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Guys: Apparently theSaudis have presentedaWubeir's name to State as their nextambassador. Baghdad Bob inAnnani. Whatthehe& isgoing on in Saudi?Could besignificant sign of change.

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GUYS: Heard a short report that Saudi lack ~ d e l l - ~ u b c i r - known t o be aa forthright:an4 truthful as ~aghdad ob - - w i l l be their rrv ambaaandor to the US . Have any heardt h i s ? 1s i t cont inued? 1f so. big newo. "ems ae hard core a mahhab as you'll ever Find.k d here m y be nome bigger shakeup amon9 the Saudi royals. Please l e t me know What Yo uhear. Bent, Jed.

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SutalBCt- Re [U] FW Can you help {felmlrft f the is accurate?nnrry, I wan out of pockat a l l day.... r a v e l i q t h r u an- wount.ins. ~ 1 . a ~ -a 1 ca ldweli for h i s t im e and interes t! nut , unleas you hear otherwise trowmark, I don ' t believe we'd be able to wake a c a l l happen today. I am out of th e o f f i c e torthe resc of the week. but s t i l l av a i la b l e on email.

Claaaif icf ttiOn~ UtICLASSIP3ED//WR OFFICIAL USE ONLYL O D ~ B ike POX ran t he s t o r y a l r e a dy ,0 a aeparate note. due t o t he Sec Dsf v ia i t KG Caldwell cnceueh i * weekly PC.Therefore, he ua.a wondering if he should do a conference c a l l w ith a group tomorrow. Hew o u l d hT from 161s-1640 for t he cal l If you think sonrone might ba incermte Plaafte1 m u hat you might have a va i l a b l e and I wil l ge t h i e approva l.

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LTC OSD PA; todd.vici*gentlemendo any of you know i f t h e f o l lo w in g a r t i c l e i s ac cu ra te ?? fox new has asked one of themi l i t a ry analyet - whether t he re i s i n fact a new AQT broadcast network opcratung f r mr the a r t i c l e oucl inac the nettfork can *i>e confirm or deny?"

Broadcasting from a secret l o c a t io n i n s y r i a , ~ l - ~ a e d and i t s a l l i e s now have their -4-hour e l e v i e i m s t a t i o n , PqaHUIe Media haa learned.

Known as Al-Zawraa, Arab ic fo r " f i r s t channel,. t h e a t a t i o n broadest enemy propagandaand rebroadcaflte of Hestern a n t i - w r m a t e r i a l , including Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11I t i e not connected with Al -~ a z e e r a .Abu A m b al-Masxi. t he le ad er of a1-Quda i n Iraq, i s d el ig ht ed by al-Zawraa. A U.S.m i l i ta r y i n t e l l i g e n c e o f f i c e r t o l d Pa iMa s Media that: t h e le ad er of a l - ~ e d a n Iraq, a l -I m B r i , 'baa long-cem and big plans for this thing: Previous attempts by al-Medo, t o setup media propaganda o u t l e t s have been l imi ted to s a t e l l i t e r a d i o and the internet. AI-zauraa, however, l a seenin gly wel l f inanced and s t r i v i n g f o r a broader appeal.From t h a t tecrct s t u d i o somewhere i n Syria, al-fawraa T V ' S s i g n a l extenda co the e n t i r eArab world thank* co a. sa te l l i t e owned by ~ g y p t , a janaa M ia ha s l e a rned .Xgmt i s O f fi ci al ly an a l l y of the United State, i n the wax- on terror.I w i v f t ~ore t b m 51 b i l l i o n year in U.S. fo re ign a id , w e e than any other countrym i r t h except I s r ae l .The channel's r s not l imi ted to Irq- fact t ha t h igh l igb te the Eayp t imgovernment's apparent p e n a i ~ ~ i v i w .l-Zawru i. broadcast on ni leaac . a ~ t e l l i t eadmicisteccd by the ~ g y p t m overnment. ~hrough i l e - t , a l- za w xa a4 a s i g n a l b la nk et a theMiddle Eftat arid North Afr ica . thus ensuring thAt the inxurgents' -age reaches thee n t x n Arab m r l dAJ.-Z~WT&V began broadcasting on November 1.4. The channel a oet up by the l d ~ i crmyof Iraq, an insurgent group comprised of fomec ~ a a t h i e t a ho were l o y a l t o Saddam Husseinand now profess a eonve ro im to a bin Ldca-lik ideology, according Co Middle -st-based

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s h e zniamic Army of Iraq is subordinate to the Muyahideen Shura Council ano~fnization of S d nourgent groups, a military intelligence o f ~ i ~ ~ ~ c o l dajarB3~edia. he al-zawraa net ror ie viewed as "credible" br users of established >ihadiatInternet forma.Al-Zawraa's content if h e a w with inmnrent prooaqaoda. including audio neasaqee frmIeliiinic Army of Iraq cpokee- Dr. Ali al-Ba'awi AM ootage of the group's fr cm lt mcawration*. The station ooenlv calls Cor violence against shia Iraqis and the ~ r a q igovernment. News anchora appear in military tatignea to rail against the rulinggovernment, and news crawls urre viewers to support: the ~a la mi c rmy of Iraq and "helpliberate it from the ocwp yin g U.S. and Iranian forces," Marwan Soliman cold ~ajamasMedia. . -Sitting in the Pallujah Qovrroaenc Center in Fallujat, I=-, milit&ry analyst Bill Roggio,who is embedded with the Military Transition Team, watched al-Zawraa with two moldier=E m he Iraqi .my and a pair o imte-tera. Ro mim reports t b c eongs m u d r 4ictime of the "U.S. occupiers," and that inrqes featured on d-Zauc- included "deetroyedaosquea, dead women and children, wonen weeping of the death of their family, blocdetained 1 he dcacruction of U.S. hunweca and armored vehicles, and insurgents firinga , PGS, rockate and AK-47s . " These pictures were maant to be provocative to lshttd-mintled youth. ~ i aomplete account can be found on his blog.~oo aio old palanas ~ed i a , hat the station's ett-ateoic role for inauraent and nl -m ed ai t i n &ratioiia ia clear! " A l - Z w r ~ n designed to recruit for and prolong theinsurgency in Iraq. It openly espousec violence, particularly against the Shxa, but a m os t he Iraqi government and security forces and -lition troops.,,a d ft'herlands' cedi= analyst Andy seoaicc told P a p w a s Media tttat al-awt-assorotdcucs on ~~1e. crwce. wesc ioir about t~ eqypc2.n qovemotnt-s role '~ile~atmostly gypt ti an owoe3.- swacic said, 'BO 1t means t h y will turn down any c u e t o m who IEtnowht to -~-oducematerial .


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Geniimw,For your ready raterencltachM is handy cfm-wgefwNch outlinesourkey them8 and notableempaisomfor military commissionsand relatedproposedconstructon.Ihave shared t h e paintswith quite a numberofmedia, hcwever most of thosealready inour comer havenotseemedto think thls was muchof a story. Ourdetractors,meanwhile,have largely glossedmarwhat lve passedalong to them,Perhapswe can marksttosome military analystsand columnists, like theme8who rilted Guarrtanamo odaywith Cully Stirnson.. or otherswho have recently wfltod

and the press later that same day We can include the CSRT ~ e d iolicy bnef as part of that roll-oul win"MatePAPlan according&

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Due o the extensive sire,scopeand compiexiryor the h a t s by miliury commission,additionalinfrastructure and personnel will be m u d atCuaniaflamo to proceed withjtiaiicc a i expeditiously as possible . .TheDepartment of Defense will ammiied o f i with the Conyress o bring unltnfu lencmv combalams o justice W e want thm procco- to be full and fan, ndo notwant the lack of facilities to be a reason todelay the process.Only lhosedcliiiiceswhowl DC charged with law of w ai vio!ationsand other grave offen'ies.estimated at roughly .0 unlawful enemy combatants, ui l. be subject to com missions.Proposed additional infrastructure encompasses projects from tbe constructionofcourtrooms andsecurefacilities for the prosecution and defense attorneys, mediaandwitnesses,while improving Guantananio's capacityto providepower and utilities. Tliecurrent total estimated COST is approximately $1 15 million. With only existing facilities

capable of single defendant trials, military commissions could take up to 10 years.NombkCmD.ri, Zacharitt*M o i nu o ui t r r l f or conspiracy,terrortom andmurder

"Tens of millions o f dollar*": estimateof CBS egal analystAndrew> O.J. Simpon mnrdtr trial

$9 million; Los Angeles trial lasted 9 months and involved 126witnesses> CourtCoin: Inknimiooxt CrimfaulTribaul fo r the f o rm e r Y n p s h v i a (TCTY)httpJ&w.un.ore/ict~.'/cases4facftheets/ficneraiinfo-eimAnnual Budgets1999: $94.103.8002000 SO5 942 A M

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0 of the military analysts. colonel ken allard, an old colleague of HE chiarelli'swrote an article based on a conver~eion hey hid -hort~y efore he left. he semi i t 'mgen chiarelli, but doesn't have his new email address, 80 it bounced back. ~ ' v e ttachedthe massage. would you mind forwarding to gen chireili?thanksBErz?ncluded you &a c ue HQ caldwell might os interested in seeing some of the outcome f-th e calls continue to reap results'

Clafl6ificati.on UNCIASSIFTED//POR oFFICIM, OSE OMLTE!T?lmat ia i t? 16 days now? I know you have a qaxilhon t hm ga to wrap upI m follCTring up on the request fron per note from ffi might.I know you and your folks are working LTG chiarelli-a end of tour plansI agree "5th- t N s ie an i-ztam group co m a w beeuae c k y can effectivelygat our messages out as third party endorsers.

