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6:30 AM ET, December 19, 2010

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Bryan Fischer / afa.net:
Benedict Arnold Republicans destroy military and our national security  —  We are now stuck with sexual deviants serving openly in the U.S. military because of turncoat Republican senators.  —  (Dictionary definition of “deviant”: “departing from usual or accepted standards, esp. in social or sexual behavior.”
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Advances  —  WASHINGTON — After a 17-year struggle, the Senate on Saturday cleared the way for repealing the Pentagon's ban on gay men and lesbians serving openly in the military.  —  By a bipartisan vote of 63 to 33, the Senate acted to cut off debate …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
John McCain at his fieriest before 'don't ask, don't tell' vote  —  If John McCain gets any more hostile toward his Senate colleagues, they might consider having him go through the metal detector before he enters the Capitol.  —  Saturday's debate on the repeal of the “don't-ask-don't-tell” …
Shira Toeplitz / The Politico:
Eight Republicans back 'Don't ask' repeal
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
DADT repeal wins!
Anne Flaherty / The Huffington Post:
'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal Faces Senate Vote Today
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Joe Manchin absent for two major Senate votes  —  When the Senate took two of its most highly anticipated votes of the lame-duck session on Saturday, West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin was nowhere to be found.  —  Manchin, who was sworn into office last month after winning …
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Shankar Vedantam / Washington Post:
Defeat of immigration measure reveals failed White House strategy, advocates say  —  Whenever Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-Ill.) and other immigrant-rights advocates asked President Obama how a Democratic administration could preside over the greatest number of deportations in any two-year period …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Manchin's whereabouts  —  Today's minor mystery was the location of newly-minted West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, who missed key votes on the DREAM Act and the repeal of “Don't Ask, Don't Tell.”  (He says he would have voted “no” on both.)  —  The Gazette reports:
Alison Knezevich / Squawk Box:
Manchin skips votes on DADT, DREAM Act  —  Today is a big day in the U.S. Senate, and Sen. Joe Manchin isn't there.  —  Manchin missed key votes today on the repeal of “don't ask, don't tell” — which advanced and is headed for a final vote this afternoon — and the DREAM Act …
The Politico:
DREAM Act dies in Senate
Andrea Nill / ThinkProgress:
As DREAM Act Fails, Graham Tells Undocumented Youth They Wasted Their Time
Discussion: Left Coast Rebel
Bridget Johnson / The Hill:   Pro-immigration groups decry ‘shameful’ vote; enforcement groups vow new push
Patricia Murphy / Politics Daily:   Immigration End Game: DREAM Act Defeated in the Senate
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Gays in the Military, ROTC back on Campus?  —  Now that the lame duck Democratic Congress has repealed Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT), the new Congress will have to see to it that the Obama administration manages the implementation of repeal responsibly, and that the concerns of military leaders and troops are taken seriously.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Ivies moving toward restoring ROTC  —  Some top universities moved quickly Saturday to respond to the vote repealing the ban on gays in the military, and those who don't restore their ROTC programs in the wake of the vote are likely to face immediate pressure on the issue.
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Instapundit
Army Court-Martial Defense Specialist / The Law Office …:
A Typical Day for PFC Bradley Manning  —  PFC Manning is currently being held in maximum custody.  Since arriving at the Quantico Confinement Facility in July of 2010, he has been held under Prevention of Injury (POI) watch.  —  His cell is approximately six feet wide and twelve feet in length.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
START treaty survives threat from McCain amendment on missile defense  —  The Senate voted 37 to 59 on Saturday to reject an amendment to the preamble of the New START nuclear treaty that Democrats say would have gutted it.  —  The amendment sponsored by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) …
Discussion: Blue Wave News and National Review
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Senate Rejects Amendment Blocking New Start Treaty
Discussion: CNN and The Hill
The White House:
Weekly Address: START is About the Safety and Security of America …
Discussion: Politics Daily
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Obama's Long Game: 65 - 31  —  Do gay activists, including myself, want to doubt it now?  Of course, it's my job to push, to criticize, to explain, to shame, to encourage.  But I did so precisely to advance what has happened today, and am glad that it was a small part of the climate that made it happen.
Paul Krugman:
Springtime for Hypocrites  —  It has been a great week on the hypocrisy front.  A couple of high points:  —  The hypocrisy of the apparatchiks: Joe Nocera amplifies some of the points I made in my column.  The determination of the Republicans on the crisis commission to lay the blame …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices Offer Receptive Ear to Business Interests  —  WASHINGTON — Almost 40 years ago, a Virginia lawyer named Lewis F. Powell Jr. warned that the nation's free enterprise system was under attack.  He urged the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to assemble “a highly competent staff of lawyers” …
Discussion: PointOfLaw Forum
 
 
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Andrew Ferguson / Weekly Standard:
The Boy from Yazoo City
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Jonathan Allen / The Politico:
Bachmann lands slot on Intel panel
Lt. Dan Choi / The Huffington Post:
Congress Repeals DADT
Chris Geidner / Poliglot:
White House Won't Commit to Halting DADT Discharges — a Move Urged By Reid, Levin
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