International: The Iraq Study Group's 79 Recommendations
The group met with President Bush this morning to present its recommendations, which include moving "most U.S. troops out of combat roles by early 2008." Read excerpts of the ISG report HERE.
Analysts: Bin Laden alive but hamstrung
U.S. intelligence agencies think al Qaeda leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahri are alive and still plotting attacks, even though both have eluded manhunt for more than five years since the September 11 terrorist attacks. Bin Laden's few appearances and statements in recent months, and two recent bombing attacks in Pakistan aimed at killing al-Zawahri prompted recent intelligence reports that both may be dead. Read more here
REPORT: Hamas in talks with Democratic Party at a secret location...
Sources close to the PA government claimed that Hamas representatives recently held talks with officials from the US Democratic Party at an undisclosed location.
Sources close to the PA government claimed that Hamas representatives recently held talks with officials from the US Democratic Party at an undisclosed location.
The sources told the Bethlehem-based Maan News Agency that Hamas representatives had also held secret talks with officials of European governments, including Britain and France. More here
National:
A Father's Tears...
Former President George H.W. Bush broke down in tears as he cited his son, Gov. Jeb Bush, as an example of leadership. Bush was addressing lawmakers, his son's top administrators, and state workers gathered in the House chamber Monday for the last of the governor's leadership forums.
He said he was proud of how his son handled losing the 1994 governor's race to popular incumbent Democrat Lawton Chiles and vaguely referred to dirty tricks in the campaign….read on
See video here
Packing The Briefcase
Important Bush Administration officials are ready to leave the government rather than undergo two years of hell from Democratic committee chairmen in Congress. Leading the exodus are officials of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), fearing investigation by two chairmen, Representatives Henry Waxman (D-CA) and John Dingell (D-MI),” according to the Evans-Novak Political Report.
With the field of potential Democratic presidential candidates growing, word on Capitol Hill today was that Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) "might get in," the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. "Whether that would mean he'd start an exploratory committee, or simply announce his candidacy, or do nothing, is unclear."
In Other News…
Incoming House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), who will set the schedule for the 110th Congress, has told members they "will have to work five days a week starting in January." If the current Congress departs on Friday as planned, it will have been in session for just 241 days over two years, 13 days less than the "Do-Nothing Congress" of 1948.
Incoming House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), who will set the schedule for the 110th Congress, has told members they "will have to work five days a week starting in January." If the current Congress departs on Friday as planned, it will have been in session for just 241 days over two years, 13 days less than the "Do-Nothing Congress" of 1948.
The conflict in Darfur has spread to two neighboring countries and is now in 'free fall' with six million people facing the prospect of going without food or protection, outgoing U.N. humanitarian chief Jan Egeland said.
Fifty-eight percent of Americans "say the situation for troops in Iraq is getting worse," up from 45 percent in September, according to a new Harris poll. Seventy-one percent think President Bush is doing only a fair or poor job in Iraq.
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), the incoming chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, "will ask Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and two Democratic state lawmakers" from California "to testify about why Congress should pass federal legislation modeled on California's landmark law to combat global warming."
From The Right:
Tony Blankley:
Hillary, Barack and all thatFrom The Right:
Tony Blankley:
The nightmare of not having a national campaign to talk about -- now into its hideous 29th day -- is almost over.
From The Left:
The Independent: Iraq: One by One, They Tell the Truth
"As Tony Blair flies out to meet George Bush, the latest admission of failure in Iraq has made the two leaders appear even more isolated." The editors of the Independent wonder when they will join the others who are telling the truth about Iraq.
Quote Of The Day:
“Do I care if the Sunnis and Shiites kill each other in Iraq? No. I don't care. Let's get our people out of there. Let them kill each other. Maybe they'll all kill each other, and then we can have a decent country in Iraq.” -Bill O’Reilley
(Sources: UK independent, Townhall, TruthOut, FOXNews, Center For American progress, politicalCartoons.com, DrudgeReport, CNN, AP, WashingtonPost, PoliticalWire, Evans & Novak Politicla Report, Cleveland Plain Dealer, CrooksAndLiars, WashingtonTimes, ABCNews, HarrisPoll, SF Chronicle)
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