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8:25 AM ET, December 7, 2006

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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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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.
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 …
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: Redstate and Roger L. Simon
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.
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.
Washington Post:
The Realists' Repudiation Of Policies for a War, Region  —  The Iraq Study Group report released yesterday might well be titled "The Realist Manifesto."  —  From the very first page, in which co-chairmen James A. Baker III and Lee H. Hamilton scold that "our leaders must be candid and forthright …
Air Force Times:
Senate confirms Gates as defense secretary, 95-2
Discussion: In From the Cold
David Stout / New York Times:
Senate Confirms Gates as Defense Secretary
Discussion: Hot Air, FP Passport and A Blog For All
Christopher Dickey / Newsweek:   U.S troops just don't have the means to stop Iraq's death squads.
Anne Plummer Flaherty / Associated Press:
Gates confirmed as secretary of defense
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:   Al Gore on Iraq: "This was the worst strategic mistake in the …
Robert Burns / Associated Press:
Iraq study group to testify on report
Discussion: Democrats.com
New York Times:
The Iraq Study Group News Conference
Discussion: GINA COBB
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
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Hamas Shoots Its Mouth Off
Gateway Pundit:
Iranian Students Protest Regime... Shout "Death to Dictators!"  —  ** Thousands of Iranian students rallied against the regime today in Tehran!  Iranian Students at Tehran University gathered earlier today to commemorate "Students Day" and protest the brutal regime.  —  The students shouted, "Death to the Dictatorship!"
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Winston / The Spirit of Man:   Students Protesting
Michelle Malkin:
The Great Australian Bikini March; Plus: Muslim boys urinate on Bible  —  Aussie ladies are taking to the streets in their two-piece swimwear to protest those thug mullahs who attacked unveiled women as "uncovered meat."  (Hat tip - Ace)  —  A.M. Mora y Leon at Publius Pundit notes:
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A.M. Mora y Leon / Publius Pundit:
AUSTRALIAN BIKINI MARCH
Discussion: NEWS.com.au
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.
Associated Press:
Mixed reaction to Cheney's daughter's pregnancy … WASHINGTON (AP) — 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" …
T. F. Boggs / t.f. boggs:
What we should and should not do: An Authoritative Voice...  After watching the Iraq Survey Group press conference today I am a firm believer that all politicians are idiots.  Okay well not all of them but they all have a problem understanding reality.  If any politician is reading …
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
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 …
Agence France Presse:
Follow God or vanish, Ahmadinejad tells West  —  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has warned Western leaders to follow the path of God or "vanish from the face of the earth".  —  "These oppressive countries are angry with us ... a nation that on the other side of the globe has risen …
 
 
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
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Ned Parker / Times of London:
'I'll flee the country as soon as the US leaves'
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Hot Air
BBC:
Second Yemeni editor convicted
Pajamas Media:
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