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Guardian:
Gaddafi may become target of air strikes, Liam Fox admits — Coalition forces accused of mission creep and disproportionate action against Tripoli — America, France and Britain - the leaders of the coalition's air attacks on Libya - were struggling to maintain international support for their actions …
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New Atlanticist, Jihad Watch and The Page
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Boehner:
Statement by Speaker Boehner on Libya — House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement on the situation in Libya:
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The Daily Caller, National Review, Cubachi, Open Congress, Liberty Pundits Blog, Washington Wire, The Daily Dish and HotAirPundit
Alex Spillius / Telegraph:
Libya: Mike Mullen admits stalemate could leave Gaddafi in charge
Libya: Mike Mullen admits stalemate could leave Gaddafi in charge
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Scared Monkeys, Taylor Marsh, Pajamas Media and Reuters
Washington Post:
Arab League condemns broad bombing campaign in Libya
Arab League condemns broad bombing campaign in Libya
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Right Wing News, Hit & Run, Firedoglake, Mother Jones, Scared Monkeys, The Hill, JustOneMinute and Maggie's Farm
CNN:
Coalition targets Gadhafi compound
Coalition targets Gadhafi compound
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Daily Mail, This Just In, Pajamas Media and Reuters
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — ‘Unique capabilities’ mean virtually all-American war in Libya
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL — ‘Unique capabilities’ mean virtually all-American war in Libya
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New York Times, Salon, The Lonely Conservative, Pundit & Pundette, The Sundries Shack and Sister Toldjah
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Boehner wants Obama to explain US role in Libya
Boehner wants Obama to explain US role in Libya
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The Politico and CNN
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Just a Bad, Bad Idea — At the end of last week I couldn't help tweeting that everything I was seeing in Libya was bringing out my inner foreign policy Realist. And everything I've seen this weekend has confirmed me in that view. Indeed, there are so many reasons this strikes me as a bad idea I really hardly know where to start.
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The Daily Dish, Hit & Run, Hullabaloo and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Lauraklairmont / CNN:
TRENDING: Dem senator breaks with his party and Obama, again — (CNN) - Saying that “we must get our fiscal house in order,” Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia says he'll vote against raising the nation's debt ceiling unless it's married to a plan that addresses the nation's broader fiscal problems.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Manchin: No to upping debt limit without a fix for ‘fiscal mess’
Paul Krugman:
Rantings of an Ex-Maestro — Some people have asked me for reactions to this piece by Alan Greenspan (pdf) on how Obama's activism is preventing economic recovery. I could go through the weak reasoning, the shoddy econometrics that ignores a large literature on business investment and ignores simultaneity problems, etc., etc..
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Washington Monthly, Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality …, Sky Dancing, Mother Jones, TheMoneyIllusion and Hullabaloo
Michelle Malkin:
Hey, NPR: Fund your own lame liberal humor — and leave my family alone — If the obscure and has-been comedians who appear on National Public Radio want to mock conservatives and spread left-wing propaganda, they should do it on their own damned dime. — The government-sponsored radio …
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MiamiHerald.com and Moe Lane
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
A Very Liberal Intervention — In its month-long crab walk toward a military confrontation with Libya's Muammar el-Qaddafi, the Obama administration has delivered a clinic in the liberal way of war. — Just a week ago, as the tide began to turn against the anti-Qaddafi rebellion …
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Right Wing News, Weekly Standard, Daily Kos, American Power, Connecting.the.Dots and No More Mister Nice Blog
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Nader: Obama should be impeached for ‘war crimes’ — Former presidential candidate Ralph Nader says that President Obama should be impeached for committing war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. — The consumer advocate and former presidential candidate said in an interview that aired Friday …
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Now it's time to defund NPR — Even after they fired me, called me a bigot and publicly advised me to only share my thoughts with a psychiatrist, I did not call for defunding NPR. I am a journalist and NPR is an important platform for journalism. — But last week my line of defense for NPR ran into harsh political realities.
New York Times:
Libya Releases 4 Times Journalists — TRIPOLI, Libya — The Libyan government released four detained New York Times journalists Monday, six days after they were captured while covering the conflict between government and rebel forces in the eastern city of Ajdabiya. They were released into the custody of Turkish diplomats.
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The Note, Talking Points Memo, Guardian and MyFox Detroit
John / Power Line:
Sarah Palin In Jerusalem — Liberals love to insult Sarah Palin's intelligence. It's not a subject on which I have any particular opinion, except to note that, apparently by a remarkable coincidence, her judgment is correct on just about every subject. For instance, Israel.
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Ben Smith's Blog, Cubachi, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Politico, Weasel Zippers and Atlas Shrugs
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The War on Warren — Last week, at a House hearing on financial institutions and consumer credit, Republicans lined up to grill and attack Elizabeth Warren, the law professor and bankruptcy expert who is in charge of setting up the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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The Confluence, naked capitalism, Prairie Weather and ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
THE ‘GANG OF 64’ NEEDS SOME HELP.... Late Friday, shortly before the Senate recessed and its members left town, a group of 64 senators sent a letter to President Obama, seeking some help on fiscal issues. — The group was organized by Sens. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Mike Johanns (R-Neb.) …
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Washington Post
Liberty Chick / Big Government:
SEIU Hit With RICO Lawsuit, Blames Hunton and Williams and...Koch Brothers — After years of being harassed by the purple people beaters, one company has finally said ENOUGH. — In a press release issued Thursday, Sodexo USA announced that the company has filed a civil lawsuit …
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theblogprof, iOwnTheWorld.com, The Huffington Post, Weasel Zippers, Pajamas Media and The Lonely Conservative