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White House sends Hill Fast & Furious docs, but withholds some — The White House sent another installment of documents to Congress on Friday detailing White House staffers' knowledge about the controversial “Operation Fast & Furious” gunrunning probe run by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives.
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New Fast and Furious docs released by White House — WASHINGTON - Late Friday, the White House turned over new documents in the Congressional investigation into the ATF “Fast and Furious” gunwalking scandal. — The documents show extensive communications between then-ATF Special Agent …
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Hot Air and Sipsey Street Irregulars

Bernie Marcus on Obama White House: ‘Amateurs Surrounded by Amateurs’
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Obama to Congress: Get your act together and pass jobs bill — President Obama used his weekly radio address to urge Congress “to get its act together” and pass his jobs bill. — “It's been almost three weeks since I sent the American Jobs Act to Congress - three weeks since I sent …
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Barack Obama wants jobs bill back — President Barack Obama sent his $447 billion jobs bill to Congress nearly three weeks ago and, he said Saturday, he wants it back. — “This jobs bill is fully paid for. This jobs bill contains the kinds of proposals that Democrats and Republicans …
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Weasel Zippers and The Hill


Secret U.S. memo sanctioned killing of Aulaqi — The Justice Department wrote a secret memorandum authorizing the lethal targeting of Anwar al-Aulaqi, the American-born radical cleric who was killed by a U.S. drone strike Friday, according to administration officials.
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Target killing of al-Awlaki raises legal questions — When Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki became the first U.S. citizen placed on the CIA's “kill or capture” list, his father sued to challenge the government's authority to kill a U.S. citizen outside a war zone. He lost.
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The Politico, CNN and National Review

Al-Awlaki as an Operational Leader Located In a Place Where Capture Was Not Possible
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Swampland, iOwnTheWorld.com and Don Surber


Occupy Wall Street protest, swelled by Radiohead hoax, marches on NYPD HQ, but gets lost — Radiohead didn't rock out with the Occupy Wall Street mass yesterday, but the crowds sure did as the protest marched into its third weekend - but had a little trouble finding NYPD headquarters.
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AFL-CIO's Trumka Hails Occupy Wall Street
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Bill Clinton wants more credit — Among friends and longtime supporters, the 65-year-old looked at ease and spoke lovingly about the aides and Arkansans who helped him get to the White House two decades ago. — “We were looking at total meltdown about a week before New Hampshire,” …


Supreme Court term could influence 2012 election — WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court opens a potentially epic term Monday that could roil debate in the 2012 presidential election campaign. — The justices have taken a raft of cases that would affect people in their daily lives …
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Democrats Call for Inquiry of Clarence Thomas
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California breaks from 50-state probe into mortgage lenders [Updated] — California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris will no longer take part in a national foreclosure probe of some of the nation's biggest banks, which are accused of pervasive misconduct in dealing with troubled homeowners.
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Iranian pastor faces death for rape, not apostasy - report — Washington (CNN) — Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani will be put to death for several charges of rape and extortion, charges that differ greatly from his original sentence of apostasy, Iran's semi-official Fars News agency reported Friday.
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Weasel Zippers and Jihad Watch


After immigration ruling at Foley school with Hispanic population, students cry, withdraw, no-show — FOLEY, Alabama — Many of the 223 Hispanic students at Foley Elementary came to school Thursday crying and afraid, said Principal Bill Lawrence. — Nineteen of them withdrew …


Huckabee looks again at Republican presidential bid — (Reuters) - Mike Huckabee has been approached by Republican and conservative activists unhappy with the current crop of presidential hopefuls and he is considering entering the fray, two sources who have spoken with Huckabee told Reuters.
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Huckabee, HuckPAC shoot down report that he is reconsidering a 2012 run
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Chris Christie is not too fat to be president — There is a sudden rash of op-eds arguing that Chris Christie is too fat to be president. Over at Bloomberg View, my colleague Michael Kinsley makes the case. Here at The Washington Post, my colleague Eugene Robinson does the, ahem, heavy lifting.
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Imagining a Christie Campaign for President — Ask Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey whether his ample weight is a political asset or an election-year liability, and the governor of New Jersey shrugs. — “It depends on the day,” Mr. Christie said earlier this year, noting that his visible struggles …
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Firedoglake, Ricochet Conversation Feed and Prairie Weather

Connecticut a Toss Up? — Connecticut isn't a place that would go on anybody's list of swing states but Barack Obama is in a statistical tie with Mitt Romney there, leading only 47-45. — Obama's poor showing in Connecticut is mostly a function of his own unpopularity.
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Hot Air, Pajamas Media and US Politics
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Perry Steps Up Criticism of Romney
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Daily Kos and Washington Post