1 the surrw.tca Program with grvat BUpport defer to them on working details out with you If this l.a me th i n g you will add Co LTG Chiartlli'e pl- fc1.11 brief MG might and MG Caldwell to close the loop here.

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n a s I m m B U R w 1 5 l e --Subject:GeorgeW Canure Today's SpectatorI'm hopeful. butnotvery - that the presidentwfl consider and present his new Iraq policy mterms ofthe rest of the region,and t ie wor d If hedoesnl it w ls~relyall Best ~ e a

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here i f i the List. or mil i tary u u l y s t s who have accepted the invi tat ion to have lunch u ~ b h0" ."d a y . .---

- - -Colonel Ken Allard (USA. Retired) - HSlfflC HE Jed -bin lAF, Po-r J W Americano r . eal Clear Po l ic ies liieut-nt General Michael P. DeLong lUSMC, Retired) - P o x~ e w s olonel ~ o h n arrect; USHC, ~ e t i r e d ) FOX ~ e w s owmand sergeant Majar eteven Greftr[USA, Retired) -Fox news Dr Jeff Nc~~uslxndColonel, USA, Retired) - CBS (radio!Lieutenant General 'rhomas wcrnerney ~USAF, Retired) - ?ox ~ e w s ior General Robert HScales. Jr


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CNN h u o h Ed H q : here's d i s c w i a ~ ~t the White H o w to increase the sir eo f h military, gating l k m m a esources- but " t k ' s already a deficit." Questions - - -surround wh dh w we h a w enough r o o p toevan increase the force only for a fewmonths in lmqCNBC Kudlow& Campany: l?Jote: during h i s clip, lhenew r em ili ng numhors .-shorn on the screen)

Ga. ayne Dawning:Does not klie ve in incmsing lJ.S. mops in Iraq -andthjnkswe need to smndm wing dowmwithin s ix m n h s .

MICHAEL CR OW EY , "THE NEW REPUBLICa':Well, Im k Ice, ou know, I'm man expeIi on military strategy, hut it dm s stem to me that -- I have yet lo see w m m eexplain convincingly ho w a lot more troops are goingto wlve what seem* t o m ikemimactnblepmhlem. And it'sredly son o f a l m i n e . I mem, 1 f e l l ike if Bush doubksd o w n d cd ls for a101 mom tm p so v e rt k m , there's voing to be arcaction to that inthis counfq that will inv olw people onhSIJ&Sd ratesting in a way that ve h a m ' l

HENRY: Well, not about the dmfl, bulhe m certainly is ad lsc ~m ion t omsi ng thesix of th em il it q, getting them nore res ow ca But as p u know, tlxm arc iimitedresources for hi s g a v m e n l .


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Do we have enough troops to actually go there, even if its for only three mon ths, sixmonths, arc there cnoug h7A nd also. what does that end up leaving the L'.S vulnerable inother pans of the *orlo. if. m fact. more U . S . mops are in Iraq? That obviously couldshow somemorev ulnerability 10 other pans of t k world -. ou.CNBC Kudloiv & C o m ~ a n v 2 /U /M P:4:l . - .--

--.-Gem DOWNING:Well, my view is that pulling more United Slat es troops over i n Iraqright now, more combat formation, is going 10 raise false expectations back here In theUnited States, Larry. t's dm going to put more Americans on the street, which are goingto further intnriatethe Iraqis. I d o not believe weshould put more US combat units inthere. I d o believe that some point, six months from now, we need to start a drawdown, - -but the emphasis, Lamy, as o be on the-building the Iraqi army. And, Larry,unfortunately,we've got 10 startover with the Iraqi police. Th e Iraqi police havettaditionalls been coiruot. They're not trusled bv the nconle. The new nolice that we'veout in havefallen back into th& same old wavi. ~ n de cannot havea ~aolf icat ioncampaign We cannot actually dew these neighbo.tioods and make them peaceful untilwe get decent police in there So 1 say no more US troops Th ai s my recommendation.KUDLOW: eneral McC affr ty, Is it politicallypalatable, and 1 don't mean political inain a--in a partisan sense. 1mean n a nationalsense. fwe stay in Iraq and we do the kindsof things that you gentlemen are talking about, but we don't seem to be do ing anythingdifferent, no new troops, no immediate pullout Inother words, I'm concerned that theP e w Pace position, that the General Abizaid position, is-it sou nds like nothing'schanging, Mr. McCatTrcy.TF-XT:Pentagon: Army achieved 105% of it goalPentagon: Army and Navy Reserves ell short ofN ov. recruiting goalsPentagon: Army Reserves recruited only 79%of their targetPentagon: Nav y Reserve recruited 91% oftheir goalGen. McCAFFREY; RIgbt. Right.KUDLOW That's a problem thai I ba\c witn ba t ^curno, and I'm reaching for theMcCam .wnano.only because tt MU& like we re dome so met is^^ dtffereni. As youand I v.eH know. Fm not a military expe n. But what's your response tothat swus quosounding?Gen McCAFFRW Well. I don't think it can h e a siarusquo. I couldn't ~ p eith youmore. I th UK one of the things that's beend l ) acking In this whole cCon 1 1appropriately equipping these Iraqi hdtulior~. ou know, hey've got 10Toyota lighl

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tmcks. a bunch o fsm all arm s, We got 10 leave Iraq almost entirely with our combatpower I think within the next three, four, five years. We got to build the helicopter force.We got toeive thc m fi vet hou and lightannorcdvehicles. I think Wayne Downing and 1pmbably agree on one thing, we don't want a lot more embedded trainers. Wewant better - -.embedded trainers.Gen DOWNING: Right.

.--Gen McCAFFREY: You got to ~a ids an0 give them 90days of Arabic language You . - -know. I did that with the Vietnameseairborne. It tookm eeigh i months o g a trained upto nod o my main linem ilr ar yp b with t 'ie Vietnamese unit Those are the mays toexplo it. Plus. h r r y . we got to do economic reconstruction.KUDLOW: RightGen.McCAFFREY: If we &nl-if we dorfthaw $10 billion a year for five yean, allwe'redoing is fighting these people.KUDLOW: This is-I-sir, 1 think you are sodead in thewa*m ight on this.This ssomeihing I've never understood why we've fallen so ar behind the eight ball on all theeconomic reconsmction. Heck, yo u knowwhat? Ifwe had lo do an FDR, new deal. CCCkind of thing, at least in the short run to gel them paid, IheardGeneralGarner say that onGSPAN. think it was quile sensible.Mr. Down ing, piease take us out. GeneralMcCaffreytalked about three, our, five moreyears. Is that also your view? .Gen DOWNING: h, yes, tarry, it's going to be at least three or four, five more yearsYou know. and 1want 10go back to somethinelhat Barry said. The military. the securitycomponent i s what you need for this countcri&urgency campa ign to w o r k . ~ u t t 's no tforget,Lany, this is political. We're fighting here, he insurgents are fighting for politicalslakes. Malikihas eot political stakes. If Mal--if Premier Maliki. or& minister, couldbring the factions together and could solve these very, very difficult issues , peopleestimate 90 percent of this insurgency would go away. So let's not forget the politicalcomponent ofth is, and if Maliki can't do this, then I think the Iraqis arc going to have togel a leader who can.KUDLOW: Yeah, there's a lot of talk about replacing him, insidehi s ow n coalition. Nottheuni ted Slates. .Gen.DOWNING. bsolutely.KUDLOW: heShias in his coalition. And theother part we didn't hawtime with.Gen DOWNING: at's exactly riBht.

