January 3
Compiled by Lauren Kornreich, CNN Washington Bureau
Tonight: The Iowa caucuses
* Joe Biden speaks at caucus day rally events in Waterloo, Dubuque, Davenport, and Des Moines, Iowa.
* Hillary Clinton attends a caucus night celebration in Des Moines.
* Chris Dodd attends a “Caucus for Results” celebration in Iowa City and meet and greets with caucus goers in Cedar Rapids
and Iowa City, visits caucus day phonebankers at campaign headquarters in Des Moines, and attends a meet and greet in Des
Moines. Later, he attends a Caucus Night Celebration in Des Moines.
* John Edwards speaks to volunteers and supporters in Des Moines, drops by a restaurant in Iowa City, speaks to volunteers
and supporters in Cedar Rapids, and attends a “Your Time is Now” Caucus Night Rally in Des Moines.
* Rudy Giuliani holds a town hall meeting in Bedford, New Hampshire and attends a rally in Hialeah, Florida.
* Mike Huckabee meets voters in Burlington and Grinnell, Iowa, and hosts a caucus night watch party in Des Moines.
* John McCain attends events in Council Bluffs, Sioux City, and LeMars, Iowa. Later, he holds a press availability in
Manchester, New Hampshire, and a town hall meeting in Derry, New Hampshire and meets with supporters in Manchester, New
Hampshire.
* Barack Obama holds a caucus night event in Des Moines.
* Ron Paul appears on CNN’s American Morning from Des Moines. Later, he gives a health care speech and meet and greet, holds
a press availability, and attends caucus night events and a post-caucus reception in Des Moines.
* Mitt Romney attends an event in Des Moines, meets with caucus goers in Waukee, Iowa, speaks at a caucus, meets with caucus
goers and attends a Romney For President Election Night Event, all in West Des Moines.
* Fred Thompson meets with voters in West Des Moines, participates in a radio town hall in Council Bluffs, meets with voters
in Sioux City, and attends a Fred ’08 Caucus Celebration Event in Des Moines.
* The Senate Radio-Television Correspondents’ Gallery Daybook
* The House Radio-Television Correspondents’ Gallery Daybook
Morning Brief, Thursday, January 3
Iowa Caucuses
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Voters in Iowa trudge to the polls to pick their Democratic and Republican favorites today. The latest Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby
tracking poll has Obama leading Edwards by three points, followed by Clinton. On the Republican side, Huckabee holds a
six-point edge on Romney. Last night, Huckabee jammed with Jay Leno’s band and Clinton taped a cameo for the Letterman show.
Karen Breslau asks, What happens if Hillary loses?
Asia
Pakistan’s major opposition parties denounced the government’s decision to postpone the elections for six weeks, but said
they would participate.
China downplayed North Korea’s failure to meet a Dec. 31 deadline for disclosing its nuclear activities, calling the delay
“natural.”
The word “stocks” surpassed “sex” as a search term on Google China.
Europe
An oil spill in the Black Sea has caused an “environmental catastrophe.”
Vatican officials announced an upcoming dialogue between Christian and Muslim leaders.
Frustrated residents of Naples, Italy, are setting fire to piles of garbage.
Middle East
Adam Nagourney observes that U.S. presidential candidates are spending less time talking about Iraq these days.
Israel is accusing Egypt of failing to screen “terrorist operatives” returning to Gaza from the hajj; Egypt says they were
pilgrims.
Iraq’s oil exports increased dramatically in the final quarter of 2007.
Elsewhere
The violence and chaos continues in Kenya, where the attorney general is now calling for an independent inquiry into the
disputed election.
The U.S. Department of Justice is launching a criminal investigation into the CIA’s destruction of tapes that showed harsh
interrogation techniques.
With oil prices still hovering near the triple-digit mark, Andrew Revkin asks, “Is $100-a barrel oil good or bad?”
Gold and platinum prices hit new records.
Today’s Agenda
* Rumor has it something is happening in Iowa.
Yesterday on Passport
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* Two unsolved mysteries
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