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Ben Armbruster / Think Progress:
Iraqi Journalist Throws His Shoes At Bush During Press Conference In Baghdad (Updated)» — President Bush is in Baghdad today on a surprise farewell visit highlighting the security deal recently reached between the U.S. and Iraq. CNN Baghdad correspondent Michael Ware reports …
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BBC:
Shoes thrown at Bush on Iraq trip — President Bush ducks as the shoes are thrown — A surprise visit by US President George Bush to Iraq has been overshadowed by an incident in which two shoes were thrown at him during a news conference. — An Iraqi journalist was wrestled to the floor …
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Juan Cole / Informed Comment:
Two BBC Stories 5 Years Apart: Leaders and Shoes — A journalist, Muntazir al-Zaidi of Baghdadiya Television, aimed two shoes at W. during a news conference in Baghdad during which Bush attempted to justify his invasion of Iraq. Baghdadiya, based in Cairo, Egypt, supports …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: The obligatory “Iraqi journalist throws shoes at Bush” clip — Christmas comes early for the left. As one of our commenters snarked in Headlines, between this and the fact that the guy's in media, he's now qualified for his own show on MSNBC. — Maliki, to his credit, went for the block.
Edwin Chen / Bloomberg:
Bush Ducks Shoes Thrown in Iraqi Leader's Office — A A A — Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) — President George W. Bush ducked two shoes thrown at him by a man during a press conference in the Iraqi prime minister's office to mark the signing of a security agreement.
Adam Ashton / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Iraqi journalist hurls shoes at Bush during news conference
Iraqi journalist hurls shoes at Bush during news conference
Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Bush Arrives in Iraq for a Final Visit
Bush Arrives in Iraq for a Final Visit
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Scarce / Crooks and Liars:
Iraqi journalist throws shoes at Bush during press conference
Iraqi journalist throws shoes at Bush during press conference
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
McCain scolds GOP for whacking Obama — In a surprising rebuke to the warriors who fought for him through tough times, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Sunday sided with President-elect Barack Obama and scolded the Republican National Committee for fanning the Illinois corruption scandal.
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Jennifer Parker / George's Bottom Line:
McCain: RNC's Obama-Blagojevich Focus Not Helpful
McCain: RNC's Obama-Blagojevich Focus Not Helpful
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Michael Calderone / Michael Calderone's Blogs:
NYT wiretap source revealed — When the New York Times published its investigation of the NSA's warrantless wiretap program, the paper ignored President Bush's request to hold off on revealing details of the secret program. In an Oval Office meeting, Bush gave the following message …
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Michael Isikoff / Newsweek:
The Fed Who Blew the Whistle
The Fed Who Blew the Whistle
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Carol E. Lee / The Politico:
Biden to shrink VP role — big time — Joe Biden is laying plans to significantly shrink the role of the vice presidency in Barack Obama's White House, according to an official familiar with his thinking. — It's not just that Biden won't sit in on Senate Democrats' weekly caucus meetings …
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David Neiwert / Crooks and Liars:
Nazis in the military: 'I'm so proud of my kills' — [Shawn Stuart, Iraq War veteran, at a 2006 neo-Nazi rally in Olympia, WA.] — Two years ago, the Southern Poverty Law Center ran a devastating report describing the infiltration of neo-Nazis into the ranks of the American military.
Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
Bush makes stop in Afghanistan to rally troops — Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition — BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan - President George W. Bush got a firsthand look Monday at the deteriorating situation in the seven-year-old Afghanistan war, amid preparations …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
The Lasting Effects of Political Poison — WASHINGTON — It came to John D. Podesta during a jog through the scenic Rock Creek Park over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. His boss was going to be impeached and there was no way around it. It took Rahm Emanuel a little longer to reach that conclusion.
Bill Marsh / New York Times:
Illinois Is Trying. It Really Is. But the Most Corrupt State Is Actually . . . Where is officialdom most crooked? Last week, many guessed it must be Illinois, after news that Gov. Rod Blagojevich was taped making brazen personal demands in exchange for his selection of a Senate successor to President-elect Barack Obama.
Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:
Obama left with little time to curb global warming — WASHINGTON (AP) - When Bill Clinton took office in 1993, global warming was a slow-moving environmental problem that was easy to ignore. Now it is a ticking time bomb that President-elect Barack Obama can't avoid.
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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
State official says Blagojevich may step aside Monday — Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) may give up his seat on Monday, according to the state's attorney general. — “We have heard that there is a possibility that tomorrow he will make an announcement that he will step aside,” Lisa Madigan said Sunday on NBC's “Meet the Press.”
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