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MEDIACOVERAGE: PRESIDENT BUSH'S MEETINGWITH MILITARYANALYSTSDECEMBER 12,2006

p u S u m m ~ vSix of he top 10 newspapersmention ed PresidentBush'smeelingonDec. 11 with retired four-starA m ygenerals, JohnK- Bany McCaffrey, u id Waync Downing, and analysts El io lCohenand StephenBiddle All coverage eported he meeting n conjunctionwith thePretidem 'i "Iraq war listeninglow"(NYT)his week and included repo ning on hestate Departmentmeeting he Presidentheld prior to themeeting with the generaldanalysis.Nearly all reports focusedon the generais' previous public criticismof the recently released raq S tudy Groupreport.The Washington Post had the mostdescriptivepieceon he meeting, reportingthat theexp erts handed ,President Bus ha " b l m and dismal assessment of his hand lingof raq."The Postquoted oneoftheparticipantsas saying hat thegroup advised that "alternative appm chea must be considere d-and that thePresident shou ld review his nationalsecuntvteam. The also reoorted hat all the exoerts a d. . . . -that the Army and MarineCorps need o be biggerwith bigg er budgets, wh ile a ll except for Gen.Keanedisagreed with the notion hai additional troops could improve Baghdad security.US A Today and he Los AngelesTimes reported tfut theadvise rs also disagreed with (herecommendation to enter in discussions wit h Iran and Syria.TheNewYoATimesnoted that diemeetingindicated that the White House is distancing tself from the [SO ] report."pxpertsd ~ i s e-h NO, TO neduce rm ~ v i t c t~SDMCH, ~ in t t ~ lr a oZmE(WashingtonPort)... ichael A. Fletcher (New York Times) ... imR u t e n k gand Thomas E.Ricks Pres iden td i i nue i s tn tee v th isweekBull A d v ln e n D i m M e Sludv'bFIndiw wi th m i l lt an . d l donu tk . I r a q i eaden(Houston C hronicle)...WashingtonPost (USA Today)... av id JacksonReprint Bush meets on war olanBush eathere idemon r ' (hew York D aily News)...Kenneth R.( b s AngeiesTm") ... amesOemmmq B m m t

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coops into Baghdad and A1 A n k rovinceand tha he President was "most animated ..when peopktalked about victory i n raq."WNBC-NY NBO N i r i l U v N e r o w l t b E h h n W l l h r o 12n1/m 18;34:04WILLIAMS: Genera! McCaffrey ...Ho w did the president take the rather grimmessage ou had todeliver at the White House today?McCAFFREY. Wel l , Ihink theywere very open10 these deas. The vice presidentwu there, tookcopiousnotes. They had their seniorWhile Hou^estaff t k hey didn't participate, hey listenedintently. 1 houg ht he was signaling what 1 believeis (he case, in (hecoming 90 days you're going to see*ne w secretary of defense- hank Co d -Bob Gates. Josh Bohon as White HO W chief o f stnff andSecretaryRice havegot to craft a pragmatic way fonvard. And 1 expect lhey'11 do that.W I L L I A M S : And General Downing, a few seconds left. If youwere a bcttingman, major changes i npolicy to come?DO WN ING: Well, 1 hink lhtre'sgoing to be mdficBtions. Ihink it was very clear from Wepresident'scomments,Brian, that thingsw e goingmchange, there sgoing to besomethingdifferent.How ma jorthat is.1 don't know. We'regoingto hivetosee.p mRADDATZ: I n fact, what the people n the room are known for is their withering criticii ofthe Baker-Hamilton report released ast week RetiredGeneral Jack Keane. who met wit h th e president today, gavethe reportan"F?GEN. A C K W A N E (RET.)A B C Newsconsuhant,on Nightline"l: I hinkit 's wholly Kadequate.It's a coverstory oacceptdefeat.RADDATZ : Wha t Kccie and others i n themeetingsaidthey would lik e to sec s ft ttirge ofthousandso fU S. forces int o Bathd ad and A1 An& m i n c e . Otherstalkedo f s d i n e n Special Fo rceso r tun ii n~.more respon sibilityover to the Iraqis. 'M I C H A E L GREEN [formerNational SecurityCouncil aide. CenterforStrategicand nternationalt d i c s ] B y meeting wi th them, i t ' s a core demonstration from the While House that the Iraq StudyCroup is pan of this conversation but notthe ui- in itself.Hm:Late in i& ar l tnwcn,the~widminosiad Uxu ofwtiat H White H ousecalled outsideIqexperts, three w reda m ) generals, a fisionin. i d regioiulexpert. In recent d i m , four of the fivehave beenvers critical of the Ira0 snnh c r o d t reoorton Iwi.Rutred h e n 1 Barn- McCaffrey c i l l dthe report's&mmeniuticm for 2008 ui ihdnwa ofU S c0fnm brigade; uh .k l& ingemtxddL' S trainers uith I -aqi units akrecipe for naiioml hum il i it ion " Wh te HouseBpokewiian Tonv S n mdenied theexpms were btmg brought in o shoo! down the ISG's recmmendations.I Rmn c.io1tony 6no& They're beingbrought in becausethey're Bnartpeopkand know how to gel hing; done.They're notbrought i n 10doa book eviewon BakerHamilton, that is not the point.[End Clip]

publications - ins t h is k e k on the president's underwhclmine~oonseo the I r w S i u d ~ ~ r o u p .ndo w he generals saying, i n essence,hat when theymet with th e President today, he essen tiallyaskedthem only lo give their own viewpointOSDPublicAffain Researchid Analyst

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Pox Hannity & Colmea - Interview wi th Secretary Ru m~feld n Iraq

HDC Nig htly N-s - San Barry HcCaffrey B el iv x m need t o incream.economic a ~ do r r a c o m r u c t i o n , a n d have l e s s of a di rect combat r a l t and1.- imbwddad t r i n "you want lean people who pea Arabic w h o areepeciftl forces, w h o cow from e l i t e a c t i v e d ut y u n i t s T hie i s n ' t nmnbtfe.i t ' s q u a l i t y "

HDC Uiqhtly Newe - Gen. Wayne Downing: Told the President we need more U.8.0cc.c and t rong raq i eecu r i t y forcae, and th at th e American p opl naed"to he tol d what 's going o n . " Also - t he t roops i n Iraq have wads manyr i f i c e ~ "we cannot do anything that*. going to marginal ize them, wakeha f e e l had"Fox f r n n l t y & Colms - mjor Scott Kith. U.S. H a r i t r s C i v i l i a n A f f a i r s( Interview w i t h ~ a n n i c y ro m ~ r q )amvemade s i g m f i c a n e p r o c es s . YOU we-with ua a t t h e s c ho ol t h e other day, and you saw the two women that wanteda w p o r t . T i r y ' v e opened up a new school two blocks away from our hame, andprogress i s e i g n i f i c ;~ox Hannity & c o m e s . o l 01iv.r ~ o r t h : t7e h e u l i k e Major ~ i s hndhi. troops. fch guys out there - - and thay ca l l them mi l i t a ry t r a ns i t i ont t he po l i ce c rn i t i o ur, fch* Mitts and t h e ~ i t t s t h e y c a l lthen. t h a t r e a l l y are iri.nni.ng over t h e hearts and minds.


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ox Hannity and Colrnes 12/11/06 21:01:27-l3BtDateTi!Be-l22Fllt2F06+3AOl3A27tterm-iiuafeld&Pl~yClip=FALInterview with secretary Smsfeld in IraqSEAH HMTOlTy, CO-HOST: And welcome to a very special edition of 'Hannity &colmea." I s m Scan Hannity.

NOW, over the weekend, 1 bad the privilege of traveling to Iraq along withsecretary of Defense Donald Ruaafeld, Vw , it was hia final visit to go icethe troops before ha leaves office, and thatas t the and of chis week. N-,the trip was BO secret that I didn't even tell the staff of this televisionprogram that I ms going.

NOW, we began by applying IRCO the ~ l - ~ ~ f t dir Force Base, acme 180kilometers "eat of Baghdad. Secretary RumsfeLd conducted a tm hall meetingwith the soldiers, and some Marines, and even a few ~ailors. He then voice dwith a Marine fighter attack 8quadron.

How, we had the chance to visit with seme of the troopa along the way, andyou a that video, if you're a FOX F ~ y th my by logging ontoroman.corn,He then flew east to the -lad M r Porcc B-e. That's northeast of Baahdad.~ h * r he secretkry wee with airmen, and HtdEvac crews, and vinited hospital n t h woundad soldiers And after we lf Balad, we Clew to BaghdadInternational Airport, where we boarded helicopters and flew over ~aghdadand headed ng h c into the Red Zone

we met with embedded soldiers who are working along with Iraqi troops in oneof the hottest zones in all of ~ r a q . hey told us about the sectarianviolence and how the iraqi* are working w i t h our troops in joint efforts tooncro1 Ch* area.

Then we choppered buck t o the oreen Zone in Cusp victory, where I got ac f a oehmd-the-acem-~our ot one of sad- ~ u ~ i n 'alac tadthen on Sunday mornins. -e boarded our C-17 N flew oor th to the town of3 " l . *ere secretary Runfel held another tm hall teetxnq ".th soleler,and cook acne of their ques;imnI have the chance for my own town hall meeting in the back of the room afterthe secretary was finished -peak-ing. we got some unbelievably candid momentarich the troops.

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(BEGIN VI DE O CLIP) ONTDENTIFIED MALE- ... more intellectual, smarter forcetoday. These are so ld ie rs who think on chair feet . (END V I D E O C L I P )HMW I T Y : We're going t o have more of chat inproniptu town h al l meeting al i t t l e b i t later i n the ahow. Fi rs t , before ~e spent the niq-ht in Baghdad, Ihad the chance t o pea excl usive ly with Secretary Rwrf eld.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) HANMTrV: Why did you come back one more time?

