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12:10 AM ET, July 16, 2012

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Keith Laing / The Hill:
Gillespie says Romney ‘retired retroactively’ from Bain Capital  —  Senior Mitt Romney campaign adviser Ed Gillespie blasted President Obama's attacks on the GOP candidate, saying Romney had been honest about his tenure at the private equity giant Bain Capital.
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Sal Gentile / msnbc.com:
Former Bain Capital partner says Romney was ‘legally’ CEO of Bain Capital until 2002  —  Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy  —  Updated |  1:36 p.m. A former partner at Bain Capital, who worked at the firm when Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney …
Scott Thuman / WJLA-TV:
President Barack Obama talks Romney, campaign, chili, doodling, shooting pool  —  In an exclusive interview, ABC7's Scott Thuman spoke with President Barack Obama on a wide range of topics, including whether his GOP challenger Mitt Romney should answer questions about Bain Capital and the 2012 campaign so far.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Hill
Manu Raju / Politico:
Kristol: ‘Crazy’ not to show taxes
Discussion: Mediaite, ABCNEWS and New York Magazine
Elise Foley / The Huffington Post:
Ed Gillespie: Mitt Romney ‘Retired Retroactively’ From Bain Capital
Keith Laing / The Hill:
Sen. Durbin: Romney running away from Bain ‘like a scalded cat’
Discussion: Politico and Booman Tribune
Agence France Presse:
‘Monica, Monica’ chants taunt Clinton in Egypt  —  US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was taunted by chants of “Monica, Monica” by tomato-throwing demonstrators as she visited the Egyptian port city of Alexandria on Sunday.  —  The chants, referring to the Monica Lewinsky scandal when her husband …
Discussion: Mediaite and Gretawire
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Reuters:
Egyptians pelt Clinton motorcade with tomatoes  —  CAIRO (Reuters) - Protesters threw tomatoes and shoes at U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's motorcade on Sunday during her first visit to Egypt since the election of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.  —  A tomato struck an Egyptian official …
msnbc.com:
Christians snub Cairo meeting with Clinton, claim US backs Islamists  —  Christians snub Cairo meeting with Clinton, claim US backs Islamists  —  Protesters in Alexandria, Egypt, throw shoes, tomatoes and a water bottle at the motorcade of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.  NBC's Lester Holt reports.
Elise Labott / CNN:
Protests as Clinton holds meetings in Egypt
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
WAVY-TV:
One-on-one with President Obama  —  Unedited interview and full transcript  —  RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) - This is a transcript of President Barack Obama's exclusive interview with WAVY.com's Andy Fox:  —  Q: How Important is Virginia in this election?  —  President: “If we win Virginia then we will win the election.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
July panic for Obama — for good reason  —  Why has the Obama team been publicly wailing about losing out to Mitt Romney in the money race?  Why would the president accuse his opponent of not merely being wrong or unqualified but criminal?  After all, the polls are tied, so why so much worry in Obamaland?
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Postal Service rescue bill stalls in Congress as cash woes mount  —  The House's delay in considering a postal reform bill is sparking concerns that the rescue of the U.S. Postal Service could be delayed until after the November elections — or even until the next Congress.
Annie Karni / New York Post:
Disgraced pol Weiner eyes mayor or public advocate run  —  Anthony Weiner's not shrinking from elected office.  —  The disgraced former congressman — who's sitting on a $4.5 million campaign war chest — is mulling a bid for citywide office next year and “seriously considering” a mayoral run, multiple sources told The Post.
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama wants Mideast peace in second term  —  President Obama's agenda for a second term includes bringing peace to the Middle East.  —  “I have not been able to move the peace process forward in the Middle East the way I wanted,” he said in an interview with WJLA, the ABC affiliate in Washington …
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Scott Wilson / Washington Post:   Where Obama failed on forging peace in the Middle East
Jason DeParle / New York Times:
Two Classes, Divided by ‘I Do’  —  ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Jessica Schairer has so much in common with her boss, Chris Faulkner, that a visitor to the day care center they run might get them confused.  —  They are both friendly white women from modest Midwestern backgrounds who left for college …
Adam Skaggs / Politico:
Mitch McConnell dead wrong on DISCLOSE Act  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has launched a full-throated attack on the DISCLOSE Act, which Democrats are set to bring to the Senate floor on Monday.  DISCLOSE supporters say it ensures transparency and accountability in U.S. elections.
Michelle Obama / CNN:
First lady: This election closer than 2008  —  (CNN) - Speaking to supporters at a farm in New York's Hudson Valley on Sunday, first lady Michelle Obama predicted a tighter result in November than the 7-point margin her husband enjoyed over Sen. John McCain in 2008.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Jezebel
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Lindsey Boerma / CBS News:   Obama: Not enough change in first term
 
 
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Busy Month for Obama Campaign with Fundraisers in Switzerland, Sweden, Paris and Communist China
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Republican Govs. Scott, Branstad balk at accepting health law Medicaid expansion
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Bush Presenting Book of Economic Proposals
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