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1:05 PM ET, January 28, 2007

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Dinesh D'Souza / Washington Post:
Bin Laden, The Left and Me  —  As a conservative author, I'm used to a little controversy.  Even so, the reaction to my new book, "The Enemy at Home," has felt, well, a little hysterical.  —  "Ratfink writes new book," James Wolcott, cultural critic for Vanity Fair, declares in his blog.
Peter Beaumont / Observer:
Nuclear plans in chaos as Iran leader flounders  —  Boasts of a nuclear programme are just propaganda, say insiders, but the PR could be enough to provoke Israel into war  —  Iran's efforts to produce highly enriched uranium, the material used to make nuclear bombs, are in chaos and the country …
Linton Weeks / Washington Post:
Fonda Reprises A Famous Role At Peace Rally  —  The Actress Speaks Out Against the War in Iraq  —  For her next act, Jane Fonda has entered the war against the Iraq war.  At the tail-end of yesterday's on-the-Mall rally, organized by United for Peace and Justice, Fonda stood onstage …
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Ian Urbina / New York Times:
Protest Focuses on Troop Increase for Iraq
Washington Post:
Thousands Protest Bush Policy  —  Actors, Activists, Politicians and a Presidential Candidate Among Demonstrators  —  A raucous and colorful multitude of protesters, led by some of the aging activists of the past, staged a series of rallies and a march on the Capitol yesterday to demand that the United States end its war in Iraq.
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Kathy / Liberty Street:
"War and Occupation Will Never Bring Liberation! …
Discussion: The Impolitic
Aaron / Lifelike Pundits:
Redeploy the Hippies to Cuba (and other thoughts on the Code Pinko Rally)
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
It Has Unraveled So Quickly  —  A PAINFUL measure of just how much Iraq has changed in the four years since I started coming here is contained in my cellphone.  Many numbers in the address book are for Iraqis who have either fled the country or been killed.  One of the first Sunni politicians: gunned down.
Borzou Daragahi / Los Angeles Times:
Iraq cultivates ties to Democrats  —  Expecting both U.S. parties to play a role in shaping policy, Baghdad starts building new relationships.  —  BAGHDAD — Representatives of Iraq's government are hedging their bets on America's political future, hoping to keep U.S. support for their country strong …
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Ernesto Londoño / Washington Post:   Pelosi, Maliki Discuss Timing of Drawdown
Jonathan Darman / Newsweek:
A Reluctant Rebel's Yell  —  From Vietnam to Capitol Hill, Chuck Hagel has never been afraid to fight.  Now he talks about what could be his biggest battle yet: a run for the White House.  —  Chuck Hagel wears pain on his face.  The senior senator from Nebraska earned two Purple Hearts in Vietnam …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Mike Glover / Associated Press:
Clinton concedes role in authorizing war  —  DES MOINES, Iowa - New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton blamed President Bush on Saturday for misusing authority given him by Congress to act in Iraq, but conceded "I take responsibility" for her role in allowing that to happen.
Think Progress:
Brownback Knocks Down Lieberman Claim That Iraq Resolutions 'Encourage The Enemy'  —  This morning on Fox News, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) echoed the Bush administration and claimed that people who oppose escalation in Iraq are emboldening terrorists.  "[I]t will discourage our troops …
Discussion: Associated Press
Times of London:
Death squad chieftains flee to beat Baghdad surge  —  Hala Jaber, Amman and Sarah Baxter, Washington  —  DEATH SQUAD leaders have fled Baghdad to evade capture or killing by American and Iraqi forces before the start of the troop "surge" and security crackdown in the capital.
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Hope Yen / Associated Press:
Biden: 'Failed policy' emboldens enemy  —  WASHINGTON - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman on Sunday dismissed criticism that a resolution opposing a troop buildup in Iraq would embolden the enemy and estimated perhaps only 20 senators believe President Bush "is headed in the right direction."
Discussion: Argghhh!
D. Aristophanes / Sadly, No!:
Still Standing (Technically)  —  This isn't a slam, Michelle.  No, really: It's just a critique on a few minor points of your Iraq reporting — some constructive criticism for the next time that you and your boy ward set out to demolish the liberal MSM's war coverage during a couple of days in-country.
Jeff Stein / CQ.com:
National Security Whistle Blowers: The 'Undead'?  —  You'd think a guy who helped bring down a corrupt congressman would get the thanks of a grateful government.  —  But you, of course, would be wrong.  —  Like so many other disillusioned ex-CIA, FBI and other erstwhile spooks …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
Jodi Kantor / New York Times:
In Law School, Obama Found Political Voice  —  The peers who elected Barack Obama as the first black president of the Harvard Law Review say he was a natural leader, an impressive student, a nice guy.  But in the 1990 Revue — the graduating editors' gleeful parody of their elite publication — they said quite a bit more.
Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
ANTI-WAR PROTEST: WHERE IS EVERYONE?  —  I was too young for the May Day protest against the Viet Nam War held in Washington, D.C. in 1971.  My friends and I talked about going for weeks prior to the event, seeing ourselves as something as a cross between Che Guevara and Abbie Hoffman.
 
 
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Cheney: Bush Has 'Shored Up His [Political] Position...Specifically On Iraq'
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
The Peace March.  —  Here's the peace march that took place today …
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
On Iran, Bush Faces Haunting Echoes of Iraq
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David Kirkpatrick / The Huffington Post:
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