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Matthew Jaffe / ABCNEWS:
Democrats Already Discrediting Upcoming Petraeus Report — Senators Suggest They Don't Expect Any New Information, Just White House Spin — When Gen. David Petraeus comes to Capitol Hill early this week to testify before Congress on the progress of President Bush's troop surge in Iraq …
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Petraeus Gives Exclusive One Hour Interview To Fox — Tomorrow night, after spending the day telling Congress that President Bush's Iraq escalation should continue, Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker will take their PR campaign to a more comfortable setting: Fox News.
Post / Washington Post:
Among Top Officials, 'Surge' Has Sparked Dissent, Infighting — For two hours, President Bush listened to contrasting visions of the U.S. future in Iraq. Gen. David H. Petraeus dominated the conversation by video link from Baghdad, making the case to keep as many troops as long as possible to cement any security progress.
Richard Lardner / Associated Press:
Iraq debate is sea of statistics — WASHINGTON - In vertical bars of blue, green, gray and red, a briefing chart prepared by the Defense Intelligence Agency says what Gen. David Petraeus won't. — Insurgent attacks against Iraqi civilians, their security forces and U.S. troops remain high …
Jamiecnn / CNN Political Ticker:
Questions on Petraeus credibility before report — (CNN)-With the long awaited Iraq progress report set to be delivered this week to Congress by General David Petraeus, and Ambassador Ryan Crocker, the Sunday morning political talk shows were full of debate about what the report may ultimately say.
Faiz / Think Progress:Kristol: 'Sober, Serious' People Want Over 100,000 Troops In Iraq …
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Washington Post:12/13 NET — Increased NET Right away End of year Middle next year Later DK the same op.
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Team Huckabee / Mike Huckabee for President:
CO-SIGN THE LETTER TO FRED THOMPSON — Below is the text of the actual letter to Fred Thompson. We encourage you to co-sign the letter with Governor Huckabee by leaving a comment. … Permalink: http://www.mikehuckabee.com/ index.cfm? FuseAction=Blogs.View&Blog_id= 344
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Mike McIntire / New York Times:
A Fugitive Political Fund-Raiser Leaves a Shadowy Money Trail — At the center of the ever-deepening mystery of Norman Hsu, the fugitive fund-raiser who was captured after a brief flight from the law last week, is the question of how he evolved from a bankrupt swindler in 1992 to a wealthy donor …
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Mark Steyn / Orange County Register:
No terrorism, just war? — Oh, it's a long, long while from September to September. This year, the anniversary falls, for the first time, on a Tuesday morning, and perhaps some or other cable network will re-present the events in real time - the first vague breaking news …
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Blue Crab Boulevard
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Meet The Press: Senator Joe Biden Will Not Vote To Cut Funding For Iraq Occupation — This morning on Meet The Press, Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden walks in lockstep with right-wing talking points on Iraq funding. When asked by host Tim Russert if he would vote to cut off funding …
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Chicago Tribune:
Winfrey draws rich, famous to Obama bash — MONTECITO, Calif. - Helicopters carrying camera crews buzzed overhead, and tinted glass covered the windows of almost every vehicle entering as Oprah Winfrey welcomed 1,500 guests Saturday evening to her sprawling estate in what was the biggest fundraiser …
David Lightman / Hartford Courant:
A Big Night For Latinos — WASHINGTON - As a teenager in Santiago, Chile, Werner Oyanadel loved watching "The A-Team," the 1980s television show best known for Mr. T and what seemed like nonstop violence. — But outside his comfortable, middle-class house, the violence was real.
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Richard Munday / Times of London:
Wouldn't you feel safer with a gun? — British attitudes are supercilious and misguided — Despite the recent spate of shootings on our streets, we pride ourselves on our strict gun laws. Every time an American gunman goes on a killing spree, we shake our heads in righteous disbelief at our poor benighted colonial cousins.
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Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Boys Cast Out by Polygamists Find Help — ST. GEORGE, Utah — Woodrow Johnson was 15, and by the rules of the polygamous sect in which his family lived, he had a vice that could condemn them to hell: He liked to watch movies. — When his parents discovered his secret stash of DVDs …
Ian Buruma / New York Review of Books:
His Toughness Problem—and Ours — World War IV: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism — 1. — Not so long before the war in Iraq was launched, I was the only European at an American dinner party in Brussels. My fellow guests were a motley group of youngish diplomats, think-tank pundits …
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
THE CHAOS HAWKS....In the beginning were the War Hawks, and much did they counsel the powerful to do battle against the evildoer Saddam. Then came the war, and the looting, and the Heritage Foundation hordes, and the hawks lamented exceeding loud and many soon repented of their ways.
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