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1:55 PM ET, December 7, 2006

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Niles Lathem / New York Post:
IRAQ 'APPEASE' SQUEEZE ON W.  —  * PANEL KISSES UP TO IRAN & SYRIA  —  * PLAN WOULD PULL TROOPS OUT IN '08  —  What do you think of the report's recommendations?  Click the discussion board link below the photo to post your comments.  —  WASHINGTON - The Iraq Study Group report delivered …
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New York Times:
Welcome Political Cover  —  When President Bush insisted that the Iraq Study Group would not provide cover for the White House to chart a "graceful exit" of American troops, he was missing the whole point.  The much-anticipated report from the bipartisan panel is precisely about political cover.
CNN:
Bush tells Iran, Syria how they can join Iraq talks … WASHINGTON (CNN) — After talks with his top Iraq war ally President Bush on Thursday indicated that Iran and Syria might be included in regional talks about Iraq, if they meet certain conditions.  —  Speaking a day after a bipartisan report called …
International Herald Tribune:
Transcript: Press conference  —  A transcript of the press conference with the Iraq Study Group  —  *MR. HAMILTON:* Good morning.  —  Earlier today we presented the report of the Iraq Study Group to President Bush and to members of the United States Congress.  We are pleased to present our report now to the American people.
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Will Iraq Study Group's Plan Work on the Battlefield?
Kenneth R. Bazinet / NY Daily News:
Hawks meet to lick wounds
Discussion: Daily Kos
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
PARIS' PEACE PLAN
Victor Davis Hanson / Townhall.com:
Our Pearl Harbor  —  On Dec. 7, 1941 — 65 years ago this week — pilots from a Japanese carrier force bombed Pearl Harbor.  They killed 2,403 Americans, most of them service personnel, while destroying much of the American fleet and air forces stationed in Hawaii.
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Jaymes Song / Associated Press:
Pearl Harbor survivors meet for last time  —  PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - With their number quickly dwindling, survivors of Pearl Harbor will gather Thursday one last time to honor those killed by the Japanese 65 years ago, and to mark a day that lives in infamy.
Kirsten Scharnberg / Chicago Tribune:
Pearl Harbor survivors gather for `final reunion'  —  HONOLULU — Donald Robinett came directly to the sign-in area for Pearl Harbor survivors when he arrived here this week.  —  "I am trying to find my shipmates," the 89-year-old veteran announced excitedly.  "I want to see which ones are here."
Michael E. Ruane / Washington Post:
One Last Mission for Ship Sunk in Pearl Harbor Attack
Discussion: Hot Air, TIME and Blue Crab Boulevard
Dan / Riehl World View:
We Have No Claim To Pearl Harbor Day
Johanna Neuman / Los Angeles Times:
A pregnant pause in right wing  —  Social conservatives remain silent or temper their criticism about news that Cheney's gay daughter is expecting.  —  WASHINGTON — No Republican in Washington is more beloved by social conservatives than Vice President Dick Cheney, who with his wife …
Discussion: Booman Tribune and The Caucus
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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 …
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 …
Maggie Michael / Associated Press:
Arabs Say Report Shows Bush's Failure  —  Many Arabs on Thursday interpreted an American advisory panel's bleak assessment of President Bush's Iraq policies as proof of Washington's failure in the Middle East.  —  But others worried about the consequences if the U.S. follows …
Jeanne Cummings / Wall Street Journal:
Postcampaign Lobbying Thrives  —  Democrats Are Fêted  —  Ahead of Push  —  For Stricter Ethics Rules  —  WASHINGTON — Democrats may be promising a clampdown on lobbyist freebies once they take control of Congress.  But ahead of that push, party leaders are collecting lobbyists' checks …
Ned Parker / Times of London:
'I'll flee the country as soon as the US leaves'  —  The Iraqi sergeant has dodged bullets from the al-Mahdi Army and traded fire with Sunni insurgents.  —  Yet in his years with the Iraqi Army he has learnt one simple lesson: once the US military pulls back in Iraq, he should leave the country if he wants to survive.
Discussion: 7.62mm Justice and Hot Air
 
 
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