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Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
White House clarifies Obama's statement that Egypt is not an ‘ally’ — President Barack Obama didn't intend to signal any change in the U.S.-Egypt relationship last night when he said Egypt is not an “ally,” the White House told The Cable today. — In an interview with Telemundo Wednesday night …
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New York Times:
Turmoil Spreads to U.S. Embassy in Yemen — SANA, Yemen — Turmoil in the Arab world linked to a contentious video denigrating the Prophet Muhammad spread on Thursday to Yemen, where hundreds of protesters stormed the United States Embassy, two days after assailants killed the American ambassador …
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Ginger Gibson / Politico:
Mitt Romney tones down embassy critique in Va. — FAIRFAX, Va. — Mitt Romney didn't repeat his strong criticism of President Barack Obama over the response to protests at the U.S. embassies in Egypt and Libya at a campaign rally here Thursday. — He did note the death of four Americans …
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Erick Erickson / RedState:
The American Media Beclowned Themselves Yesterday — Yesterday, as the American consulate in Libya was smoking and the rioters were returning in Egypt, the President of the United States flew off to Las Vegas for a fundraiser while his spokesman was telling the American press corps that yesterday wasn't really a normal political day.
Glenn Thrush / Reuters:
Benjamin Netanyahu vs. Barack Obama — President Barack Obama's national security team had every reason to believe they'd be spared a Bibi eruption before Election Day. — Earlier this year, U.S. and Israeli officials had informally agreed to stop airing their well-documented disagreements …
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Obama alone: This president does not need intel briefers — How long had it been since President Obama attended his daily intelligence meeting in the lead-up to the Sept. 11 attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Egypt and Libya? After all, our adversaries are known to use the anniversary of 9/11 to target the United States.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Media and Obama out to lunch — Romney had it right
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The media lash out — The murders of US diplomats in Libya …
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
For immediate release — Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in August suggests that economic activity has continued to expand at a moderate pace in recent months. Growth in employment has been slow, and the unemployment rate remains elevated.
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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Federal Reserve Finally Working Expectations Channel With Open-Ended QE
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Dylan Matthews / Washington Post:
QE3 is on! Fed to buy $85b through December, and then keep going
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Bloomberg:
With QE3, We All Win — Poor and Rich Alike
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Business Insider:
PRESS CONFERENCE: BEN BERNANKE DEFENDS UNLIMITED QE, AS MARKET GOES TOTALLY WILD
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Annalyn Censky / CNNMoney.com:
Federal Reserve launches QE3
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
REPORTS: No Live Ammo for Marines — U.S. Marines defending the American embassy in Egypt were not permitted by the State Department to carry live ammunition, limiting their ability to respond to attacks like those this week on the U.S. consulate in Cairo. — Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson …
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Mark Thompson / U.S.:
What's Worse: No Marines, or (Possibly) Unarmed Marines?
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Associated Press:
Feds ID California man's role in anti-Islam film — Associated Press/Hani Mohammed - A Yemeni protestor, left, holds a white flag with Islamic inscription in Arabic that reads, “No God but Allah, and Mohammed is his prophet,” in front of the U.S. embassy during ...more
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Anthea Butler / USA Today:
Opposing view: Why Sam Bacile deserves arrest — Words have consequences. I know that because one of my tweets asking “when Sam Bacile would be arrested” drew wide attention on Wednesday. — My initial tweet about Bacile, the person said to be responsible for the film mocking the prophet Mohammed …
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Noah Shachtman / Wired:
Anti-Islam Filmmaker Went by ‘P.J. Tobacco’ and 13 Other Names
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Esquire:
Exclusive: Obama Up by 4 Points Among Likely Voters (58% of Americans Say He'd Take Romney in a Fight) — With fifty-four days to go, voter opinions are coming into focus, and Esquire and Yahoo! News have joined forces to examine how voters view the presidential candidates and how President Obama …
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Poll: Voters think Obama would beat Romney in a fistfight
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Morning Plum: Has Obama neutralized Romney's advantage on the economy?
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Eli Stokols / KDVR.com:
Poll shows Obama up five on Romney in Colorado
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Top Romney adviser: ‘Apology’ statement fit our narrative, so we ran with it — In a post that's generating some attention today, Josh Marshall pointed out that last night's New York Times story detailing the Romney camp's step-by-step thinking on the Embassy attacks was replaced with another version that was missing key reporting.
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New York Times:
A Challenger's Criticism Is Furiously Returned
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BuzzFeed:
Romney's Team Turns On The Press — A frustrating week in Boston. “The polls are close, and so the media starts cheering on their guy,” says one adviser. — DULLES, Va. — As Mitt Romney finishes his second week of dismal news coverage — with slipping polls and a combustible international crisis driving …
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Sterling C. Beard / Ballot Box:
As Election Day approaches, Pa. Supreme Court considers voter-ID law — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday over whether or not the state's new voter-ID law should go into effect before the general election this November. — The six-member court, made up of three Republicans …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Clinton to Muslims: US gov't had ‘nothing to do’ with anti-Islam film — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday blasted an anti-Muslim movie trailer — which is believed to have sparked violent protests at U.S. embassies in Egypt and Yemen — as “disgusting and reprehensible.”
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Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton tries to calm anti-U.S. sentiment as protesters storm embassy in Yemen
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BuzzFeed:
Todd Akin: Obama Doesn't Like America — The pariah Senate candidate strikes again, this time commenting on the tragedy in Libya. — Zeke Miller — an hour ago — 34 responses
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Health Board Approves Ban on Large Sugary Drinks — Seeking to combat rising obesity rates, the New York City Board of Health approved on Thursday a ban on the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks at restaurants, street carts and movie theaters, enacting the first restriction of its kind in the country.
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Martina Valverde / KFOX-TV:
4th grader's drawing assignment on 9/11 attacks raises concerns — Parent: It's teaching racism and hate — Sponsored Links — Parents of some elementary school students are furious over a class assignment. They said children were asked to draw images depicting the terrorist attacks of 9/11.
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