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Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:
Bush Works To Rally Support for Iraq 'Surge' — President Bush yesterday began promoting his plan to send more troops to Iraq, bringing more than 30 Republican senators to the White House as part of a major campaign to rally the American people behind another effort to stabilize the country.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
White House Gears Up to Sell Plan for Troop Increase in Iraq — The White House is planning an aggressive effort to sell Congress and the American public on President Bush's new strategy for Iraq, beginning with a prime-time address to the nation on Wednesday night, followed Thursday …
Frank Newport / Gallup Poll:
Public Opposes Troop Surge by 61% to 36% Margin — Support primarily among Republican base — PRINCETON, NJ — President Bush will address the nation Wednesday night, and according to most reports, he will announce plans for a "surge" or escalation in the number of American troops in Iraq.
Fred Kaplan / Slate:
Mission Impossible — BUSH'S SMART NEW GENERAL CAN'T SAVE IRAQ. — George W. Bush has named a new man to take charge in Iraq as a prelude to his announcement of (allegedly) a new strategy. Will either make any difference? — The new commander, Lt. Gen. (soon to be promoted to simply Gen.) …
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Reagan Lawyer Ready to Return to White House
Reagan Lawyer Ready to Return to White House
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James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
Public Opposes Troop Surge by 61% to 36% Margin
Public Opposes Troop Surge by 61% to 36% Margin
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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
U.S. Strike in Somalia Targets Al-Qaeda Figure — A U.S. Air Force AC-130 gunship attacked suspected al-Qaeda members in southern Somalia on Sunday, and U.S. sources said the operation may have hit a senior terrorist figure. — The strike took place near the Kenyan border, according to a senior officer at the Pentagon.
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David S. Cloud / New York Times:
U.S. Airstrike Aims at Qaeda Cell in Somalia
U.S. Airstrike Aims at Qaeda Cell in Somalia
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Jim Davenport / Associated Press:
DeMint endorses Romney for president — COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Sen. Jim DeMint has endorsed former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in the 2008 presidential race, according to a letter the South Carolina senator is sending to state Republicans. — The endorsement letter …
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Ryan Block / Engadget:
Live from Macworld 2007: Steve Jobs keynote — The game is on! Keep refreshing this page for a steady stream of updates. The keynote should get rolling sometime after 9am PST. — 7:54am - We're here, standing in line waiting to get in. People have been camped out since 9pm last night …
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Washington Post:
Schwarzenegger Proposes Universal Health Coverage — California Plan Could Cost State $12 Billion — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) on Monday proposed a system of universal health insurance for Californians that would make the nation's most populous state the third to guarantee medical coverage for all its residents.
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Center for American Progress:
Congressional Limitations and Requirements for Military Deployments and Funding — The 110th Congress has an important responsibility to shape the country's national security policy in order to make Americans safer and advance U.S. national security interests more effectively.
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New York Post:
ROSIE BLOWS UP AT 'LIAR' BABS — THE tension between "The View" creator Barbara Walters and co-host Rosie O'Donnell, sparked by O'Donnell's feud with Donald Trump, boiled over yesterday morning when the portly comic called Walters "a [bleeping] liar." — The fight started around 8:30 a.m …
New York Post:
RIPENS APPLE — BELCHING BOG BLAMED FOR CITYWIDE GAS STINK — Who cut the cheese? — New Jersey, apparently. — Across the length and breadth of Manhattan, people were asking, "What's that smell?" after a pungent odor like natural gas or rotten eggs blanketed the borough and northern …
Orlando Sentinel:
Geraldo wants to whoop up on Olbermann — So here's one I missed over the holidays — Geraldo Rivera coming to town and threatening to beat up on Keith Olbermann. — Apparently Geraldo was visiting with 104.1 FM's Monsters just before Christmas, when they asked him about the time he made …
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David Espo / Associated Press:
Bush Judicial Nominees Ask to Withdraw … WASHINGTON (AP) — In a concession to the Senate's new Democratic majority, four of President Bush's appeals court appointees have asked to have their nominations withdrawn, Republican officials said Tuesday. — These officials said that William Haynes …
Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
Michelle Malkin's credibility, R.I.P. — It's time for warbloggers to find a new conspiracy theory to promote because their most recent one, which involved accusing the Associated Press of manufacturing a source in Iraq and colluding with the insurgents, blew up in their faces.
Cecil Angel / Detroit Free Press:
Damage to businesses and mosques in Detroit raises wider fears — Was it Hussein-connected retaliation, local Shi'ites ask — As they repaired the broken windows of at least a dozen businesses and mosques along Warren Avenue in Detroit, many Iraqi Shi'ite Muslims wondered Monday …
John F. Burns / New York Times:
Hussein's Voice Speaks in Court in Praise of Chemical Atrocities — The courtroom he dominated for 15 months seemed much smaller on Monday without him there to mock the judges and assert his menacing place in history. — But the thick, high-register voice of Saddam Hussein was unmistakable.