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9:55 AM ET, January 5, 2007

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Steven R. Hurst / Associated Press:
Iraq threatens arrest of police officer  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Interior Ministry acknowledged Thursday that an Iraqi police officer whose existence had been denied by the Iraqis and the U.S. military is in fact an active member of the force, and said he now faces arrest for speaking to the media.
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Michelle Malkin:
Jamil Hussein development: "Faces arrest?"  —  Just received this from Linda Wagner of the Associated Press: … Checking it out.  Moving forward...  Reader Daniel: … Full story here.  —  More: … I am awaiting reaction/response from my sources.  Bob Owens received this from MNF-PAO:
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Oh, You Mean That Jamil Hussein!
Discussion: Nitpicker
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Reuters:
Bush plans changes in key advisers for Iraq fresh start
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Juan / Informed Comment:
The Adults take Charge  —  The Reality Based Community Strikes Back in Iraq
Discussion: State of the Day
John M. Broder / New York Times:
Jubilant Democrats Assume Control on Capitol Hill  —  In a day of transition and pageantry, exultant Democrats on Thursday took control of both houses of Congress for the first time in a dozen years and elected the first woman to be speaker of the House.  —  Representative Nancy Pelosi …
Discussion: the talking dog and Democrats.com
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Washington Post:
Democrats Take Control on Hill
Discussion: Obsidian Wings
Arizona Republic:
Guardsmen overrun at the Border  —  National Guard unit stormed while patroling the border  —  Border attack raises security concerns  —  A U.S. Border Patrol entry Identification Team site was overrun Wednesday night along Arizona's border with Mexico.  —  According to the Border Patrol …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Mexican gunmen cross border, rout National Guard  —  Actually, I don't know for sure that they were Mexican.  All sorts of people steal across the Mexican border who aren't native to that country.  Just ask Mike McCaul.  —  Would "the goddamned fence" have helped here?  It couldn't have hurt.
Bill Ardolino / Examiner:
Grit and guts for Navy corpsmen in a Fallujah police station  —  WASHINGTON - Editor's note: Blogger Bill Ardolino is embedded with a U.S. Marine unit in Iraq.  He's there to find out the truth about the U.S. war effort on the ground in Iraq.  Unlike the vast majority of mainstream media journalists …
Discussion: INDCJournal and Captain's Quarters
David Saltonstall / NY Daily News:
N.H. bigs see Rudy Prez run  —  Ex-mayor played host on New Year's  —  Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani has held a New Year's Eve bash in his Times Square offices for years, but this year he had some special guests: a bevy of New Hampshire political activists.  —  The contingent from the Granite State …
CBS News:
FEELINGS ABOUT NEW CONGRESS  —  Optimistic  —  Pessimistic  —  But when asked if Democrats and President Bush can cooperate — in general and on Iraq, which is overwhelmingly Americans' top priority — half those polled were doubtful.  —  Fifty-one percent said the White House and Congress …
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Ex-Dem.  Party boss blasts Kerry in book  —  WASHINGTON - Former Democratic Party boss and Clinton friend Terry McAuliffe is lambasting John Kerry's unsuccessful presidential campaign, calling his effort to unseat President Bush "one of the biggest acts of political malpractice in the history of American politics."
Daniela Deane / Washington Post:
Miers Resigns As White House Counsel  —  White House legal counsel and failed Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, a longtime friend and adviser of President Bush, resigned from her White House position today, Press Secretary Tony Snow announced.  —  Miers, 61, will leave her job at the end …
Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
FINAL CAT BLOGGING....I have some sad news.  About an hour ago Jasmine was sitting on my desk (keeping an eye on me, as usual) when she went into a violent spasm and fell to the ground.  She died within a minute.  —  I don't know what happened, but it was probably a heart attack.
Discussion: TBogg
Opinion Journal:
Moonbatta Non Grata  —  Remember Cindy Sheehan?  Neither do we, but the surprise is who else doesn't.  Fox News reports she showed up on Capitol Hill yesterday: … The Sheehanoids managed to cow Rep. Rahm Emanuel into shutting down his press conference.  And from the Angry Left bloggers who once cheered her on: silence.
Discussion: GINA COBB
WTVD-TV:
LAX Player Files Lawsuit Against Duke University  —  (01/04/07 — DURHAM) - A former Duke Lacrosse player has filed a lawsuit against the University saying he was failed by an professor because of his membership on the lacrosse team.  —  Also on abc11tv.com:
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
White House Postponing Loss of Iraq, Biden Says  —  Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said yesterday that he believes top officials in the Bush administration have privately concluded they have lost Iraq and are simply trying to postpone disaster …
 
 
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Shoulder to Shoulder  —  Bush heaped German Chancellor Angela Merkel …
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