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President Bush flirted with the idea that U.S. troop strength in Iraq
could be reduced during a whirlwind visit to Anbar Province on his way
to an Asia-Pacific summit at which the debate over the war seemed sure
to follow him. Bush arrived here on a rainy Tuesday night after an
unscheduled detour to the dusty war zone and the province that was once
rife with insurgents. He arrived ahead of a summit of 21 Asia-Pacific
countries. The president told reporters aboard Air Force One on Monday
night that his strategy sessions with U.S. and Iraqi leaders and chats
about morale with soldiers and Marines at an air base in western Iraq left
him hopeful that positive change is starting in the 4-year-old
conflict. Despite military successes, political progress - especially at the
national level - is lagging and Democrats and some prominent Republicans
want troops called home. Crocker and Petraeus are to testify before
Congress next week. Their assessment of the conflict, along with a
progress report the White House must give lawmakers by Sept. 15, will
determine the future course of the war.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20585305/In Book, Bush Peeks Ahead to His Legacy. For now, though, Mr. Bush
told the author, Robert Draper, in a later session, "I'm playing for
October-November." That is when he hopes the Iraq troop increase will
finally show enough results to help him achieve the central goal of his
remaining time in office: "To get us in a position where the presidential
candidates will be comfortable about sustaining a presence," and, he said
later, "stay longer." But fully aware of his standing in opinion
polls, Mr. Bush said his top commander in Iraq, Gen. David H. Petraeus,
would perhaps do a better job selling progress to the American people than
he could.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/02/washington/02book.html?ref=booksKeith's Special Comment on the President's surprise visit to Iraq and
his intent... "playing for October-November".
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Parliament reconvened Tuesday after a monthlong summer break but took
up none of the key benchmark legislation demanded by Washington ahead of
a report to Congress on progress in Iraq.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20582773/Bill Clinton has delivered 30 years' worth of campaign stump speeches
as a political candidate, governor and president. His latest effort is
his shortest yet at about eight minutes long, and perhaps his most
challenging: boiling down, in the pithiest and warmest way, why his wife
should be in the White House.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20581383/Kicking off the fall campaign season with her famous husband at her
side, Senator Hillary Clinton yesterday portrayed herself as both a
reformer and an experienced insider, telling a rapt audience of more than
3,000 that the next president needs both qualities to reverse the damage
from eight years of what she called "government of the few, and by the
few and for the few."
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/09/03/clinton_launches_fall_campaign_with_nh_stop/Brad Pitt had a bit of a nervous moment when a crazed fan got too close
for comfort at the Venice Film Festival taking place in Italy.
That's some of what we're planning for tonight.
-- Carey Fox
Countdown Home:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/The Daily Links:
Suicide bombers attacked an army bus and a commercial district in a
city near the Pakistani capital on Tuesday, killing at least 24 people,
the army and police said.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20578576/In an embarrassing blow to the Israeli government, the Supreme Court on
Tuesday ordered the state to redraw the route of its West Bank
separation barrier near a Palestinian village that has come to symbolize
opposition to the enclosure.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20581935/The Pentagon on Tuesday said computer hackers gained access to an
unclassified e-mail system in the office of Defense Secretary Robert Gates,
but declined comment on a report that the Chinese army was responsible.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20586967/Two of Sen. Larry Craig's children said Tuesday they questioned him
explicitly about "what exactly happened in that bathroom" where he was
arrested in a sex sting and believe his assertions that he isn't gay.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20585868/Landmark studies published in 2001 indicated that the DNA of any two
people is about 99.9 percent alike. The new paper suggests estimates of
99.5 percent to just 99 percent.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20582504/Scientists discover 'skinny' gene. Certain flies, mice and people are
just born lucky (except in time of famine).
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20535978/Rock stars - notorious for their "crash and burn" lifestyles - really
are more likely than other people to die before reaching old age. A
study of more than 1,000 mainly British and North American artists,
spanning the era from Elvis Presley to rapper Eminem, found they were two to
three times more likely to suffer a premature death than the general
population.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20581183/Apple's iPhone outsold all smartphones in the United States in July,
its first full month on sale, accounting for 1.8 percent of all U.S.
mobile handset sales, research group iSuppli said on Tuesday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20586534/Eurostar set a new Paris-to-London rail speed record of just over two
hours on Tuesday with the first train to use Britain's long-awaited
high-speed track at over 186 mph.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20583224/Even in her Caribbean hideaway, trainwreck R&B star Amy Winehouse is
causing concern. The UK's Daily Mirror reports that the "Rehab" singer
became violently ill in her pricey suite, leaving maids "horrified by the
state of the room, which looked like a bomb had hit it."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20576410/Maine and S.C. face off in sand castle dispute. World record-holder
says Myrtle Beach's 43-foot castle doesn't follow rules.
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