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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Shifting Reports on Libya Killings May Cost Obama — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration's shifting accounts of the fatal attack on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, have left President Obama suddenly exposed on the national security and foreign policy issues …
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Intelligence office says it got Libya attack wrong, not White House — WASHINGTON — Extremists from groups linked to al Qaida struck the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in a “deliberate and organized terrorist attack,” the top U.S. intelligence agency said Friday, as it took responsibility …
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Bobby Cervantes / Politico:
Peter King calls for Susan Rice's resignation — Rep. Peter King called for the resignation Friday of U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice for initially saying that the deadly Sept. 11 assault on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was spontaneous.
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Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
U.S. intelligence now says Benghazi attack “deliberate and organized”
U.S. intelligence now says Benghazi attack “deliberate and organized”
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Fox News:
Top intelligence official backtracks on Libya story, says initial assessment premature
Top intelligence official backtracks on Libya story, says initial assessment premature
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CNN:
Romney, Obama speak with Netanyahu
Romney, Obama speak with Netanyahu
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Talking Points Memo:
Todd Akin Suggests Employers Should Be Able To Pay Women Less — Todd Akin appeared to endorse allowing employers to pay women less than men at a town hall on Thursday. — Gender discrimination in compensation has been illegal in the United States since the passage of the 1963 Equal Pay Act.
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Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Akin consultant compares his fortitude to cult-leader David Koresh — • BY KEVIN McDERMOTT > kmcdermott@post-dispatch.com > 314-340-8268 — UPDATE 1:48 p.m.: Akin spokesman Ryan Hite has responded with a one-line written statement: “It was a stupid comment to make.”
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Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
GOP Senate Candidate Akin: ‘Free Enterprise’ Means Being Allowed To Deny Equal Pay To Women — Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) has struggled with a well-established woman problem in his Senate campaign, ever since he claimed women could not get pregnant from “legitimate rape.”
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BuzzFeed:
“Morning Joe” Mocks Romney For Something That Didn't Happen — A misleading subtitle leads to a viral clip making fun of Romney. A frustrated Scarborough defends the clip on Twitter, says he will “take note” of all those who note the mistake. — On Wednesday, MSNBC's Morning Joe kicked off …
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Becket Adams / TheBlaze.com:
ANOTHER MSNBC SCANDAL? …
ANOTHER MSNBC SCANDAL? …
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Greg Hengler / Townhall.com:
MSNBC Caught Doctoring Clip From Romney/Ryan Rally
MSNBC Caught Doctoring Clip From Romney/Ryan Rally
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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
Jim Webb on ‘Givers’ and ‘Takers’ — I have known, respected, and come very much to like Jim Webb over the course of more than 30 years. We originally met because of deep disagreements about the Vietnam War. He went to Annapolis, served with distinction and bravery as Marine officer …
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Yahoo! News:
Goodbye, Columbus: Why top Ohio Republicans think Romney has lost the state — COLUMBUS, Ohio - There are only two plausible explanations for what is going on this week in this swing state central to virtually all Mitt Romney's victory strategies. — Either many top Ohio Republicans …
John Kartch / Americans for Tax Reform RSS:
Top Five Worst Obamacare Taxes Coming in 2013 — Of the twenty new or higher taxes in Obamacare, below are the five worst that will be foisted upon Americans for the first time on January 1, 2013. — Of the twenty new or higher taxes in Obamacare, below are the five worst …
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Henry Payne / Detroit News:
Dearborn Muslims rally against the First Amendment — Led by a newspaper publisher, Muslim activists will call for putting limits on American free speech at a Dearborn rally this evening. You can't make this stuff up. — Nearly a decade after Dearborn's streets celebrated America …
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Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Muslims in Michigan to Rally Against First Amendment
James Hohmann / Politico:
2012 map could be deja vu for Obama — Some political scientists and Democratic strategists believe it's now possible that President Barack Obama could replicate his break-out Electoral College map from 2008, with the exception of Indiana, even if the popular vote is closer than four years ago.
CNN:
Obama talks housing market in weekly address — (CNN) - President Barack Obama highlighted the housing crisis of 2007 and 2008 in his weekly address Saturday, calling on Congress to act and pass a mortgage refinance measure. — Meanwhile, Republicans introduced Vernon Parker from Arizona …
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Bob Dole / Washington Post:
Bob Dole on life after losing the 1996 presidential election — In eulogizing Gerald Ford at his Grand Rapids, Mich., funeral in January 2007, Jimmy Carter described a New Yorker cartoon that both men had found amusing. In it a small boy informs his mother, “When I grow up, I want to be a former president.”
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The PJ Tatler
Lindsey Boerma / CBS News:
Ann Romney: If elected, “mental well-being” Mitt's biggest challenge — Ann Romney greets supporters at Bartley Ranch Thursday Sept. 27, 2012 in Reno, Nev. / AP PHOTO/THE RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL, MARILYN NEWTON — (CBS News) Ann Romney's biggest concern if her husband becomes president …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Sept. 27: The Impact of the ‘47 Percent’ — After a secretly-recorded videotape was released on Sept. 17, showing Mitt Romney making unflattering comments about the “47 percent” of Americans whom he said had become dependent on government benefits, I suggested on Twitter that the political impact …
ABCNEWS:
Dems Pump Cash Into ME Senate Race, but for Whom? — The Democratic Senate Campaign Committee is buying $410,000 worth of TV advertising in the U.S. Senate race in Maine, but it's not clear for whom. — Executive Director Guy Cecil suggested Friday that the money will be used to fight …
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Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
Hillary: ‘Loosen Regulation’ Because 'Too Many People Still Can't Find Jobs'-In Tunisia, Egypt, Libya — (CNSNews.com) - Speaking to a group of foreign ministers from Arab nations at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York on Friday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed support …
Michelle Goldberg / The Daily Beast:
With ‘Dreams From My Real Father,’ Have Obama Haters Hit Rock Bottom? — A pseudo-documentary that slimes Ann Dunham, the president's late mother, is being mailed to swing-state voters. A look at the film and Dinesh D'Souza's book, Obama's America. — So this is what it's come to.
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Los Angeles Times:
Suspicious voter registration forms found in 10 Florida counties — A Republican Party volunteer standing next to a cardboard cutout of President Ronald Reagan solicits newly naturalized U.S. citizens to register to vote. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images / August 23, 2012)
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