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4:15 AM ET, December 8, 2006

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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.
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Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
Senators Challenge Feasibility of Iraq Plans  —  Study Group Concedes Some Risks But Calls Its Proposal 'Worth a Try'  —  Members of Congress yesterday questioned the practicability of recommendations from the Iraq Study Group about how to reverse the chaos in Iraq, but they praised the panel's stark assessment of conditions there.
Discussion: Informed Comment and LiberalOasis
William M. Arkin / Early Warning:
Not What the American or Iraqi People Want
Discussion: Eschaton and Political Animal
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.
Jennifer Talhelm / Associated Press:
New Mexico governor decries border fence
Times of London:
Ex-KGB spy 'was poisoned in hotel'  —  As Alexander Litvinenko was buried yesterday investigators revealed that they now suspect that the former Kremlin spy was poisoned in the bar of a luxury London hotel when he met two Russian businessmen.  —  All seven bar staff working at the Pine Bar …
Discussion: BBC, The Strata-Sphere and Reuters
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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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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.
Hotline On Call:
Here's Your 2008 McCain Presidential Team  —  The Washington Post this morning confirms that Terry Nelson is Sen. John McCain's campaign manager.  —  Brian Jones, currently the RNC's communications director, will serve as communications director.  Several of Jones's current colleagues …
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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.
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.
minneapolisfed.org:
Interview with David Card  —  David Card seems like a pretty mild-mannered guy.  True, he speaks with conviction, but it is confidence backed by meticulous research and tempered with open acknowledgment of the limits of that research.  Card, an economist  —  at the University of California, Berkeley, is the antithesis of a zealot.
Discussion: Ezra Klein and Matthew Yglesias
Reuters:
European Socialists eager to work with U.S. Democrats  —  OPORTO, Portugal (Reuters) - European Socialists promised on Thursday to work to rebuild Europe's strategic alliance with the United States now that the Democrats control Congress after last month's elections.
Discussion: Tammy Bruce
Peta Thornycroft / Telegraph:
Mugabe joins massive diamond rush  —  A British-listed mining company, the first to invest in bankrupt Zimbabwe since the political crisis began, was ordered off its valuable diamond claim yesterday.  —  While President Robert Mugabe has seized thousands of white-owned farms since 2000 he has, up until now, left mining property alone.
Discussion: The Belmont Club
New York Times:
Long a Laggard, Wages Start to Outpace Prices  —  After four years in which pay failed to keep pace with price increases, wages for most American workers have begun rising significantly faster than inflation.  —  With energy prices now sharply lower than a few months ago …
Discussion: ParaPundit and Political Animal
cpj.org:
Internet fuels rise in number of jailed journalists  —  CPJ census also finds more held without charge or due process … CPJ believes that journalists should not be imprisoned for doing their jobs.  The organization has sent letters expressing its serious concerns to each country that has imprisoned a journalist.
Discussion: RConversation, The Lede and TalkLeft
Bryan / Hot Air:
In which I trash the ISG report  —  I don't have much to add to what others have said in criticizing the Iraq Survey Group's report.  Much of my reaction can be summed up in short pithy words that I don't ordinarily use.  It's a pile of this, it's full of that, and the vaunted bipartisan Solons who met …
Discussion: INDCJournal and 7.62mm Justice
 
 
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On Impeachment  —  I'm not really sure why I am writing this piece …
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Associated Press:
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