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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Deal Reached for Ending Law on Gays in Military — WASHINGTON — The White House and leading Congressional Democrats reached agreement Monday on legislative language and a time frame for repealing the military's “don't ask, don't tell” policy, but it was not clear whether the deal had secured …
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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Obama endorses 'don't ask, don't tell' compromise in Congress — President Obama has signed on to a “don't ask, don't tell” compromise between lawmakers and the Defense Department, the White House announced Monday, an agreement that removes a key obstacle to repealing the military's policy banning gays …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Fawning press now gets cold shoulder from Obama — Will Barack Obama go an entire year without holding a formal news conference? He's getting close: The president's last full-scale session with the press was on July 22, 2009, which was 307 days ago. — When Obama last held a big news conference …
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
President Obama seeks new version of line-item veto — As part of what the White House called a campaign to crack down on wasteful government spending, President Obama on Monday asked Congress to grant him new powers to slice lawmakers' pet projects from congressionally approved spending bills.
Daniela Altimari / Capitol Watch:
Sources say Rob Simmons will drop out of U.S. Senate race tomorrow. — Rob Simmons will hold a press conference for this morning in New London to announce he's leaving the U.S. Senate race, sources said late today. — The former congressman and Vietnam War veteran lost …
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Mark Pazniokas / ctmirror.org:
Source says Simmons told staff he is ending campaign — A Republican source says Rob Simmons told his staff Monday he will end his campaign for U.S. Senate at a press conference today in New London. — On Monday night, Simmons called a press conference for 9 a.m. in New London to make an …
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Simmons suspends Conn. Senate campaign — Former Rep. Rob Simmons announced Tuesday he is suspending his Senate GOP primary campaign in Connecticut. — The candidate cited the ability of his opponent, former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon, to spend an unlimited sum in the race.
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Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
U.S. Expands Secret Military Acts in Mideast and Beyond — WASHINGTON — The top American commander in the Middle East has ordered a broad expansion of clandestine military activity in an effort to disrupt militant groups or counter threats in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and other countries in the region …
Erik Berte / FOXBusiness.com:
The Next Bailout: $165B for Unions — Taxpayers could be on the hook for another $165 billion if a bill to bail out private union pension funds makes it through Congress.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
When Passengers Spit, Bus Drivers Take Months Off — It could be the cutbacks to the city's transportation system, or a general decline in urban civility. Perhaps people are just in a collective bad mood. — What else could explain why New Yorkers — notoriously hardened to the slings …
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Tom Namako / New York Post:
Bus drivers take two months off when riders spit on them
Bus drivers take two months off when riders spit on them
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David Frum / Washington Post:
Zev Chafets's ‘Rush Limbaugh: An Army of One,’ reviewed by David Frum — Sentinel. 229 pp. $25.95 — “Every great man has his disciples,” quipped Oscar Wilde. “And it is always Judas who writes the biography.” — Not so for Rush Limbaugh. Biographer Zev Chafets received unprecedented access …
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Ian Urbina / New York Times:
Inspector General's Inquiry Faults Regulators — WASHINGTON — Federal regulators responsible for oversight of drilling in the Gulf of Mexico allowed industry officials several years ago to fill in their own inspection reports in pencil — and then turned them over to the regulators …
Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Libtalker Pleads With Obama To Take Action On Oil Spill — THEY'RE WORRIED — Libtalkers Worry Public Outrage Shifting Toward Obama — Can blame for gross inaction on the Gulf oil spill be shifted away from Obama indefinitely? Some on the left are clearly beginning to realize the anti-BP OUTRAGE …
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Michael Levenson / Boston Globe:
Patrick says Obama critics are ‘almost at the level of sedition’ — Governor Deval Patrick, even as he decried partisanship in Washington, said today that Republican opposition to President Obama's agenda has become so obstinate that it “is almost at the level of sedition.”
Jonah Goldberg / The Corner on National Review Online:
It's Like He Does it On Purpose — By: Jonah Goldberg — Thomas Friedman does it again. He literally fantasizes about American becoming like China — but just for a day! From Meet the Press yesterday: … Can someone please tell Tom Friedman that China only produces “suboptimal solutions” too.
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Los Angeles Times:
BP told to cut back on toxic remedy — A skeptical EPA calls for a sharp reduction in the company's use of an oil dispersant. — Tony Hayward, BP's chief executive, tours his oil company's cleanup operations in Port Fourchon, La. Hayward repeatedly said he was “devastated” by the destruction wrought by the gulf oil spill.
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Ace / minx.cc:
Gov. Bobby Jindal Rips Obama For Slowness On Oil Spill — Video at the link. The problem is with sand-booms needed to protect Louisiana's shores from the invasion of oil. — The video is worth watching, but here's a transcript of some of his remarks. — Note his Tea Party-like vow.
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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
WH: We're On the Case; Jindal: HELP!
WH: We're On the Case; Jindal: HELP!
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Scott / Power Line:
A thug too far, part 3 — Do you recall what was revealed the day that SEIU sicced a mob on the suburban D.C. home of the Bank of America deputy general counsel? Nina Easton filed an illuminating report. The mainstream media are studiously avoiding this story.
Kyung M. Song / Seattle Times:
Rossi expected to enter Senate race soon; hires key staff — WASHINGTON — Dino Rossi is expected to officially enter the U.S. Senate race as early as Wednesday, and already has hired several key staffers for a campaign to unseat three-term incumbent Patty Murray.
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Two Theories of Change — When I was in college I took a course in the Enlightenment. In those days, when people spoke of the Enlightenment, they usually meant the French Enlightenment — thinkers like Descartes, Rousseau, Voltaire and Condorcet. — These were philosophers who confronted …
Dennis Cauchon / USA Today:
Private pay shrinks to historic lows — Paychecks from private business shrank to their smallest share of personal income in U.S. history during the first quarter of this year, a USA TODAY analysis of government data finds. — At the same time, government-provided benefits …
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Washington Post:
Rep. James Moran's investments illustrate Congress's leeway in trading — He was a stockbroker before he became a politician, and he continued playing the markets during his rise through Congress. — Rep. James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.), a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee …
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Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Hayworth: ‘In My History’ U.S. Didn't Formally Declare War On Nazi Germany (VIDEO) — Former Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ), who is challenging Sen. John McCain in the Republican primary, said that the United States did not formally declare war on Germany in World War II — at least, that's how it went in his history.
Erika Lovley / The Politico:
Exclusive: FBI details surge in death threats against lawmakers — I voted for you," the caller said in a voice mail to Democratic Rep. Heath Shuler's district office. “ If you vote for that stimulus package, I'm gonna kill you. Simple as that. The FBI says the caller was a 70-year-old resident …
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Elisabeth Rosenthal / New York Times:
Britons' Fears Turn to Doubts About Climate Change — LONDON — Last month hundreds of environmental activists crammed into an auditorium here to ponder an anguished question: If the scientific consensus on climate change has not changed, why have so many people turned away from the idea that human activity is warming the planet?