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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Forgive and Forget? — Last Sunday President-elect Barack Obama was asked whether he would seek an investigation of possible crimes by the Bush administration. “I don't believe that anybody is above the law,” he responded, but “we need to look forward as opposed to looking backwards.”
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John Conyers Jr / Washington Post:
Why We Have to Look Back — This week, I released …
Why We Have to Look Back — This week, I released …
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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Obama Pledges Reform of Social Security, Medicare Programs — President-Elect Says He'll Reshape Social Security, Medicare Programs — President-elect Barack Obama pledged yesterday to shape a new Social Security and Medicare “bargain” with the American people, saying …
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Marc Ambinder:
No Delay On Card Check, So Far — Is the administration going to slow-walk the Employee Free Choice Act, or card check? President-Elect Obama told the Washington Post yesterday that “while he favored the legislation, said there may be other ways to achieve the same goal without angering businesses.
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Senate Releases Second Portion of Bailout Fund
Senate Releases Second Portion of Bailout Fund
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Ernie Singer / Arutz Sheva:
“Iranian Unit” Destroyed, Hamas was Suprised — (IsraelNN.com) The so-called “Iranian Unit” of Hamas has been destroyed, according to Gaza sources cited Thursday by the Haaretz daily. The sources said most of the unit's 100 members were killed in fighting in the Zeytun neighborhood of Gaza City.
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Laura Rozen / The Cable:
The secret dinner with Obama you haven't heard about — At a quiet dinner meeting late last week in Washington's Ronald Reagan Building, President-elect Obama reached out to outside foreign-policy experts, trying to resist the presidential bubble that is rapidly closing around him.
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Amy Westfeldt / Associated Press:
Hudson River hero is ex-Air Force fighter pilot — NEW YORK (AP) — The pilot who guided a crippled US Airways jetliner safely into the Hudson River — saving all 155 people aboard — became an instant hero Thursday, with accolades from the mayor and governor and a fan club online.
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Matthew L. Wald / New York Times:
Plane Crew Is Credited for Nimble Reaction
Plane Crew Is Credited for Nimble Reaction
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Joe Conason / Salon:
The real reason Bill Clinton pardoned Marc Rich — Eric Holder is sworn in at his confirmation hearing Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill. — From beginning to end, the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Eric Holder's nomination as attorney general observed …
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Daniel Libit / The Politico:
King: Obama ‘bizarre’ to use ‘Hussein’ — Apologize? Not so much. — But Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), who last March predicted Al Qaida would be “dancing in the streets” if Barack Obama were elected president, now concedes that the dynamic has merely “shifted” on the terrorist front.
Washington Post:
Pragmatist-in-Chief — PRESIDENT-ELECT Barack Obama came to The Post editorial board yesterday with two messages sketchy on details yet reassuring in approach: a commitment to fiscal discipline, and a determination not to be bound by liberal, or indeed any, orthodoxy.
Wall Street Journal:
The Wiretap Vindication — FISA sets the record straight. — Ever since the Bush Administration's warrantless wiretapping program was exposed in 2005, critics have denounced it as illegal and unconstitutional. Those allegations rested solely on the fact that the Administration …
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Tom Hanks Says Mormon Supporters of Proposition 8 ‘Un-American’ — LOS ANGELES — Tom Hanks Says Mormon Supporters of Prop-8 “Un-American” — Tom Hanks, Executive Producer for HBO's controversial polygamist series “Big Love,” made his feelings toward the Mormon Church's involvement …
Joseph F. Connor / Los Angeles Times:
Terrorists killed my dad — Atty. Gen.-nominee Eric Holder helped pardon terrorists linked to my father's murder in 1975. — In 1975, when I had just turned 9, my father was killed by terrorists. — He was supposed to be home early on that Jan. 24 for a family celebration of my birthday …
Prashant Gopal / Business Week:
America's Best High Schools — A state-by-state look at the best-performing high schools in the U.S. Does your child already go to one? — Watch the Video... Kimberly Lynch, a redhead with freckles, had a keen interest in sunblock. So much so that she spent the past year developing …
Wall Street Journal:
Suspend Your Disbelief — How to enjoy an inauguration fully. — Washington — Flying in, we take the route over the Lincoln Memorial, the Jefferson, the Tidal Basin: the signs and symbols of the great republic. And you've seen it all a thousand times but you can't stop looking, and you can't help it, your eyes well.
Ben Armbruster / Think Progress:
Did Cheney nod off during Bush's farewell address? » — Last night during PBS's coverage of President Bush's farewell address to the nation, for a brief moment, the camera panned to Vice President Cheney, who appeared to momentarily doze off. But it seems that he quickly caught himself and then sat upright in his chair.
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Daniel Libit / The Politico:
It's over: Bush staffers make exits — The president will be the president until 12 noon Tuesday, but most of his employees will be gone by the close of business Friday. — They'll turn in their BlackBerrys, laptops, building passes and gym keys. — And by the time the weekend is out …
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
The Perception of Time — Interesting stuff from Tom Vanderbilt: … Among other things, this is important because I think improving the level of objective and subjective service people get from the bus is important to our transportation future. Ultimately, I think rail is essential …
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Anne Hull / MSNBC:
Wary of Obama's America — Rural areas that rejected the president-elect are wary of his urban views — BRINKLEY, Ark. - Wayne Loewer's truck reveals a lot about his life. A 12-gauge shotgun for duck hunting rests on the floorboard. A blue thermal lunch bag containing elk meat …
Bill Frist / CNN:
Commentary: Bush saved 10 million lives — Editor's note: Bill Frist, a physician, is former Republican majority leader of the U.S. Senate and a professor of medicine and business at Vanderbilt University. — (CNN) — A legacy of President George W. Bush will be that he saved 10 million lives around the world.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
DON'T BELIEVE YOUR LYING EYES.... Presidents don't have to give televised farewell addresses at the end of their term. Indeed, George H. W. Bush didn't bother, preferring to let his record speak for itself. The son would have been wise to follow his father's example.
New York Times:
Signs of Trouble Emerge in Transition's Last Days — WASHINGTON — The smooth ride to the inauguration has turned bumpier in its final days for President-elect Barack Obama as he struggles to complete his cabinet, push problematic nominations through the Senate and balance competing demands in his economic package.
Joel Kurtzman / Wall Street Journal:
Mexico's Instability Is a Real Problem — Don't discount the possibility of a failed state next door. — Mexico is now in the midst of a vicious drug war. Police officers are being bribed and, especially near the United States border, gunned down. Kidnappings and extortion are common place.
Kevin Diaz / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Coleman can keep office until Feb. 4, senators say — WASHINGTON - Democratic and Republican leaders agreed Thursday to reopen Norm Coleman's U.S. Senate offices until Feb. 4 to archive and transfer case files on constituent services. — The agreement, approved unanimously by the Senate …
Selcan Hacaoglu / Associated Press:
Turkish PM: Israel should be barred from UN — ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's prime minister on Friday said Israel should be barred from the United Nations while it ignores the body's calls to stop fighting in Gaza. — “How is such a country, which totally ignores and does not implement resolutions …
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