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Associated Press:
Clinton mocks Obama's childhood experience — SHENANDOAH, Iowa — Hillary Rodham Clinton ridiculed Democratic rival Barack Obama on Tuesday for his contention that living in a foreign country as a child helped give him a better understanding of the foreign policy challenges facing the U.S.
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ABCNEWS:
Bush: Clinton Understands White House Pressure — Exclusive Interview Details President's Thoughts on 2008 Race, Last Year in Office — President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush said Tuesday that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's experience as first lady has prepared her to handle the "pressure" …
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Clinton Challenges Obama on Foreign Experience — Fog may have diverted Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's plane from her campaign stop here on Tuesday, but that did not prevent her from continuing her attacks on Senator Barack Obama's experience. — It was an odd moment.
Lynn Sweet:
Sweet scoop: Oprah to stump for Obama. — MANCHESTER, N.H.—Oprah Winfrey is poised to campaign for White House hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) in Iowa and New Hampshire, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned. — Obama made the disclosure while working a crowd at Central High School here, after delivering an education policy speech.
Washington Post:
A Scientific Advance, a Political Question Mark — The discovery that it is possible to create equivalents to embryonic stem cells without destroying embryos has the potential to reshape — and perhaps defuse — the acrimonious political debate that has raged ever since human embryonic stem cells were discovered in 1998.
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Dan Browning / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Imams' suit wins a round in court — A judge rejected the defendants' arguments to dismiss the suit filed by six imams removed from a U.S. Airways flight. — Six Muslim imams arrested on a U.S. Airways jet in Minneapolis last November after a passenger raised suspicions about their pre-flight prayers …
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IMAMS STILL FLYING — It's hard to imagine a less meritorious suit than the discrimination charge brought by the six flying imams against U.S. Airways and the Metropolitan Airports Commission in federal court in Minneapolis. The lawsuit is a CAIR production.
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Althouse
Washington Post:
Bush More Emphatic In Backing Musharraf — President Bush yesterday offered his strongest support of embattled Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, saying the general "hasn't crossed the line" and "truly is somebody who believes in democracy."
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ABCNEWS:
TRANSCRIPT: Charles Gibson Interviews President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush — ABC News' Charles Gibson Interviews The Bushes at Camp David — EXCLUSIVE: President Bush and Charlie Gibson on "World News" Tuesday, Nov. 20. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
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Bill Gertz / Washington Times:
CAIR seeks removal of label in terrorism case — The Council on American-Islamic Relations is seeking help from House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. to pressure the Justice Department to change the group's status as a co-conspirator in a terrorism case.
Mark Hemingway / The Corner:
Yesterday's Brouhaha... Related to yesterday's brouhaha over my article suggesting a connection between last week's anti-Mormon phone calls and the Romney campaign's pollsters, I would have responded sooner but I was waiting to speak with TargetPoint. I had a few specific questions:
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Marty Griffin / KDKA-TV:
Wounded Soldier: Military Wants Part Of Bonus Back — The U.S. Military is demanding that thousands of wounded service personnel give back signing bonuses because they are unable to serve out their commitments. — To get people to sign up, the military gives enlistment bonuses up to $30,000 in some cases.
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Kate Zernike / New York Times:
For Edwards, a Relationship That Never Quite Fit — John Edwards, accepting his party's nomination for vice president, roused a cheering crowd at the 2004 Democratic convention with the kind of buoyant refrain that had become his trademark: "Hope is on the way."
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The New Republic
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Krugman vs. Krugman — In liberal Democratic circles, the debate over Social Security has taken a dangerous "don't worry, be happy" turn. — The argument has two equally dishonest components. The first is to deny that Social Security faces a daunting financing problem …
Helen Rumbelow / Times of London:
Road From Damascus — Iraqis are voting with their feet by returning home after exile — The figures are hard to estimate precisely but the process could involve hundreds of thousands of people. The numbers are certainly large enough, as we report today, for a mass convoy to be planned next week …
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Censure of Sen. Feinstein fails: Party staffer Bob Mullholland calls bloggers and activists "worse than Bush" and "pre-nursing home" — Guest Post by Julia Rosen. Julia is the Online Political Director for the Courage Campaign. She is also an editor at Calitics.
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