The Iraq Study Group

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By now, the results of the Iraq Study Group will be in.
Will any of us be surprised if it does not magically solve the problem?

The Inside Scoop on Robert Gates

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Who is the Defense Secretary Nominee?
Does he also “fix the facts around the policy”?
In our rush to get rid of Don Rumsfeld, could the next Defense Secretary be just as bad?
This article in the Washington Post suggests Gates is as big a “yes-man” as Don Rumsfeld.

Debate Tuesday

VIDEO of debate(Warning: very long download time for dial up users)
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Mark’s guest, Republican strategist Mike Lane discuss the news, including this recent exchange between President Bush and newly-elected Virginia Senator Jim Webb (from front page of November 29 Washington Post):
At a recent White House reception for freshman members of Congress, Virginia’s newest senator tried to avoid President Bush. Democrat James Webb declined to stand in a presidential receiving line or to have his picture taken with the man he had often criticized on the stump this fall. But it wasn’t long before Bush found him.
“How’s your boy?” Bush asked, referring to Webb’s son, a Marine serving in Iraq.
“I’d like to get them out of Iraq, Mr. President,” Webb responded, echoing a campaign theme.
“That’s not what I asked you,” Bush said. “How’s your boy?”
“That’s between me and my boy, Mr. President,” Webb said coldly, ending the conversation on the State Floor of the East Wing of the White House.
Click here for full article.
Mark and Mike will also be discussing the Louisville and Seattle school integration plans on which the Supreme Court heard oral argument today. Could a 5-4 vote by this right-wing court spell the end of Brown v. Board of Education?

Week in Review

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The secret Rumsfeld memo, Hezbollah’s attempted coup in Lebanon, the good choice for Chairman of the House Intel Committee, FEMA debacles, integration of American schools, and other news of the week…

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