DCEULD RUMSFELD, U.S. SECRETARY O F DEFENSE: I had been wheduled t o Comet h i a weekend, and I decided that I wouldn't about, oh, sh or tly af te r wem e e d my d ep artu re . ~ n dh e more I talked, to peopl th e more peoplesa id , "YOU simply can't do that . YOU re al ly should go, that those troops a npeople you've sent over t he r e and tha t are r isking thei r l ive*, and i t : i simportant for you t o go and say thank you t o them."

And I began thinking about it hard. And, you know, ~ C ' Bt w h w f l t i o nwhen your successor 18 named and confirmed and you have the flow ofbusiness. ~ n dou say t o you reelf , "Well, w h a t should I do or what ahould Ideer do ing?" Became you d o n ' t want to intervene i n thinga t ha t he ought tobe doing.

HJOMITY:before?

W h a t happened? had of f r your many

HAMUITY: what happened this time, though?

RUMSFELO: I chink that thia t ime bhe outcome of the e l e c t i on , l u s t t o put itr i gh t UP on the tab le, created . i tuation where 1 perwmally bel ieve, andt h e president agrees, it i s better fo r someone =l e e t o be leading thisdepartment with that new C o n g r e a a . And ic 'a be tte r fo r the mili tax 'yr i t ' eb e t or t h e department; an d i t ' s bet te r for the adminimtration. And Ifeel comfortable with chatHANHITY: And you both - - t h i a w e a -en-* between the t w o of you?RUMSPELD: Well, during the period before the election, it waa very clear t o

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And this president la a1iwoat . ictim of the BUCC.2.. he h h.d inpreventing another attack in our country, because people have allowed the-cure of the threat to diminish in their mind*. And 1 chink that we oughtnot to.

me t h felt tire m y . And I let others know that I felt thi'c way

MHHiTY: The president?

RUWSPEW: And he, well, he put it - - you've been sending signals, but, no. Ite good -bout it. I k c * to not btt doing titrt I ' v e been doing because 3r e o much bou what we've doing, and I ' m convinced what we're doing isright, and that it will ultimately succeed, and that the country needs tobetter understand it. It has to become more familiar to the people.

This is the first war of the 2lst century. It's new. It's strange, Itdoesn't hkve the benefit of major am ie a, and iwi ea , and air forcesclashing one with Another, and an outcome that's clear.

Theresa nly BO much the mili t~r y an do. The military can do the militarytacks, but ultimately it will take a political solution. But the danger toour country is real, it's present, icss lethal, and it's w owi ng. ~ n dhatis a hard thing for people to understand, because we've been BO successful" n o t having an attack in this country for f i ve years.

We ought to underatand - - what w it that Kimton Churchill aftid - - thegathering a t o m . It wasn't clear. ~t waa ainbiououa, and there were varioussignals. But, by golly, we're in period where there ia a gathering storm,And the thret of chemical and biologic.! and radiation and nuclear weapon*are real. he seriousness of cheat people is un mb ig uo u~ , nd we need to bevigilant.

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HANMI7Y: ~ u cart of their solution - - for example. they offer tw o ideas.one of them ia one that I watched you have .very interesting conversationabout, embeds and expediting the training of the Iraqi creeps along with theAmerican Corce,. guiding then. And you had a great conversaC.:on =axlie=.BUT: they calk about, OK, ae part of die policLca1 solution, iwgoclate, talki t , diacuea issued with 1rssi and syria. ow do you have a discussion witha mn who denies the ~o locaust : aovened. and wants to annihilate another" i t r y , and is seeking nuclear weapons? Do you think chat's possible?

BDKSFELD: I think that your question is an inipoi-fot one. I don't n t o beritica.1 of a report chat I have not. had a chance to read in detail, but the- - I would say chat it - - you have t o aak ycureelfi why is it that theywould want to help us?M I T T : Haven't they been fomntmg the terror?

RUMSFBLD: They've been contributing to the violence in Iraq. They have beenunhelpful. They clearly have ag e n c ~ perating, and they axe using funding inthis country to not allow it to be nucce~afvl.

And it's hard, in the case, ae you point out, u h ou have leadership ini n n that says what they say, believes what they believe, and behave* theway they're behaving.1EHD VIDEOTAPE)

HANNITT: m ' 1 1 have wore ef my exclusive interview with secretary of ~efmmDonald Runsfeld Crow Iraq in ju a moment.

Also coming up tonighc, Ollie North will bring us live report Iron thefront.Unas . He'a in -di tonight. ~ n dhen we'll ahow you om of myunscripted, completely candid conversation xith our cr- that are fightingin Ira.,, from mmu1 .

Plus, former Majority Leader Tom m l a y is here with a big announcement abouthia political future.

And Cindy sheehan said she won ' t stop at juat ireie~chinv es ident Buah.5

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I sold it differently a couple of years ago in a menorandm I sent to theP-sidmt and m-ded up in the we... me I maid mmething to the esrect thatwe can't - - the metrics for winning or losing are very difficult. Today, ther i d e n c ' a being measured on the amount of violence in 1r.q. and ba~icallyin BAghdnd, It's three or tour provinces out of 18 1" one country.

He'll play you that f e e .

ICOMM'ERCIALBREAK1 ALAM WLM ES, W-HOST: Welcome back t o *Hannity & Colnws:we n o s ith Sean'o exclusive interview in Iraq with DefenaaSecref.ry Donald ~mnafeld.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) HANHlTY: SBcrec*ry-deignAt aces ai during Hishearing, "We're n o t winning the w r i we're not losing the war."

EUtfIMITYt Your thoughts on him, thoae connnentB, and do you have any advicefor him?

ROMSFBLD: Ho, I don't: have any advice for him. I wish him well. It'6 toughjob. and I have every confidence he'll do a good job at it.

That La not the meauce that is the wronsr wa u r a . If that were to be theonly metric or nau of aucccaa or failure, my goodness, then you've giventhe game to the enemy. All they have co do is keep violence up in Baghdad,and the media chac'a there will say, 'Oh. my goodneaa, the terrorists arewinning and everyone else is losing: ~hat'a not it.But, regrettably, there are not good metrics to daterfflina ow it'm actuallygoing on, wh atma happening. he kinds of thing. one would want co know, ifyou rftklly v n t a d to have your finger on the pulie of who's winning andwho's losing in this global struggle againat violent extremism, you -Idwant to know how the cerroriaCa and the extremists are doing in raisingmmeY.

How are they doing il l recruiting? Are the thing" that are happening in theworld advanttging them eo that the cadre of people that support theirp ~ ~ i c i o ne increasing or is it decreasing?

Ha know we are killing - - the president h one a fascinating job of9ettim.2 #m e a0 C0""trie. into a 913b.l e0.1ition *g.inmt =xt=emic.ce. And "eknow wa r e putting preamure on them around the globe. MR know it's harderfor them t o do things: it's harder to raiae money: it's harder co tr-termoney: it's harder to mve between countrieo i t m a arder to recruit: it8#harder to move weapons, but they still do it.

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And the question is, ie the pressure that's being put on them greater thanthey are able to apply, in terms of raising money and recruiting? Andbecause it i s - - you know. this is - - it would be easier if you had bigi s , ig navies, and big air forces contesting each other. We don't.

~ t w eopl ar dafrwind =hey are not going to mign a surrender on th.u s issouri in the Pacific Ocean e m d a y . They're not going' to surrender.~hey're oing co have to be put down over time in a long struggle, much morelike the cold war than World war I1 or World War 1 .HMTOITY; ~ l light. so these are your final nine day*. HOW do you feel? Idon't know if you're a guy that would say I f - - do you f ad Do youfeel. ..RtMSPSLD: No, no, not a t II Not -11.

HAtWITY: . . . like you have achiv a lot?

HAtWITf: Arc you proud of everything you've done?

ROMSFSW: I feel very..

H M ~ H T Y ~re you mimundarstood by the md i a and m y b e on of your politicalopponents,

RTMSFELD~ well, no. my gus is my political opponncare probably - - havereason to disagree. weeve done a lot. we've w e d a great deal in thatdepartment, and ~eople on't like that. Tha contractors don't like it#congressmen don't 1ik. it: pieces of the bureaucracy don't like it.When you make chose kin& of ch nq ofrrbody0s ot going to lik. it. Now.you can go ahead and be acrataz of defanse and h a w nobody be unhappyabout it. All you have to do is not do anything. who wants to live that kindof a life?

MITY: he media, you know, they want to Bay this civil war has =oxen outin Iraq. They've taken position. We've got politicians out there publiclysaying, -We can't win the war." et cetera. They've undermined the president,I would argue, in a Lot of ways. ,

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How has that impacted the whole ability to fight a war?

RWSFBLD: It make. it nore difficult. That'a one of the irturem of ademocracy. People can say what they want. They can be right. They can bei n g . They c be harmful. They CAB be helpful.

