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Wednesday, November 30, 2005

For weeks, President Bush’s friends in the Republican Party have been calling on him to speak directly to the American people about Iraq. Today he delivers what’s being billed as a major address on the war at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis.

A Way To Win?

Ted Alden, Washington correspondent for the Financial Times,
- previews President Bush's address to the US Naval Academy in Annapolis and examines at the semantic difference between a "victory strategy" and an "exit strategy"

» The Financial Times
» "National ...

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Live Remarks by President Bush

President Bush speaks at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis on the war in Iraq

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Reaction to the President's Speech

Jerrold Nadler, US representative(D-NY-8th District-Manhattan & Brooklyn)
and
Peter Brookes, senior fellow for National Security at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank
- respond to the President's speech on in Iraq

» Jerrold Nadler
» Peter Brookes (Heritage)

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The Next Step In Iraq

Colonel Sam Gardiner, retired Air Force colonel, has taught strategy and military operations at the National War College
- analyzes the Iraqi Army's readiness to control the country

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Miller Time

Jody Miller, founder of United Talent Group, a business consultancy, and contributor to Fortune Magazine
and
Matt Miller, host of "Left Right and Center" and author, The 2% Solution: Fixing America's Problems in Ways Liberals and Conservatives Can Love (PublicAffairs, 2003)
- say there's a movement ...

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Students Unite

Julian Pena-Vargas, New York University undergraduate and an organizer of Graduate Undergraduate Solidarity (GUS)
- says undergrads should support the NYU grad student strike
plus
your calls on NYU's labor dispute

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Think Pink!

The White House Press Office just sent the long-awaited list of WH seasonal decorations. Rather than give you the long, exhausting list of sconces, crystals, and baubles, we thought we'd tell you only about those arrangements including objects in hot pink.

If Clinton turned the WH into a mansion of ...

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Al Jaz: Don't Bomb Us!

Responding to the secret Bush-Blair memo that purportedly names the Arab world's #1 TV station as a possible target for bombing, some Al Jazeera staffers have set up a blog with the marvellously to-the-point moniker, Don't Bomb Us.

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Required Reading: November 30, 2005

This morning at about ten, President Bush will make what's being called a "major speech" on Iraq at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis. Of course we'll bring that to you live. If you're not already listening to WNYC, tune in this morning at 9:32, when our live coverage will ...

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