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poliblogger.com - 1/25/2009
On Iraqi Provincial Elections
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Iraq: Elections are latest weapon in Iraq’s north - Los Angeles Times For decades, Arab soldiers and Kurdish guerrillas battled by gun, by mortar, by rocket. Now, elections are the latest weapon in the struggle for land and power in Iraq’s north. The ballot box has become a ...
lynch.foreignpolicy.com - 1/29/2009
Obama vs Odierno
— lynch.foreignpolicy.com — The institutional pushback against Obama's attempt to change Iraq policy is unfolding as predicted. After a steady... stream of Washington Post and Wall Street Journal editorials warning against withdrawing troops from Iraq, the New York Times today ... (more) Obama vs Odierno

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powerlineblog.com - 1/20/2009
President Bush: An Assessment
— powerlineblog.com — President Bush leaves office mostly unloved, with some poll respondents saying that they consider him one of... our worst presidents ever. This in itself is odd. Generally, our worst Presidents have been one-termers, for obvious reasons: James Buchanan, ... (more) President Bush: An Assessment

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whitehouse.gov - 1/20/2009
Iraq
— whitehouse.gov — IRAQ President Obama and Vice President Biden will responsibly end the war in Iraq so that we... can renew our military strength, dedicate more resources to the fight against the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan, and invest in our economy at home. The ... (more) Iraq

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Newshoggers.com — ... them. I disagree with Joe Klein that it's the latter. These groups may have gone largely rogue from the original ISI plan but that doesn't change the considerable level of tacit sympathy they enjoy from their creators nor the deep connections between them and the ISI via its still-tame terrorist proxies. - If Andrew Sullivan's on a list of the top 25 liberals, does US conservativism have a serious fringiness problem? - Iraqi provincial elections - trouble brewing in the Kurdish North. - "The buck stops here" has mutated into ...

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