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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Romney: You bet Jerusalem is the capital — Without specifically criticizing President Obama in his speech in Jerusalem, Mitt Romney delivered a blow to the Obama campaign's frantic efforts to defend the president's hostile stance toward the Jewish state simply by saying …
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Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Key Pro-Israel Obama Ally Splits — Dennis Ross, who had worked with the Obama team since 2008, had the ear of the pro-Israel lobby. Now he's bowing out of politics, Eli Lake reports, just when Obama needs him most. — As Republican donors are financing multimillion-dollar campaigns …
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Fox News Insider:
Mitt Romney Delivers Foreign Policy Speech From Israel
Mitt Romney Delivers Foreign Policy Speech From Israel
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Gopal Ratnam / Bloomberg:
Panetta Heads to Middle East as Iran Dominates Israel Talks
Panetta Heads to Middle East as Iran Dominates Israel Talks
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Mitt Romney: A Candidate With a Serious Wimp Problem — Dodging reporters, fearing his base, hiding his taxes—is Mitt Romney just too insecure to be president? In Newsweek, Michael Tomasky surveys a history of presidential manliness and asks just where Mitt would fit amid the studly swagger of Dubya and Reagan.
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Newsweek Calls Romney A “Wimp” — The magazine revives the cover line it famously used to needle George H.W. Bush in 1987. “Is he just too insecure to be president?” UPDATE: Romney reacts. — McKay Coppins — an hour ago — 22 responses
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Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
Dick Cheney: Picking Sarah Palin for VP Was ‘A Mistake’ — Dick Cheney has some advice for Mitt Romney on choosing a running mate: Don't pick another Sarah Palin. — In his first interview since receiving a heart transplant in March, Cheney told ABC News, that John McCain's decision …
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Bill Clinton to Have Key Convention Role — WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton is set to play a central part in the Democratic convention, aides said, and will formally place President Obama's name into nomination by delivering a prime-time speech designed to present …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Cheney: Palin pick in '08 “a mistake” — As we wait for Mitt Romney to pick his running mate in the next few weeks, the last successful GOP running mate has been privately advising the current GOP nominee and the head of his VP search committee, Beth Myers.
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Yossi Verter / Haaretz:
Minutes before Netanyahu meeting, Romney cancels on Yacimovich — Circles close to former opposition leader Yacimovich say meeting cancelled over disagreements surrounding the economic measures the Netanyahu government is about to adopt. — U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney …
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Mitt Romney: No more ‘diplomatic distance’ from Israel
Mitt Romney: No more ‘diplomatic distance’ from Israel
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Associated Press:
In Israel, Romney Declares Jerusalem to Be Capital
In Israel, Romney Declares Jerusalem to Be Capital
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Washington Post:
Romney would ‘respect the decision’ of Israel to attack Iran to stop nuclear weapon capability, adviser says
Romney would ‘respect the decision’ of Israel to attack Iran to stop nuclear weapon capability, adviser says
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Romney to allow press into Israel fundraiser after all
Romney to allow press into Israel fundraiser after all
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Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
Scalia Suggests ‘Hand-Held Rocket Launchers’ Are Protected Under Second Amendment — This morning on Fox News Sunday, Justice Antonin Scalia reiterated just how extremely his Constitutional originalism can be applied. Referring to the recent shooting in Aurora, CO, host Chris Wallace asked …
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David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Scalia: ‘Handheld rocket launchers’ could be constitutional
Scalia: ‘Handheld rocket launchers’ could be constitutional
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John Aloysius Farrell / NationalJournal.com:
Scalia: Guns May be Regulated
Chris Wallace / Fox News:
Justice Antonin Scalia on issues facing SCOTUS and the country
Justice Antonin Scalia on issues facing SCOTUS and the country
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Richard A. Muller / New York Times:
The Conversion of a Climate-Change Skeptic — CALL me a converted skeptic. Three years ago I identified problems in previous climate studies that, in my mind, threw doubt on the very existence of global warming. Last year, following an intensive research effort involving a dozen scientists …
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Anthony Watts / Watts Up With That?:
PRESS RELEASE - July 29th, 2012 12PM PDT - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PRESS RELEASE - July 29th, 2012 12PM PDT - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Emily Friedman / ABCNEWS:
Romney Not Sure If He's Paid Less Than 13.9% in Taxes — JERUSALEM - Mitt Romney could not say today whether he had ever paid a tax rate lower than 13.9 percent, saying he would have to “go back and check.” — In an exclusive interview with ABC News' David Muir to air tonight on World News …
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Bill Keller / The New York Times:
WikiLeaks, A Post Postscript — AS rumors build about the potential financial blockade against the New York Times by Visa, Mastercard, and American Express for hosting U.S. government cables published by WikiLeaks, I find myself in the awkward position of having to defend WikiLeaks.
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Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner / Politico:
Politicizing Voting Rights Act dims luster — The fundamental goals and bipartisan legacy of the Voting Rights Act are imperiled by Attorney General Eric Holder's Justice Department and the administration he serves. — The beleaguered attorney general recently asserted that common-sense efforts …
Andrew Hacker / New York Times:
Is Algebra Necessary? — A TYPICAL American school day finds some six million high school students and two million college freshmen struggling with algebra. In both high school and college, all too many students are expected to fail. Why do we subject American students to this ordeal?
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Dem lawmakers to announce bill limiting online ammo sales — Two Democratic lawmakers on Monday will announce new legislation to regulate the online and mail-order sale of ammunition. — Sen. Frank Lautenberg (N.J.) and Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (N.Y.) said the new law would make the sale of ammunition …
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Mary Kay Linge / New York Post:
Mayor Bloomberg pushing NYC hospitals to hide baby formula so more new moms will breast-feed — The nanny state is going after moms. — Mayor Bloomberg is pushing hospitals to hide their baby formula behind locked doors so more new mothers will breast-feed.
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