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SHEEHAN, IRAQ WAR PROTESTERS BREAK UP HOUSE DEMOCRATS' PRESS CONFERENCE — Jan. 3: Peace activist Cindy Sheehan speaks on Capitol Hill. — WASHINGTON — Iraq war protesters broke up a press conference by House Democrats on Wednesday with chants to bring American troops home from Iraq.
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Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
White House Won't Condemn Saddam Taunts — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bush administration sent conflicting signals Wednesday about the taunting and baiting that accompanied Saddam Hussein's execution, with the White House declining to join criticism of the procedure and the State Department and U.S. military raising questions about it.
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Qassim Abdul-Zahra / Associated Press:
Official Held in Saddam Hanging Video — BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — The person believed to have recorded Saddam Hussein's raucous execution on a cell phone camera was arrested Wednesday, an adviser to Iraq's prime minister said. — A U.S. military spokesman, meanwhile, said the United States …
James Glanz / New York Times:
Hussein Guard Is Arrested, Officials Say — The Iraqi prime minister's office gave its first public defense today of the way the government carried out the execution of Saddam Hussein, and said that a guard who they believe recorded the moment in a macabre unauthorized video had been arrested.
Washington Post:
But It's Thomas Jefferson's Koran! — Rep.-elect Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, found himself under attack last month when he announced he'd take his oath of office on the Koran — especially from Virginia Rep. Virgil Goode, who called it a threat to American values.
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Michelle Malkin:
Going to Iraq — My blogging has been lighter than usual the past few weeks due to family time, Fox News duties, holiday chaos, holiday illness—and, yes, planning for a trip to Iraq. As you know, ex-CNN newsman Eason Jordan extended an invitation to me three weeks ago to go to Iraq …
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New York Times:
In Meetings With Allies, Clinton Hones '08 Strategy — The topic was the Democratic sweep in New Hampshire in November, and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton couldn't get enough of it. — Dining in Washington recently with three allies from New Hampshire, which has the first-in-the-nation primary …
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Mike Males / New York Times:
This Is Your Brain on Drugs, Dad — WHEN releasing last week's Monitoring the Future survey on drug use, John P. Walters, the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, boasted that "broad" declines in teenage drug use promise "enormous beneficial consequences not only for our children now …
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Christopher Torchia / Associated Press:
New video shows 5 kidnapped in Iraq — BAGHDAD, Iraq - Four Americans and an Austrian abducted in November in southern Iraq spoke briefly and appeared uninjured in a video believed to have been recorded nearly two weeks ago and delivered Wednesday to The Associated Press.
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Associated Press:
Pat Robertson: God told me of 'mass killing' in 2007 … VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia (AP) — Evangelical broadcaster Pat Robertson said Tuesday that God has told him that a terrorist attack on the United States would cause a "mass killing" late in 2007. — "I'm not necessarily saying it's …
Foreign Policy:
Why Hawks Win — Why are hawks so influential? The answer may lie deep in the human mind. People have dozens of decision-making biases, and almost all favor conflict rather than concession. A look at why the tough guys win more than they should. — National leaders get all sorts of advice in times of tension and conflict.
Rose Garden / White House:
President Bush Meets with Cabinet — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. We just finished our first Cabinet meeting of 2007. I want to thank my Cabinet officers for joining me here. We discussed our priorities for the next two years, and how we plan to achieve them.
David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Fox News reporter says Bush admitted using cocaine, then retreats, citing, 'questions' — Print page sponsored by Velvet Revolution. — As political media buzzed about whether or not Senator Barack Obama's admission eleven years ago that he used cocaine as a teenager would hurt his political prospects …
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James Vicini / Reuters:
FBI: Guantanamo interrogator squatted over Koran — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI agents at Guantanamo saw a military interrogator squat over the Koran in order to anger a prisoner and observed a detainee whose head was wrapped in duct tape, according to recently released FBI documents from a 2004 internal inquiry.
Digby / Hullabaloo:
The Healing Process — Following up on my post below, I noticed that the transcript of last night's Shields and Brooks was available and I think it deserves a little bit more attention: … There are so many things in that little exchange that I find apalling I don't know where to start.