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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 …
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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.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
McCain laments effort to ‘jam’ through repeal of 'Don't ask, don't tell'
McCain laments effort to ‘jam’ through repeal of 'Don't ask, don't tell'
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Lack of sunlight over Mr. Sestak's claims
Lack of sunlight over Mr. Sestak's claims
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Jennifer Rubin / Commentary:
Sestak's Stall Not Working
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 …
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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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 …
Washington Post / Ezra Klein:
The big offshore lie — The Obama administration, in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico disaster, has apparently decided that digging in on its misguided decision in March to expand offshore drilling is the way to go. — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar dug in to defend the administration's drilling plans last week.
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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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FITSNews:
Cell, Email Records Could Solve “Haley-gate” — Phone records, text messages, emails, voice mails ... these are the identifying markers of any love affair, and ground zero when it comes to any “he said, she said” battle in civil or criminal court. — Well ... we've got the ultimate …
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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 …
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 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 …
New York Times:
Wall Street Tumbles Along With Europe and Asia — A sense of foreboding in global markets seemed to deepen on Tuesday. — Shares on all three continents skidded Tuesday and the euro resumed its fall, as reports that North Korea had threatened its southern neighbor jolted nerves already frayed …
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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 …
Matt Aiken / The Dahlonega Nugget …:
BREAKING NEWS: Students in KKK robes cause stir at LCHS — A Lumpkin County High School history teacher was placed on administrative leave after she allowed a group of students to don homemade Ku Klux Klan costumes during an assignment on the history of racism in the United States.
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Nearly 8 in 10 favor gays in the military — (CNN) - Most Americans say people who are openly gay should be allowed to serve in the U.S. military, according to a new national poll. — A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Tuesday indicates that 78 percent …
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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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CNN:
Gates issues tepid endorsement of plan to repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' — Defense Secretary Robert Gates issued an endorsement Tuesday of a Democratic plan to repeal the military's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy. — Washington (CNN) - Secretary of Defense Robert Gates issued …
Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
What Would Happen if the Supreme Court Struck Down Health Care Reform? — This weekend, I had a conversation with someone non-crazy who thinks there is a not-insignificant chance that the Supreme Court will overturn health care reform, or at least the individual mandate …