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| Fri, 11 Nov 2005 12:00:00 EST Sam's Club Republicans |
| I mentioned in passing the piece by Ross Douthat and Reigan Salam in this week's Weekly Standard on Sam's Club Republicans. It's a very thoughtful and creative attempt to sketch out, or at least give direction to, a new conservative Republican agenda. Bush Republicans, Douthat and Salam argue, have delivered rather little to the modest-income, culturally conservative voters who have provided absolutely indispensable votes for their agenda. Moreover, the Bush agenda, announced and campaigned on in 2000 and again in 2004, has mostly been either (a) accomplished or (b) effectively stymied. The agenda cupboard is bare. These two 20-somethings suggest some items for filling it up again. They haven't put their proposals through a think-tank analysis—they're two young guys who work for the Atlantic and the New York Times—but others can do that. What they have supplied is a political direction. Public-policy agendas for political parties should be good policy and good politics. The Bush 2000 agenda was. Now something new is needed. The Weekly Standard should make sure numerous copies get over to the White House. |
| Fri, 11 Nov 2005 12:00:00 EST Ahmad Chalabi speaks |
| On Wednesday, I went to the American Enterprise Institute to see Ahmad Chalabi. He is often denigrated in the mainstream media and has been the target of many in the CIA who consider him a dangerous man. I take a different view. As head of the Iraqi National Congress for many years, he risked his life seeking freedom for Iraq, and he showed great skill in creating a united front of Iraqis. He returned to Iraq while major military operations were going on and attempted to recruit a brigade of Iraqi soldiers early on—something that we should have encouraged him and others to do much sooner than we did. Last year, he was distinctly out of favor, not just with Arabists/peacenik career folks at State and CIA but also with Condoleezza Rice and Donald Rumsfeld's Pentagon. Charges were made that he gave intelligence to Iran. |
| Fri, 11 Nov 2005 12:00:00 EST An earlier test for Down syndrome |
| About 1 in every 800 live births in the United States yields a Down syndrome baby—an infant with flat features who is likely to have mild to moderate mental retardation and perhaps heart damage or impaired hearing. |
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| Sat, 12 Nov 2005 14:49:05 EST Jordan confirms al Qaeda behind hotel blasts |
| The Jordanian government today confirmed that al Qaeda in Iraq, the group headed by wanted terrorist mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was responsible for the suicide bombings at three Amman hotels earlier this week. The blasts killed 57 people and injured more than 90 others. King Abdullah II said four people carried out the bombings and "initial findings" indicate that they were Iraqis. |
| Sat, 12 Nov 2005 14:58:36 EST Annan calls for Iraq reconciliation |
| United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has arrived in Baghdad, a day after visiting the scenes of two bombed hotels in Amman, capital of neighboring Jordan, the U.N. in Baghdad says. Meanwhile, Arabic-language news network Al-Arabiya reports that Saddam Hussein's former deputy, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, has died. CNN has not been able to confirm the death. |
| Sat, 12 Nov 2005 16:12:45 EST Paris on lockdown |
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