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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
2 Top Lawyers Lost to Obama in Libya War Policy Debate — WASHINGTON — President Obama rejected the views of top lawyers at the Pentagon and the Justice Department when he decided that he had the legal authority to continue American military participation in the air war …
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Ina Jaffe / NPR:
Liberal Bloggers: Obama ‘Not Our Boyfriend Anymore’ … President Obama took his licks from progressives who are meeting in Minneapolis at the Netroots Nation Convention, the annual gathering of liberal bloggers and other social media activists. — The panel that drew one of the biggest crowds …
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John Aravosis / AMERICAblog Gay:
Senior White House aide: 1996 Obama gay marriage questionnaire is a fake, even though Obama signed it — Those are some fighting words from the Obama administration, and they're almost certainly an outright lie. — White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer told the Netroots Nation blog conference …
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Bachmann Accuses Obama of Secret Medicare Plan — NEW ORLEANS — Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, the latest candidate to join the Republican presidential campaign, suggested Friday that President Obama secretly wanted Medicare to go bankrupt so retirees would be forced to enroll in the new national health care law.
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Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
NETROOTS: Pfeiffer suggests 1996 Obama statement supporting marriage equality a fake
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Kendra Marr / The Politico:
Romney won't sign abortion pledge — Five Republican presidential candidates have signed a pledge to advance the anti-abortion movement if elected to the White House, but the current front runner for the 2012 GOP nomination — Mitt Romney — isn't one of them.
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Jon Ward / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Refuses To Sign Pro-Life Pledge … WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has refused to sign a pledge being circulated by a pro-life group, citing concerns with the language used in the pact. — Romney, a spokeswoman said, is concerned that the pact …
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A.Killough / CNN:
Bachmann: Schools should teach intelligent design — New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) - Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann explained her skepticism of evolution on Friday and said students should be taught the theory of intelligent design. — Bachmann, a congresswoman from Minnesota …
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Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Perry aides fact-finding on Iowa — DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Key advisers to Texas Gov. Rick Perry are beginning to lay the groundwork for a campaign for Iowa's leadoff GOP presidential caucuses by making inquiries about the process in case the Republican seeks the 2012 nomination.
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Chuck Lindell / Austin American-Statesman:
Poll: Most Texans approve of Perry, but few support presidential bid — yet
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BBC:
Afghanistan's Karzai: US ‘in peace talks with Taliban’ — The Taliban's official position is that foreign troops must leave Afghanistan before it starts talks — The US is engaged in talks with the Taliban, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said, in the first high-level confirmation of US involvement.
Jennifer Preston / New York Times:
Fake Identities Were Used on Twitter in Effort to Get Information on Weiner — At least three months before the revelation that former Representative Anthony D. Weiner was sending lewd messages and photos to women online, a small group of self-described conservatives was monitoring his exchanges with women on Twitter.
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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
AARP Is Open to Cuts for Social Security Benefits — WASHINGTON — AARP, the powerful lobby for older Americans that has been seen as one of the leading opponents of Social Security benefit cuts, said on Friday that it was open to modest reductions in benefits for future recipients.
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Social Security Benefit Cuts “Off the Table”
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MRC TV:
Petition to Ban Job Killing ATM Machines — When we went out on the street and started asking people to sign a petition to ban ATM machines, we expected most of them to call us crazy or to simply ignore us. But in Barack Obama's America, banning cash machines as economic stimulus actually seems …
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Jason Hancock / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Nixon vetoes Missouri photo ID legislation — JEFFERSON CITY • Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed a bill Friday that could have eventually required voters to provide a government-issued photo ID to cast a ballot. — In the closing days of the legislative session, lawmakers passed an amendment …
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Jamie Klatell / The Hill:
Obama: We've offered ‘a little extra support’ for fathers — President Obama used his weekly address to talk about being a father, what he called his “hardest, but always my most rewarding job,” and what his administration is doing for dad's across America in tough economic times.
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Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:
Obama admin to end health care waivers — WASHINGTON — Removing a potential political distraction ahead of next year's elections, the Obama administration Friday announced an early end to a health care waiver program that has come under fire from congressional Republicans.
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Liz Goodwin / Yahoo! News:
Woman says she's too ‘educated’ to be kicked off New York train — Loud cell-phone talkers strike again! — A woman traveling on New York's Metro North train line was recorded by a fellow passenger telling train employees that she is too “well-educated” to be told to quiet down and not use profanity in her cell-phone conversation.
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WVLT-TV:
Judge has harsh words for Mom before sentencing her for spanking her kid … CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (CBS) — A judge in Corpus Christi, Texas had some harsh words for a mother charged with spanking her own child before sentencing her to probation. — “You don't spank children today,” said Judge Jose Longoria.
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Frazier Moore / Associated Press:
Bristol Palin calls her ex ‘the gnat’ in new book — NEW YORK - Bristol Palin writes in her new book of losing her virginity to boyfriend Levi Johnston on a camping trip after getting drunk for the first time on too many wine coolers. — She awoke in her tent, alone …
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
U.S. Pressing Its Crackdown Against Leaks — WASHINGTON — Stephen J. Kim, an arms expert who immigrated from South Korea as a child, spent a decade briefing top government officials on the dangers posed by North Korea. Then last August he was charged with violating the Espionage Act …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Joe Lieberman joining Glenn Beck: a shanda — The Israeli tabloid Yedioth Ahronoth came out on Wednesday with a shocking report: Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Michele Bachmann would join Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) at Glenn Beck's rally in Israel in August.
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New York Times:
After Talks With G.O.P., Cuomo Expects Passage of Gay Marriage Bill — ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Friday that he expected same-sex marriage legislation to be approved before the end of the legislative session next week, and indicated that to win passage of the measure he is prepared …
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