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From msnbc.com's Carrie Dann As we noted this morning, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee came under fire during his presidential run for his commutation of the sentence of Wayne Dumond, who was found guilty of rape and murder in Missouri after being released from prison in ...
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From NBC's Ali Weinberg and Kelly Paice President Obama must "set a timeline" for foreign combat troop involvement, insist on sustained commitments from allied countries, and recalibrate the U.S.-Pakistani relationship in order to achieve results in Afghanistan, experts from the liberal-leaning ...
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Afghanistan
Barack Obama
From NBC's Kelly Paice The conservative blogosphere is hitting Mike Huckabee hard today regarding his granting of clemency to the suspect in the Washington state shootings that killed four police officers. Their conclusion, like First Read's earlier this morning, is that it doesn't help his ...
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From NBC's Ali Weinberg Reacting to that Politico "seven narratives" piece by John Harris, Daily Kos cites its own poll: "According to Harris, DC-types think that the Democrats' big problem is that independents are fleeing to the GOP, and they cite [the gubernatorial election in] Virginia as ...
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From NBC's Domenico Montanaro Atlanta holds its mayoral runoff election tomorrow, and it's likely to be decided along racial lines.
The race is between City Councilwoman Mary Norwood , who is white, and former state Sen. Kasim Reed , who is black. Norwood won 46% of the vote on Nov. ...
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From NBC's Libby LeistDiscussion about Afghanistan won't only
take place with President Obama's speech tomorrow night at...
West Point. On Wednesday, Secretary of State Clinton is expected to testify before the Senate Armed Services and House ...
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HRC, Gates to testify on Afghanistan
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From NBC's Domenico Montanaro Some might say Congress is already its own reality show, but proceedings on Thursday might actually become a scene in one.
In addition to the director of the Secret Service, the chairman of House Homeland Security Committee, Bennie Thompson (D-MS), has asked ...
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From NBC's Libby LeistSecretary Clinton and Australian Prime Minister Rudd held a brief photo-op earlier at the State Department. The two leaders made short statements and took no questions.
Clinton called the Rudd-Obama meeting at the White House this morning "excellent and comprehensive." ...
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Australia
From NBC's Robert BazellThe latest numbers from the Centers for Disease Control just came out.
For the week ending Nov. 21, the number of people going to doctors and hospitals for flu symptoms continued its sharp decline, further validating the notion that the current wave of the epidemic in ...
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From NBC's Mark Murray As we await President Obama's Af-Pak speech tomorrow, it's worth remembering that he already gave one back on March 27 -- in which he talked about sending more troops there (a combined 21,000, including ones to help train Afghan forces), about the benchmarks that ...
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From NBC's Pete WilliamsAs expected, the U.S. Supreme Court today tossed out a lawsuit brought by the ACLU, which had sought to force the Obama administration to release photos depicting the abuse of detainees overseas. After the lawsuit was filed, Congress changed the law, giving the Defense ...
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Barack Obama
From NBC's Andrea MitchellAdding to the tabloid stories out there (Tiger Woods, those party crashers)... Aides to the Clintons confirm that Chelsea and Marc Mezvinsky became engaged on Thanksgiving Day -- and will be married next summer. The couple sent an email to friends, alluding to the ...
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From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and
Ali Weinberg*** Another big week: As the country returns...
from its long Thanksgiving weekend, as everyone obsesses over those White House party crashers, and as the strange Tiger Woods story ...
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First thoughts: Another big week
Per the New York Times , “President Obama plans to lay out a time frame for winding down the American involvement in the war in Afghanistan when he announces his decision this week to send more forces, senior administration officials said Sunday. Although the speech was still in draft form, ...
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Washington Post
This Politico story about various anti-Obama narratives that are forming may drive the administration and its supporters nuts. But it does expose a problem the administration has had these last four months: an inability to set their OWN narrative. The campaign discipline is gone, and there isn't ...
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Barack Obama
The Hill looks at the seven possible amendment issues to watch as health legislation moves forward: the public option, excise tax, prescription drugs, affordability, insurance exchanges, and Medicare cuts.
The AP is the latest to profile Maine Republican Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan ...
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“The Republican rank and file is largely in sync with GOP lawmakers in their staunch opposition to efforts by President Obama and Democrats to enact major health-care legislation, but a new Washington Post poll also reveals deep dissatisfaction among GOP voters with the party's leadership as ...
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Stu Rothenberg unveils his dangerous dozen House seats: LA-2 (Cao), DE-AL (Castle-open, running for Senate), LA-3 (Melancon-open, running for Senate), VA-5 (Perriello), MD-1 (Kratovil), KS-3 (Moore-open, retiring), OH-1 (Driehaus-rematch), OH-15 (Kilroy-rematch), FL-8 (Grayson), NM-2 ...
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From NBC's Chuck ToddThe White House rarely uses its press release list to tout accomplishments, a la like a campaign. But today, the White House is doing just that, touting movements on the Iran and climate issues. BTW, the real test will be when the U.S. pushes for tougher sanctions before the ...
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From NBC's Ali Weinberg Conservative blogger Erick Erickson
warns of side effects that a Republican "purity test"...
resolution, proposed by RNC Committeeman Jim Bopp, would have on the party's 2010 chances. The test would deny RNC funding to any ...
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2010 Update: GOP purity test dangers
