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Colin Firth / CBS News:
President Obama on the mission to kill bin Laden — The president talks to “60 Minutes” in his first interview since the killing of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden — Whether we like it or not, Osama bin Laden changed America. With that September morning in 2001, he introduced fear …
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Online NewsHour, Washington Post, Hot Air, The Reality-Based Community and FrumForum
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Helen Kennedy / NY Daily News:
Osama Bin Laden wasn't on kidney dialysis, took herbal Viagra while living in compound — Osama Bin Laden wasn't on kidney dialysis - but he did need an herbal impotence drug. — “He believed in his own medication,” said his youngest widow, Amal al-Sadeh, who was shot in the leg …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
U.S. Raises Pressure on Pakistan in Raid's Wake — WASHINGTON — President Obama's national security adviser demanded Sunday that Pakistan let American investigators interview Osama bin Laden's three widows, adding new pressure in a relationship now fraught over how Bin Laden …
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Booman Tribune, New York Magazine, Wonkette, The Caucus, The Other McCain, FrumForum, Hullabaloo and THE ASTUTE BLOGGER
David Frum / CNN:
Is U.S. role in Afghan war obsolete? — Editor's note: David Frum writes a weekly column for CNN.com. A special assistant to President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2002, he is the author of six books, including “Comeback: Conservatism That Can Win Again,” and is the editor of FrumForum.
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Munir Ahmed / Associated Press:
Pakistan premier defends country in bin Laden case — ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's prime minister says the army will investigate how al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden hid for years on his country's soil without being detected. — Yousuf Raza Gilani made the comments during an address to Parliament on Monday …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Daily Beast
Jim Sciutto / ABCNEWS:
Osama Bin Laden Aided by Rogue or Retired Elements of Pakistani Intelligence, Government Official Says
Osama Bin Laden Aided by Rogue or Retired Elements of Pakistani Intelligence, Government Official Says
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Questions and Observations, The Hill, The Daily Beast, Hot Air, Pat Dollard, Politics and FrumForum
Wall Street Journal:
Pakistan-U.S. Rift Widens
Pakistan-U.S. Rift Widens
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BBC, Runnin' Scared, CANNONFIRE, New Yorker, FrumForum and The Page
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
President Obama dashes ‘Jimmy Carter’ label — So much for campaigning against Jimmy Carter. — In the aftermath of Osama bin Laden's death, Republicans are adjusting to a new political reality: with the bin Laden trump card now in President Barack Obama's possession …
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Pundit Press, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog and Right Wing News
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Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Cheney praises, criticizes Obama
Cheney praises, criticizes Obama
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The Moderate Voice, Associated Press, Runnin' Scared, New York Magazine and National Review
Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress:
Cheney Defends Torture, Says Administration ‘Not Up To The Task’ In Libya
Cheney Defends Torture, Says Administration ‘Not Up To The Task’ In Libya
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Big Picture and Gawker
Wall Street Journal:
Home Market Takes a Tumble — Turnaround More Distant After 3% Drop, Steepest Quarterly Decline Since 2008 — Home values posted the largest decline in the first quarter since late 2008, prompting many economists to push back their estimates of when the housing market will hit a bottom.
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The Foundry, The Big Picture, The Lonely Conservative, Mother Jones and Calculated Risk
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Unwisdom of Elites — The past three years have been a disaster for most Western economies. The United States has mass long-term unemployment for the first time since the 1930s. Meanwhile, Europe's single currency is coming apart at the seams. How did it all go so wrong?
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The Washington Note, Mother Jones and Prairie Weather
Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect:
Falsehood? Or Mostly Accurate Prediction? — Washington Post fact checker Glenn Kessler isn't so enamored with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius after she made this claim last week: … Kessler gives Sebelius three “Pincocchios” (out of a possible four) and offers this explanation:
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Romney's GOP Supporters Tilt Upscale; Palin's, Downscale — Huckabee's support leans to the right politically, to the South geographically — PRINCETON, NJ — Republican college degree holders are more likely than those without a degree to support Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, 21% vs. 13%.
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GOP 12, CNN and National Review
Juan Williams / The Hill:
OPINION: Ron Paul driving Republicans' White House campaign — Here's a news bulletin — it is becoming increasingly clear that we are living in a time when Republican politics are being shaped by a 75-year-old, 12-term Texas congressman with a son in the Senate.
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Prairie Weather and JammieWearingFool
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Donnelly announces Senate bid in Indiana — Washington (CNN) - Democratic Rep. Joe Donnelly announced Monday morning that he's running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Republican Dick Lugar. — “I want to take the fight for American jobs and opportunities to the United States Senate.
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Sean Sullivan / Hotline On Call:
Donnelly To Announce Senate Bid On Monday
James Rowley / Bloomberg:
Boehner Must Reassure Wall Street Leaders That Debt Ceiling Will Be Raised — House Speaker John Boehner's appearance before Wall Street leaders tonight challenges him to provide reassurance that Congress will raise the U.S. debt limit without undercutting Republican demands for spending controls.
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ThinkProgress, The Politico and USA Today
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Democrats See Strategy to End Big Oil Tax Breaks — WASHINGTON — Linking two of the politically volatile issues of the moment, Senate Democrats say they will move forward this week with a plan that would eliminate tax breaks for big oil companies and divert the savings to offset the deficit.
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The Maddow Blog and Instapundit
The Politico:
Gay donors fuel Obama's 2012 campaign — President Barack Obama's reelection campaign is banking on gay donors to make up the cash it's losing from other groups of wealthy supporters who have been alienated and disappointed by elements of Obama's first term.
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Towleroad News #gay
Los Angeles Times:
Obama order could make corporate political spending public — An executive order being considered by President Obama would require companies bidding for federal contracts to disclose political spending they may now keep secret. — Fortune 500 companies like Coca-Cola are among …
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Sunlight Foundation Blog and Prairie Weather
Chris Michaud / Reuters:
Sen. Schumer proposes “no-ride list” for Amtrak trains — (Reuters) - A senator on Sunday called for a “no-ride list” for Amtrak trains after intelligence gleaned from the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound pointed to potential attacks on the nation's train system.
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Outside the Beltway, Michelle Malkin, Hit & Run, CBS News, Eschaton, Balloon Juice and HotAirPundit
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Nathan Frandino / CBS New York:
Schumer Calls For ‘Do Not Ride’ List For Amtrak
Schumer Calls For ‘Do Not Ride’ List For Amtrak
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Hot Air, Pajamas Media, Shot in the Dark and The Blaze