memeorandum: Obama: Egypt not ally, nor enemy (BBC)

4:05 PM ET, September 13, 2012

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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 …

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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tv.broadwayworld.com:

President Obama Chats With Telemundo's Jose Diaz Balart — Telemundo's Jose Diaz Balart met with President Barack Obama yesterday. The following is a transcript of their conversation: — Jose Diaz Balart - MR. President, Gracias. — Pres. Obama: Gracias.

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kforcegov.com:
NightWatch 20120913

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Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
Inside the public relations disaster at the Cairo embassy

Mark Thompson / U.S.:
What's Worse: No Marines, or (Possibly) Unarmed Marines?

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BBC:
Obama: Egypt not ally, nor enemy

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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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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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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.

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.

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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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First Read:
First Thoughts: A tricky situation

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Gail Collins / New York Times:
Mitt's Major Meltdown

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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Media and Obama out to lunch — Romney had it right

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New York Times:
A Challenger's Criticism Is Furiously Returned

Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
How the media turned Obama's foreign policy bungle into a Romney gaffe

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Roger Simon / Politico:
Mitt Romney won't stop attacking

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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

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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

Discussion: Taylor Marsh

Dylan Matthews / Washington Post:
QE3 is on! Fed to buy $85b through December, and then keep going

Discussion: Daily Kos and FT Alphaville

Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
QE3 Arrives, With Trumpets

Discussion: Hullabaloo

Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
Fed Pledges Action Until Economy Shows Gains

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Business Insider:
PRESS CONFERENCE: BEN BERNANKE DEFENDS UNLIMITED QE, AS MARKET GOES TOTALLY WILD

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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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:

The Morning Plum: Has Obama neutralized Romney's advantage on the economy? — For much of the presidential race, polls have shown that Mitt Romney has led Barack Obama on the question of who would do a better job handling the economy — one of the central questions driving this election.

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Charlie Spiering / Washington Examiner:
Obama echoes Carter with ‘shoot first’ criticism of Romney

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Eli Stokols / KDVR.com:
Poll shows Obama up five on Romney in Colorado

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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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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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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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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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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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