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5:25 PM ET, January 3, 2007

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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 …
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MSNBC:
Al-Maliki adviser says official who supervised execution is target of probe  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - An official in the Iraqi prime minister's office told NBC News on Wednesday that the person who made the mobile phone video of Saddam Hussein's execution has been arrested.
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.
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.
George W. Bush / Opinion Journal:
What the Congress Can Do for America  —  Let them say of these next two years: We used our time well.  —  Tomorrow, members of the 110th Congress will take their oaths of office here in Washington.  I will have the privilege of working with them for the next two years—one quarter of my presidency …
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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.
Discussion: BobGeiger.com and Cato-at-liberty
Judd / Think Progress:
Administration Official: Troop Escalation 'More Of A Political Decision Than A Military One'  —  CNN reports "President Bush is expected to announce his new Iraq strategy in an address to the nation early next week."  According to the BBC, "The speech will reveal a plan to send more US troops to Iraq."
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Suzanne Malveaux / CNN:
Officials: Bush mulls Iraq surge, address likely next week
Discussion: BobGeiger.com
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
George W. Bush and the Media: Final Words and Last Laughs
Discussion: CBS News and FishBowlDC
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 …
Lois Romano / Washington Post:
Effect of Obama's Candor Remains to Be Seen  —  Senator Admitted Trying Cocaine in a Memoir Written 11 Years Ago  —  Long before the national media spotlight began to shine on every twist and turn of his life's journey, Barack Obama had this to say about himself: "Junkie.  Pothead.
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Michael Calderone / New York Observer:
Will Bill Keller End 'Public Editor' Slot at The Times?  —  Dan Okrent Protests; Faithful Barney Calame Sputters Weary Defense  —  The New York Times will soon decide whether it will do away with its public editor.  —  The two-year term of the current public editor, Byron (Barney) Calame, will conclude in May.
Weekly Standard:
Al Qaeda TV  —  A new 24-hour insurgent station reveals al Qaeda's increasing sophistication, and our continuing confusion.  —  AL QAEDA AND its allies now have their own 24-hour television station.  Based at a secret studio in Syria, its signal is broadcast to the entire Arab world from a satellite owned by the Egyptian government.
Cara Buckley / New York Times:
A Man Down, a Train Arriving, and a Stranger Makes a Choice  —  It was every subway rider's nightmare, times two.  —  Who has ridden along New York's 656 miles of subway lines and not wondered: "What if I fell to the tracks as a train came in?  What would I do?"  —  And who has not thought: "What if someone else fell?
Amos Harel / Associated Press:
Think tank: Israel could attack Iran's nuclear program alone  —  The Institute for National Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University said in its annual report, released Tuesday, that Iran will possess nuclear weapons unless military action is taken against it, and Israel would be capable of carrying out such an attack
Discussion: Power Line and The Corner
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
FBI Reports Duct-Taping, 'Baptizing' at Guantanamo  —  FBI agents witnessed possible mistreatment of the Koran at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, including at least one instance in which an interrogator squatted over Islam's holy text in an apparent attempt to offend a captive …
 
 
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New York Post:
JOHN CONYERS  —  Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) has been licking …
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Jan Crawford Greenburg / ABCNEWS:
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