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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Obtained: In Letter To Pelosi, 41 House Dems Pledge To Vote Against Bill With Anti-Abortion Amendment — In a move that will intensify the coming war over how to treat abortion in the health care bill, more than three dozen House Dems have signed a letter to Nancy Pelosi firmly pledging …
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Obama: ‘This is a Health Care Bill, Not an Abortion Bill’ — President Says Still More Work to be Done on Legislation Passed by House — President Obama said today that Congress needs to change abortion-related language in the health care bill passed by the House of Representatives this weekend.
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Ezra Klein:
The Stupak amendment: As much about class as about choice — Rep. Bart Stupak's amendment did not make abortion illegal. And it did not block the federal government from subsidizing abortion. All it did was block it from subsidizing abortion for poorer women.
Ezra Klein:
Rep. Jim Cooper: House health care bill was ‘one of the best votes I ever cast’ — Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) knows as much about health-care policy as anyone in Congress. He teaches the subject back home in Tennessee, promoted his own plan (to the anger of many Democrats) in 1994 …
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:Senior Democrat is ‘confident’ that Stupak amendment will be stripped
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George Stephanopoulos / George's Bottom Line:Liberals to Pelosi: Get Rid of Stupak Language or We Won't Back Health Reform
Tony Romm / The Hill:Gibbs: Obama not taking sides in Stupak amendment debate
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Dana Priest / Washington Post:
Fort Hood suspect warned of threats within the ranks — Cited stress facing Muslims Hasan spoke at Walter Reed in 2007 — The Army psychiatrist believed to have killed 13 people at Fort Hood warned a roomful of senior Army physicians a year and a half ago that to avoid “adverse events,” …
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Fort Hood suspect alert, talking to medical personnel — Army Criminal Investigation Command, FBI waiting to question Nidal Hasan — FORT HOOD, Tex. — Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army psychiatrist who allegedly gunned down dozens of people at Fort Hood last week before being wounded by police …
ABCNEWS:
Officials: U.S. Army Told of Hasan's Contacts with al Qaeda — Army Major in Fort Hood Massacre Used ‘Electronic Means’ to Connect with Terrorists — U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan was attempting to make contact with people associated with al Qaeda …
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David Martin / CBS News:
Obama's Afghan Plan: About 40K More Troops — CBS Exclusive: Sources Say Force Will Grow to 100,000 - Nearly Filling Gen. McChrystal's Request; Long-Term Stay Planned — (CBS) Tonight, after months of conferences with top advisors, President Obama has settled on a new strategy for Afghanistan.
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CNN:
WH denies Afghan decision made, as tensions flare with Pentagon — Washington (CNN) - White House National Security Adviser Retired Gen. Jim Jones issued a rare public statement Monday vehemently denying media reports suggesting President Obama has privately decided to send close to 40,000 …
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Pfizer abandons site of infamous Kelo eminent domain taking — The private homes that New London, Conn., took away from Suzette Kelo and her neighbors have been torn down. Their former site is a wasteland of fields of weeds, a monument to the power of eminent domain.
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Obama's Surprise Video Address to Berlin on Anniversary of Fall of Berlin Wall — collect this video — recent videos from — what people are saying — I was waiting for a stunning announcement that “Luke I am Your Father”. His pointing out that he is the first African-American president …
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New York Post:
Berlin Wall blunder — World leaders past and present will be in Berlin today for the 20th an niversary of the fall of communist repression's most visible symbol: the 112-mile concrete wall that split the city for more than a quarter-century. — Conspicuously absent: the president of the United States, Barack Obama.
The Politico:
Senate faces abortion rights rift — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid found his health reform efforts seriously complicated Monday by the explosive issue of abortion, as key centrist senators said they wanted to see airtight language in the bill blocking federal funding for the procedure.
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Ethan Bronner / New York Times:
Future of Palestinian Authority Is in Question — RAMALLAH, West Bank — The collapse of the Palestinian Authority, Israel's negotiating partner, was raised as a possibility on Monday, as several aides to its president, Mahmoud Abbas, said that he intended to resign and forecast that others would follow.
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Daniel Tencer / Raw Story:
MSNBC anchor in Twitter fight with anti-gay church that picketed Obama kids' school — The Westboro Baptist Church is telling the Obama daughters that God is their “enemy.” — The Kansas-based far-right church known for its outrageous choices of protest venues picketed outside …
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Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:Westboro Baptist Church Organizes Homophobic Anti-Obama Protest …
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Josh Gerstein / Josh Gerstein's Blog:
Despite ban, Holder to speak to CAIR-linked group — Attorney General Eric Holder has agreed to give a keynote speech next week to a Michigan group which includes the local branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations even though the FBI has formally severed contacts with the controversial Muslim civil rights organization.
Jay Yarow / Clusterstock:
Murdoch: Glenn Beck Was Right—Obama's A Racist — Rupert Murdoch defended Glenn Beck's accusation that the president was a racist in his long interview with Sky News Australia. — At the 18:04, the interviewer says “Glenn Beck who you mentioned has called Barack Obama a racist …
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Steele: White Republicans are scared of me — Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman Michael Steele, who is known for making controversial statements, on Sunday said that white Republicans are afraid of him. — Steele also took aim at some in his own party last week as well …
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Broken Rearview Mirror — Nancy Keenan needs to find another job. Her appearance on Andrea Mitchell this morning was an embarrassment to the pro-choice community. Jesus H Christ: … NARAL needs to hold Nancy Keenan accountable for being completely ineffectual over and over again …
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Jon Lender / Hartford Courant:
Rell Will Not Seek Re-Election — Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced Monday at 5 p.m. that she will not seek re-election as governor in 2010. — “After much soul-searching, and discussion with my family, I have decided not to seek re-election next year,” Rell said in her Capitol office during …
Ezra Klein:
Lieberman will filibuster health-care reform ‘as a matter of conscience’ — Joe Lieberman went on Fox News last weekend to give viewers some insight into his thinking on health-care reform. … I've sent a couple of requests over to Lieberman's office for an interview, and haven't had much luck.
Frank Newport / Gallup:
No Clear Mandate From Americans on Healthcare Reform — Evenly split on long-term impact on healthcare system; one in four expect personal benefit — PRINCETON, NJ — Americans are evenly split on the potential impact of new healthcare legislation, should it ultimately be passed into law.
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