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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 …
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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 …
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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Vote to Repeal 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' This Week? — White House has Approved a Compromise Amendment to Speed the Vote But Delay Implementation — Congress could vote as early as Thursday to repeal the controversial “don't ask don't tell” policy that prevents gays and lesbians from openly serving in the U.S. armed forces.
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Lack of sunlight over Mr. Sestak's claims
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Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Libtalker Pleads With Obama To Take Action On Oil Spill
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
McCain laments effort to ‘jam’ through repeal of 'Don't ask, don't tell'
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Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
President Obama seeks new version of line-item veto
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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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Obama administration conflicted about relying on BP to stop gulf oil spill — The tenuous alliance among the Obama administration, the oil firm BP and Gulf Coast officials was visibly fraying on Monday, with exasperation on all sides mounting as oil from a deep-water gusher began lapping …
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 …
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 …
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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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 …
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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 …
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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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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Just When Ya Think It Can't Get Any More “Interesting”... Welcome, Neighbor! — Spring has sprung in Alaska, and with this beautiful season comes the news today that the Palins have a new neighbor! Welcome, Joe McGinniss! — Yes, that Joe McGinniss. Here he is - about 15 feet away …
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 …
Doug Powers / Michelle Malkin:
AP: Obama to Skip Wreath Laying Ceremony at Arlington on Monday — President Obama went to Arlington Cemetery to lay the wreath last year, but this year Obama's handing the wreath to Plugs and heading off to the more welcoming political climes of Chicago:
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 …
Gil Hoffman / Jerusalem Post:
Tourism Ministry denies feeding Emanuel shellfish — White House chief of staff tells Channel 2: We're having a great time. — Talkbacks (2) — Make JPOST.COM your Home Page — Iranian Threat — Jewish World — Local Israel — Arts & Culture — Français — Classifieds
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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