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Fox News Sunday (Chris Wallace)

Below are the topics and guests announced for this program, along with my take on the "memes" that the show is trying to push. With each guest's name are a series of links that I found in a web search that helped me get a handle on who they are and what their likely positions will be when they are interviewed.

Meme:
- The wise men of the ISG have spoken, so we will praise them as the gods they are (so long as Bush disagrees with them, even if we don't agree with everything they say either)
- Newly powerful and triumphant Senator Chris Dodd is desperately seeking a sandwich opportunity, let's give him some help
- Newly humbled and obviously delusional Senator Sam Brownback actually thinks that he has a prayer of winning the Presidency, let's begin the process of destroying him
Topics:
- the Iraq Study Group's report?
  - President Bush received the much–anticipated Iraq Study Group report this week which outlines solutions for the problems in Iraq. How will the White House and Congress view this document?
  - eaction to the report and look ahead at what’s next in Iraq with one senior Democrat from the Foreign Relations Committee and a Republican with 2008 Presidential aspirations
  - an award-winning composer making the holidays more cheerful — Marvin Hamlisch, the Pops Conductor for the National Symphony.
- Fox News essay Coming Up on FOX News Sunday
Guests
- James Baker
  - Co-Chairman, Iraq Study Group
  - James A. Baker, III Institute for Public Policy web site | Bio
  - James Baker, “realist” (Hot Air, MD - Dec 8, 2006)
  - Baker report: Israel must withdraw from Golan (Ynetnews - Dec 6, 2006)
  - ISG recommendations be implemented all-together: James Baker (The News - International, Pakistan - Dec 8, 2006)
  - The Iraq Study Group and James Baker’s Saudi Connection: Dem Skepticism Takes a Magical Holiday (Men's News Daily, CA - Dec 8, 2006)
  - Troops Out, Oil Companies In: The Baker Agenda? (Huffington Post, NY - Dec 7, 2006)
  - Going Bananas: 'NY Post' Pictures Baker and Hamilton as 'Surrender Monkeys' (Editor & Publisher - Dec 7, 2006)
  - GOING BANANAS OVER 'SURRENDER MONKEYS' (New York Post - Dec 8, 2006)
  - Baker reacts to 'surrender monkey' press (Washington Times - Dec 7, 2006)
  - FACTBOX-Five facts about James Baker (Reuters AlertNet, UK - Dec 6, 2006)
  - Presidential ingratitude (Boston Globe - Dec 9, 2006)
  - James Zogby: Bush and the ISG (Yahoo! News - Dec 8, 2006)
- Lee Hamilton
  - Co-Chairman, Iraq Study Group
  - President and Director of The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | Bio
  - Heed Hamilton (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, IN - Dec 9, 2006)
  - Hamilton: Iraq Recommendations Must Be Implemented As a Whole (Voice of America - Dec 7, 2006)
  - FACTBOX-Five facts about Lee Hamilton (Reuters AlertNet - Dec 6, 2006)
  - Going Bananas: 'NY Post' Pictures Baker and Hamilton as 'Surrender Monkeys' (Editor & Publisher - Dec 7, 2006)
  - GOING BANANAS OVER 'SURRENDER MONKEYS' (New York Post - Dec 8, 2006)
  - Baker, Hamilton Discuss "New Way Forward" Proposal for Iraq (PBS - Dec 6, 2006)
  - A bipartisan path to surrender? (Washington Times, DC - Dec 6, 2006)
  - Jimmy Lohman: Lee Hamilton - So Easy to Ignore (BuzzFlash - Dec 7, 2006)
- Senator Chris Dodd, Democrat - Connecticut
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Sen. Chris Dodd Teases About Presidential Run (NewsMax.com, FL - Dec 8, 2006)
  - As Panel Chief, Dodd Sanguine (Hartford Courant, United States - Dec 8, 2006)
  - US Senate to examine defense production, jobs (Reuters - Dec 7, 2006)
  - Congress must address abuses of Guantanamo detainees (Asbury Park Press, NJ - Dec 8, 2006)
  - Robert D. Novak: Bolton's dismissal was a big win for Chris Dodd (The Union Leader, NH - Dec 7, 2006)
  - People Party vs. Money Party: Who's Who Among the Democrats (AlterNet, CA - Dec 4, 2006)
- Senator Sam Brownback, Republican - Kansas
  - Senate web site | Bio
  - Brownback Tells AP Iraq Should Be Split (Washington Post - Dec 7, 2006)
  - Pro-Life Senator Sam Brownback Says He'll Win GOP Presidential Primary (LifeNews.com, MT - Dec 8, 2006)
  - Republican Senator Sam Brownback takes step toward White House bid (International Herald Tribune, France - Dec 4, 2006)
  - Brownback: Judge should avoid gay marriage cases (Lawrence Journal World, KS - Dec 9, 2006)
  - The strange "blessings" of Sam Brownback (Houston Chronicle, United States - Nov 28, 2006)
  - Sam Brownback: Liberal Globalist (NewsBlaze, CA - Dec 4, 2006)
  - Brownback Calls for More Family Values (Christian Post - Dec 9, 2006)
- Sunday Roundtable
  - Brit Hume
    - Washington Managing Editor of Fox News
    - If You Thought Impeaching Bush Was a Dead Issue, Think Again (FOX News - Dec 8, 2006)
  - Mara Liasson
    - National Public Radio & Fox News
    - Barack Obama, Still on the Rise (NPR - Dec 8, 2006)
  - Juan Williams
    - National Public Radio & Fox News
    - Iraq Study Group Points to Pullout in 2008 (NPR - Dec 1, 2006)
  - Bill Kristol
    - Weekly Standard and & Fox News
    - Editor Bill Kristol Remembers Jeane Kirkpatrick (NPR Morning Edition, Dec 8, 2006) Note: streaming audio
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