January 10, 2008

Earlybird Roundup: Abbas Meeting, Afghanistan 'Mini-Surge,' North Korea Deadline

Administration. President Bush visited the West Bank today to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, whom Bush praised but also asked to rein in missile attacks on Israel from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.

Military. The Pentagon is preparing to send more than 3,000 Marines to Afghanistan in a "mini-surge" designed to hold off an anticipated Taliban offensive in the spring.

Congress. Lawmakers will get a $4,100 pay increase, upping their annual salaries to $169,300.

Pakistan. Twenty police officers were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up in Lahore today.

North Korea. U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill has offered a new deadline -- the end of February -- for North Koreans to finish dismantling their nuclear facilities.

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Posted at 9:10 AM
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