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David Weigel / Weigel:
Why Obama Doesn't Need to Ask Congress Before Attacking Libya
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Obama: We know what we're doing
Discussion: Reuters and Washington Examiner
John Hawkins / Townhall.com:
7 Questions For Liberals About Obama's Libyan War  —  It seems like it was just yesterday when we had an “imperialist warmonger” in the White House who was going to be replaced by a peace-loving Democrat who promised “hope” and “change” instead.  It's funny how that worked out, isn't it?
Discussion: Betsy's Page and FREEDOM EDEN
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Brobinson / Fox Nation:
Fact: Bush Had 2 Times More Coalition Partners in Iraq Than Obama Has in Libya
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Problem With Partners  —  These days we are all co-religionists in the church of multilateralism.  The Iraq war reminded everybody not to embark on an international effort without a broad coalition.  —  Yet today, as an impeccably crafted multilateral force intervenes in Libya, certain old feelings are coming back to the surface.
Discussion: Guardian and Balloon Juice
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New York Times:
American Warplane Crashes in Libya as Ground Fighting Continues
Telegraph:
Libya: US fighter jet crash lands in field near Benghazi  —  A US warplane has crash landed in a Libyan field in the area around Benghazi, The Telegraph can disclose.  —  The two crew members on the F-15E fighter jet ejected to safety.  One has already been recovered by US forces …
Discussion: The Hill, Danger Room and Guardian
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
A Proud ‘Lobbyist’ and ‘Southerner’ Weighs ‘President’  —  DES MOINES — He became wealthy as a lobbyist, representing tobacco companies and foreign governments.  A former Republican Party chairman, he would seem the ultimate Washington insider.  A white Southerner, he has faced questions about his remarks on race.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Obama has no ‘clear and convincing’ foreign policy, Romney says  —  President Obama has not developed a “clear and convincing foreign policy,” former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) charged Monday evening.  —  Romney, one of the top-tier Republican candidates eyeing a challenge to Obama in 2012 …
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
GOP Senate candidate slams ‘Libya intervention’
Discussion: The Politico and CNN
David Catanese / The Politico:
McCaskill will sell ‘the damn plane’  —  Sen. Claire McCaskill is selling the personal plane that has caused her turbulence in recent weeks after POLITICO revealed she used taxpayer money to cover the cost of political travel.  —  The first-term Democrat said she was very happy she was able …
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Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
AZ Senate President Russell Pearce Takes Tentherism To New Level: ‘You Are Not A Citizen Of The United States’  —  One of the most radical offshoots of modern conservatism in the United States is called “tentherism,” which invokes the Constitution's Tenth Amendment to claim that a whole host …
The Hill:
Cost of military campaign in Libya could wipe out GOP's spending cuts  —  U.S. military operations in Libya could wipe out a significant chunk of the budget cuts won by congressional Republicans in recent weeks, defense analysts say.  —  GOP leaders have trumpeted enacted spending reductions …
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Scott A. Hodge / Tax Foundation:
No Country Leans on Upper-Income Households as Much as U.S.  —  During my recent testimony before the Senate Budget Committee ( found here), I cited an OECD statistic that the U.S. has the most progressive income tax system among industrialized nations.  [1] This prompted one Senator to point …
A. A. Gill / Vanity Fair:
Tour De Gall  —  From Bill Clinton to Woody Allen, it seems every American (or Brit) visiting Paris on an expense account has the same favorite “Please don't write about it” bistro: L'Ami Louis.  Given its colonic décor, surly service, unbelievable food, and hefty bill, the restaurant is a true Gallic triumph.
Discussion: Guardian
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP leaders pledge to block deficit package that increases taxes  —  Republican leaders in the Senate and House will not agree to tax increases in the guise of reform measures, according to a prominent conservative advocate for lower taxes.  —  Conservatives have grown increasingly worried …
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William Cronon / New York Times:
Wisconsin's Radical Break  —  NOW that a Wisconsin judge has temporarily blocked a state law that would strip public employee unions of most collective bargaining rights, it's worth stepping back to place these events in larger historical context.  —  Republicans in Wisconsin are seeking …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Caroline B. Glick / Jerusalem Post:
Our World: America's descent into strategic dementia  —  What the US foreign policy fights regarding Egypt and Libya indicate is that currently, a discussion about how events impact core US regional interests is completely absent from the discussion.  —  Talkbacks (11)
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
W.H. unveils college completion kit  —  The Obama administration is rolling out an effort to give governors the tools they need to boost college completion rates in line with the president's goal of getting the United States to lead the world in proportion of college graduates by 2020.
Discussion: CNN
Rocky Kistner / The Huffington Post:
Fresh Oil Continues to Wash Ashore in the Bayou  —  Fresh Louisiana crude washed into the beaches and dock areas near Grand Isle over the weekend, creating a sickening sight for the residents of this oil battered region.  The reddish brown crude and oily sheen lapped onto the sandy and rocky shores …
Discussion: WKRG-TV and BP Slick
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msnbc.com:
Oily sheen, ‘goop’ spotted in Gulf of Mexico
Discussion: AMERICAblog News
Greg Hengler / Townhall.com:
Matthews & Crew: Palin, Christians & GOP Only Friends With Jews Because Of Armageddon  —  Watch the Hardball trinity try to outdo each other in right-wing smearing.  Guess whose finger tips hold the top of the bat at the end?  It's anyone's ball game when “Crazy” Chris Matthews, David Corn …
Richard Hartley-Parkinson / Daily Mail:
For the sins of his father: Gaddafi's son ‘killed in kamikaze pilot attack on barracks’  —  Colonel Gaddafi suffered a massive personal setback today when one of his sons was allegedly killed in a suicide air mission on his barracks.  —  Khamis, 27, who runs the feared Khamis Brigade …
Wall Street Journal:
After Flood, Deaths Overpower Ritual  —  Prospect of Mass Graves Raises Tensions in Country Where Cremation Is the Rule; a Shortage of Kerosene  —  HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, Japan—Improvised morgues across tsunami-ravaged northeastern Japan are overwhelmed by an accumulation of the dead …
 
 
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