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9:00 AM ET, January 17, 2007

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Bryan / Hot Air:
Assessing Iraq  —  Michelle and I spent four days patrolling the environs around Forward Operating Base Justice in north and west Baghdad last week.  FOB Justice is near one functional neighborhood, Khadimiyah, one mostly recovered neighborhood, Al Salam, one dysfunctional neighborhood …
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Michelle Malkin:
Back from Baghdad  —  My HotAir.com colleague Bryan Preston and I are back from Iraq.  Thanks to Allah and Ian for holding down the fort at HA and thanks much to guest-bloggers Mary Katharine Ham, See-Dubya, and the Big Lizards for filling in here during my absence.  Be sure to bookmark their blogs.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Hot Air:   Blowback  —  Note from Hot Air management: This section is for comments from our readers.
MSNBC:
Saudis consider sending troops to Iraq  —  Government 'deeply skeptical' al-Maliki can make Bush surge plan work  —  Saudi Arabia believes the Iraqi government is not up to the challenge and has told the United States that it is prepared to move its own forces into Iraq should the violence …
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Libby Quick Hits  —  Day One of the Libby trial has passed, and the sun did not stop in the sky - whew!  —  Let's go for some quick-ish hits.  The NY Times has a case overview from Monday that is absurdly misinformed.  Obviously, this trial is a bit awkward for them …
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Pachacutec / Firedoglake:
Libby Trial Jury Selection: Day One Recap of Libby's Dilemma  —  "I am completely without objectivity.  There is nothing you can say that would make me feel positively about President Bush."  Thus spake the eighth of nine prospective jurors reviewed by Judge Reggie Walton …
Washington Post:
Jurors Questioned About War, Memory as Libby Trial Opens
Discussion: MSNBC, Firedoglake and TalkLeft
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Iraqi Death Toll Exceeded 34,000 in 2006, U.N. Says  —  The United Nations reported Tuesday that more than 34,000 Iraqis were killed in violence last year, a figure that represents the first comprehensive annual count of civilian deaths and a vivid measure of the failure of the Iraqi government and American military to provide security.
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Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
Bombings Kill 60 at University In Baghdad
Discussion: The Reaction and The Heretik
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Three Time [Loser] Winner  —  There just didn't seem to be any other way to explain why I'm not going to be present for the first two weeks of the Libby trial so I decided to resort to the truth.  —  As someone who has devoted years to building this blog around coverage of the CIA leak investigation …
Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
THE LEFT AND THE WAR....If anti-war liberals were right about the war from the start, how come they don't get more respect?  Here's the nickel version of the answer from liberal hawks: It's because they don't deserve it.  Sure, the war has gone badly, but not for the reasons the doves warned of.
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Obama Starts '08 Bid, Reshaping Democratic Field  —  Two years after arriving in Washington, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois made clear on Tuesday his intention to enter the Democratic presidential race, creating an exploratory committee while preparing to open a full-fledged campaign next month …
Discussion: Washington Post and PoliBlog (TM)
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Online NewsHour:
President Bush Defends Decision to Send Additional Troops to Iraq  —  JIM LEHRER: Mr. President, welcome.  —  PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH: Thank you, sir.  —  MR. LEHRER: How do you feel about the way the Iraqi government handled the hangings of Saddam Hussein, and now more recently, two of his top aides?
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
What $1.2 Trillion Can Buy  —  The human mind isn't very well equipped to make sense of a figure like $1.2 trillion.  We don't deal with a trillion of anything in our daily lives, and so when we come across such a big number, it is hard to distinguish it from any other big number.
Scott Shane / New York Times:
As Trial Begins, Cheney's Ex-Aide Is Still a Puzzle  —  Paradox seems to define I. Lewis Libby Jr., who remains a bit mysterious even to close colleagues.  He is the White House policy enforcer who also wrote a literary novel; a buttoned-down Washington lawyer who likes knocking back tequila shots …
Discussion: Is That Legal? and TalkLeft
Josh White / Washington Post:
U.S. Official Apologizes for Guantanamo Remarks  —  A Pentagon official who criticized large U.S. law firms for representing terrorism suspects at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has apologized for his comments, saying that his discussion on a local radio program does not reflect his "core beliefs."
Discussion: TPMCafe blogs
Richard McGregor / Financial Times:
Stronger renminbi finds key backing  —  The Chinese ministry responsible for promoting exports has backed a further appreciation of the renminbi, removing one of the last remaining institutional lobbies in Beijing against a stronger currency.  —  A think-tank attached to the commerce ministry said that an …
Discussion: Daniel W. Drezner
Reuters:
Philippines says Abu Sayyaf leader killed in clash  —  MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines said on Wednesday that troops had killed the top planner of the country's most deadly Islamic militant group in a clash at a rebel jungle camp in the southwest.  —  Abu Sulaiman, one of the top five leaders …
 
 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
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