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11:40 AM ET, January 19, 2007

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New York Times:
Flexing Muscle, China Destroys Satellite in Test  —  China successfully carried out its first test of an antisatellite weapon last week, signaling its resolve to play a major role in military space activities and bringing expressions of concern from Washington and other capitals, the Bush administration said yesterday.
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Telegraph:
Chinese missile destroys satellite in space  —  The prospect of "Star Wars" between China and the West loomed last night after Beijing used a ballistic missile to destroy a satellite in space.  —  The missile, which hit a 4ft-wide obsolete Chinese weather satellite 530 miles above the Earth …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Raising The Stakes In Space
Discussion: BBC
Kim Gamel / Associated Press:
Muqtada al-Sadr aide arrested in Baghdad  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. and Iraqi forces arrested one of Muqtada al-Sadr's top aides Friday in Baghdad, his office said, as pressure increases on the radical Shiite cleric's militia ahead of a planned security sweep aimed at stemming the sectarian violence ransacking the capital.
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
A Plausible Plan B  —  If we were allied with an Iraqi government that, however weak, was truly national — cross-confessional and dedicated to fighting a two-front war against Baathist insurgents and Shiite militias — a surge of American troops, together with a change of counterinsurgency strategy …
Discussion: MaxSpeak
TigerHawk:
Muqtada al-Sadr aide arrested in Baghdad, and reading al-Maliki's mind
Las Vegas Review-Journal:
NORM: Little to address D.C. journalists  —  Rich Little won't be mentioning Iraq or ratings when he addresses the White House Correspondents' Dinner April 21.  —  Little said organizers of the event made it clear they don't want a repeat of last year's controversial appearance by Stephen Colbert …
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Will / Attytood:
UPDATED: Don't mention the war (or bash Bush)  —  Look, we realize that the White House Correspondents Association dinner is a "fun" event, and it would be nice, in theory, to free it from the shackles of the supposed adversarial relationship between the press corps and the president it covers.
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Joe Garofoli / San Francisco Chronicle:
White House press corps to play it safe at bash — with Rich Little  —  The performance of Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert at the White House Correspondents Association electrified liberals a year ago, as Bush- and media-bashers cheered the courage of the comedian who satirized the president sitting …
Discussion: Think Progress
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
White House Shifting Tactics in Surveillance Cases  —  In a four-paragraph letter on Wednesday announcing that the Bush administration had reversed its position and would submit its domestic surveillance program to judicial supervision, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales used one phrase three times.
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Washington Post:
Senate Passes Ethics Package  —  Parties Reach Hard-Fought Deal On Lobbying and Other Reforms  —  Senate Democrats and Republicans broke a difficult stalemate last night and approved 96 to 2 expansive legislation to curtail the influence of lobbyists, tighten congressional ethics rules …
Discussion: Swampland and Balloon Juice
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Senate Passes Vast Ethics Overhaul
Discussion: Firedoglake and Washington Post
Daryl Lang / pdnonline.com:
Reuters Investigation Leads To Dismissal Of Editor  —  Reuters fired a top photo editor for the Middle East during an internal investigation of two doctored photos from the Israel-Lebanon war that were published last summer.  —  The editor was the second casualty of the photo manipulation …
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Josh Gerstein / New York Sun:
Hillary Sees Bill's Allies Fall Away  —  One of the biggest advantages Senator Clinton enjoys as she launches her presidential bid is the vast web of politically active Democrats who worked in the federal government under her husband, President Clinton.  But not everyone who served during the Clinton years is promoting a reprise.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
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Mike Dorning / Chicago Tribune:
Between friends, Emanuel looking for neutral corner
Discussion: CNN Political Ticker
Akiva Eldar / Haaretz:
Abdullah to Haaretz: Jordan will develop nuclear power  —  Jordan aspires to develop nuclear power for peaceful purposes and believes that unless all sides move quickly toward a peace settlement in the region, the recent confrontation in Lebanon is only a hint of disasters to come.
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Rice Highlights Opportunities After Setbacks On Mideast Trip
Editor and Publisher:
Buchwald's Farewell Column, Written to Be Released at Death  —  NEW YORK Art Buchwald wrote a final column that he asked not be distributed until after he died.  The piece was penned on Feb. 8, 2006, after Buchwald decided to check into a hospice.  He eventually left the hospice, of course, and resumed his syndicated column.
Discussion: Althouse and Washington Post
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David Von Drehle / Washington Post:
Art Buchwald's Moveable Feast
Discussion: BuzzMachine and MaxSpeak
Dean Barnett / Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:
The Most Depressing Poll Ever  —  In the latest Fox News poll, just out today, the pollsters asked the following question: … Here are the results: … Friends, I'll allow you a minute to wrap your minds around this, for we are truly through the looking class.
CNN:
Radicals vs. moderates: British Muslims at crossroads … DUBLIN, Ireland (CNN) — At a recent debate over the battle for Islamic ideals in England, a British-born Muslim stood before the crowd and said Prophet Mohammed's message to nonbelievers is: "I come to slaughter all of you."
Jennifer Chambers / Detroit News:
State pays Abraham's housing, college tabs  —  Young killer free after 8 years, wants fresh start  —  PONTIAC — Yesterday, Nathaniel Abraham was a convicted murderer.  Today he greets the morning a free man celebrating his 21st birthday — with a furnished Bay City apartment paid for by Michigan taxpayers.
Larry Margasak / Associated Press:
House approves page program reforms  —  WASHINGTON - The House voted Friday to overhaul the board that supervises its congressional page program, seeking to close the book on a sordid e-mail and sex scandal that sullied its reputation and became a Campaign 2006 issue.
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
 
 
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USA Today:
Bush to focus on broad challenges facing country
Associated Press:
Ministers launch petition to stop Bush library
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CHRONICLES OF MAHATMA JIMMY
Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press:
Ex-Ohio Rep. Ney sentenced to 30 months
Rachel Kapochunas / CQPolitics.com:
Brownback, Set to Launch GOP White House, Will Fight from the Right
Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
House Repeals Tax Break for Big Oil
Discussion: New York Times and On Deadline
Damien Cave / New York Times:
Ambush Kills an American Teaching Democracy to Iraqis
Robert Parry / Consortiumnews.com:
Gonzales Questions Habeas Corpus
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Peter Wallsten / Los Angeles Times:
Black leaders still sizing up Obama
New York Times:
Iran's President Criticized Over Nuclear Issue
Discussion: Hot Air and Prairie Weather
Greg Hardesty / Orange County Register:
Irvine soldier killed
Washington Post:
GSA Chief Scrutinized For Deal With Friend
Washington Post:
Identity of Edwards Home's Buyers Veiled
Nat Ives / AdAge:
How Many?  289 Out at Time Inc.  —  Bureaus Closed in D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles
David Hinckley / NY Daily News:
Liberals seek to restore Fairness on the air
Alexander Mooney / CNN Political Ticker:
House Democrats finish '100 hours' agenda by passing oil revenue bill
Discussion: The RBC
 

 
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