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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Bayh Rules Out White House Bid in 2008 — Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) announced today that he will forgo a run for president in 2008, citing the "long odds" he would face as a candidate who is not well-known nationally. — In a statement released early today, Bayh said, "After talking with family …
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Officials: Edwards to enter 2008 race — WASHINGTON - Former Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards intends to enter the 2008 race for the White House, two Democratic officials said Saturday. — Edwards, who represented North Carolina in the Senate for six years …
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Bayh Rules Out White House Bid in 2008 — WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana announced on Saturday he will not seek the presidency in 2008, saying he believes the odds of a successful run were too great to overcome. — "At the end of the day, I concluded that due …
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Bayh Rules Out White House Bid in 2008 — Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) will not run for president in 2008, a stunning reversal that comes just 13 days after he opened an exploratory committee to consider the race. — "Due to circumstances beyond our control the odds were longer than I felt …
Ayaan Hirsi Ali / Los Angeles Times:
Why they deny the Holocaust — On top of nearly constant anti-Semitic propaganda, much of the Muslim world hasn't even heard of it. — ONE DAY IN 1994, when I was living in Ede, a small town in Holland, I got a visit from my half-sister. She and I were both immigrants from Somalia and had both applied for asylum in Holland.
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Bret Stephens / Opinion Journal:
The Road to Tehran — Polite society helped pave the way for Iran's Holocaust conference. — "Not acceptable," says Ban Ki Moon, new Secretary-General of the United Nations. "Repulsive," say the editors of Britain's Guardian newspaper. "An insult . . . to the memory of millions of Jews," says Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Holo-Denial Update — I don't know about you, but I'm really starting to like those genocidal, anti-Semite, nuke-wanting mullahs. I mean, they just let it all hang out there. MEMRI reports: — Iran Holocaust Denial Conference Announces Plan to Establish World Foundation for Holocaust Studies …
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Nancy Trejos / Washington Post:
Women Lose Ground in the New Iraq — Once They Were Encouraged to Study and Work; Now Life Is 'Just Like Being in Jail' — BAGHDAD — Browsing the shelves of a cosmetics store in the Karrada shopping district, Zahra Khalid felt giddy at the sight of Alberto shampoo and Miss Rose eye shadow, blusher and powder.
Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Incoming Chairmen Ready to Investigate — Democratic-Led Panels to Probe Administration's Actions in War and Counterterrorism — Incoming Democratic committee chairmen say they will hold a series of hearings and investigations early next year to build the case for their call for a phased withdrawal …
New York Times:
Options Sought for Surge in U.S. Troops to Stabilize Iraq — Military planners and White House budget analysts have been asked to provide President Bush with options for increasing American forces in Iraq by 20,000 or more. The request indicates that the option of a major "surge" …
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Ben Evans / Associated Press:
Ex-Rep. Barr Quits GOP for Libertarians — A former Georgia congressman who helped spark President Clinton's impeachment has quit the Republican Party to become a Libertarian, saying he is disillusioned with the GOP on issues such as spending and privacy. — Bob Barr, who served eight years …
Payson / Think Progress:
Cheney: Rumsfeld 'Is the Finest Secretary of Defense This Nation Has Ever Had' — Today, Vice President Dick Cheney spoke at a ceremony honoring outoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Cheney, himself a former Defense Secretary under George H. W. Bush, said Rumsfeld was the "finest Secretary of Defense this nation has ever had."
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Tim Golden / New York Times:
Military Taking a Tougher Line With Detainees — A part of the Camp 6 center at Guantánamo, which had been intended to be common area. With the tighter security, however, the inmates will not be sharing meals there. Camp 6 also has one-man exercise pens.
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Michael A. Weber / Tennessean.com:
Bredesen's Christmas card depicts Muslim girl — Picture and message leave church leaders scratching their heads — Gov. Phil Bredesen has given an unusual twist to his family's Christmas card: He is marking a Christian holiday with a card depicting a Muslim girl.
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Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Testimony Helps Detail CIA's Post-9/11 Reach — MILAN — A few days after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the CIA station chief in Rome paid a visit to the head of Italy's military intelligence agency, Adm. Gianfranco Battelli, to float a proposal: Would the Italian secret services help …
Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
The Grandest Strategy Of Them All — Two major public statements, coming less than a week apart, nicely capture the confusion besetting U.S. foreign policy these days. — The first is the report of the Iraq Study Group, released on Dec. 6. In good old-fashioned "realist" style …
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