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6:30 PM ET, December 15, 2006

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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
In Baker's Blunder, A Chance For Bush  —  As a result of the Iraq Study Group, President Bush has been given one last chance to alter course on Iraq.  This did not, however, come about the way James Baker intended.  It came about because the long-anticipated report turned out to be, as is widely agreed, a farce.
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Washington Post:
Rice Rejects Overture To Iran And Syria
John F. Burns / New York Times:
Military Considers Sending as Many as 35,000 More U.S. Troops to Iraq, McCain Says  —  Senator John McCain said Thursday that American military commanders were discussing the possibility of adding as many as 10 more combat brigades — a maximum of about 35,000 troops — to …
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Wall Street Journal:
Call to Add U.S. Forces Is Resisted at Home, in Iraq  —  Bush Administration Leans  —  Toward Temporary Boost;  —  General Wants Clear Mission  —  The Bush administration is leaning toward temporarily sending as many as 20,000 additional U.S. troops to Iraq, even as the Democrats taking charge …
Al Kamen / Washington Post:
In the 83rd Congress, a Senate in Constant Turmoil  —  Sen. Tim Johnson's sudden illness has consumed the political class the past two days.  Everyone is talking about what happens if the South Dakota Democrat leaves the Senate and is replaced by a Republican to create a 50-50 split.
Discussion: Daily Kos, Time, Sister Toldjah and Wonkette
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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Castro Near Death, U.S. Intelligence Chief Says  —  Cuban President Fidel Castro is very ill and close to death, Director of National Intelligence John D. Negroponte said yesterday.  —  "Everything we see indicates it will not be much longer . . . months, not years," Negroponte told a meeting of Washington Post editors and reporters.
Timothy Noah / Slate:
THE HAMMER FINDS HIS MÉTIER.  —  Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, whose various ethical missteps compelled him to resign this past June, was born to blog.  He's a bully and a blowhard and he's got access to interesting political gossip.  But I find TomDeLay.com, which debuted Dec. 10, disappointingly high-minded.
Alicia Colon / New York Sun:
The Mendacity Of the Liberal Press  —  The first time I heard the word "mendacity" was in the film "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."  I loved the way Burl Ives's character spits out the word as something vile and unacceptable.  —  Unfortunately, we live in a society where untruthfulness …
Discussion: Wonkette and Nitpicker
Federal Reserve:
The Chinese Economy: Progress and Challenges  —  The emergence of China as a global economic power is one of the most important developments of recent decades.  For the past twenty years, the Chinese economy has achieved a growth rate averaging nearly 10 percent per year, resulting in a quintupling of output per person.
Commentary:
Getting Serious About Iran: A Military Option  —  By Arthur Herman From issue: November 2006  —  As the impasse over Iran's nuclear-weapons program grows inexorably into a crisis, a kind of consensus has taken root in the minds of America's foreign-policy elite.
Scott Horsley / NPR:
Border Fence Firm Snared for Hiring Illegal Workers  —  · A fence-building company in Southern California agrees to pay nearly $5 million in fines for hiring illegal immigrants.  Two executives from the company may also serve jail time.  The Golden State Fence Company's work includes …
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Today's Rationale?  —  Nine days until Christmas...and Mommy just got dragged away in handcuffs for a bunch of show arrests.  Nice.  —  The shifting rationale for the ICE raids on the Swift Meatpacking plants is making me very peeved.  What began as a "raid on illegal immigrants" …
Associated Press:
Carter Nixes Debate With Outspoken Prof  —  Former President Carter turned down a request to debate Alan Dershowitz about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying the outspoken Harvard law professor "knows nothing about the situation."  —  Carter, author of a new book advocating …
Discussion: Riehl World View and Hot Air
White House:
Press Briefing by Tony Snow  —  White House Conference Center Briefing Room  —  MR. SNOW: Just a quick preliminary note, and then I'll be happy to take questions.  —  Prime Minister Maliki tomorrow is convening another national reconciliation conference for political leaders from across Iraq.
Discussion: The Caucus
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Last-Minute Inserts Offer Benefits in Medicare Bill  —  By slipping four sentences into a big bill passed last week, Speaker J. Dennis Hastert secured a major change in Medicare policy avidly sought by a few health insurers, in particular a multinational company with headquarters in his home state, Illinois.
Discussion: California Insider
Stephen Hunter / Washington Post:
'Pursuit of Happyness': An Uphill Climb That's an Exhilarating Breath of Fresh Air  —  You can look up "The Pursuit of Happyness" on the Internet Movie Database and see that a guy named Gabriele Muccino made it.  Or you can pay attention during the credits and learn the same thing.  —  Except it's wrong.
 
 
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