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Abby Phillip / The Politico:
Obama says Qadhafi could stay … No comments yet.  Be the first!
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The Hill:
White House denies regime change is part of Libya mission  —  The White House strongly denied Tuesday that regime change is part of its mission in Libya, despite a statement earlier in the day that characterized the goal there as “installing a democratic system.”
Digital Journal:
Nobel Committee asked to strip Obama of Peace Prize  —  The Bolivian President and a Russian political leader have launched a campaign to revoke Obama's honour after the US attacked Libya.  —  Liberal Democratic Party of Russia leader and Vice-Chairman of the State Duma Vladimir Zhirinovsky released …
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Barack Obama: Libyan air campaign could last  —  SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador —President Barack Obama acknowledged Tuesday that the joint military operation under way in Libya to protect civilians could continue as long Col. Muammar Qadhafi remains in control in Tripoli, but the president …
Discussion: Reuters and The Hill
Boston Globe:
Obama should have obtained Congress' approval on Libya
Discussion: Israpundit and normblog
Caroline May / The Daily Caller:
NOW defends Palin against Maher attack, but says ‘We are on to you, right-wingers’  —  In the wake of Bill Maher's tasteless slur against Sarah Palin Friday night, in which he called the former Alaska governor a “twat,” the National Organization for Woman (NOW) has not only denounced the use …
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Hollie McKay / Reuters:
Bill Maher Calls Sarah Palin a Female Vulgarism, NOW Stays Mum  —  Bill Maher and Sarah Palin.  —  Bill Maher uttered a female vulgarism when referring to former Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin on his HBO show Friday night.  —  “Did you hear this - Sarah Palin finally heard what happened …
Huma Khan / ABCNEWS:
Exclusive: Gadhafi, Allies May Be Seeking Way Out, Clinton tells ABC News  —  In World News Interview, Secretary of State Downplays Concerns about Coalition and Power Transfer: 'I'm Very Relaxed'  —  People close to Libya's embattled leader Moammar Gadhafi are reaching out to allies around …
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Justin Elliott / Salon:
John McCain's Libya amnesia
Dick Morris / The Hill:   Libya fails Powell Doctrine
Lucy Madison / CBS News:
Nearly 7 in 10 support air strikes in Libya, CBS News poll finds  —  CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto.  —  Nearly seven in ten Americans support the use of military air strikes in Libya in order …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Snyder quickly falls out of favor  —  Over the last few weeks we've found that voters in Ohio and Wisconsin have quickly soured on their new Republican Governors, John Kasich and Scott Walker respectively.  But Michigan's Rick Snyder wasn't like Kasich and Walker.
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:   Strong Plurality Of Michigan Voters Support Amending State Constitution To Protect Collective Bargaining
Jason Palmer / BBC:
Religion may become extinct in nine nations, study says  —  Science and technology reporter, BBC News, Dallas  —  In the UK, Wales has the highest proportion of religiously “non-affiliated”  —  A study using census data from nine countries shows that religion there is set for extinction, say researchers.
Discussion: Truthdig, Pharyngula and Biased BBC
Eyanir Chinea / Reuters:
Chavez says capitalism may have ended life on Mars  —  CARACAS (Reuters) - Capitalism may be to blame for the lack of life on the planet Mars, Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday.  —  “I have always said, heard, that it would not be strange that there had been civilization on Mars …
Jeanette Rundquist / New Jersey Online:
Christie's budget cuts left N.J. schools unable to provide ‘thorough and efficient’ education, judge rules  —  TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie's deep cuts to state school aid last year left New Jersey's schools unable to provide a “thorough and efficient” education to the state's nearly 1.4 …
Sarah Courtney / Fox News:
President Obama Cancels Latin America Events  —  Cancel the sight seeing.  With the situation escalating in Libya, President Obama scrapped Wednesday's his public schedule.  He was expected to visit the San Andres Mayan Runins and meet with US Embassy staff.
New York Times:
4 Times Journalists Held Captive in Libya Faced Days of Brutality  —  As the four of us headed toward the eastern gate of Ajdabiya, the front line of a desperate rebel stand against the advancing forces of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, a car pulled up alongside.  —  “They're in the city!” the driver shouted at us.
Joshua Rhett Miller / Fox News:
13 Illegal Immigrants Arrested in California Wearing U.S. Marine Uniforms  —  Border Patrol agents recently arrested 13 illegal immigrants disguised as U.S. Marines and riding in a fake military van, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Tuesday.  —  The illegal immigrants were clad …
David Nir / Daily Kos:
CT-Sen: Murphy leads in primary, Dems crush in general  —  Public Policy Polling for Daily Kos & SEIU (3/17-20, Democratic primary voters, no trendlines): … Fifth CD Rep. Chris Murphy holds a narrow lead over Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz in the Democratic primary …
Henry Blodget / Clusterstock:
CAUGHT ON TAPE: Former SEIU Official Reveals Secret Plan To Destroy JP Morgan, Crash The Stock Market, And Redistribute Wealth In America  —  A former official of one of the country's most-powerful unions, SEIU, has a secret plan to “destabilize” the country.
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The Blaze:
REVEALED — THE LEFT'S ECONOMIC TERRORISM PLAYBOOK: THE CHASE CAMPAIGN BY A COALITION OF UNIONS …
Josiah Ryan / The Hill:
Rep. Weiner compares decision on Libya to Holocaust, Rwanda  —  Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) said on Tuesday that the civil war in Libya was like the onset of the Holocaust and the Rwandan genocide in that it demanded action from the forces of good.  —  “My view is that there are times …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Chad Groening / OneNewsNow.com:
Huckabee: Listen to soldiers on ‘gays’ in military  —  Mike Huckabee says he would support legislation aimed at reinstating the 1993 law that prohibits homosexuals from serving openly in the military.  —  In January former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty said if he were to become president in two years …
Juan / Informed Comment:
Top Ten Ways that Libya 2011 is Not Iraq 2003  —  Here are the differences between George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the current United Nations action in Libya:  —  1. The action in Libya was authorized by the United Nations Security Council.  That in Iraq was not.
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The Investigative Project on Terrorism:
CAIR Officials Sought Gaddafi Money  —  Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), asked Muammar Gaddafi to underwrite CAIR's efforts in the United States during a September 2009 audience with the Libyan dictator.  —  According to an account …
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs and National Review
Chet Brokaw / Associated Press:
SD Governor Signs 3-Day Wait for Abortion Into Law  —  SD governor signs bill requiring women to wait 72 hours for abortion, longest wait in nation  —  South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed a law Tuesday requiring women to wait three days after meeting with a doctor to have an abortion, the longest waiting period in the nation.
truth-out.org:
EXCLUSIVE: CIA Psychologist's Notes Reveal True Purpose Behind Bush's Torture Program  —  Dr. Bruce Jessen's handwritten notes describe some of the torture techniques that were used to “exploit” “war on terror” detainees in custody of the CIA and Department of Defense.
Robert Behre / The Post and Courier, Charleston SC:
Sen. Rand Paul tests presidential waters  —  Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., visited Charleston Monday to talk about his possible presidential bid, how to rein in the national debt and the current military action in Libya.  —  Paul, a tea party favorite who won his Senate seat last fall …
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CBS News:   Rand Paul for president? New senator mulls a run
 
 
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Guardian:
US fighter jet crashes in rebel-held Libya as air strikes continue
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