MTP Transcript for Jan. 7, 2007  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: Is the president on the verge of sending tens of thousands of more American troops to Iraq?  How would this so-called surge change the situation on the ground?  With us, for the Democrats, Senator Joe Biden of Delaware …

Suspicious truck stopped at the Port of Miami-Dade  —  Federal and county authorities have arrested as many as three Middle Eastern men at the Port of Miami-Dade after they tried to enter the facility Sunday morning without proper paperwork, officials said.  —  An FBI spokeswoman in Miami …

A 'Surge' in Iraq?  —  A troop increase that few in the Pentagon, Congress or the Iraqi government really want  —  PRESIDENT BUSH is widely expected to unveil a new strategy for Iraq this week that will include a substantial increase in U.S. troops.  If he does, he will face a formidable task …

McCain backers fear they could lose new Florida governor's support  —  Publication of Rudy Giuliani's secret campaign plan has so embarrassed Florida's new Gov. Charles Crist that supporters of Sen. John McCain fear it might backfire against their campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.

Revealed: preachers' messages of hate  —  Muslim worshippers are being urged by radical clerics to ignore British law  —  An undercover investigation has revealed disturbing evidence of Islamic extremism at a number of Britain's leading mosques and Muslim institutions, including an organisation praised by the Prime Minister.

Plan Sets Series of Goals for Iraq Leaders  —  President Bush's new Iraq policy will establish a series of goals that the Iraqi government will be expected to meet to try to ease sectarian tensions and stabilize the country politically and economically, senior administration officials said Sunday.

Henry Waxman: The Watch Dog of the Taxpayers  —  Henry Waxman plans on holding a series of hearings on Iraq in Feb.. I think a few people in DC might be quivering at the thought.  He's a very tough customer who will use his subpoena power wisely and only when he has to.

Two options, one choice: Lessons of history show way to right path  —  We've arrived at a crossroads in history.  The choices are simple.  —  In a letter to President Bush on Friday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate President Harry Reid said they want out of Iraq.  It's over.

Term Limits  —  Okay, goo-goos, explain this one to me: why are term limits for committee chairs a good thing?  Senators and Congressmen are busy people, and it can take a good 3-5 years to build up a lot of expertise in certain areas.  I'm not sure if it was caused by term limits or seniority …

Cleric's story of abduction, torture  —  Letter opening salvo in CIA officers' trial  —  CAIRO — "This is how they kidnapped me from Italy ... and how they tortured and imprisoned me in Egypt."  —  So begins a 6,300-word, handwritten letter, composed in an Egyptian prison cell by radical Muslim cleric Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr.

Promotion freezes as cuts bite in Navy  —  Promotion for Royal Navy officers is to be frozen for five years in a cost-cutting measure that has caused fury in the Fleet, The Daily Telegraph can reveal.  —  Morale is plummeting as officers stand to lose more than £10,000 a year in pay.