memeorandum: On ‘This Week’: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice (ABCNEWS)

12:20 PM ET, September 16, 2012

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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:

WHY BARACK OBAMA SHOULD RESIGN. Just for the record, this is what it looked like for a man who made a film that made the Obama Administration uncomfortable: — Here's the key bit: “Just after midnight Saturday morning, authorities descended on the Cerritos home of the man believed …

Mario Tama / ABCNEWS:

Ambassador Susan Rice: U.S. Not ‘Impotent’ in Muslim World' — U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice told me this morning on “This Week” that the United States is not “impotent” in the face of violent protests sweeping the Muslim world being aimed at American interests.

Discussion: Fox News Insider, Hot Air and The Hinterland Gazette

John Hinderaker / Power Line:

Obama Cracks Down On Free Speech: the Quickmeme — In order to spare themselves the sort of critical scrutiny to which they are unaccustomed, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have fallen in with the absurd claim that violence has broken out in eleven Muslim countries, and terrorists armed with RPGs and …

Discussion: Instapundit, Riehl World News and The Hinterland Gazette

John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:

WHITE HOUSE MUST STOP SONY FROM RELEASING ‘KILLING BIN LADEN’ FILM — Now that the White House and State Department have made clear that they believe movies compel terrorists to terrorize, it's time for them to get ahead of this problem. And one thing the White House can do immediately …

Discussion: The Other McCain, The Lonely Conservative and Booman Tribune

ABCNEWS:

On ‘This Week’: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice — Sunday on “This Week,” U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice speaks to ABC News senior White House correspondent Jake Tapper on the deadly attacks and anti-American protests sweeping across the Middle East.

Discussion: Politico, Crooks and Liars, CBS News, Hot Air, The Political Carnival and Global Public Square

ABCNEWS:

Ambassador Susan Rice: Libya Attack Not Premeditated — U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi was not premeditated, directly contradicting top Libyan officials who say the attack was planned in advance.

Discussion: Atlas Shrugs

Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:

U.S. Ambassador to U.N. Doubles Down on Claim that Film Responsible for Middle East Mobs — This morning on Fox News Sunday, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, doubled down on the Obama administration's claim that an Internet video is responsible for anti-American mobs across the Middle East:

Discussion: Power Line and Fox News

Reuters:
LIVE BLOG — Egypt's Prime Minister Hesham Kandil told CNN …

Discussion: The Hinterland Gazette, Outside the Beltway and New York Magazine

Arwa Damon / CNN:
More details emerge on U.S. ambassador's last moments

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Scared Monkeys, Examiner, Conservatives4Palin and Washington Post

Maureen Dowd / New York Times:

Neocons Slither Back — PAUL RYAN has not sautéed in foreign policy in his years on Capitol Hill. The 42-year-old congressman is no Middle East savant; till now, his idea of a border dispute has more likely involved Wisconsin and Illinois. — Yet Ryan got up at the Values Voter Summit …

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Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
The Foreign Relations Fumbler

Discussion: The Caucus, Hullabaloo, Middle Earth Journal and Politico

Nancy Pelosi / CNN:

TRENDING: Pelosi says Ryan pick makes it easier for Dems to take House — (CNN) - Mitt Romney's pick of Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate will give Democrats a better shot at retaking control of the House of Representatives, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the House minority leader, said in an interview airing Sunday.

Discussion: Politico and Taegan Goddard's …

CNN:

On ‘red lines,’ Obama and Romney appear in agreement — Washington (CNN) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview aired Sunday that the upcoming U.S. presidential election should not influence the debate over how and when to stop Iran's nuclear ambitions …

Discussion: Politico and The Raw Story

Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Israeli PM Netanyahu: Iranian leaders guided by strong ‘fanaticism’

Discussion: CNN, Politico and Associated Press

Associated Press:

Leon Panetta: Protests likely to continue — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the turmoil raging across the Muslim world is likely to continue into the days ahead, but he says the violence expected by the United States appears to be leveling off. — He said Sunday the Pentagon has …

Discussion: The PJ Tatler

Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
US closes embassy amid reports Sudan rejected request to send Marines

Discussion: Riehl World News

BBC:

Afghan women ‘die in Nato strike’ — Civilian casualties by Nato-led forces have strained relations with the Afghan government — At least eight women have died in a Nato air strike in Afghanistan's eastern province of Laghman, local officials say. — Nato has conceded that between five …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

New York Times:
Green-on-Blue Attacks in Afghanistan Continue

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

Haaretz:

Israeli Foreign Ministry: U.S. ignored Arab radicalization — Foreign Ministry official on signs of ‘radicalization’ in Arab world: ‘We knew what was happening, but the Americans preferred to find excuses.’ — For months before the most recent attacks on U.S. embassies in North African states …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Israel Matzav

Liam Ford / Chicago Tribune:

Feds: U.S. teen held in ‘jihad’ terrorist bomb attempt at Chicago bar — Adel Daoud, 18, of Hillside, was arrested Friday night when he tried to blow up what he thought was a car bomb in front of a downtown bar (Posted Sep 15, 2012) — Adel Daoud, 18, of Hillside, was arrested Friday night …

Discussion: Jihad Watch