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Y'know, I can't really say it's the new administration yet, and I guess I know that The Times only prints what its supposed to, but what a news day! ...according to The New York Times:
There's dancing on the streets of Baghdad. Because "Pact, Approved in Iraq, Sets Time for U.S. Pullout"

Karim Kadim/Associated Press
Iraqi policemen danced with a United States Army soldier in Baghdad on Sunday, the day Iraq’s cabinet approved a security pact.

Dan Rather "...has unearthed evidence that would seem to support his assertion that CBS intended its investigation, at least in part, to quell Republican criticism of the network."
Germany’s Green Party Elects First Ethnic Turk as Leader

Jens-Ulrich Koch/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Cem Ozdemir, whose parents immigrated from Turkey as guest workers, joined Claudia Roth on Saturday as party co-leader.

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