But we've survived that kind of partisan political debate. We saw it duringthe Revolutionary War. we maw it during the Civil War, we maw it duringWorld war I and 11. We certainly S it during the Vietnam war, Korean War.My g0odne.s. yea.

no, if you're secretary of defentt during a war, no war is popular, exceptin re~ro ~pect .hey aren't popular at,the tine. They're ugly things. They're' terrible things. And people die, and mople are wounded, and people areheartbroken. ~ n d here's inevitably going to be criticism and that goeswith the territory, and 1 accept that.

HUMSFKLDi Sure.

HAHHITY: So what will history show in 30 y ~ w s rom now?

RWSFELD: I'll leave it to the hitorin ut I think that history has tolook at this period aa a period that in new, where there if no i-endmap.where th-re ia no guidebook that said, "Here's how YOU do this," and that an

The recognition that terrorist can attack at any place in any locationusing any technique in any time of the day or night, there's no way todefend in every location at every minute DC the day or night againat everyC e l v a b l e technique. It can't be done.

You have no choice but to go after the tarrotiate, the extremists, wheret h y are. YOU cannot wait tobe hit. And that concept wae central to thepresident's position, and it's the right; one. (END VIDEOTAPE!

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WUWS: Coming up, we're going to go live to ~ r a q or an update for our ownColonel Oliver. And then we'll chow you what the troops had to sey w h m wen u ith seanSmspecial trip co ~ r a q n wannity colraca."

General BARRY McCAFFREY. Retired INnC Neva Nilit&ry AJialymtli Clearly the. big imues. Brian, are chould we reinforce with more US combat units? 1think my answer clearly IB no. I argued (to he President) for economici r u c t i o n id. $10 billion a year tor clearly downplaying the direct UScombat role, get US troops out of the city in the coming two yeare, and thenI think the second issue wu how about imbedded trainers? Do we actuallya : 20,000Us aecgeanta ~ n daptains at coipany level in th Iraqi army andl i ? 9 0 , a : 1CBA people who speak Arabic who are mpeci.1forces,who cwne from elite act ive duty units. Thie isn't numbera, it'squality.WILLIAMS: And, General Bowling, eame question. Mere thee* moatly points thathave been brought to the public debate a result of the Iraq Study Qroup?

Genaral W A W E DOtMING, Retired I N K Hew Military Anflystl: I think theyw , m e y were. ~ a r r y aid. widely divergent. I know I for onereally made the point not only no more US Eorcea. but I al believe thatthe key to chis thing is going co be the Iraqi security forcea. My commentto the president waa, IB we've got to look at this long war on terrorism,this ideological acruggl. we're in with -1-Qaeda, radical r l a n through thep r i m of ~ r a q we can't j u t look at Iraq and Afghanistan we've got tothink much beyond that,

And then the laat point I made. ~ r i a n ,w the perception of the Americanpeople. They've got to b told what's going on. They've got to bi able tounderstand it. They don't right now. And the other'-and a subset of that,Brian, ie the ~meric an ighting men and women and chair loved ones aroundth e United Scacei. mey've made gcexfc aacriticee They believe in whatthey've done. They're proud of it We cannot do anything that's going tomarginalize them, make them feel bad.

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a# White Houwe chief of staff an6 Secretary Rice have got to c m apragmatic way torward, and 1'11 expect they'll do that.

WILLIAHSi And, General Downing, few seconds left. 1f you were a betting m m ,major changes in policy to come?

oen. DOHHZNGi Hell, I think there's going to b rndiiicatione. I thiak itwas very clear from the president's cornmetits, Brian,'that things axe going1 change. There's ooina to be ~ m e t h i w ifferent. How major chat is, 1don't know. weare goi ngt o have to see.

HANHITYi Joining US now r R m a d i is the host of war Stocief right here1 he FOX New Channel, Colonel Oliver North.

colonel, I know I missed you a t Saddam's palace - - and we'll ahow thistomorrow night -- by about 24 hours, my friend. ~ n d'm aorry I did. I ' v egot cp tell you, though, colonel, aa you fly in on C - n , went throughthree mid-air refuelinga1 his trip.You (Diet the troop.. They're there for one-year tours. The level ofcommitment, sacrifice. riak. and commitment to the loi ~io n, ' v e got to tellyou, it w a ve ry inspiring being thr

OLLIE NORTH, HOST OF "WAR STORIES": It is, indeed, and it is beeamme ofpeople like Major scoct Kieh Standing right here next come th this war lagoing to ba won. You know. people ask me. "Can you win this war?' well,scan, you've been here. You've Been chis. The folks I'm living with out hereare the ones who are making the difference an Ranrdi, and they're gaing bea c h a t kind of difference around the rest of the coun~ fy .

major Klah ia the head of the CAG, the civil Mf ai ra Group. And I talk tothese young mr in es out here, and we go on patrol with them. We've been outto schools with them. We've aeen the projecte c h a t they're working on.winning over - - and don't be cynical, ~ l a n olmes -- the hearts and minds ofthe people of ~amadi, caq , ne of the moat violent cities on the planetEarth, a place c h a f e been the heart of the sunni ~ria ngl e.And Major Xi~h'e ob it t o convince tha people that they really do rant toivpport denocracy, and stop throwing bombs at ttie Americana, and 1 r ktooethef Sunni and Shia.. re have a better couotrv. Is it wing to work?

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saw the t m omen that wanted support. They've opened up a new school t mblocks away from our bxse, and progress is aiqnificarc.

NORTH: I look at th m g ri ne a you've TOC here, a11 Reaei-viat.7, I guyswho've volunteered to come here and serve in this capacity. And the m i l e e0 the little Iraqi kide when - - chis is a school, ~ l a n , hat didn't h v e n heat, no electricity, little t iny piece8 of chalk, and little girl*going to school learning long division standing right at the chalkboard,ir ki ng with the teachers wrapped in an overcoat. I mean, it was powrful.

KISH: ~ t ' s imply amazing. ~ n d ike I told the principal, those are theheroes or t h m conflict.

NORTH: Wall, it's the guys like Major Ki uid his troop. the guys outthere - - and thay call them military transition tanr the police trnaitiot , he Mitts and the Pitta, as they call them. that r e d l y are winningover the hearc- and minda.HAWHETX: You know, Colonel, one of the things, without fail, wherever thsecretary -at , you know, he w greeted like a rock *tar. I meen, thetroops love him

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COLHE3: Colonel, i f f ~1.o. welcome back to our ahow. It a ax repor ted ov. the weekend i n th e " ~ e w o r k i m e e *hat: e t e s u d a are being targeted bythe Shias, almost Eot revenge before of a l l che years Chat >innis ran Iraq,t h a t every checkpoint la a threat no SunniB, who are be ing k i l l ed atcheckpoints by Shiae, and that t h a t i one of the big pi-oblems chat's goingm , a d r troops are i n the middle or a l l that.

WORTH- Do you feel youral caught in an i-ntemecine war bet-n the Sunni.and the Sh- here in Ram&-

KlSHi Absolutely w t . Here we have S m i a ShiThere it no violencebetween etie two. They -k hand i n hind. Like you said, the I r a q i army andthe Iraqi p o l i c e go on p a t r o l s together. We've done food d i ~ t r i b u t i o n a ithboth the Ir aq i and the poli ce. Sometimes th e I raqi array l eads the pa t r e la ;m e t i n e s the I r aq i po l ice l ead the patrols.NORTH: And I think:, Alan, one of the things that has happened out here that1 ' v e aften i n t h e s i x t r i p s o r my e i g ht = r i p CD Iraq -- six of them here tBamadi - - i s t ha t the people of t h i s c i t y , very violent., s t i l l verydangerous, have decided they've had enough of Al meda. And. working with the h i i k s h e l o c a l imams, getting them involved in th e process i s making adif ference out here .

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Jed nabbin has also confirmed.

Colonel Ken Mlard (USA, Retired) - MSNBC (Left a message)~ r .ed nabbin (A?, pormer JAG) - Ame r i c an Spectator, Real Clear Politics (Left a mesaage1Lieutenant ~eneralMichael P. Dewng (TChC, Retired) - Fox Hew m i g h t lands at 9:30,he'll be aaap)Colonel John Garrett (USMC, Retiredl - Fox N- tConEi-dlC-nd sergeant mjor steven ~ r e e r USA, Retired) - F OX w e (confirmed)Dr. Jeff Mcca-usland tcolonel, USA, Retired) - CBS (radio) IConfirmed)Lieutenant General Thomas McInemey (USAF, Retired) - Fox Hews (Confirmed)Major General Robert H. Scales, Jr. (USA. Retired! - Fox Hews IconfirmedlMajor General Donald W . Shwperd IosAF, Retiredl -m IconfirmedlMr. Wayne Eimnoir (CIA, Retired1 - Fox Maws (Coiifinwdl

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reserv ists kidnapped in a July raid , a senior Palestiniansource said Sunday.Until now, Hamas has negotiated separately with Israe l through Egyptianintermediaries.

