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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
In Official Notification Two Days Later, President Obama Alerts Congress the US Joined a War — Amidst claims by members of Congress that they were insufficiently consulted, and ensuing White House pushback, President Obama Monday officially notified congressional leaders that at …
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David Weigel / Weigel:
Why Obama Doesn't Need to Ask Congress Before Attacking Libya — It's simple: Most of Washington doesn't want him to. To coin a phrase: If they want the president to do it, that means it's legal. — Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of Congress's most prominent hawks, who must at this point …
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Althouse, The Politico and Patterico's Pontifications
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Obama: We know what we're doing
Obama: We know what we're doing
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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?
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Brobinson / Fox Nation:
Fact: Bush Had 2 Times More Coalition Partners in Iraq Than Obama Has in Libya
Fact: Bush Had 2 Times More Coalition Partners in Iraq Than Obama Has in Libya
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No More Mister Nice Blog and The Lonely Conservative
Stephen M. Walt / Foreign Policy:
What intervention in Libya tells us about the neocon-liberal alliance
What intervention in Libya tells us about the neocon-liberal alliance
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The New Republic, The Reality-Based Community, Hullabaloo, Washington Post, YID With LID, Daily Kos and Eunomia
David Boaz / Britannica Blog:
What Ever Happened to the Antiwar Movement?
What Ever Happened to the Antiwar Movement?
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American Spectator, Washington Post, The Huffington Post, Outside the Beltway, Pajamas Media, The Raw Story and Moe Lane
Massimo Calabresi / Swampland:
Why the U.S. Went to War: Inside the White House Debate on Libya
Why the U.S. Went to War: Inside the White House Debate on Libya
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Weasel Zippers, NewsBusters.org blogs, Fox Nation, Verum Serum, Time 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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Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
Breaking: Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., Failed to Pay $287,000 in Property Taxes on Aircraft
Breaking: Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., Failed to Pay $287,000 in Property Taxes on Aircraft
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The Gateway Pundit, Don Surber and Pajamas Media
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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Governors Journal, The Page and Hotline On Call
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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 …
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The Note, GOP 12 and George's Bottom Line
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
GOP Senate candidate slams ‘Libya intervention’
GOP Senate candidate slams ‘Libya intervention’
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The Politico and CNN
New York Times:
American Warplane Crashes in Libya as Ground Fighting Continues — WASHINGTON — An American F-15E fighter jet crashed in Libya overnight and one crew member has been recovered while the other is “in the process of recovery,” according to a spokesman for the American military's Africa Command …
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FP Passport, more at Mediagazer »
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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 …
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Booman Tribune, The Raw Story and Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality …
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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The Note, Hotline On Call and Prairie Weather
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Megan Scully / NationalJournal.com:
Costs of Libya Operation Already Piling Up — A U.S. F-16 fighter jet takes off from Aviano Air Base in Italy on Sunday. The cost of the first day of Operation Odyssey Dawn topped $100 million. — With U.N. coalition forces bombarding Libyan leader Muammar el-Qaddafi from the sea and air …
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Outside the Beltway, RealClearWorld, Firedoglake, Balloon Juice, Weigel, The Atlantic Online, Speakeasy and Salon
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 …
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 …
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The Hill, Danger Room and Guardian
The Note:
Sarah Palin To Israelis: “Why Are You Apologizing All The Time?” — ABC News' Mary Bruce Reports: Sarah Palin made her first pilgrimage to the Holy Land on Sunday, joining a long line of presidential hopefuls who have traveled to Israel prior to throwing their hat in the ring.
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theblogprof, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, CNN, PERRspectives, Associated Press, Politics and Booman Tribune
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Arutz Sheva:
Palin Visits Netanyahu's Residence
Palin Visits Netanyahu's Residence
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Cubachi, Conservatives4Palin, The Gateway Pundit, PalinTV and Liberty Pundits Blog
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 …
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Maggie's Notebook, Guardian and Sky Dancing
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.
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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 …
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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 …
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.
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Guardian
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)
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Pajamas Media, NewsReal Blog and American Power
Lauraklairmont / CNN:
CNN Poll: Most support no fly zone in Libya but not ground troops — Washington (CNN) - Seven in ten Americans support military action by the U.S. and other countries to establish a no-fly zone in Libya, a 14-point increase since last week, according to a new national poll.
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David Weigel / Weigel:
Poll: Only 50 Percent of Voters Back Obama's Handling of Libya
Poll: Only 50 Percent of Voters Back Obama's Handling of Libya
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Daily Kos, Firedoglake and The Politico