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id="content-inner"> <h1 class="main-header"> Politics <span>/ <em>what’s percolating in blogs now</em></span> <a class="info" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081205001316/http://support.technorati.com/support/siteguide/channels"><img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20081205001316im_/http://static.technorati.com/static/images/icons/info.png" width="14" height="14" alt="Info"/></a> </h1> <a class="feed" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20081205001316/http://feeds.technorati.com/politics/">Subscribe</a> <div id="main"> <ul id="tabs"> <li class="active"><span>Headlines</span></li> <li><a href="/web/20081205001316/http://www.technorati.com/politics/?source=all&page=1">Rising Posts and Stories</a></li> </ul> <div id="top-stories"> <div class="blog"> <h2> <a class="title" href="/web/20081205001316/http://www.technorati.com/politics/?source=posts&sort=buzz&page=1">Rising blog posts by attention</a> <a class="more" href="/web/20081205001316/http://www.technorati.com/politics/?source=posts&page=1"> View All » </a> </h2> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="/web/20081205001316/http://www.technorati.com/posts/zlmXfJR2dY4RR31ljBkMFDwaPDHq3wZXZO6gHJ7_oQY%3D"> WMD Czar, We Hardly Knew Ye </a></h3> <div class="entry-content"> <p> Will the Obama-Biden Administration be the death of the "WMD Czar" that Biden himself helped create in 2007? And if so, will that be such a bad thing? President-elect Obama, Vice President-elect Biden and their transition team will appoint a point person within the White House to coordinate and oversee programs aimed at reducing the risk of nuclear and other forms of terrorism. …</p> </div> <div class="meta"> <abbr class="updated" title="2008-12-03T18:19:54-08:00"> 21 hours ago</abbr> by <a href="/web/20081205001316/http://www.technorati.com/people/technorati/jaketapper">jaketapper</a> in <a href="/web/20081205001316/http://www.technorati.com/blogs/blogs.abcnews.com%2Fpoliticalpunch">Political Punch</a> · <a class="links" href="/web/20081205001316/http://www.technorati.com/blogs/blogs.abcnews.com%2Fpoliticalpunch?reactions" title="View blog reactions">Authority: 4,765</a> </div> </div> <div class="news"> <h2> <a class="title" href="/web/20081205001316/http://www.technorati.com/politics/?source=news&sort=buzz&page=1">Rising news stories by attention</a> <a class="more" href="/web/20081205001316/http://www.technorati.com/politics/?source=news&page=1"> View All » </a> </h2> <h3 class="entry-title"><a href="/web/20081205001316/http://www.technorati.com/articles/cm_slwbnDghB_FSSoocKzMWYGg5wQXI2k5ue0ocSL1Y%3D">GG agrees to suspend Parliament until January</a></h3> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Gov. 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