Top Stories: Pentagon Review, Baghdad Bombings, Kodak's Woes

By Mark Memmott

Published January 5, 2012 at 8:00 AM EST

Good morning.

Our early headlines:

-- Pentagon Says Two-War Strategy Not Likely To Be Scrapped.

-- Baghdad Rocked Again By Deadly Bomb Blasts.

Other stories making headlines:

-- "Kodak Teeters On The Brink." (The Wall Street Journal)

-- "GOP elites: Hard To Stop Mitt Romney Now." (Politico)

-- "Activists Accuse Syria Of Misleading Monitors." (Al-Jazeera)

-- "Iran Intensifies Efforts To Influence Policy In Afghanistan." (The Washington Post)

-- One Police Officer Dies, Five Others Wounded In Utah Shootout. (The Associated Press)

Mark Memmott

Mark Memmott is NPR's supervising senior editor for Standards & Practices. In that role, he's a resource for NPR's journalists – helping them raise the right questions as they do their work and uphold the organization's standards.

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