The source, who is close t o PA Chairman Abbas, claimed Homos decided to link itsef fo rts with those of Hizballoh following Syrian and Iranian pressure.

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See latest out of the ME. Israeland US should immediately exercise military optionto provide air and UWsupport to the Lebanesefiovernnwit o deny Hizbollah, Syriaand Iron rom taking over Lebanonand estbablish a radical Islam Theocracy TheChess move game is on!IDF:Syria Preparing or War with Israel. Al-Qwda in LebanonMay Attack ForeignPeacekeepers> -Gideon Alon and Amos Harel (Ha'aretz)The head of the research division of Military Intelligence, Brig.&. Yossl Baidotz,told the Cabinet Sunday that Syrian President Bashar Assad is preparing for awarwith Israel.

Assad has ordered increased production of long-range missiles and instructed theSyrian army to position its anti-tank missiles closer to the Syrianborderwith Israel,on the Golan Heights.

Baidutz also said Iran s continuously operating n Lebanon to reinforce Hizbollah,whiie also working to strengthen Homosand Islamic Jihad in the Palestinianterritories.

He also noted, "There are major signs of a Global Jihad [al-Qceda] presence nLebanon, especially the refugee camps, and one of their intentions s to attack theforeign peacekeepers...They see the peacekeepers os symbols of the West."

See also IDF: Syria Not Phnnify for War This Summer > - Amos Harel and GideonAlan (Hu'oretz)

The Israel DefenseForcesannouncedSaturdaynight it has no intelligenceregarding Syrian plans to initiate a war oqoinst Israel next summer.

Pox News ChannelOsprey McdioPaul E VallelyFM Mllllary AlaIfsr/ScdlllHvsf 'Stand Up

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Subject:Today'sRCP ~et urn oft he lackDIraq is in extremis But itwill be much worse, and micawill beparalyzed,if we follow theISG'spath 7'kalQearPol lks -A f i & ~ k & G w e m to D m Iraq

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l i B osd l i a i s o n 167.doc?:..h i mi?g 1please pass along our thanks to l t g c h i a re l li for pis taking the tune today for thee r m c e ca l l with th e mil i ta ry analyses. attached ie th e l i s t of participants from thecall fo - your r e v iw , although i thinfc reoat of them identitied t l iemaelves . w e have gottensome Treat feedback these ecesiona are em-1~ b e n e f i c i a l and i ~cnow hey greatlyp l a t e d he gene ra l ' s candorm i d you plaa forward me a copy of his ap.BH0 kemient. at the preas conference t h i smorning t o p e a along, as they requested?? thme would be p e t .

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Svit. Fnday. 0cmber0 006 12:52PMTo: DnnnfsDoaaon: Neal 1 Goldman C.F.A .Subfcfc Saudis

Private Saudi citizens are &ng millions of dollars to Sunni insurgents n Iraq andmuch of the money is used to buy weapons, ncluding shoulder-fired anti-aircroftmissiles, according to key Iraqi officials. ,The US. Iraq Study Group report said "funding for the Sunni insurgency comesfrom private individuals within Saudi Arabia and other 6ulf states."Several truck drivers interviewed by the Associated Press described carryingboxes of cash from Saudi Arabia into Iraq, money they said was headed foriroirqem.0&all, the Iraq i officials said, money hasbeen pouring into Iraq from SaudiArabia, a Sunni bastion, since the fall of the Sunni regime of Saddam Hussein in2003.They all have paid extraordinary fees to the dk er- 8099s fi rm inbC _Jim Bakerand the Bush One crowd plus many General Officers,...More to come on Dubai and theSaudis and their peddling nfluence on high level Americans.

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Sir.Bdw am theevents currentlyon the calendar

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Sufeleet; RE, PA LunchwISecretirv RumifAt.W WB like to do thsmTiBly analysis luncheon on TUESDAY 12 December.

Subtect: RE LulichwJSeETttarylt~msMdIhavebeen told to cancelthislunch (7 Dec)and instead SacDefwantsto do a luncheon with militaryanalystsonMonday 11 December, et meget back to you toconfirmlhe dateandtime or 11 Dec -rhanks-B^r"'d

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December07.2GiI.5ExitRumsfeld, Smiling

b"n8 in trauma therapise. The 527Media will indd% themselves in o m last feeding frenzyOWN lheman they love to hate, DonadRmsfeld. Mr.Rmsfeld's dqmture411 fe- amivd ofthe @i ti dfables that haw teen winem about him. and provide a autiormy mk for his successor,Rob Gates.

The criticism of Rumfeld, bod^ fi'i and foul, a r e o v e m h h d by a &a of laming accomplishmenur ag i ng from brhging Ldlis3ic missile defense f r o m h r y o d i @ o uadma t i onof the mil i tqfrom a Cold War gankan f- t o the flexible f o m needd la fight the war we're in. Add IO thal &e' rapid o v e h w of the T d i h nd Saddm&ua, positioniag America to deal with the rise ofChina,mbtmclBush's unwillingne~s o t&c theblue lo the enemy's m t m of gravity, and Rwfe ld' s w r dwill be seem as m&eq but onc tha~ y prove him to have teen our test Secrewyof Lkfense.H i s q willk inder 10 Rmdeld dmn hc daily press,w m it b sken to our Civil War leadere,hwse it will see fa as fmm a gceaterdismce than those ~ h ot e nd b d c a s t =wry day canacUwc. Some of tix facm historians will p l w in mmcd arethese.Afm -11, he presidentw t e d o hit the T d i h h d , md eci?ivcly. Bm A m y ChiefofStaiT


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lroubk, %'re funning out o f ammo, food and evenwater. Therem y noughImps.Thew planwwong. and we have to ston we're i n V i e b m . a n o k qmgmire. Th= edia wcre pt w en so wrongsoquickly and so decisively that even t k y wmc e m b m s = d and they've never forgiven R w f c l d or it.Their mven~cs i~he conu ivance of fables about him.

second In ca m an d, told m. .Somebody c o dd h a c mmlc t b t slalemcnt, b ~ t1SUK as hell w m lkp p k ho fought the war." But DcLong's and Frank's facts w c m ? wnsixtent w ith the medtam t t v e , so L+e myth i s w q e m a td Just hkc the 521 Mcd las metaphysicalccmmtytbRumsielddidn't get along with the milita ry and disregarded the m i o r gmemls' coumcl.

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Wha Baghdad fell, aitcr lheM e f m U m ofOen .JayOmnu. the president a p i n t e d L, an1 B m ? Ito g o v m l r q u nder Rmsfdd'sdimtion. But B m v e d rn be a loose cannon, m d k s l y circlinga m d rom Powell to Rice to the pm iden t to gel p m i s i o n m do whatever Rumsfeld didn't agrmwih. m Pentagon oficial in v o i d closely told me B m & tenure was d i m u s hause ofhiswntim ing m 1 i m o n the p u p n m d i n g A h ackchi, anold-time.Sunni whose pasuasion ofB r a - to leave S w i militants done was m e of the p+ cipa l reawns he Sunni insurgencyw able togain strength Brcmefs decisions to di s b n d the Iraqi m y nd delay the outlay of reconslmction fundsalienated Iraqis almost completely. At about hat tm e, the media began contriving the m yths ofRumsfeld and Iraq

wanted hun gone. M e n thdt p l i ww taken, he prcsldml's job approval n m b m were a b u t ten p i o h

Qaks will h e way short md iah om ym oen . Ifhodocm't bring the Iraq w t o quick c l o s -whichh e , l k Pmtagcm a d he White H m e a m ad1 be h c w i l ho u t m ~ d e " m g t to the enemy-MUs w n mugh be h e subjeclof the m e ind of c o n ~ i w dews stories. Welcome to the w d d ofthe 527Media, Vr Gates. If you don't toe the B aker-Ham ilton line, you lim e subject W the- m a m m tyour p k - r c c e i d . You may even so enragcNYT calumnist M au tu n Dowd that she will wite apaem cxwriating you. as she dtd abut R d d d w W c r s go. Its a badgeof honor you may yde m .Dr. Gateswill d m ,mMr Rm sfc ld undoukdb has, thnt daily m e d ~ a b s h i n gmw from thea n k b i t e n , he pallLidiy-active mediathat hi io ry will ignore. And hm's why Rumsfeld will besmiling whm he taka his leave.


