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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 — The Obama administration is denying the Independent's report that it had warnings of possible attacks on diplomatic installations in the Middle East, but failed to act. Steve and I both wrote about the Independent story.
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Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Poll: Obama Holds Narrow Edge Over Romney — President Obama holds a narrow three-point advantage over Mitt Romney among Americans most likely to vote in November, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. — With their back-to-back political conventions behind …
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Martin H. Simon / ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE - Romney on Debates: Obama Will 'Say Things That Aren't True' — With the first Presidential debate less than three weeks away, Mitt Romney is spending lots of time getting ready behind closed doors. In his first comments on that debate prep, he told me that Sen. Rob Portman …
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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 …
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Romney team sharpens attack on Obama's foreign policy — Advisers to Mitt Romney on Thursday defended his sharp criticism of President Obama and said that the deadly protests sweeping the Middle East would not have happened if the Republican nominee were president.
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Martin H. Simon / ABCNEWS:
Romney on Iran: Share Same ‘Red Line’ As Obama — Mitt Romney has skewered President Obama's Iran policy. But in an exclusive interview, days after the Israeli Prime Minister criticized the U.S. for not putting “red lines before Iran,” Romney told me he would draw the same line in the sand as Obama.
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Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
White House clarifies Obama's statement that Egypt is not an ‘ally’
White House clarifies Obama's statement that Egypt is not an ‘ally’
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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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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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This Just In:
Armed men storm Lebanon restaurant; German Embassy in Sudan on fire — Editor's note: Several protests stemming at least in part from an anti-Islam film produced in the United States are unfolding outside U.S. embassies around the world. Friday's protests follow ones Tuesday at the U.S. Embassy …
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Wall Street Journal:
Strassel: Mr. Romney, Trust Your Pants — Obama tells Americans the terrible things the Republican will do to them. The Republican remains silent about what he would do. — In the classic 1968 film “Once Upon a Time in the West,” a villainous Henry Fonda shoots one of his lackeys …
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Paul Krugman:
A Quick Note on the Fed — I was airborne until late, so no chance until now to weigh in on the Fed's new move. And now I really need to get some sleep to fight off this cold! So just a few points: — 1. It's good to see the Fed moving, finally. — 2. It certainly sounds as if Bernanke …
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Ssumner / TheMoneyIllusion:
The Bernanke press conference
The Bernanke press conference
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The iPhone Stimulus — Are you, or is someone you know, a gadget freak? If so, you doubtless know that Wednesday was iPhone 5 day, the day Apple unveiled its latest way for people to avoid actually speaking to or even looking at whoever they're with. — So is the new phone as insanely great as Apple says?
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Tara Palmeri / New York Post:
Samuel's prez ad: Wake the f@#k up! — They picked the perfect actor for a political ad loaded with f-bombs. — Samuel L. Jackson will film a provocative spot supporting President Obama's re-election bid as early as tomorrow — telling voters to “Wake the f—k up, Vote for 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 …
Larry Gordon / Associated Press:
UC to pay settlement in Davis pepper spray case — UC leaders agree to pay settlement to 21 UC Davis students and alumni who sued over campus officers' use of pepper spray during a November 2011 protest. — A UC Davis officer pepper-sprays Occupy protesters in November.
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Ryan J. Reilly / Talking Points Memo:
On The Road To Prison, Alabama's Ex-Governor Still Has A Few Things He Wants To Say — Former Alabama Gov. Don Sieglman is pleasant, almost cheerful, as he speaks by phone on the long drive toward the small town of Oakdale, La. It's not the tone you'd expect to hear from a once-powerful man who's …
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John Cook / Gawker:
There's a Simple Solution to the Public Schools Crisis — The ongoing (but maybe soon to end?) teachers' strike in Chicago is being viewed by many as an early skirmish in a coming war over the crisis in public education—stagnant or declining graduation rates, substandard educations …
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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Patrick Goodenough / CNSNews:
Hurting Muslims' Feelings ‘Cannot Be Tolerated,’ Egypt's Ruling Party Says — (CNSNews.com) - As U.S. diplomatic missions tightened security in the aftermath following Tuesday's deadly attack in Libya and continuing protests in Egypt - and new eruptions in Yemen — Islamic governments and organizations …
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Patrick Goodenough / CNSNews:
Islamic Bloc: We Told You This Would Happen If You ‘Hurt the Religious Sentiments of Muslims’
Islamic Bloc: We Told You This Would Happen If You ‘Hurt the Religious Sentiments of Muslims’
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Jihad Watch, Weasel Zippers and The Heritage Foundation
Andrew Dugan / Gallup:
Married Voters Are Romney Voters — Marital status is strong predictor of voting behavior — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Married registered voters prefer Republican challenger Mitt Romney over Democratic President Barack Obama by 54% to 39%, according to Gallup data collected from June to August.
McPartland / nation.foxnews.com:
Jimmy Carter Corrects Obama — President Carter spoke to Drake University in Des Moines and was asked if he agrees with what Obama said about Egypt: — Carter: “Egypt is an ally of the US, we know Egypt well.” — President Obama had earlier stated during an interview: Obama: 'Ya know …
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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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