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12:15 PM ET, January 2, 2007

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Washington Post:
Democrats To Start Without GOP Input  —  As they prepare to take control of Congress this week and face up to campaign pledges to restore bipartisanship and openness, Democrats are planning to largely sideline Republicans from the first burst of lawmaking.  —  House Democrats intend to pass …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
As New Congress Nears, House Democrats Could Be Headed for Own Divide  —  Representative John D. Dingell, a Michigan Democrat who with more than 50 years' tenure is the senior member of the House, is not so sure about the idea of creating an independent group to enforce ethics rules.
Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
Democrats to tackle modest proposals
Discussion: TIME and PoliBlog (TM)
Associated Press:
Islamist fighters offered amnesty  —  MOGADISHU — Fighters belonging to a militant Islamist movement fled into a rugged, forested corner of Somalia from rapidly advancing government forces Monday, and the prime minister offered amnesty if they surrendered.  —  Regional diplomats worked …
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Reuters:
Ethiopian troops to stay in Somalia weeks
Discussion: Hot Air
Sahal Abdulle / Reuters:   Somali Islamists are gone — so "khat" is back!
DEBKAfile:   DEBKAfile reports: Special US forces from Djibouti join the pursuit …
NY Daily News:
Revealed: Rudy's '08 battle plans  —  It's clearly laid out in 140 pages of printed text, handwriting and spreadsheets: The top-secret plan for Rudy Giuliani's bid for the White House.  —  The remarkably detailed dossier sets out the budgets, schedules and fund-raising plans that will underpin …
Virgil Goode / USA Today:
Save Judeo-Christian values  —  Immigration leaves USA vulnerable to Muslim extremists' infiltration.  —  A letter I sent in early December was written in response to hundreds of e-mails from constituents upset about Rep.-elect Keith Ellison's decision to use the Quran in connection with his congressional swearing-in.
Discussion: Reason Magazine
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Judd / Think Progress:
Goode: Ellison's Election Shows We Are 'Vulnerable To Infiltration …
USA Today:   Ugly voices tarnish debut of Congress' first Muslim
Lauren Frayer / Associated Press:
Sunnis protest over Saddam execution  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Sunnis Muslims, angered by the execution of Saddam Hussein and the way his hanging was carried out, took to the streets in mainly peaceful demonstrations in Sunni enclaves across the country.  —  A crowd of Sunni mourners in Samarra marched …
Discussion: Truthdig
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Ynetnews:
Iran: Hitler was a Jew  —  Advisor to President Ahmadinejad claims Nazi leader was Jew who conspired with USSR and Britain to establish Jewish state  —  Just when you thought the Iranian leadership could stoop no further: A top advisor to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed …
New York Times:
Few Iraqis Are Gaining U.S. Sanctuary  —  With thousands of Iraqis desperately fleeing this country every day, advocates for refugees, and even some American officials, say there is an urgent need to allow more Iraqi refugees into the United States.  —  Until recently the Bush administration …
Mariam Karouny / Reuters:
ANALYSIS-Iraqis see U.S. push against Sadr's Mehdi Army  —  Source: Reuters  —  BAGHDAD, Jan 1 (Reuters) - U.S.-led forces are likely to launch a limited New Year offensive against Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army militia, blamed for sectarian death squad killings, senior Iraqi officials say.
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Reuters:
Iraq govt to probe filming of Saddam hanging
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
James Bone / Times of London:
Number 3,000: the soccer-mad dropout who dreamt of going back to college  —  US casualities in Iraq  —  A soccer-loving college dropout from Texas with a weakness for trance music and ham-and-pineapple pizza has become the 3,000th American soldier killed in Iraq.
Discussion: TalkLeft
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Glenn Somerville / Reuters:   Holiday over, Bush set to wrestle with Iraq policy
Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:
Patterico's Los Angeles Dog Trainer Year in Review 2006  —  It is time for this blog's fourth annual review of the performance of the Los Angeles Times, which long-time Patterico readers know as the Los Angeles Dog Trainer.  The first annual review was posted here.
John M. Shalikashvili / New York Times:
Second Thoughts on Gays in the Military  —  TWO weeks ago, President Bush called for a long-term plan to increase the size of the armed forces.  As our leaders consider various options for carrying out Mr. Bush's vision, one issue likely to generate fierce debate is "don't ask, don't tell …
Editor and Publisher:
AP Asks: Why So Many Upset by Iraq Death Toll?  —  PHILADELPHIA The country largely kept the faith during World War II, even as about 400,000 U.S. forces died - 20,000 just in the month long Battle of the Bulge.  Before turning against the wars in Korea and Vietnam, Americans tolerated thousands more deaths than in Iraq.
Discussion: American Footprints
Examiner:
Is Pelosi serious about cleaning up the House?  —  The Washington DC Examiner Newspaper, The Examiner  —  WASHINGTON - Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., will make history this week when she becomes the first woman elected as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Justin Webb / BBC:
Bush 'to reveal Iraq troop boost'  —  US President George W Bush intends to reveal a new Iraq strategy within days, the BBC has learnt.  —  The speech will reveal a plan to send more US troops to Iraq to focus on ways of bringing greater security, rather than training Iraqi forces.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Jamilgate: Eason Jordan goes nuclear on the AP  —  No righty blogger will ever trust him, but give him credit for pushing this knowing that it won't endear him to his remaining fans.  I look forward to Eric Boehlert's next dopey exercise in What Warbloggers Believe, in which Eric explains …
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum / Washington Post:
NRA Sounds Alarm of Not-So-Imminent Threat  —  In lobbying, a threat is good for business, whether it's genuine or not.  —  This might help to explain the dire warnings being issued by the National Rifle Association as the Democrats prepare to take control of Congress this week.
 
 
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Associated Press:
Iran vows to 'humiliate' U.S.
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David Carr / New York Times:
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Dennis Overbye / New York Times:
Free Will: Now You Have It, Now You Don't  —  I was a free man …
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
One President Who Didn't See the Press as an Enemy
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To Your Health  —  Yesterday, Jane highlighted a post …
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