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Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Blumenthal's Words Differ From His History — At a ceremony honoring veterans and senior citizens who sent presents to soldiers overseas, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut rose and spoke of an earlier time in his life. — Multimedia — Enlarge This Image
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
Blumenthal Responds To Vietnam Allegations — Connecticut Attorney General Dick Blumenthal is denying a New York Times report that he routinely lied about his service in Vietnam. — “The New York Times story is an outrageous distortion of Dick Blumenthal's record of service,” …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Bombshell: Democratic Senate candidate lied about serving in Vietnam; Update: Blumenthal responds, sort of — Not just any Democratic Senate candidate, either. It's Richard Blumenthal, current attorney general of Connecticut, whom Chris Dodd made way for by retiring earlier this year.
Joshua Green / The Atlantic Online:
Richard Blumenthal's Bogus War Record — As a Connecticut native, let me emphasize what a shock it is that, per this bombshell New York Times story, longtime Attorney General Richard Blumenthal—the presumed Democratic Senate nominee and presumed successor to Chris Dodd …
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J. Taylor Rushing / Ballot Box:
Lieberman undecided on whether to back Republican or Dem in Senate race — Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) is undecided on whom to endorse in his state's Senate race — and he has good relationships with the major candidates on both sides of the aisle. — Lieberman's support is a grand prize …
Linda McMahon / Linda McMahon for Senate:
In Case You Missed It: McMahon Strikes Blumenthal In NYT Article
Benjamin Joffe-Walt / Jerusalem Post:
Saudi woman beats up virtue cop — Incident follows a wave of challenges to religious authorities. — Talkbacks (16) — Make JPOST.COM your Home Page — Iranian Threat — Jewish World — Local Israel — Arts & Culture — Français — Classifieds — Israel — Middle East
Scott Gottlieb / Wall Street Journal:
No, You Can't Keep Your Health Plan — Insurers and doctors are already consolidating their businesses in the wake of ObamaCare's passage. — President Obama guaranteed Americans that after health reform became law they could keep their insurance plans and their doctors.
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Todd Ackerman / Houston Chronicle:
Texas doctors fleeing Medicare in droves — Texas doctors are opting out of Medicare at alarming rates, frustrated by reimbursement cuts they say make participation in government-funded care of seniors unaffordable. — Two years after a survey found nearly half of Texas doctors weren't taking …
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Jennifer Rubin / Commentary:
Obama Won't Say Who Killed Daniel Pearl — At a signing ceremony for the Freedom of Press Act, it is ironic and shameful that Obama could not bring himself to identify the killers who beheaded the man who fearlessly reported on the jihadist terrorists. Obama had this to say:
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Chip Reid / CBS News:
Press Freedom, Sure. But No Questions. — There was some rich irony at the White House today — President Obama signed the Press Freedom Act, and then promptly refused to take any questions. — The new law expands the State Department's annual human rights reports to include a description of press freedoms in each country.
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Dexter Filkins / New York Times:
Suicide Car Bomber Hits U.S. Convoy in Afghanistan — KABUL, Afghanistan — A man driving a Toyota minivan laden with explosives steered into an American convoy on Tuesday morning, killing 18 people, including 5 American troops, and 12 civilians caught in rush hour traffic in the Afghan capital.
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Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Bomb attack on NATO convoy kills 18 in Kabul — KABUL — A powerful car bomb exploded early Tuesday within a few feet of a passing military convoy in central Kabul, killing at least six soldiers from the international security force along with numerous civilians, military and Afghan officials said.
Fox News:
Exclusive: Indiana Rep. Mark Souder to Resign Amid Allegations of Affair With Staffer — Eight-term Rep. Mark Souder will announce his resignation Tuesday after it came to light that he was conducting an affair with a female staffer who worked in his district office, Fox News has learned.
Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
La Société, C'est Moi — Here's Justice Stevens' concurrence in Graham v. Florida, a decision holding that the Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause bars states from sentencing under-18-year-old criminals to life imprisonment without parole, except for homicide:
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Court Bars Life Terms for Youths Who Haven't Killed
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Upholds Commitment of Sex Offenders
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J. Patrick Coolican / Las Vegas Sun:
Danny Tarkanian: Sue Lowden breaking campaign law by accepting donated RV — Sue Lowden, a leading contender to be the Republican nominee in the race to unseat Sen. Harry Reid, is being accused by a chief competitor of breaking campaign finance law for accepting a luxury campaign bus as a campaign contribution.
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Walter Alarkon / The Hill:
Democrats prepare to pass war funding bill without Republican support — House Democrats are preparing to pass an Afghanistan war-spending bill on a party-line vote as Republicans balk at extra provisions the White House wants in the measure. — Passing such a spending bill through …
The Politico:
What to watch in Tuesday's primaries — Just four states go to the polls Tuesday, but together they cast a long shadow. — It's the biggest single-day primary so far in 2010 and the outcomes in a handful of key races will provide the clearest indication yet of the depth and intensity …
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Fox News:
Rev. Wright: ‘Obama Threw Me Under the Bus’ — NEW YORK — The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama's controversial former pastor, said in a letter obtained by The Associated Press that he is “toxic” to the Obama administration and that the president “threw me under the bus.”
David Neiwert / Crooks and Liars:
Is it time to blow up the leaking Gulf oil well? BP doing its best to keep that option under wraps — Shepard Smith had a fascinating segment on the catastrophic Gulf oil spill today, featuring an interview with a former nuclear-sub captain who argued persuasively that it was time …
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Ed Barnes / Fox News:
Muslims in NYC Planning to Build Second, Smaller Mosque Near Ground Zero — As controversy surrounds the construction of a 13-story mosque just two blocks from Ground Zero, FOX News has learned that an effort to place a second mosque close to the hallowed site in New York City is in its advanced stages.
Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
Fans asked to remove pro-Arizona immigration law shirts during NBA game — Two fans at a Phoenix Suns basketball game were ejected from their first row seats and removed from the arena last week after refusing orders from security guards to take off their shirts in support of Arizona's recently passed law against illegal immigration.
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Geoffrey Dickens / NewsBusters.org:
Matthews: Obama Needs to ‘Nationalize’ Oil Industry! — Last week an agitated Chris Matthews tried to hold Dick Cheney accountable for the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and this week Matthews is demanding action from President Obama, as the Hardball host pushed the President to nationalize the oil industry to solve the problem.
BBC:
‘Terror ringleader’ to stay in UK — The alleged leader of an al-Qaeda plot to bomb targets in north-west England has won his appeal against deportation. — A special immigration court said Abid Naseer was an al-Qaeda operative - but could not be deported because he faced torture or death back home in Pakistan.
Melissa Clouthier / Liberty Pundits Blog:
More Muslims In Bikinis Please — UPDATED — Did the new Miss USA from “Dearbornistan” win because of politics? I don't really care. Have you seen the pictures? — If you haven't. Check her out. She's gorgeous. And she's not wearing a burqa. — She's in a bikini. And she's not wearing a burqa.
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
CIA director, national security adviser to meet with officials in Pakistan — President Obama's national security adviser, James L. Jones, and CIA Director Leon Panetta were set to travel to Pakistan on Monday night for meetings with top government, military and intelligence officials …
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Chris McGreal / Guardian:
Why are white people five times richer? — • Study finds gaping racial divide in household assets — • Economic policies blamed for growing inequality — A huge wealth gap has opened up between black and white people in the US over the past quarter of a century …
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Nancy Scola / techPresident:
White House Deputy CTO Andrew McLaughlin Slapped for Gmailing with Googlers — The controversy that began in March with an accusatory report on the conservative clearinghouse BigGovernment.com has resulted in an official reprimand for Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer Andrew McLaughlin …
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