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T o i Barber, Alliaon Ha OW PASent! Ron Jan 08 09:52:01 2007Subject: white house requests

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Subject FW CivilianM n r xports~ r a v a lans

Can you socializewith the suspectsthat matter in OARDEC, Policy, etc.

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Subject Cuitbn DefenseExpertsTravel Bans

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Subpet:Evening Clips trom 12/29

There were 20 DoUrtlatednews ~gmentsonight. CNN 9) ledtonight, followed by FOXNew 6). MSNBC(I). CBS (1). PBS 2). ABC (I), CMDY (O), ad NBC 0). Overall D o k l t t c d oreuge wm light dueto thewerwhcimingcoverage of the impending Husseinexecution. In coverage similar toearlier in thcweek,commentar~n a troopsurge remained critical. Wniklhc Hussein cxeculion dominatedcovenge tonight. there

a few directreferences to the PenlaconLeadinznon-DoDstoriesonioht included' PresidentGeraldFord'sfuneral,and updateson he Duke case. -CW eported onight that the mtliury had "pfWtredswane ofmion" b which hq would keepMarinebnudes in Iraqbneer,ai well u-rush" Army bnfndes into Iqaheu) ofscbeduk PSI 8ucha<*ui,whoÂ¥xnoie 'Tucker' imsweek. re~nsedan wet.l.'*notionof xauid oioduo an-1 etween hi: Penueofiand WhiteHouse, which consistedofa troopsurge for an inc&sein t h e o v e ra l l ~ i l i t qize. Previous

-comments regardingx Doop surge creating"more targets" and "more casualties" were reiterated01saVetalprograms. Favorable opinionsofa surgecame from Em. en . James Marks Ret. who said that "you can usemore forces here (Baghdad)" and some analysts on FOXNewsalso gave favorable views ofa short term surge.

In minorDoD-relatedslories, CNN had a m d is c o s s im th ecomractin~process,pecifically citine the

Pentagonand Hamiliton Sunstran. This reportargued against government overspendingand wed the Pentagon's'

contractwith HamittonSunshanu ftn example. CNN ran iuweekir segment "Heroes,"where they highlightedthe courage ofSeniorChief HospitalCorpman ReginaldDcm. CNN also carrieda shortnews brief that saidaccording osources n Iraq. lhc Iranian prisonerswere rekased.

Key Sentiments-

Â EdHenry (CNN) aftera reportabout 3 roopsu re r " an already stretched thin military being stretchedfurther."

. ol. lackJacobsRet. (MSNBC) had aslighlly differentopinionof fltroopsaw romhisslance last night"It might stabilizethe military sIBM'in at leas for& litt le while."

. ichardWolfee of Newsweek claimedhis -said atroopsurgewouldbe a "much more longlenncommitment"than die rix monlh troopincrease that hasbeen discussad.



decide they want to prosecuteth e war and co orward or find a way to geloutnow hat they ate still in the world ofhalfmeasuls."

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Sent: Friday. December 29,2006 4 3 7 PM

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Subtact readinesshearing

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Subtect:The New Years' Eve Rant

M y traditionalNew Years' Eve column, afboita few days early so my editor can havetheweekend eft Thus. a pre-emptiveHappy New Year to all Best. Jed

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.Sl6Qfttt Evening Clips from 12/28 Main Topic TroopSurge Sub-Thew Analyitssay "Gatespnvately

opposed

Evening News BroadcastCoverage ReportDtt~nber8,2006

D~D-reiatedstory covered flitstraegy session held at crawford, Texas wi th President Bushand his "warcabinet"which led into reportsaboutthe potential troopsurge.Straightforwardcoverage ofSecretary Gates' recent trip 101raq.and hismeetingswith U S military commanders and enlisted roops, was included in thecontext oftheTexas session with the President. The leadine non-DoDstories tonieht were. thedeathsoffonncr ResidcniGerald Ford andlame s Brown, and winterÂ¥ft&hc problems. All networksearned President Ford'scriticism ofthe war i n Iraq.

Reports onthe President'$ ootingwith he "wu abinet" focusedpnmarihon he President,withJirtt pusiftgn l i o i n of Secremn Gates Comii'ÃˆCT>taron 8 irooiÃ sutliecontm~e<no c htghiy skcp ~ical f In~tef l j lnc ts nd

surge

A minori on ic o f d i mu ion wax the conflict in Sonul4in which- aid that U.S. commander;"wantto we .peacebrought to Somalia" and also repo rtedth u Somalia hasharboredaLQaeda terrorists.

Key Sentiments:

. NB C Host BobPimi:"ImderatMulhuDefense Secretly Robert Gales isalso presentingplans t h ee l d nclude a obscrenion program in I r a q ~ n o tn the United Su%cs-loopenasmany as 10 stale-ownedfactory around Iraq by end o f January. Cleariy this administration s trying to lake a bit moreomprehensivcapproach to Ideproblem"

0 P.J. Crowlcy responded: "It's t good h - weshoaid havedone it three years ago". oe Scarboroughon i roop surge: "His (PresidentBush] DefenseSecretelyWKI soldiers In raq oppose the.......-...."...oshw GreenofMSNBC:"SoGalesmay be a emallvoiceofotffiositimndown In Crawford... but to all

outward appearance it looksas if he President has nudeup his mind and isn ow looking for arationale"Maj. Gen.Don Shcpperd ( R W

0 "He'll (Cues) be more co lkg id w i th Coopewhe'll be eaiier towortwilhHie mllitaiy. Bill he'seot a wuah load on his shouldershe's beendealt avery difficuh thine"

o O n he Gcrctary's tr lp to Iraq: "Mien h e w WCThere... he basicallyheard ftom thecommanden ..don'tjust send ustroops, ell us whalyouwant But from he troops l hanx lves he



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heard,yes,wecould use more troops- So you have these conflictingviews within the miiitniy". en Barry McCaffrey (Ret.): Ona troop surge: "Dowe believe thai w il l change the natureofthe civ i lwar... no t won'l". ol. Jack Jacobs (Rel,):On atroop surge: "It (toesnt matter i f we goiilwi th 30,OOO or3" .

.uan William of NPR on Secretiiy Gates: "He wasdoing

lesf

l i i tening than selling" referring to the notionof troop (urge to thecommanders in IraqÂ Barbara Stan on Afghanistan.Noled positive progress n he reconstructioneffort, but also noted, the - Â ¥

Taliban can eadily move in and wke over"

0 "Many,many Afghansarc againsttiieTaliban. They wantjobs, they want progress.A d . . .o n m yW n d rip to Afgh anistan. Traveling the road between Kabu l, the capital, and the north, to Bagram,we passed two as stationsonthe road, underconstruction, a very small sign bulthar's parto f dienew Afghanistan"

a John Edwards at his. pres iden tial candidacy announcenieni:"It is amistake forAmerica to escalate itsrolein h a . It's a mistake to swse troons into Iraa. I t sends exacllv the wronc sienal to the hi, nd therest ofthe world dboutwhat our inientlons are."

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David M anin on the CBS EveningNews notedut he end o f a repottona posiible troopsurge hat ft

"would almost certainiy mean ~iorc me rican c<5ualtics."

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