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1:15 AM ET, January 29, 2007

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Mike Glover / Associated Press:
Clinton: U.S. out of Iraq by January '09  —  DAVENPORT, Iowa - Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday that President Bush should withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq before he leaves office, asserting it would be "the height of irresponsibility" to pass the war along to the next commander in chief.
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Clinton Calls on Bush to 'Extricate' U.S. From Iraq
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Damien Cave / New York Times:
250 Are Killed in Major Iraq Battle  —  At least 250 militants were killed and an American helicopter was shot down in violent clashes near the southern city of Najaf on Sunday, Iraqi officials said.  —  For 15 hours, Iraqi forces backed by American helicopters and tanks battled hundreds …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
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Washington Post:
Iraqi Soldiers Clash With Insurgents  —  Iraqi soldiers supported by U.S. helicopters on Sunday clashed with a gathering of insurgents hiding out amid date palm orchards near the southern holy city of Najaf, according to Iraqi officials.  —  For the past several weeks, Sunni insurgents …
Hindrocket / Power Line:
NICE GOING, JOHN  —  Yesterday we noted John Kerry's disgraceful performance at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.  Today, in the Power Line Forum, Glenn Bowen points out the follow-up from the Middle East.  Click to enlarge:  —  And, from the FARS News Agency: … Thanks, John.
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english.farsnews.com:
Kerry Backs Up Iran's N. Rights  —  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Former US presidential nominee John Kerry voiced full support for the Islamic Republic's right to use civilian nuclear technology on the basis of the rules and regulations of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NTP).
Discussion: Power Line
Little Green Footballs:
Davos Video Gold Rush
Associated Press:
Lieberman Might Back Republican in 2008  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee in 2000 who won re-election as an independent last year, says he is open to supporting any party's White House nominee in 2008.
Discussion: Redstate and The Democratic Daily
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MSNBC:
MTP Transcript for Jan. 28, 2007  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: Iraq.  Will more U.S. troops stop the violence?  Will the Iraqis ever be able to secure their own country?  And what kind of country will the U.S. eventually leave behind?  —  With us, Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer …
Discussion: LiberalOasis, PSoTD and Roger Ailes
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Murray Waas / whatever already!:
On Meet the Press this morning, Tim Russert asked former Arkansas …
Discussion: ShopFloor.org
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:   Fact Checking Huckabee over his Dumond comments from MTP
Newsweek:
The Man Without Doubt  —  In a rare print interview, Dick Cheney talks about Iraq, Iran, Chuck Hagel, his image as 'Darth Vader' and Bob Woodward.  —  Still Fighting: Cheney in his office, unbowed  —  A man with a reputation for secrecy and seclusion, Vice President Dick Cheney has spent the past few months out in public.
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Newsweek:
Questions for the Vice President
Discussion: Think Progress
Cynthia R. Fagen / New York Post:
POST D.C. BUREAU CHIEF DEBORAH ORIN-EILBECK DIES  —  Deborah Orin-Eilbeck, The Post's longtime D.C. bureau chief whose passion for politics and unrivaled integrity kept Washington on its toes, died yesterday after a battle with cancer.  —  "Laura and I were saddened to learn of the death of Deborah Orin-Eilbeck," President Bush said.
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White House:
President and Mrs. Bush Saddened by Death of Deborah Orin-Eilbeck  —  Laura and I were saddened to learn of the death of Deborah Orin-Eilbeck.  Deb had a distinguished, decades-long career as a journalist, covering every Presidential campaign since 1980 and joining the New York Post's Washington bureau in 1988.
Discussion: Power Line
Michael Yon:
Desolate Roads Part 2 of 2  —  I once knew an old man who saved everything that might have an eventual use, especially old lumber and nails.  He'd tear down old fences or sheds, and rip out the nails with a claw hammer.  The nails squeaked as he pried them from the dry, gray wood, weathered by years of sun and rain.
Discussion: Power Line
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:   MICHAEL YON posts a lengthy essay, with photos, from Iraq.
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Feeding Frenzy for a Big Story, Even if It's False  —  Jeffrey T. Kuhner, whose Web site published the first anonymous smear of the 2008 presidential race, is hardly the only editor who will not reveal his reporters' sources.  What sets him apart is that he will not even disclose the names of his reporters.
Discussion: Political Animal
Ruth Elkins / Independent:
Muslims urged to refuse 'un-Islamic' vaccinations  —  A leading Islamic doctor is urging British Muslims not to vaccinate their children against diseases such as measles, mumps, and rubella because they contain substances making them unlawful for Muslims to take.
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Just "evolution in action"  —  (updated below - updated again)
Discussion: Riehl World View
Jackie Kucinich / The Hill:
Anti-war protesters spray paint Capitol building  —  Anti-war protesters were allowed to spray paint on part of thewest front steps of the United States Capitol building after police wereordered to break their security line by their leadership, two sources toldThe Hill.
Associated Press:
Ginsburg Feels Isolated on Court  —  BOSTON — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Friday that she dislikes being "all alone on the court" nearly a year after the retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor.  —  Ginsburg, who spoke to an assembly at Suffolk University Law School …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Ginsburg Decries Sexism By Being Sexist
Discussion: The Heretik
StrategyPage:
Myths of the Iraq War  —  January 28, 2007: Top 10 Myths of the Iraq War.  In no particular order.  There are more, but ten is a manageable number.  —  1-No Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD).  Several hundred chemical weapons were found, and Saddam had all his WMD scientists and technicians ready.
 
 
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James Glanz / New York Times:
Iranian Reveals Plan to Expand Role in Iraq
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Hillary jokes about "evil and bad men" …
Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
You Keep Using That Word; I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
RICKIE LEE JONES- Sermon on Exposition Blvd.
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
Bruce Kesler / Democracy Project:
Rules of Engagement for Conscience and Sense
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Los Angeles Times:
A deal in the desert for Sen. Reid?
Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
Grand Delusion  —  It's quite a juxtaposition.
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Accurate, but Not the Whole Story
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