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From: L a~ r t n c e . allasB Mr OSD PASen? Thursday.Dawrrter 07 2006 8 52AMTo: p-v-"-/OSD PACc: )@' )OSDPASubject: this is a good one for he readahead review

December07,2006Exit Rumsfeld, SmilingOne day in the next two vkks here will be adeparture ceremony a t thePentagon. Flagswill fly,bandswill play and the liberal media w ill calumniate. Should the presidentchoose to add he PresidentialMedal of Freedom to the otherhonors rendered, it's entirely possible that som enewsroomswill have tobring in trauma therap ists. The527 Media w ill indulge themselves in o ne last feeding frenzy over theman they love to hate, Donald Rum sfeld Mr. Rum sfeld's depmlure will feature a revival of the politicalfables that ha ve been written about him, and provide a cautionar y tale for his successor, Robert Gates.Mr Rum sfeld will probablj walk out of th e Pentagon smiting at the thought o fa jo b welldone Histenure has been colored by an onslaught ofme dia attacks,but Rumsfeld knows that Anwncanhistory isenriched by -who suffered the same treatment at the handsof the press and were leterjudgedto besome of ou r greatest leaden Gram, Shennan, and Lincoln endure a appa lling media attacksthroughoutthe Civil War (Lincoln the incompcientbaboon. Grant the drunk. Sherman thecrazy man) but historianswere better able to judge them.The riticisms ofRu msfeld both fair and foul,are overshadowed by a siring of lasting accomplishmentsranging from bringing ballistic m issile defense from heory to reality to transformanon oft he militaryfrom a Cold War garrison force to the flexible forcesneeded to fi ght the war we're in. Add to that therapid overthrow of the Taliban and S addam regimes,positioning America to deal with the rise of China,subtract Bush's unw illingness to take the battle 10 the enemy's centers of gravity, and Rum sfeld's recordwill be seen as imperfect,but one that may prove him to have been our best Secre tary of Defense.Histor y will be kinder to Rum sfeld than the daily press,justas t ha s been to our Civil War leaders,because it will sec facts from a greater distance than those who w il e and broadcast every day canachieve. Some of the facts historians will place in cocitextare these.After 9-1 1, the president wanted 10 hit theTaliban hard,fast and decisively. But A m y Chief of Staff

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E"c S h h k i that d m s t he entirem y ad tobe deployed to do it, and t h s would takeweral months. Rumsfeld and the othm military leadersd e d plan lo lake us towar - and o victory.-in web. merica atracked the Taliban in earlybk OQl and the Shinxki army -except forAmy Special Forces and he10 farces- stayed home By Dewnher the regimewas oppled.Thm kgant k media'smnm i vm of stories- possibly in collusion with congressionalIkmxms - a b u tRmfe ld 's supposed failures that have led to wcrything from U m a bin h d d s scap to the mess inMmpommia

u~ong,nd we have tos ap , we're in Vicmm, mother qnagntix, The media were pmven somungsoquickly ad rn dec~sivelyhaleven t k y w e mbams.4 and t w v c never forgiven Rwndcld for it.Their revenge is in the contrivance of faL4e a bu t him.T k irstmyth was that Rmsfeld m h e d to pulmu@mwps intoh m B m egion to capNebinL&, that we'd ~subcontractmYinMat'swhn-eto -liable Afghan tribal 1~ers.muIting in hises am. Gen, TommyFranks,CENTCOM commander. debuded h t n an o d n October2004, but

-some heated, some MI - bclween pmfessionals. What h h n g old me t k n have c o n f i n d over andover in discussionswith o&er senior mi liwj leadm Rumsfdd is a tough guy towork for, butheabsorbs -and mmtly follows- he d v i c c ~ f ~ e n i military ka&. If mything he's too I d e m ofrebellious generals. Eric Shnscki should have ken fired (andm~ght ave k n m for the fan ofhis

T h s ~ u ~ t ~ ~ J . ~ s dmt July about the media's collusion with he Democrats and the g m n l s haven'tbeen ans-md. Which Democrat"ww m o dm his omation? Why did thegenerals ~ c tfm ride.

I n MnVtiTaUOn.9witha mired oE3ee.rw h was a m m k f the Joint Chiefs of StafTat& ime, hetoldme - and said the other Joint Chiefs would alXm - thal mne of h e "rebel" generals h d m i d heirnewly-advenisd concern about Rumsfeld's Iraq plans and operations while theyw mm active duty,Nme of Ih e media asked a b u t this derelictionofduly: why didn't the% ~enemlsaise Gain o m heirsup~xd l y -hmfc l t c r i t i c i sms u g h he chain of-mad while they were in a psition to doso?The media didn'tseek or leu the tmth ab ut the @ d s . b t ' s thed ry khind the story.


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Colin P ow ll , provided f m a long occupation of Iraq m d the nation-building that& residentmnovnr.4 In his 2000 campaign. The ecomd, a Pentagon plan authored by Rumsfeld's lean!+providedfor the establishment of a pmvis iona l g o v ~ e n tefore the invasion and A m e r im withdrawal withinmonths o f S a d d m k o v e r ~ ~ o w .hemesident . convi~~edv Powell that "iivou break it. vou own it".chose the Powell-Tenet plan and od &d Rumskid to carq.at out.

amm i from Powell to Rice to the president to get permission to dowhatevec Rumsield didn't agreewith. Om Pentagon official involved closely told me B m e f s enure was disastrous kau% f hisco nth ing rel ia ice on t k p u p m u n d i n g A dnan Pachachi, an o ld-tim e S m i w ho= p m a s i o n o fBremer to leave Sunni militants alone w as one of the principal masons the S- insurgency was ab4e togain strm gth Bremefs decisions to d ~ s b m dhe raqi anny and delay h e outlay of reconstruction funds .abenated Iraqis almost completely, At about that ti m , the media began cont"ving the myths ofRumsfeld and I r a qAll of tho% mvths combined. In the mind8 of somedefea ted Renublimns. to blame Mr. Rum sfeld for&c elecuon d&acle of ~ o v e m b etBut tha t o m lm k %he lac s &enled by th i i ag b y poll tn i mC vm ber that s h o d 49% of Amm~cansw a m d the pmstdcnt to rebm R m f d a , agalnst42% whowanted h m gone When that pnll was taker, thepresd en% pb approval numbers w r e a b u t ten panulower than Rumsfeld's '"stayor go" p l l s .In his Tuesday conf irnat ion hearing. Dr. Gates said hewas s q r l s c d a how much ~ f o ~ i o nfthemiiilaw had aa w ii y k e n acwmplishcd. He will be more w p r i s d a ow the m cdia has transformedit%lf since he last sewed in g o v e k e n l . l i e can learn a lot f&m sNdyin& how the media has u a k d hispredecessor. If he studies no othe r lesson, he should I w k at the "R-fdd refuses to testil)" stov thatthc AP manufnctm d la$ summer. (There's another m r y In that incident, too, Rahm Em ame l used toissue press releascscaliing for pa pl e' s resignations. Whose idea was the AP string o f stories, cenmedaround H ~ i l a q linton, cuiminming in her call ior Rumsfeld 's~signat ion7Did APre portm -or editors-collude with Democrats to m t e and time the stories?)G a l a will have a v e v shorl d i a o n e p m , Ifhe b ' t h i n g he l r q war to a quickdm - whichhe , fhe Pentagon and the White House a g m can't bedone wthout m e w ie n n g it to the enemy -he'l lsoon emu& be the sub' ict of the same k i d of c o n t " d news slories. Welcome m the world of the 527Media, ~ r r ~ a t e s .y& don't Ice the Baker-Hamilton line, yodl1 soon be subject l o the m e reatmentyour predecessor received. You may even so enrageNY T columnist Maureen Dowd thalshewill m it e apoem excmialing you, as she did about Rumsfeld tu v Decembers ago. Ilk a badge of honor you may yetearn.Dr.G aw s will m l k . as Mr Rmsfcld undoubledlybs,hat the daily media.bashing comes from theankle~b~tem,he pol1Ilcallymtive medm that h~sto rywill p o r e . And that's why Rum sfdd will bem il m g when he takes his Ik w cJed Babbin was a deputy u n d c r s e x e t a~ f defewe in the George H.W B w h administration. He ts awntr ibut iw editor to The American Spcta tnr m a a u 1 h o ro fS h o ~ o m :Why Chma Wan& Wm withthe l ln~ ted Ims(w11h Edward T~m pcrlakt,Rem er j 2006) and lns~d ehe A sy l m Why the LiX andOld Europ arc Worse th m You Think (Remery 2004)


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king in mma thmapists, The 527 Media wiii inddgeth~& lves in one la% keding frenzy o w hemm they love to hate, Don dd Rum sfeld.Mr. um fd d' s d~~ will feature a revival of the politicalfables that h a w beenw in en at am him, and provide a cautionary tale for his successor,Rokrl Gabs.Mr. Rum sfeld will pm hahly walk out nf th e Ptntagon smillng at the thou gh of a job well done. Histenure has k n lomd h" mt o n s i a u ~ h tf media macks, bm R m sfe ld k n o w that Amencan history 1smichcd by men who s f i d he same w e m m m 81the hands ofth e press and were later judged to besome of our gr ab 51 leaders Grant, Sherman. anc Lincoin endured appalisng mcdta a n a c k h u g h o u tthe Civil War (L in co ln the h c om p e en t b a h , G m t the drunk, Sherman t h e c r q man) but his torianswere M tc r able to judge them.'ll~e riticisms of Rumsfeld, both faird oul. arc o m h d o w d a string of lm i n g m m p l i s h m n umnging f m ringing ballist ic missile defense front t h q o re di v to transformation of the militaryfrom a Cold Ww samison force to lhc flexible forces n d e d m tight thewar w're in. Add to that h erapid ov&w o f th e TalibanmdSaddam regimes, psilioni ng Ammica w deal with the r i s of China,suhact B m h ' ~nwillingnms to take the b an k to the enemy's centers o f p v i t y , md R m fe ld 's m r dwill k m s mpe rfect, bm o ne that may prove him to ha ve heen our best S e c mmy of DefenseHislory will k inder to Rm sfe id than lhe daily press, just as it has hem to our Civil War leaden.h-u= it will see facts from a greater distance than those who wi te a nd b ma d c m every day canachieve. Some oft he facts histo"ans will piace in contextare h w ,Aflm 9-1 I , the president wm tcd tohi1 Ute T d i h had, f m m d decisively.Bm A m y C hie fo f SWTEric S h s e k ~nsisled t h a dm & the entire army had tok eployed to d o it, and hat w u l d take


