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Top Secret Stealth Helicopter Program Revealed in Osama Bin Laden Raid: Experts — Before an elite team of U.S. Navy SEALs executed a daring raid that took down Osama bin Laden, the commandos were able to silently sneak up on their elusive target thanks to what aviation analysts said were top secret …
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Bush feels Obama ignoring ex-president's role in Osama Bin Laden strike for ‘victory lap’: source — WASHINGTON - George W. Bush won't be at Ground Zero with President Obama Thursday in part because he feels his team is getting short shrift in the decade-long manhunt for Osama Bin Laden.


Osama bin Laden dead: Blackout during raid on bin Laden compound — The head of the CIA admitted yesterday that there was no live video footage of the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound as further doubts emerged about the US version of events. — Leon Panetta, director of the CIA …
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Osama Bin Laden Raiders Encountered False Door, Found Small Arsenal in Compound — New revelations about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden reveal that the SEAL raiders encountered a false door and found a small arsenal of weapons, including an AK-47 assault rifle in bin Laden's bedroom.
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Signs Point to Pakistan Link — U.S. Probe of Aid to bin Laden Likely to Focus on Islamabad's Military and Spy Services — U.S. and European intelligence officials increasingly believe active or retired Pakistani military or intelligence officials provided some measure of aid …
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Michael Moore: Bin Laden Wasn't Killed, He Was Executed — Osama bin Laden wasn't killed by a Navy SEAL team — he was straight up executed, Michael Moore told TheWrap on Wednesday. — The “Fahrenheit 9/11” director has been setting Twitter aflame Wednesday afternoon urging the Obama administration …
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Five Mistakes the Obama Administration Has Made in the Aftermath of Bin Laden Killing — Aftermath can be heck. — The White House's brilliant conceptualization and execution of the plan to bring Osama bin Laden to justice has, in the last 48 hours, been complicated by mistakes.
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The Politico, Balloon Juice, Power Line, Right Wing News and newsfeed.time.com


In Bin Laden's Compound, Seals' All-Star Team
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WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF DEATH AND INJURY BELOW
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Obama Gets 6-Point Spike After Bin Laden Dies, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds …
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The Politico, Ballot Box and Hotline On Call

What We Got From Waterboarding — Claiming Osama bin Laden's death …
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New York Times, The Atlantic Online and msnbc.com

In killing Osama bin Laden, U.S. had the law on its side
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Lawfare, Daily Kos, Reuters, LewRockwell.com Blog and Power Line

White House goes silent on bin Laden raid
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Osama bin Laden's wife recovering in hospital
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New York Times, Guardian and FrumForum

‘Europeans Find the Ground Zero Celebrations Somewhat Embarrassing’
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House intel chairman: Let all lawmakers see bin Laden pics
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Boston Globe, The Daily Caller, FrumForum and The Hill

No House resolution honoring military's bin Laden mission
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Budget talks: Republicans offer to seek common ground with Democrats — Senior Republicans conceded Wednesday that a deal is unlikely on a contentious plan to overhaul Medicare and offered to open budget talks with the White House by focusing on areas where both parties can agree, such as cutting farm subsidies.
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Chairman of tax-writing panel puts damper on GOP's Medicare overhaul — The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee said Thursday he has no interest in bringing up House Republicans' proposal to replace Medicare with subsidies for private insurance if it's not going to pass the Senate.
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GOP, White House Talk Deal on Debt
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BACKING AWAY FROM MEDICARE PRIVATIZATION.... Just last week …
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Obama floats plan to tax cars by the mile — The Obama administration has floated a transportation authorization bill that would require the study and implementation of a plan to tax automobile drivers based on how many miles they drive. — The plan is a part of the administration's …


Jay Carney is floundering under pressure, say Washington insiders — There is increasing concern in Washington that Jay Carney, the new White House Press Secretary, isn't up to the job. Even when faced with an innocuous question that requires only that he trot out the official line …
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Jobless Claims in U.S. Unexpectedly Jump Due to Anomalies — The number of claims for U.S. unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week, pushed up by auto-plant shutdowns and other unusual events that seasonal variations failed to take into account, the Labor Department said.
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Jobless claims hit 8-month high
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CUNY Blocks Honor for Tony Kushner — In a rare move, the trustees of the City University of New York have voted to shelve an honorary degree that one of its campuses, John Jay College, planned to award to Tony Kushner, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of “Angels in America.”
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Israel Matzav
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School blocks Kushner honor over Israel
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Tablet Magazine and The Reality-Based Community


GOP Hopefuls Get Ready to Rumble in First 2012 Presidential Debate — Republicans jockeying for position to challenge President Obama next year will have their first showdown Thursday night in South Carolina, a state that has held the first presidential primary in the South since 1980 …
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AP, Reuters sitting out S.C. debate
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Terrorist Group Setting Up Operations Near Border — Hezbollah Considered To Be More Advanced Than Al-Qaida — SAN DIEGO — A terrorist organization whose home base is in the Middle East has established another home base across the border in Mexico. — “They are recognized by many experts …
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A Bin Laden Hunter on Four Legs — The identities of all 80 members of the Navy Seal team who thundered into Abbottabad, Pakistan, and killed Osama bin Laden are the subject of intense speculation, but perhaps none more so than the only member with four legs. — Little is known about what may be the nation's most courageous dog.
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Allen being tracked by Alan — George Allen has a new shadow, and his name is Alan. Alan Piracha. — Piracha, 23, is working as a tracker for the Democratic Party of Virginia, following Allen, a Republican U.S. senate candidate, around the state, videotaping his appearances.
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If Supermarkets Were Like Public Schools — What if groceries were paid for by taxes, and you were assigned a store based on where you live? — Teachers unions and their political allies argue that market forces can't supply quality education. According to them, only our existing system …
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Swampland and Cafe Hayek