoning case of former spy Alexander Litvinenko fell into a coma after being questioned by Russian and British investigators, the Interfax news agency reported Thursday. — Dmitry Kovtun, a businessman and former Russian agent …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Steyn slams the AP and Iraq Study Group on O'Reilly — Our subject is bias: anti-Bush in the case of the American press and anti-American in the case of too many Iraqi stringers. No mention of Jamilgate specifically, alas, but he does refer to Bilal Hussein, whose scandal is sexier anyway.
St. Petersburg Times:
Dean: Dems should keep out Buchanan — WASHINGTON - Republican Vern Buchanan might be the official winner in a messy Sarasota-area congressional race, but Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean says the Democratic-controlled Congress should not seat Buchanan without another election.
Salah Nasrawi / Associated Press:
Saudis reportedly funding Iraqi Sunnis — CAIRO, Egypt - Private Saudi citizens are giving millions of dollars to Sunni insurgents in Iraq and much of the money is used to buy weapons, including shoulder fired anti-aircraft missiles, according to key Iraqi officials and others familiar with the flow of cash.
Cillizzac / The Fix:
McCain Continues to Win Over Bush Insiders — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) continues to recruit top GOP political operatives in expectation of a presidential run. According to a source close to the McCain operation, the candidate has lined up Terry Nelson to serve as campaign manager …
Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
Democratic Wave in Congress Further Erodes Moderation in GOP — Iowa Rep. Jim Leach (R) seemed a natural to weather voters' antiwar sentiment this fall. His independent streak and moderate views had engendered the allegiance of his Democratic-leaning district for the past 30 years …
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Specter gets the chance to set things right — When the Military Commissions Act, which among other things suspended habeas corpus for suspected terrorists, went to the Senate floor in September, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) voiced some relatively passive concerns.
Guardian:
Warning over spiralling Iraq refugee crisis — Matt Weaver and agencies — The surging violence in Iraq has created what is becoming the biggest refugee crisis in the world, a humanitarian group said today. — A report (pdf) by Washington-based Refugees International said an influx …
Austan Goolsbee / New York Times:
Lean Left? Lean Right? News Media May Take Their Cues From Customers — When Matt Lauer declared on the "Today" show last week that NBC would start referring to the conflict in Iraq as a "civil war," he inadvertently started his own civil war within the news media.
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Extreme Mortman:
Top Ten Funniest Political Moments Of 2006 — Try to name the funniest moments in politics this year, and you'll immediately think of violent assaults with deadly, hilarious weapons. Yes, this was the year that politics met broad physical humor. And crime. Lots and lots of crime.
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