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4:20 PM ET, September 17, 2009

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Peter Spiegel / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Shelves Nuclear-Missile Shield  —  Czech Interim Prime Minister Gets Midnight Call  —  WASHINGTON — The White House will shelve Bush administration plans to build a missile-defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic, a move likely to cheer Moscow and roil the security debate in Europe.
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New York Times:
White House to Scrap Bush's Approach to Missile Shield  —  WASHINGTON —President Obama announced on Thursday that he will scrap former President George W. Bush's planned missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic and instead deploy a reconfigured system aimed more at intercepting shorter-range Iranian missiles.
CNN:
U.S. scraps missile defense shield plans  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Obama administration will scrap the controversial missile defense shield program in Eastern Europe, a senior administration official confirmed to CNN Thursday.  —  The comment followed similar statements from officials …
The Corner on National Review Online:
Obama on Missile Defense: Alarming and Dangerous — By: NRO Staff  —  It is with good reason that the American people are focused on the economy and domestic issues — we continue to lose jobs, amass record-breaking deficits, and the president is promoting a plan to add a trillion dollar health burden.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Polish PM wouldn't take U.S. calls
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Telegraph:
Anger in Europe as Barack Obama ‘scraps missile defence shield’
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:   The Revised European Missile Shield - Timing Is Everything
New York Post:
Pelosi: I'm clueless about cash cut-off  —  WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday she is clueless about an amendment to prohibit government funds for embattled ACORN, although it overwhelmingly passed the Senate Monday and the White House is calling for the group to be held accountable.
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Michelle Malkin:
Triple-snort-worthy: White House “distances” itself from ACORN
Discussion: The Politico and Big Government
Jeffrey Young / The Hill:   Grassley ‘resents’ Obama over healthcare
Holly Rosenkrantz / Bloomberg:
AFL-CIO Leaders Chant Denunciations of Baucus Health-Care Plan
Discussion: Ezra Klein and Firedoglake
The Huffington Post:
Pelosi: House Bill Will Include Public Health Insurance Option
Discussion: The Huffington Post and TalkLeft
David Von Drehle / Time:
Mad Man: Is Glenn Beck Bad for America?  —  On Sept. 12, a large crowd gathered in Washington to protest ... what?  The goals of Congress and the Obama Administration, mainly — the cost, the scale, the perceived leftist intent.  The crowd's agenda was wide-ranging, so it's hard to be more specific.
Washington Wire:
Tea Party Protesters Protest D.C. Metro Service  —  Brody Mullins reports on money and politics.  —  Protesters who attended Saturday's Tea Party rally in Washington found a new reason to be upset: Apparently they are unhappy with the level of service provided by the subway system.
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:   Metro Was Ill-Prepared for March, Texas Congressman Says
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:   Tea Baggers Who Feel They're ‘Taxed Enough Already’ …
James O'Keefe / Big Government:
ACORN Video: Prostitution Scandal in San Diego, CA  —  With 70 miles of stunning beaches and picture-perfect weather all year round, having fun during the summer in San Diego doesn't require a lot of money.  —  The city combines old-fashioned Mexican charm with a modern edge.
Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
Sotomayor Challenges Corporate Law  —  WASHINGTON — In her maiden Supreme Court appearance last week, Justice Sonia Sotomayor made a provocative comment that probed the foundations of corporate law.  —  During arguments in a campaign-finance case, the court's majority conservatives seemed persuaded …
Jeanna Bryner / msnbc.com:
Teen birth rates highest in most religious states  —  Link may be due to communities frowning on contraception, researchers say  —  U.S. states whose residents have more conservative religious beliefs on average tend to have higher rates of teenagers giving birth, a new study suggests.
Quinnipiac University:
Dodd Inching Back Up In Connecticut, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Obama Slide Continues  —  Connecticut voters disapprove 49 - 43 percent of the job Sen. Christopher Dodd is doing, his best score in six months and better than his 52 - 42 percent disapproval July 23, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.
Walter Alarkon / The Hill:
GOP plans more ACORN votes  —  Republicans are pushing for more measures to block federal funding from going to ACORN, the community organizing group and top target of conservatives.  —  Sen. Mike Johanns (R-Neb.) has sponsored another amendment prohibiting the use of federal money for ACORN …
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The Hill:
House votes to de-fund ACORN
Associated Press:
AP NewsBreak: Nuke agency says Iran can make bomb  —  VIENNA (AP) - Experts at the world's top atomic watchdog are in agreement that Tehran has the ability to make a nuclear bomb and is on the way to developing a missile system able to carry an atomic warhead, according to a secret report seen by The Associated Press.
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Obama Gets Highest Approval on Iraq, Lowest on Deficit  —  Little change in Obama approval on economy, healthcare  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Of the seven specific issue approval ratings measured in a Sept. 11-13 USA Today/Gallup poll, President Obama gets his highest rating (56%) on his handling of Iraq …
William Grimes / New York Times:
Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary Dies at 72  —  Mary Travers, whose ringing, earnest vocals with the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary made songs like “Blowin' in the Wind,” “If I Had a Hammer” and “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” enduring anthems of the 1960s protest movement, died on Wednesday at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut.
David Hume Kennerly / Lens:
Essay: Chop and Crop  —  [David Hume Kennerly is a former contributing editor of Newsweek.  He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1972 for his photographs of the Vietnam War.  A response from Newsweek follows immediately below.]  —  The Sept. 14th Newsweek cover line — “Is Your Baby Racist?”
Eric Zimmermann / The Hill:
Pelosi: Democrats facing toughest midterms ever  —  The 2010 congressional elections will be the “toughest midterm elections Democrats have ever faced,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) acknowledged today.  —  Pelosi made the statement in a fundraising pitch for the Democratic Congressional …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
John Boehner struggles to keep up with base  —  “I would point out that the greatest anxiety about the president's policies tends to come from independents,” he said.  —  Long before the tea parties or Wilson's outburst, Boehner and Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) had struggled to moderate …
Rasmussen Reports:
Toplines - Texas Republican Primary - September 16, 2009  —  Survey of 790 Likely GOP Primary Voters  —  1* How would you rate the job Barack Obama has been doing as President... do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he's been doing?
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Expand the House?  —  WASHINGTON — In America, democracy follows the simple principle of one person, one vote, right?  —  Unless, that is, you live in Montana, where your vote carries a little more than half as much weight in the House of Representatives as that of someone living in Rhode Island.
 
 
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