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Jesse Helfrich / The Hill:
Rep. Issa closes in on Clinton — Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) is setting his sights on his biggest political target yet: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. — Issa, the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is treading more carefully than he did with his investigation …
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Associated Press:
US OFFICIALS: WE DIDN'T LINK LIBYA ATTACK TO VIDEO — WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department said Tuesday it never concluded that the consulate attack in Libya stemmed from protests over an American-made video ridiculing Islam, raising further questions about why the Obama administration used …
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
U.S. Security Official in Libya Tells Congressional Investigators About ‘Inappropriately Low’ Security at Benghazi Post — ABC News has learned that Eric Nordstrom, the former Regional Security Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Libya, has told congressional investigators that security …
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Dana Hughes / ABCNEWS:
Attack on Benghazi Consulate ‘Unprecedented,’ State Department Official Says — The size and “lethality” of the attack on the U.S. consulate compound in Benghazi, Libya, that left Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans dead was “unprecedented,” a senior State Department official said today.
Bradley Klapper / Associated Press:
State Dept reveals new details of Benghazi attack — WASHINGTON (AP) — All was quiet outside the U.S. Consulate as evening fell on Benghazi and President Barack Obama's envoy to Libya was retiring after a day of diplomatic meetings. — There was no indication of the harrowing events …
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Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker launches PR offensive on eve of hearing on Libya Consulate attack — A House Republican lawmaker and surrogate for Mitt Romney launched a media offensive on the eve of a high-profile hearing on Libya. — Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) took to the airwaves late Monday and Tuesday …
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The Daily Caller, The Raw Story and The Daily Beast
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Benghazi attack may cloud Clinton's legacy
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Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Romney says abortion legislation isn't part of his agenda — Mitt Romney today said no abortion legislation is part of his agenda, but he would prohibit federally-funded international nonprofits from providing abortions in other countries. — “There's no legislation with regards to abortion …
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Elise Foley / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney Abortion Stance Changes, As Candidate Says He Won't Push To Restrict Access … FOLLOW: — Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Abortion, Elections 2012, Video, Mitt Romney Des Moines Register, Mitt Romney Abortion, Mitt Romney 2012, Women's News, Politics News
Rebekah Metzler / US News:
Mitt Romney Criticized For Abortion Comments in Local Paper
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Kaili Joy Gray / Daily Kos:
Romney: Abortion is not ‘part of my agenda.’ Romney campaign: Oh yes it is.
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New York Times:
Romney Pledges to Keep Tax Deductions for Mortgages
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Katrina Trinko / National Review:
Romney: ‘No Legislation with Regards to Abortion’ ‘Would Become Part of My Agenda’
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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Biden Viewed Unfavorably, Divided Opinions about Ryan — No Clear Winner Expected in VP Debate — OVERVIEW — Ahead of Thursday's vice presidential debate, more voters view Joe Biden unfavorably than favorably, while opinions about Paul Ryan are more evenly divided.
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Roger Simon / Politico:
Eat crow and pray for Joe — When Barack Obama was up by 4 percentage points in the polls, the media said the race was a dead heat. — Now that Obama is down by 4 percentage points in the polls, the media say he is dead meat. — The media giveth, and the media taketh away. Fickle be the name of the media.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Big stakes for Biden and Ryan in VP debate
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Paul Ryan: ‘Inner City’ People Need To Be Taught ‘Good Discipline, Good Character’
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Jack Welch / Wall Street Journal:
I Was Right About That Strange Jobs Report — The economy would need to be growing at breakneck speed for unemployment to drop to 7.8% from 8.3% in the course of two months. — Imagine a country where challenging the ruling authorities—questioning, say, a piece of data released by central headquarters …
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Angst grows among Obama supporters — First came the nausea. Then came the anxiety. — After months of watching Mitt Romney twist in the media glare, a growing number of President Barack Obama's supporters — though confined for now to a noisy minority of liberals …
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Wall Street Journal:
Big Bird, Small President — As of fiscal 2011, Sesame Workshop had assets of $289 million. — Having been routed in the first debate, President Obama has found a comeback strategy: Fly Big Bird. Specifically, mock Mitt Romney's call to cut federal subsidies for the millionaires …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney interview
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CNN, The Daily Caller and First Read
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Gibbs: Big Bird ad raised ‘important point’
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Oct. 9: Romney Erases Obama's Convention Bounce in Forecast — Following another day of strong polling on Tuesday, Mitt Romney advanced into the best position in the FiveThirtyEight forecast since the party conventions. His chances of winning the Electoral College are now 28.8 percent in the forecast, his highest since Aug. 29.
Josh Peterson / The Daily Caller:
ABC News scrambles to cover up Barack Obama's attendance at VP debate moderator's wedding — President Barack Obama was a guest at the 1991 wedding of ABC senior foreign correspondent and vice presidential debate moderator Martha Raddatz, The Daily Caller has learned.
Jay Cost / Weekly Standard:
Morning Jay: The State of the Race, Four Weeks Out — So where are we, four weeks out? Romney suddenly finds himself with a lead in the polls, making liberals panicked and conservatives jubilant — an interesting change of pace. — But I actually see more continuity than change here.
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Hot Air and Real Clear Politics
New York Times:
U.S. Military Is Sent to Jordan to Help With Crisis in Syria — WASHINGTON — The United States military has secretly sent a task force of more than 150 planners and other specialists to Jordan to help the armed forces there handle a flood of Syrian refugees, prepare for the possibility …
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BuzzFeed:
Romney Son, Tagg, Takes Charge — The eldest is “the most trusted individual in Mitt's life,” after Mom. The family versus the advisers. — Tagg Romney (left) with his parents and consultants Eric Fehrnstrom (right) and Stuart Stevens. — Image by Reuters/Brian Snyder / Reuters
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Rand Paul / CNN:
Romney's wrong on Middle East, defense spending — Editor's note: Rand Paul, a Republican, is a U.S. senator from Kentucky. — (CNN) — This week, I will campaign for Gov. Mitt Romney. I believe this election will and should be about moving America back from the edge of the abyss on which we stand …
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