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Kim Sengupta / The Independent:
Revealed: inside story of US envoy's assassination — Exclusive: America ‘was warned of embassy attack but did nothing’ — NOTE: WE DO NOT STORE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) BUT YOUR IP ADDRESS WILL BE LOGGED TO PREVENT ABUSE OF THIS FEATURE. PLEASE READ OUR LEGAL TERMS & POLICIES
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Mike Allen / Politico:
U.S. denies premeditation report in Libya attack — The Obama administration is flatly denying a blaring British newspaper report that the U.S. diplomats in Libya were killed as a result of a “continuing security breach,” and that “credible information” about possible attacks had been ignored.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
A Non-Denial Denial From the Obama Administration
A Non-Denial Denial From the Obama Administration
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Mark Murray / First Read:
Polls: Obama holds the edge in Florida, Ohio and Virginia — President Barack Obama has opened up a five-point lead in the Sunshine State and the “right track” number is now more than 40 percent. NBC's Chuck Todd reports. — After two political conventions and heading into the post-Labor Day sprint …
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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)
Exclusive: Obama Up by 4 Points Among Likely Voters (58% of Americans Say He'd Take Romney in a Fight)
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Marist Poll:
9/13: Obama Leads Romney by 7 Points in Ohio
9/13: Obama Leads Romney by 7 Points in Ohio
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama up 7, Klobuchar 19 in Minnesota
Obama up 7, Klobuchar 19 in Minnesota
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Poll: Voters think Obama would beat Romney in a fistfight
Poll: Voters think Obama would beat Romney in a fistfight
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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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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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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Video: NBC chief foreign correspondent blasts Obama's “Egypt not an ally” statement
Video: NBC chief foreign correspondent blasts Obama's “Egypt not an ally” statement
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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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CNN:
Violent protests erupt in Yemen and Egypt — Protesters chant slogans during a march to the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, on Thursday, September 13. One protester was killed in clashes when Yemeni security forces dispersed hundreds of demonstrators who gathered around and inside the U.S. Embassy …
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Anthea Butler / USA Today:
Opposing view: Why Sam Bacile deserves arrest
Opposing view: Why Sam Bacile deserves arrest
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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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Megan Ruyle / The Hill:
Republicans question whether Fed carrying water for Obama
Republicans question whether Fed carrying water for Obama
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Reports: Marines Not Permitted Live Ammo — UPDATE: A Marine spokesperson at the Pentagon denied reports that U.S. Marines defending the American embassy in Egypt were not permitted by the State Department to carry live ammunition in a statement to Fox News Thursday.
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Michael J. Totten / Michael J. Totten's blog:
Enough Appeasement Already
Enough Appeasement Already
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Media and Obama out to lunch — Romney had it right
Media and Obama out to lunch — Romney had it right
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Talking Points Memo:
Kansas Goes Birther: State Board Considers Removing Obama From Ballot — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, an informal advisor to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, said on Thursday he and his fellow members of a state board were considering removing President Barack Obama from the Kansas ballot this November.
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Tim Carpenter / Topeka Capital-Journal:
Kansas panel delays ballot decision on Obama
Kansas panel delays ballot decision on Obama
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Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon:
Limbaugh: Al-Qaida “gave up Osama” — He says the terrorist group wanted to “mak[e] Obama look good” so he would remain in the White House — Polite and serious pundits were shocked when Mitt Romney suggested, and RNC Chairman Reince Priebus outright declared, that President Obama …
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.
Emily Goodin / The Hill:
Ryan gets hero's welcome from House GOP upon return to DC — Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan got a hero's welcome from his colleagues on Thursday as he returned to the Capitol for the first time since being named by Mitt Romney to the GOP ticket.
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Whoa!... Democrat Kirstin Powers UNLOADS on Obama and Media After Mideast Embassy Attacks (Video) — Whoa! Democrat Kirstin Powers blasted this week's media jihad against Mitt Romney today on America Live with Megyn Kelly. Powers also slammed the Obama Administration for their weak response …
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Hillary Rodham Clinton / US Department of State:
Statement on the Deaths of Tyrone S. Woods and Glen A. Doherty in Benghazi, Libya — Press Statement — Washington, DC — The attack on our diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya on Tuesday claimed the lives of four Americans. Yesterday, I spoke about two: Ambassador Chris Stevens and Information Management Officer Sean Smith.
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David Shepardson / detroitnews.com:
Teamsters leader compares GOP to Cambodian dictator — Washington — Teamsters President James Hoffa on Thursday compared the recent Republican Party convention's downplaying of the Bush administration to Cambodian leader Pol Pot, who infamously wiped from history books anything that happened before he rose to power.
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Mike Baker / Associated Press:
Three Ron Paul-Supporting Electors May Not Support Republican Ticket … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Paul Ryan, Ron Paul, Video, Electoral College, Electors, Mitt Romney 2012, Paul Ryan 2012, Politics News — At least three Republican electors say they may not support …
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Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
Terrifying: Increases in Real Per Capita Federal Spending Over The Past 35 Years — The above chart put together by my frequent collaborator Veronique de Rugy is, simply put, terrifying. — It shows the growth in inflation-adjusted federal outlays per capita.
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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 …