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Obama Urges Mubarak Not to Run Again — WASHINGTON — President Obama has told the embattled president of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, that he should not run for another term in elections in the fall, effectively withdrawing American support for its closest Arab ally, according to American diplomats in Cairo and Washington.
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Mubarak Says He Will Not Run for Presidency Again — Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said on Tuesday he would not leave Egypt although he would step down from the presidency at the end of his term, due to end when the country holds a presidential election in September.
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Allying Ourselves With the Next Egypt — EVEN if the protests shaking Egypt subside in the coming days, the chaos of the last week has forever changed the relationship between the Egyptian people and their government. The anger and aspirations propelling a diverse range of citizens …

U.S. open to a role for Islamists in new Egypt government — But the Muslim Brotherhood must renounce violence and support democracy, the White House says. — Reporting from Washington — The Obama administration said for the first time that it supports a role for groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood …
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U.S. envoy tells Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to step aside — Frank Wisner, an envoy sent to Cairo at President Obama's request, tells Hosni Mubarak that he should not be part of the ‘transition’ that the U.S. has called for. ‘This message was plainly rebuffed,’ says a source.
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Egyptian Lt. Gen. Sami Enan to take over for Mubarak? — BREAKING NEWS!!! — Lt. General of the Egyptian Armed Forces seen as likely successor — From Eric Dondero: — The French daily, Le Quotidien has just reported: … My translation: … Le Quotidien links directly to the main Muslim Brotherhood website.
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A democratic Egypt or a state of hate? — Things are about to go from bad to worse in the Middle East. An Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement is nowhere in sight. Lebanon just became a Hezbollah state, which is to say that Iran has become an even more important regional power, and Egypt …
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How They're Attacking Obama — Matt Yglesias takes …
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Clueless in Cairo — So President Hosni Mubarak has announced …
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The Quest for Dignity — I wonder if sometime around 50 years ago …
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Egyptian President Mubarak Will Reportedly Step Down
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Sources: Obama envoy urged Mubarak to drop re-election plans
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Technology & Psychology: The Never-Before-Revealed Details of Why John Edwards Finally Confessed to Affair — It took two years, thousands of man hours and a cross-country chase to catch John Edwards cheating. — That was the easy part. — Even after gathering and publishing overwhelming proof …
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Sen. Webb raises $12K in final quarter of 2010
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Sen. Webb's fundraising raises question about 2012 bid
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Jim Webb's 12,000 tea leaves
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Shock Investigation: Planned Parenthood Advises ‘Pimp’ on Underage Sex Trafficking, Secret Abortions for Minors — Over the past four years, our investigative team has revealed repeated cases of Planned Parenthood affiliates covering up the statutory rape of underage girls and enabling sexual abusers.
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Video: Planned Parenthood offering advice to pimps? Update: Did PP call the feds? — Live Action released another undercover expose of Planned Parenthood today, this time at the Perth Amboy, New Jersey clinic. Posing as a pimp and a prostitute, the pair asked the PP manager how best …

HOAX VIDEO EXPOSED: Planned Parenthood Already Reported “Sex Trafficking” To FBI — Today, anti-abortion rights propagandist Lila Rose released her latest in a series of heavily edited videos seeking to demonstrate that Planned Parenthood engages in criminal activities.
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Planned Parenthood, ‘Safe Haven’ for Sex Trafficking: A Shocking, Breaking Video
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The Weak Link in Judge Vinson's Opinion Striking Down the Mandate — I agree with Ilya that “Judge Vinson's analysis of the Necessary and Proper Clause is a big improvement on Judge Henry Hudson's performance in the recent Virginia ruling striking down the mandate.”
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HOW THE MEDIA COVERS HEALTH CARE RULINGS.... Four federal district courts …
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VINSON'S MOST STRIKING ERROR.... In his ruling on the Affordable …
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Bill would require all S.D. citizens to buy a gun — Five South Dakota lawmakers have introduced legislation that would require any adult 21 or older to buy a firearm “sufficient to provide for their ordinary self-defense.” — The bill, which would take effect Jan. 1, 2012 …
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A VISION OF FOREIGN POLICY THAT ONLY BECK CAN PROVIDE.... Over the last year or so, Fox News' Glenn Beck has lost about a third of his audience, which is a pretty significant drop, and may very well lead the deranged media personality to think of ways to bring viewers back.
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“This Is Important Stuff” — Above is a Glenn Beck clip …
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Rachel Maddow and NBC Struggle With Satire — WASHINGTON, DC - The Internet's finest satirists hooked a big fish in the media world last night. In an embarrassing segment on her MSNBC show, Rachel Maddow slammed conservatives for attacking President Obama's Egypt policies.
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MSNBC's Maddow Reports Internet Spoof Story as Fact
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Senate to hold vote on repeal of health care law — By: CNN Senior Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash — Washington (CNN) - Senate leaders from both political parties have agreed to hold a vote on legislation repealing President Barack Obama's health care overhaul - a top priority of GOP congressional leaders.
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Mitch McConnell grabs opening for health care vote
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Valerie Jarrett to uniformed general: More wine, garçon! — In Washington, bigwigs can misspeak and misstep a million times without drawing attention. And then there are the seemingly harmless moments that stick to a person like super glue: Joe Wilson barking “You lie!”
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An interview with Mark Pauly, father of the individual mandate — In 1991, economist Mark Pauly was the lead author of a Health Affairs paper attempting to persuade President George H.W. Bush and his administration to adopt a universal health-care proposal that would keep the government from eventually taking over the sector.
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Unauthorized Immigrant Population: National and State Trends, 2010 — As of March 2010, 11.2 million unauthorized immigrants were living in the United States, virtually unchanged from a year earlier, according to new estimates from the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center.
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King of Jordan Dismisses His Cabinet — AMMAN, Jordan — King Abdullah II of Jordan fired his government on Tuesday following weeks of demonstrations challenging his regime, part of a wave of demands of public accountability sweeping the Arab world that has brought throngs of demonstrators into the streets of Egypt.
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