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sew wl months. Rum fel d and the other military leaden c m k d a plan to t&e us ow - an d to victory --i n weeks. Am"ca etacked theTaliban in ewly October2001 and the Sh ins ki m y except forA m y S pttial FOICCSm d k l o forces -- stayed home, By December t he regime v m opp led Then began' the med~a's ontri uncc of stories - px sib ly in collusion wirh congresion al Democrats - a b u tRumsfeld's supposed failures that ha ve led to everythmg from U sm bin Laden'se s a p o lh e nus inMesopotamia.T k e d ~ a uffered a p an ~c nack m the te g~ m tn g fthe Afghan and IIM wars When our f o r m pausedIn the advance t o d aghdad, the m d ~ am ~ c k e dRepo m s a ~ d e 're pausmg, so we mustk mwrong, andw h v e o stop, we're in Vietnam, an ot kr quagmire. Tk m d i a were proven snm g oquickly an d s o decmively that ev en th ey we re m h s d nd they've never forgiven Ru m fe ld for it.Their revenge is in the contrivan% of fables about him.The first myth was t h t Rumsfeld fused to put enough troops into the Tom Bora r e ~ i o no o+t- binLaden, that we'd "suk ont raa ed" bin Laden's c a pw lo unreliable Afghan uihl leadm , m ulling in hise xme . G m T o m v Fmks.CENTCOM wmmandm. d e h k c d that in an or-ed in Oc to ber 2W . butthc he dia pxsisted.ln a Nove mtcr 20M intewiew M&E ~ t .cn.Mike "Rif le" D e l o n ~ m. ~ r i n k s ' ss c ond in m ~ n m m d ,old me, '"Somebody could have made that statement. but it sure as hell w m ' t thepeople who fought t h e w . " But DeLong's and Fmks ' s facts weren't consistent with the medianarrative, sa the myth is pc pl ua te d. lust like the 527 Media's mctnphysical ccm int y that Rms fel ddidn't get d o n g with the military a nd di .m pr de d the senior generals'coumei."Rifle' D e h g had a few cham word s aboul that as well. ".,.Wemd l h e x d x u ~ s i o n s ith [ t k JoontC h d s o f Smm and we also had them with the Secretary ~ u m f e l d lnd the Sccmary agreed with us 'What he described for the Afghanistan operations v m he wual pm ce ss with plans developed in debat--some ha led , some m t - tc lwmn profes ima!~ ,M a t DoLong old m e thcn I have confirmed m r ndw e t m d8sus$~om t h ot h er s m o r mWm d e n Rumsfdd ts a tough guy IO work for, but hea tmrbs - and mostly fdlows .-he a d w e of sentor m ~ l s b ~wders lf m y th ~ n g e's too tolerant 01r e k l l ~ o u s e n e r a l sE m hmsekn should h a w nc m fm d (and mqght nave been bul for the f m o f h nfamily connections to Hawaii S en. Dan lnouye).The g ~ ~ a t e s table a b u t Rum feld 's tenure wm.lhe -lid "g en ml d revolt" contrivedby the 527Media in apparent collusion with the hn o c w t s . The p l i t i c d maneuver -- ~ulmina t ingn the phony"caneressional he ar he " held byDemocrats during the 2006 ca m ~a ig n i s the most fascinatinz o f d l fhcmyt&. The s b ~ m c n t ~ m de& 8ppearances of &e kk i l i n g " ie&rals w r e obviously cooFdinated.The ~ues!iw aIp ~ s c dast July about the medin's collusion with the ~ m o c r a t snd th e generals haven?been answered M i c h Democrat "wm room" ran this owration? MY id the gm cra is 8e1a k c jde,exempted from the tough questions they should ha w hid to answer? ~ n dhat &s &to ethicalquestions about the 527 m d i a that will mmeday beansuered.ln wnversations with a retired oiIiccr who was a m m k r of the Joint Chiefs ofS t& at lhc time, he oldm - and said the a h e r o u t Chiefs would af im - that n m f the '"rebel" ~e n ew l%ad raised theirnewlyadverl~scd o n c m s a b u t Rutnsfeld's Iraq plans a 4 perattoms whd e they were on am ve dutyNone of the m ed ~a sked a h a n t h ~ s erel~c uon fd uly why &dnY these generals wnse Cam ov e~ th et r

Few know that In m d y 2003 - a month O wore k fo m the Iraq invnuon - h ~ d c n tush w a s presentedw t h two plans for post-war Iraq R e f i m w itt en by C IA D t m t o r G eor ge T m t and S e m t q of StateCoim Po wl l, pmwded Cora long occ up ti on o f lraqand the nat io wb ud di q that the president


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renounced in his 2000campaign. The second, a Pentagon plan authored by Rmnsfeld's team, providedfor the establishmentof a provisional government before the invasion and American withdrawal withinmonths of Saddam's overthrow.Thepresident, convinced by Powell that "ifyou break it, you own it",chose the Powell-Tenel plan and ordered Rumsfeld to carry it outWhenBaghdad fell, a h hebrief tenure of Gen. Jay Gamer. he president appointed L.Paul Bremer 111togovern Iraq under Riimsfeld's direction. But Brerncrproved to be a loose cannon,endlessly circlingaround from Powell to Rice to the president to gel permission to do whatever Rumsfeld didn't agreewith. One Pentagon official involved closely told meBremds tenure was disastrous because of hiscontinuing reliance on the group surrounding AdnanPachachi,an old-time Sunni whose persuasion ofBremerto leave S w i militants alonewas one of the principal reasons he Sunni insurgencywas able togain strength. Bremefs decisions to disband the Iraqi army and delay the outlay of reconstructionfundsalienated Iraqis almost completely. At about that time, th e media began contriving themyths ofRumsfcld and Iraq.All of thosemyths combined, in the mindsof some defeated Republicans, to blameMr. Rumsfeld forthe election debacle ofNovember. But thatoverlooksthe facts presented by the Zogby poll in lateOctober that showed 49% of Americanswanted the president to retain Rumsfeld, against 42% whowanted him gone. When that poll was taken, the president's job approval numberswere about ten pointslower than Rumsfeld's "stay or go" polls.In his Tuesday confirmationhearing.Dr. Gatessaid hewas surprised at how much transformation of diemilitary had actually been accomplished. He will bemoresurprisedat howthe media has &armeditself sincehe last served in government. He can ka m a lot from studying how the media has treated hispredecessor. If he studies no other lesson,be should look at the '"Rumsfeld refuses to testify" story thattheAP manufactured last summer. (There's another story in that incident, too.R h a n u e l used 10issue press releases calling for people's resignations.Whose idea was the AP string of stories, centeredaround Hi l l q Clinton, culminating in her call for Rumsfeld's rcsiftnation?Did AP reporters -or editors-collude with Democrats to writeand time thestories?)Gaies will havea very short media honeymoon. If hedoesnf brineIhc h a war to a ouick close -whichhe, thePentagon andthe White House agree cant bedonewithouisurrendering it to the enemy - he'llsoon enough be the subject of the same kind ofcontrived news stories.Welcome to the world of the527Media. Dr Gates. If you don't toe the Baker-Hamilton line. you'll soonbe subject to the same treatmentyour predecessorreceived. You may even so enrageNYT olumnist ~ a u r e e n ~ o w dhat she will write apoem excoriating you, as shedid about Rumsfeld two Decembers go. it's a badge of honor you may yete m .

Dr. Gates will realize,asMr. Rumsfeld undoubtedly has, that the daily media-bashingcomes from theankle-biters, the politically-active media that history will ignore. And that's why Rumsfeld will besmiling when he takes his leave.led Babbin was a deputy uodersecmmy ofdefense u theGeorge H W Bush admilustration.He is acontributingeditor to TheAmerican Spectatorand authorof Showdown-Why China Wants War witht e United States (with Edward Timperlake.Regmy 20061 and Inside the Asylum: Why the UN andOid Europeare Worse than You Think (Keener, 2004).0 2000-2006RealCle~Politics.comAll Rightl Reserved


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