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corner.nationalreview.com - 1/5/2009
Harry Reid Saved the Iraq War
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The Senate Majority Leader certainly has audacity. This is from Meet the Press yesterday: MR. GREGORY: Let me ask you about the war in Iraq. In April of 2007, this is what you said: "I believe myself that ... this war is lost and the surge is not accomplishing anything." Were you ...

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firedoglake.com - 1/7/2009
I Want to Play Poker with Harry Reid
— firedoglake.com — I want to play poker with Harry Reid. Really I do. Rather than call for a special election in Illinois, Reid sends a letter to Blagojevich signed by everyone in the Democratic caucus asking him to step down. They assert that they will not seat ... (more) I Want to Play Poker with Harry Reid

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news.yahoo.com - 1/5/2009
US inaugurates $700 million embassy in Iraq - Yahoo! News
— news.yahoo.com — BAGHDAD The United States inaugurated its largest embassy ever on Monday, a fortress-like compound in the heart of the Green Zone— and the most visible sign of what U.S. officials call a new chapter in relations between America and a more sovereign ... (more) US inaugurates $700 million embassy in Iraq - Yahoo! News

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huffingtonpost.com - 1/7/2009
Jane Hamsher: I Want To Play Poker With Harry Reid
— huffingtonpost.com — I want to play poker with Harry Reid. Really I do. Rather than call for a special election in Illinois to fill Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat, Reid sends a letter to Rod Blagojevich signed by everyone in the Democratic caucus asking him to step ... (more) Jane Hamsher: I Want To Play Poker With Harry Reid

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HOW HARRY REID SAVED THE WAR IN IRAQ
Dr. Sanity — Unbelievable: The Senate Majority Leader certainly has audacity. This is from Meet the Press yesterday: MR. GREGORY: Let me ask you about the war in Iraq. In April of 2007, this is what you said: "I believe myself that ... this war is lost and the surge is not accomplishing anything." Were you wrong? SEN. REID: David, I first met General David Petraeus in Iraq. He was training the Iraqi forces at that time. At that time, he knew it wasn't working. After he became the commander in Iraq, he and I sat down and talked. He said to me, and he said within ...

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