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5:50 AM ET, April 12, 2010

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Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:
Washington Readies for Huge Nuclear Summit  —  Top of the Agenda: Securing Loose Nuclear Materials that Could End Up in the Hands of Al Qaeda  —  (CBS) The nation's capital is gearing up for a very busy couple of days.  President Obama opens a summit on nuclear security Monday with dozens of world leaders scheduled to attend.
Discussion: The Reaction
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama: Al-Qaeda would have no qualms about using nuke  —  President Barack Obama said Sunday that he thinks world leaders “can make enormous progress” on securing loose nuclear material to prevent it from winding up in the hands of terrorists.  —  Obama held a series of meetings with world leaders …
Discussion: The Swamp
Fars News Agency:
Leader: United States' True Face Unveiled by Obama's N. Threat against Iran
Discussion: New York Times and The Hill
Max Bergmann / Think Progress:
Lieberman Gets A Chuckle Out Of Peddling Far-Right Nuke Myth  —  Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), once a reliable vote in favor of nuclear arms reduction efforts, has now bought into the right-wing myth that our nuclear arsenal is deteriorating and that the U.S. needs to build new nuclear weapons.
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Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Lieberman: Not enough votes in Senate to ratify new START treaty
Fox News:   Lieberman: Omitting ‘Islamic’ …
Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Senator: Dropping ‘Islamic extremism’ term is ‘Orwellian and counterproductive’
Rosalind Helderman / Virginia Politics Blog:
UPDATED: Mississippi Gov. Barbour defends McDonnell's Confederate proclamation  —  Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) might have gotten the exactly the help he didn't need from a friend this morning, as Republican Governors Association chairman Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R-Miss.) …
Discussion: Firedoglake, The Reaction and The Page
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Anill / Think Progress:
Mississippi Gov. Barbour Thinks Slavery Omission 'Doesn't Matter For Diddly'  —  This morning on CNN's State of the Union, Gov. Haley Barbour (R-MS) defended Gov. Bob McDonnell's (R-VA) omission of slavery from his proclamation on Confederate History Month.  Barbour told CNN host Candy Crowley …
Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
In Event of WMD Attack, “All Bets Are Off”  —  Clinton, Gates Say New U.S. Policy Puts Other Countries “On Notice” to Avoid Nuclear Path Taken by Iran, North Korea  —  (CBS) The Obama administration's nuclear posture review may have removed some of the intentional ambiguity from U.S. nuclear policy …
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Mona Charen / Real Clear Politics:
What the Euphemisms Tell Us
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Clinton: ‘Thank goodness’ for healthcare
Discussion: The Politico and CNN
Bob Parks / Big Government:
So, 'Voicemails Expose Left's Racism'... Where's The MSM Been All This Time?  —  When I read Monica Crowley's piece on Big Government, I must admit to being thoroughly disgusted.  —  Not because she posted racial-slur laden voicemails sent to Dr. Christopher Metzler, Associate Dean …
Christopher Hope / Telegraph:
General Election 2010: Labour accused of using cancer patient database for postcard mailing  —  Labour has been accused of using a Government database to target cancer victims with party political messages.  —  Personalised cards were sent to 250,000 women saying that the Tories would scrap …
Marc Horne / Times of London:
Richard Dawkins: I will arrest Pope Benedict XVI  —  RICHARD DAWKINS, the atheist campaigner, is planning a legal ambush to have the Pope arrested during his state visit to Britain “for crimes against humanity”.  —  Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, the atheist author …
Rasmussen Reports:
66% Say America Is Overtaxed  —  When thinking about all the services provided by federal, state and local governments, 75% of voters nationwide say the average American should pay no more than 20% of their income in taxes.  However, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds …
Terry Macalister / Guardian:
US military warns oil output may dip causing massive shortages by 2015  —  The US military has warned that surplus oil production capacity could disappear within two years and there could be serious shortages by 2015 with a significant economic and political impact.
Steven Thomma / MiamiHerald.com:
Unified by hatred of Obama, GOP still searches for challenger  —  NEW ORLEANS — Southern Republicans wrapped up a three-day meeting in New Orleans on Saturday unified in fervent opposition to President Barack Obama, but wide open at this early stage about whom they want to challenge him in 2012.
Discussion: Riehl World View
New York Times:
Europe Unifies to Assist Greece With Line of Aid  —  BRUSSELS — European leaders provided a long-awaited financial rescue line to Greece on Sunday, offering the country up to $40 billion in aid to meet its giant debt obligations.  —  Under the plan, Greece would receive loans at about 5 percent interest …
Discussion: Truthdig and Calculated Risk
The Hill:
Alexander: ‘Fringe,’ ‘feelings’ court nominees could provoke filibuster  —  Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) stressed Saturday that he could exercise a filibuster of President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee “if the president picks someone from the fringe or somone who applies their feelings insted of applying the law.”
Discussion: The Politico, CNN and Think Progress
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