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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Tony Blair's abrupt reversal on Iraq — Tony Blair, January 24, 2007 (from The Los Angeles Times) … A "deeply irresponsible" Tony Blair, today (from Associated Press) … That rather striking reversal does not appear to reflect much confidence in the prospects of success for the President's Glorious AEI Surge currently underway.
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Associated Press, Needlenose, Decision '08, DownWithTyranny!, Riehl World View and NewsBusters.org
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Richard Norton-Taylor / Guardian:
Iraq: the British endgame — All British troops will be pulled out of Iraq by the end of 2008, starting with the withdrawal of 1,000 in the early summer, the Guardian has learned. — Tony Blair is to announce the moves - the result of months of intense debate in Whitehall - within 24 hours …
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The Raw Story, Hot Air, Captain's Quarters, Don Surber, Political Animal, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES and NewsHog
MSNBC:
BBC: Blair to announce troop pullout from Iraq — At least 1,500 to return home within the next several weeks, report says — LONDON - Prime Minister Tony Blair will announce Wednesday a timetable for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq, with 1,500 to return home in several weeks, the BBC reported.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The Defense Rests, and Not a Minute Too Soon — For a brief moment yesterday, Scooter Libby was not a former White House aide on trial for perjury. He was an orphan in need of a loving home. — "He's been under my protection for the last month; now I'm entrusting him to you," defense lawyer Ted Wells told the puzzled jurors.
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Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:
In Closing Pleas, Clashing Views on Libby's Role — Defense lawyers and prosecutors in the perjury trial of I. Lewis Libby Jr. made their final summations on Tuesday, offering the jury two starkly different ways to evaluate the evidence presented over the last few weeks.
Washington Post:
Libby 'Told a Dumb Lie,' Prosecutor Says in Closing Argument
Libby 'Told a Dumb Lie,' Prosecutor Says in Closing Argument
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All Spin Zone
Faiz / Think Progress:
Tony Snow and White House Reporters Slam The 'Hateful,' 'Polarized' Blogosphere — In a press roundtable at the National Press Club tonight, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow led a discussion with White House correspondents about the impact of the internet on their respective jobs. Their conclusion?
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Alternate Brain, Daily Kos, Suburban Guerrilla, The Agonist, The Heretik and State of the Day
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James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
Iraq War Attitudes — Public Opinion Strategies* has released a survey [PDF file here] of likely voters' attitudes toward the Iraq War that finds that most voters think the country is going in the wrong direction (67%) and President Bush is doing a poor job (60%), and that Iraq will never be a stable democracy (60%).
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protein wisdom, Right Wing Nut House, No More Mister Nice Blog, Blue Crab Boulevard, Daily Pundit, Power Line and QandO
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Washington Post:
The Woman in the Middle — Moderate Democrat Is New Target of Liberal Bloggers — The Democratic majority was only three weeks old, but by Jan. 26, the grass-roots and Net-roots activists of the party's left wing had already settled on their new enemy: Rep. Ellen O. Tauscher (D-Calif.) …
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DownWithTyranny!, Blue Crab Boulevard, Pajamas Media, Outside The Beltway and theneweditor.com
R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
Berger Case Still Roils Archives, Justice Dept. — In a chandeliered room at the Justice Department, the longtime head of the counterespionage section, the chief of the public integrity unit, a deputy assistant attorney general, some trial lawyers and a few FBI agents all looked down at their pant legs and socks.
James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
Black President More Likely than Mormon or Atheist — A recent Gallup poll reveals that Americans are much more likely to elect a black man or a woman president than a Mormon or an old man. More interestingly, they'd rather be governed by a homosexual than an atheist: — Now, these numbers are prospective.
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Josh White / Washington Post:
Guantanamo Detainees Lose Appeal — Habeas Corpus Case May Go to High Court — A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that hundreds of detainees in U.S. custody at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, do not have the right to challenge their imprisonment in federal courts, a victory for the Bush administration …
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TalkLeft, the talking dog, Obsidian Wings, Gun Toting Liberal ™, Lawyers, Guns and Money and Daily Kos
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney's Extreme Makeover — Precisely two years ago, Mitt Romney, then the governor of Massachusetts but already eyeing a 2008 presidential bid, sat in the coffee shop of a Washington hotel, doing his best not to explain his views on abortion. — Romney was speaking to a few of us from The Post …
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Captain's Quarters
Matthew Yglesias / American Prospect:
Fitting the Bill — Why isn't Bill Richardson's presidential candidacy taken seriously? — On Thursday, February 8, Bill Richardson delivered a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on "The New Realism and the Rebirth of American Leadership," laying out the foreign policy vision …
Borzou Daragahi / Los Angeles Times:
Joint force weighs move on Sadr City — The vast Baghdad slum harbors a key militia but a sweep could backfire. — BAGHDAD — U.S. and Iraqi forces have moved aggressively in the last week to combat Sunni Arab insurgents in neighborhoods across the capital and to establish a stronger presence …
Christopher Drew / New York Times:
Lower Voter Turnout Is Seen in States That Require ID — States that imposed identification requirements on voters reduced turnout at the polls in the 2004 presidential election by about 3 percent, and by two to three times as much for minorities, new research suggests.