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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Huckabee not aware of NIE report on Iran — My colleague David Paul Kuhn attended an on-the-record dinner with Mike Huckabee and a group of reporters tonight in Des Moines. — The transcript speaks for itself:
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Joshua Mitnick / Washington Times:
Israel challenges report on nukes — TEL AVIV — Israeli officials yesterday disputed the conclusions of Monday's surprise U.S. assessment of Iran's nuclear program, citing "clear and solid intelligence" that Iran is continuing to develop nuclear weapons to threaten Israel and Europe.
New York Times:
Good and Bad News About Iran — There is a lot of good news in the latest intelligence assessment about Iran. Tehran, we are now told, halted its secret nuclear weapons program in 2003, which means that President Bush has absolutely no excuse for going to war against Iran.
Washington Post:
Lessons of Iraq Aided Intelligence On Iran — Officials Cite New Caution And a Surge in Spying — By Joby Warrick and Walter Pincus, Page A01 — The starkly different view of Iran's nuclear program that emerged from U.S. spy agencies this week was the product of a surge …
Elaine Sciolino / New York Times:
Monitoring Agency Praises U.S. Report, but Keeps Wary Eye on Iran — The International Atomic Energy Agency on Tuesday publicly embraced the new American intelligence assessment stating that Iran had halted its nuclear weapons effort, but in truth the agency is taking a more cautious approach …
Washington Post:
Poll Shows Romney With Wide Lead in New Hampshire — Mitt Romney holds a sizeable lead in New Hampshire in a new Washington Post-ABC poll, with 37 percent of likely Republican primary voters, compared to 20 percent for John McCain, 16 percent for Rudy Giuliani and 9 percent for Mike Huckabee.
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Andrew Malcolm / Los Angeles Times:Breaking News: Watch out Rudy, here comes Huck!
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Hill Democrats Explore New Strategy on Iraq — Plan Would Link Funding to Political Gains — Facing increasing evidence of military progress in Iraq, some Democratic congressional leaders are eyeing a shift in legislative strategy that would abandon a link between $50 billion …
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Michael O'Hanlon / USA Today:
A new course on Iraq (for Democrats, that is) — The party that forced a new direction in the war needs to embrace the positive developments rather than remaining stuck in a pre-surge funk. — Rarely in U.S. history has a political party diagnosed a major failure in the country's approach …
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Jules Crittenden: Bush-Bashing Is Fun — But here's what you missed amid the Iranapalooza excitement.
Murray Waas / The Huffington Post:
Documents Expose Huckabee's Role In Serial Rapist's Release — Little Rock, Ark — As governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee aggressively pushed for the early release of a convicted rapist despite being warned by numerous women that the convict had sexually assaulted them or their family members, and would likely strike again.
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Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
Time to Talk to Iran — Regardless of what one thinks about the National Intelligence Estimate's conclusion that Iran stopped its nuclear weapons program in 2003 — and there is much to question in the report — its practical effects are indisputable. The Bush administration cannot …
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Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
Which Democrat's Health Plan Really, Truly Covers More People? — While the leading Democratic presidential candidates agree on most policy issues, a sharp dispute has emerged: Who would do more to provide health coverage for the uninsured? — Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama …
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Boston Globe:
Lawn work at Romney's home still done by illegal immigrants — Ricardo Saenz, owner of the company that employed illegal immigrants, worked on Romney's lawn recently. — By Maria Cramer and Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff; and Connie Paige, Globe Correspondent
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Adam Sherwin / Times of London:
BBC 'took terrorist trainers paintballing' — The BBC funded a paintballing trip for men later accused of Islamic terrorism and failed to pass on information about the 21/7 bombers to police, a court was told yesterday. — Mohammed Hamid, who is charged with overseeing a two-year radicalisation programme …
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Manu Raju / The Hill:
Alexander leaps forward — Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) appears to have emerged as the front-runner in the two-way race for a plum Senate Republican leadership position, aides and senators said Tuesday. — According to two people tracking the race, more than 25 senators in the 49-member conference …
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