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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
For Bush, Advances But Not Approval — The war in Iraq seems to have taken a turn for the better and the opposition at home has failed in all efforts to impose its own strategy. North Korea is dismantling its nuclear program. The budget deficit is falling.
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Homeland security aide leaving White House — Frances Fragos Townsend, President George W. Bush's homeland security adviser, will announce Monday that she's leaving the White House, a senior administration official told Politico. — "It's an important job and she was good at it," the official said.
Associated Press:
Bush homeland security adviser resigns — WASHINGTON - Fran Townsend, the leading White House-based terrorism adviser who gave public updates on the extent of the threat to U.S. security, is stepping down after 4 1/2 years. — President Bush said in a statement Monday morning that Townsend …
New York Times:
U.S. Hopes to Arm Pakistani Tribes Against Al Qaeda — A new and classified American military proposal outlines an intensified effort to enlist tribal leaders in the frontier areas of Pakistan in the fight against Al Qaeda and the Taliban, as part of a broader effort to bolster Pakistani forces …
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New York Times:
U.S. Says Attacks in Iraq Fell to the Level of Feb. 2006 — The American military said Sunday that the weekly number of attacks in Iraq had fallen to the lowest level since just before the February 2006 bombing of the Shiite shrine in Samarra, an event commonly used as a benchmark …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Mideast Conference Nears, With Few Plans — 'No One Seems to Know What Is Happening,' Arab Envoy Says — A few days after Thanksgiving, President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice plan to open a meeting in Annapolis to launch the first round of substantive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks during Bush's presidency.
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Richelieu / Weekly Standard:
Pushy Polling — I know nothing specific about the "Mitt Romney Hearts Satan" push-polling kerfuffle. But your Cardinal does have a theory about what really happened, along the lines of the Sacred and the Profane. — "Push polling" has a murky definition, and means different things to different people.
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John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Mi Casa, Sue Casa — Nancy Pelosi tries to force the Salvation Army to hire people who can't speak English. — It's been less than a week since New York's Sen. Hillary Clinton and Gov. Eliot Spitzer had to climb down from their support of driver's licenses for illegal aliens.
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Marc Santora / New York Times:
McCain Takes On Clinton, With an Eye to Civility — Senator John McCain tried Sunday night to make the case that he was best positioned to defeat Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in a general election, outlining a series of contrasts with her on issues including national security and health care.
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David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Democrats Say They Won't Back Down on War — Democrats in Congress failed once again Friday to shift President Bush's war strategy in Iraq, but insisted that they would not let up. Their explanation for their latest foiled effort seemed to boil down to a simple question: "What else are we supposed to do?"
Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
State Dept. Tries Blog Diplomacy — T he State Department, departing from traditional public diplomacy techniques, has what it calls a three-person, "digital outreach team" posting entries in Arabic on "influential" Arabic blogs to challenge misrepresentations of the United States …
Agence France Presse:
Baghdad by night — juice bars, neon lights, bustling streets — The gaudy orange, green and purple electronic palm trees flashing in the dark alert you that you're getting close to one of Baghdad's bustling nightspots. — The palms, like a mirage, can be seen from way down the darkened streets …
New York Times:
Goldman Sachs Rakes in Profit in Credit Crisis — For more than three months, as turmoil in the credit market has swept wildly through Wall Street, one mighty investment bank after another has been brought to its knees, leveled by multibillion-dollar blows to their bottom lines.
Robert D. Novak / Weekly Standard:
McCarthy=Bad — But the truth is more complicated. — Blacklisted by History — The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America's Enemies — by M. Stanton Evans — Crown Forum, 672 pp., $29.95 … M. Stanton Evans is a conservative who has been highly esteemed …
Pajamas Media:
War on Terror Conversations: Fred Thompson [Video] — In the first Pajamas Media War on Terror Conversation, Presidential candidate Fred Thompson discusses the current situations in Iran, Iraq and Pakistan. The senator/actor also explains why he thinks the recent Hollywood anti-war films are box office failures.
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