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1:00 PM ET, January 13, 2009

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Sharon Theimer / Associated Press:
AP: Clinton acted on concerns of husband's donors  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State appointee Hillary Rodham Clinton intervened at least six times in government issues directly affecting companies and others that later contributed to her husband's foundation, an Associated Press review of her official correspondence found.
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Washington Post:
In Foreign Policy, a New Trio at the Top  —  With Hearing Today, Clinton, Kerry and Obama Begin to Realign Their Roles  —  When Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) gavels the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to order today and welcomes Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) to her confirmation hearing …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Getting Specific  —  Sometime Tuesday morning, the incoming Obama administration's favorite slogan, “We only have one president at a time,” gets thrown into the pre-inaugural bonfire.  —  Mr. Obama and his aides have used that line to avoid becoming specific about how they would deal differently …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Live from the Clinton Confirmation Hearing
Discussion: Jerusalem Post
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Clinton to emphasize ‘smart power’
Discussion: The Swamp
Andrew Zajac / Chicago Tribune:   Fee paid Bill Clinton by firm in 2003 raises questions
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Olmert Says He Made Rice Change Vote  —  WASHINGTON — In an unusually public rebuke, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel said Monday that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had been forced to abstain from a United Nations resolution on Gaza that she helped draft, after Mr. Olmert placed a phone call to President Bush.
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Olmert Claims to Control US Foreign Policy
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Criticisms, political pressure and Barack Obama  —  (updated below - Update II)  —  Barack Obama's announced intentions on ABC News this Sunday regarding Guantanamo sparked substantial objections from civil liberties and human rights advocates.  The result of those objections?  From today's New York Times:
Discussion: Informed Comment
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The Politico:
44 to reverse 43's executive orders  —  President-elect Barack Obama is expected to move swiftly to reverse executive orders regarding torture of terror suspects, the military prison at Guantanamo Bay and other controversial security policies, sources close to his transition said …
New York Times:
Obama's Plan to Close Prison at Guantánamo May Take Year  —  President-elect Barack Obama plans to issue an executive order on his first full day in office directing the closing of the Guantánamo Bay detention camp in Cuba, people briefed by Obama transition officials said Monday.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Where Some See Mistakes, He Sees Disappointments  —  “This is the ultimate exit interview,” President Bush told the White House press corps yesterday as he faced it for a final time in the briefing room.  —  And the interviewee had come with well-rehearsed lines for any question his interviewers could devise.
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Walter Alarkon / The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:
Emanuel to Bolten: 'I'll Miss You'
Discussion: TIME.com
Chicago Tribune:
Senate lets Burris in  —  Democrats relent despite Blagojevich scandal  —  Roland Burris, whose appointment to the Senate was in limbo for nearly two weeks, was accepted Monday by Democratic leaders, and he immediately struck a conciliatory tone with the very people who had tried to keep him out of Congress.
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www.dcexaminer.com:
Who Is Roland Burris?  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid …
Discussion: Hot Air and RedState
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
For Senate GOP, 2010 Losses on Top Of the 2008 Losses  —  Voinovich Is Latest to Say He'll Resign  —  A spate of retirement announcements by Senate Republicans this year have further complicated attempts by GOP strategists to begin rebuilding a party devastated by across-the-board losses in recent elections.
Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Obama Shelves Jobs-Credit Proposal  —  Democrats Said $3,000 Tax Incentive Could Be Abused by Businesses  —  Bowing to widespread Democratic skepticism, President-elect Barack Obama will drop his bid to include a business tax break he once touted in the economic stimulus bill now taking shape on Capitol Hill, aides said last night.
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
DOJ IG TAKES DOWN SCHLOZMAN  —  The long-awaited inspector general report on the politicization of the Bush DOJ Civil Rights Division has been released, and our old friend Bradley Schlozman is firmly in the cross-hairs: … Interestingly, the report is dated July 2, 2008, but was only released today.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Eschaton
Kenneth Lovett / NY Daily News:
Governor dishes on Caroline  —  ALBANY - Gov. Paterson said Caroline Kennedy “impressed” him in her interview for the U.S. Senate seat, but he's not ready to declare the front-runner just yet.  —  In an exclusive interview with the Daily News, Paterson said he has interviewed 15 people …
Discussion: Spin Cycle and TIME.com
Sam Dillon / The Caucus:
Duncan: Smart Is Cooler Than Ever  —  Arne Duncan, the Chicago schools chief, told the Senate on Tuesday that he would work for “real and meaningful change” in the nation's schools if confirmed as education secretary, and he said he hoped president-elect Barack Obama's own example as a model student …
Discussion: TIME.com
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Weighing Reach of Law in Appeals for Clemency  —  WASHINGTON — In an unusually testy argument, the Supreme Court on Monday tried to make sense of a federal law that provides lawyers to poor inmates on state death rows when their cases move to federal court.
Discussion: Law Blog and SCOTUSblog
Clemente Lisi / New York Post:
O TO ARRIVE IN A ‘LINCOLN’  —  INAUGURAL THEMES WILL HARKEN BACK TO GREAT EMANCIPATOR  —  They're going to party like it's 1861!  —  In what will be a Lincoln-themed inauguration from top to bottom, Obama won't only follow in the footsteps of the former president - he'll also eat like him, it was announced yesterday.
Discussion: Gothamist
Jeffrey Goldberg:
Does “Black Hawk Down” Portray an American War Crime?  —  At least nine hundred people, maybe half of them civilians, have been killed in Gaza so far, the overwhelming majority presumably killed by Israel (some people, more than we probably know right now, have been killed by Hamas, mainly Fatah activists in revenge killings).
Discussion: Jerusalem Post
 
 
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Kate Beckinsale / Esquire:
The Governor Strikes Back: Five New Quotes from Sarah Palin
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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Meet Lady Subprime
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Marc Ambinder:
Clinton: Obama FoPo Will Be Marriage of Principles And Pragmatism
Discussion: Jack & Jill Politics
Chris Frates / The Politico:
Obama taps Corr for HHS deputy
Discussion: Don Surber
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
UK: BLOOD LIBEL HORROR: JEWS EATING DEAD BABIES
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Phillip Longman / Washington Monthly:
Back on Tracks
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and Truthdig
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'08 Campaign Guru Focuses On Grass Roots
Discussion: TIME.com and The Note
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China's exports in record decline
Philip Kennicott / Washington Post:
The Power Of Brand-Old Message Art
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Ariana Eunjung Cha / Washington Post:
As China's Jobless Numbers Mount, Protests Grow Bolder
Discussion: AMERICAblog News
Thom Shanker / New York Times:
Top Officer Urges Limit on Mission of Military
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Michael Moore Lawsuit
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