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Think Progress:
BREAKING: Libby Destroyed Evidence Prior To Testifying, Cheney 'Deeply Involved'  —  Under oath, Vice President Cheney's former chief of staff Scooter Libby told a grand jury that he first learned that Joe Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame, was a CIA agent from conversations with the media.
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Holy Moly  —  Norah O'Donnell is asking Andy Card and Leon Panetta if the president is going to have to ask Dick Cheney to resign as a result of what's being alleged at the Libby Trial.  (They both punted.)  —  If that's the beltway chatter, look for the Republican noise machine to go into high gear.
Emptywheel / Firedoglake:
Libby Liveblog: Well's Opening Statement, Part One  —  Wells up.  —  As you learned a few days ago, my name is Ted Wells.  And I speak for Scooter Libby.  Scooter Libby is innocent.  Totally innocent.  —  He is an innocent man and he has been wrongly and unfairly accused.
Discussion: TalkLeft and Booman Tribune
Emptywheel / Firedoglake:
Libby Liveblog: Fitzgerald's Opening Statement  —  Here goes Fitzgerald... It will be utterly fascinating to see how Fitzgerald operates.  I'm most interested, though, in how Fitzgerald will describe the obstruction charge and Libby's motive.  What will Fitzgerald say Libby was obstructing, and why?
Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press:
Lawyers Paint Libby As Sacrificial Lamb  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorneys for former White House aide ``Scooter'' Libby said Tuesday that Bush administration officials tried to blame him for the leak of a CIA operative's name to cover up for Bush political adviser Karl Rove's own disclosures.
Emptywheel / Firedoglake:   Libby Liveblog: Wells' Opening Statement, Part Two
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Atrios / Eschaton:
Swampland  —  In this edition, Jay Carney demonstrates …
Discussion: Morning Call and Daily Kos
Jay Carney / Swampland:
The Clinton Playbook  —  When George W. Bush takes the podium …
Discussion: The Caucus
Jay Carney / Swampland:
Re: The Clinton Playbook
Michael J. Totten:
Hezbollah Riots in Lebanon  —  While I was in Lebanon gathering the material I've been publishing, Hezbollah kept threatening to strangle the country by seizing major roads, including the one that leads to the airport.  I was worried I might get stuck there, but I didn't.
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Abu Kais / From Beirut to the Beltway:
Black vs. White in Lebanon
Discussion: snapped shot and Publius Pundit
Los Angeles Times:
Scant evidence found of Iran-Iraq arms link  —  U.S. warnings of advanced weaponry crossing the border are overstated, critics say.  —  BAQUBAH, IRAQ — If there is anywhere Iran could easily stir up trouble in Iraq, it would be in Diyala, a rugged province along the border between the two nations.
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Fox News:
WEB SITE KICKS SAND IN FACES OF GIS IN IRAQ ASKING FOR MATS TO EASE HARDSHIP OF SLEEPING ON GROUND  —  An American GI assigned to one of the harshest posts in Iraq had a simple request last week for a Wisconsin mattress company: send some floor mats to help ease the hardship of sleeping on the cold, bug-infested ground.
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Annysa Johnson / JSOnline:
E-mail to soldier spurs outrage
Discussion: BLACKFIVE, Hot Air and On Deadline
Ed Morrissey / Examiner:
Richardson could be '08's most dangerous candidate  —  WASHINGTON - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson's entry into the 2008 presidential sweepstakes Sunday garnered little notice, overshadowed as it was by the announcement of Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., the day before.
Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
Bush Insurance Plan Gets Cold Reception  —  President Bush's proposed tax deduction for health insurance appears to be shaping up as a tough sell in the Democratic Congress.  —  Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., said Monday that the tax changes, which Bush will promote in Tuesday night's State …
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Michael van der Galien / The Moderate Voice:
Guest Voice: Governor Schwarzenegger's Office on Health Care
Discussion: Polimom Says and Washington Post
PJM / Pajamas Media:
The State of the Union is a Disaster:  —  The Speech George Bush Should Make Tuesday Night  —  Don't bother standing up or clapping, any of you.  I already know who won the election, and I know how you feel.  —  I come before you tonight not to make amends, not to make it good, curry any favor or find any middle ground.
New York Times:
General Petraeus's Opening Statement  —  Following is the opening statement by Lieutenant General David H. Petraeus this morning before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination to be the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, as recorded by Federal News Service.
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Washington Post:
Petraeus Confident in New Iraq Strategy
Discussion: New York Times
Josephine Hearn / politico.com:
Black Caucus: Whites Not Allowed  —  Freshman Rep. Stephen I. Cohen, D-Tenn., is not joining the Congressional Black Caucus after several current and former members made it clear that a white lawmaker was not welcome.  —  "I think they're real happy I'm not going to join," said Cohen …
Discussion: Right Wing News, Redstate, Hot Air and digg
Roger Si / politico.com:
McCain Bashes Cheney Over Iraq Policy  —  With his presidential hopes tied to an administration whose Iraq policy he supports but cannot control, John McCain for the first time blamed Vice President Cheney for what McCain calls the "witch's brew" of a "terribly mishandled" war in which U.S. forces are on the verge of defeat.
Confederate Yankee:
CRACKDOWN: Iraqi PM Locks Down Official Media Access to Key Government Ministries  —  An anonymous source from within Baghdad's Green Zone has provided me with a copy of a document issued from the office of Iraqi Prime Minster Nouri Al-Malki, ordering the shutdown of contacts with the world press on …
Washington Post:
Abortion Foes to Renew Efforts  —  Activists Rally on Mall, Vow to Keep Pressure on Congress  —  Tens of thousands of abortion opponents marched through melting snow on the Mall yesterday and vowed to work harder — since Democrats have taken control of the Capitol — to overturn …
 
 
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