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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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Wall Street Journal:
Romney Offends the Pundits — Doesn't he know he's not supposed to debate foreign policy? — Tuesday's assaults on the U.S. Embassies in Benghazi and Cairo have injected foreign policy into the Presidential campaign, but suddenly the parsons of the press corps are offended by the debate.
New York Post:
The media lash out — The murders of US diplomats in Libya and the attempted storming of the US Embassy in Cairo took place 56 days before the election of America's next president. — Apparently, it is the view of much of the mainstream media and foreign-policy establishment that discussing …
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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.
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Gail Collins / New York Times:
Mitt's Major Meltdown — Mitt Romney broke our deal. — Perhaps he didn't know he'd made it, although, really, I thought it was pretty clear. — He could do anything he wanted during this campaign as long as he sent out signals that once he got in the White House he was not likely to be truly crazy.
Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
Inside the public relations disaster at the Cairo embassy — One staffer at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo was responsible for the statement and tweets Tuesday that have become grist for the presidential campaign, and that staffer ignored explicit State Department instructions not to issue the statement …
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
How the media turned Obama's foreign policy bungle into a Romney gaffe … We're still learning more details about the events leading up to and surrounding the attacks by Islamic radicals on the U.S. consulate in Libya and embassy in Egypt, but the media has already agreed on one thing: Mitt Romney is the political loser.
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New York Times:
A Challenger's Criticism Is Furiously Returned — WASHINGTON — The deadly attack on an American diplomatic post in Libya propelled foreign policy into the forefront of an otherwise inward-looking presidential campaign on Wednesday and presented an unexpected test not only to the incumbent …
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Associated Press:
FACT CHECK: Romney Misstates Facts On Attacks — WASHINGTON (AP) — The gunfire at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, had barely ceased when Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney seriously mischaracterized what had happened in a statement accusing President Barack Obama of …
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First Read:
First Thoughts: A tricky situation — Obama now faces tricky foreign-policy situation... And he has new questions to answer... Why Romney went there... And why it backfired... Obama piles on... Conservatives blame the media... New NBC/WSJ/Marist polls coming out tonight at 6:30 pm ET …
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Roger Simon / Politico:
Mitt Romney won't stop attacking
Mitt Romney won't stop attacking
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Ahmed Al-Haj / Associated Press:
Protesters storm US Embassy in Yemen
Protesters storm US Embassy in Yemen
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CNN:
Foreign policy dominates campaign for second day
Foreign policy dominates campaign for second day
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Pema Levy / Talking Points Memo:
Portman Comes To Romney's Defense On Libya But Concedes Lack Of Awareness Of Sequence Of Events
Portman Comes To Romney's Defense On Libya But Concedes Lack Of Awareness Of Sequence Of Events
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Liz Cheney / Wall Street Journal:
Cairo, Benghazi and Obama Foreign Policy
Cairo, Benghazi and Obama Foreign Policy
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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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Eli Stokols / KDVR.com:
Poll shows Obama up five on Romney in Colorado — DENVER - The first poll of Colorado voters since the Democratic National Convention shows President Barack Obama with a five point lead over Republican Mitt Romney, FOX31 Denver is first to report. — The new survey by OnSight Public Affairs …
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Charlie Spiering / Washington Examiner:
Obama echoes Carter with ‘shoot first’ criticism of Romney
Obama echoes Carter with ‘shoot first’ criticism of Romney
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Morning Plum: Has Obama neutralized Romney's advantage on the economy?
The Morning Plum: Has Obama neutralized Romney's advantage on the economy?
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Chicago Tribune:
Hope spreads from bargaining table to teacher picket line — As talk of progress spread from the bargaining table to the picket line, striking Chicago teachers said this morning they hope their actions will be a good lesson not just for their students, but for other unions across the country.
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Christian Schneider / City Journal:
Beware of Backfire — If Wisconsin governor Scott Walker …
Beware of Backfire — If Wisconsin governor Scott Walker …
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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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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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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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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Flashback: Major-party nominee uses war deaths to score political points — Remember that time when a major-party presidential nominee went on television immediately after the deaths of several Americans abroad to attack the policies of the current administration and his opponent?
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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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Daniel Klaidman / The Daily Beast:
Mitt's Veep Tax Hypocrisy — MITT'S VEEP TAX HYPOCRISY — Romney asked at least some on his VP shortlist to submit 10 years worth of tax returns, a source says. Daniel Klaidman reports on the disconnect with Mitt's own public disclosures. — Jeff Haynes / Reuters-Landov
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Joseph / Plunderbund:
Kasich at Romney Event: Our wives are “at home doing the laundry” — Governor John Kasich has been criticized many times for his anti-women decisions and statements. Today we can add another doozy to the list. — Last year Kasich defended his very low number of female cabinet appointments …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Sept. 12: Polls Since Conventions Point to Decline in ‘Enthusiasm Gap’ — Why did President Obama get a bounce in the polls following the Democratic convention? — Part of it may simply be one of the functions that conventions have long served: to motivate voters who are generally loyal to the party …
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New York Post:
Lewinsky booked — Monica Lewinsky is shopping a top-secret book project, Page Six has exclusively learned. We're told Lewinsky has been making the rounds with major publishers, who were all asked to sign nondisclosure agreements to take the meetings. It's unclear who the front-runners are …
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