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CIA Takes Heat for Role in Libya — When the bodies of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans killed in Benghazi, Libya, arrived at Andrews Air Force Base after the Sept. 11 attack, they were greeted by the president, the vice president and the secretaries of state and defense.
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Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:
Sources: Key task force not convened during Benghazi consulate attack — CBS News has learned that during the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Mission in Benghazi, the Obama Administration did not convene its top interagency counterterrorism resource: the Counterterrorism Security Group, (CSG).
Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Benghazi blunder: Obama unworthy commander-in-chief
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Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
New Details on Benghazi — Two U.S. officials tell Eli Lake …
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Martha Raddatz / ABCNEWS:
New Detailed Account of Benghazi Attack Notes CIA's Quick Response
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Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
C.I.A. Played Major Role Fighting Militants in Libya Attack
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Michael R. Bloomberg / Bloomberg:
A Vote for a President to Lead on Climate Change — The devastation that Hurricane Sandy brought to New York City and much of the Northeast — in lost lives, lost homes and lost business — brought the stakes of Tuesday's presidential election into sharp relief.
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
The choice — “Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not and in a way that Bill Clinton did not.” That was Barack Obama in 2008. And he was right. Reagan was an ideological inflection point, ending a 50-year liberal ascendancy and beginning a 30-year conservative ascendancy.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics:
Employment Situation Summary — Transmission of material in this release is embargoed USDL-12-2164 until 8:30 a.m. (EDT) Friday, November 2, 2012 — Technical information: — Household data: (202) 691-6378 * cpsinfo@bls.gov * www.bls.gov/cps
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Jason Lange / Reuters:
Payrolls rise sharply, giving Obama some relief — (Reuters) - Employers stepped up hiring in October and the jobless rate ticked higher as more workers restarted job hunts, a hopeful sign for a lackluster economy that has been a drag on President Barack Obama's reelection chances.
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Barack Obama / CNN:
President Barack Obama: My vision for America — Editor's note: Barack Obama is president of the United States. — (CNN) — For the past few days, all of us have been properly focused on one of the worst storms of our lifetimes. We mourn those who were lost.
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Mark Thornhill / WAFF-TV:
Nonunion Ala. crews turned away from Sandy recovery — The hurricane-ravaged east coast has been receiving north Alabama help, but crews from Huntsville Utilities learned they'll be doing work in Long Island, New York instead of in New Jersey. — Crews from Huntsville …
New York Post:
This is no way to get us up & running — Generators should give power to people — not marathon — As hundreds of thousands of Big Apple residents suffer in homes left without power by Hurricane Sandy, two massive generators are being run 24/7 in Central Park — to juice a media tent for Sunday's New York City Marathon.
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Colin Campbell / Politicker:
Staten Island Borough President: Don't Give Money to the Red Cross
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Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
White House race tight in 4 key states; Obama up in Virginia: Reuters/Ipsos poll — (Reuters) - The U.S. presidential race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney is very close in four of the critical battleground states expected to decide next week's election, but Obama has built a small lead in Virginia …
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Jon Cohen / The Fix:
WaPo-ABC tracking poll: Presidential contest as close as close can be
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Margaret Sullivan / The Public Editor's Journal:
Under Attack, Nate Silver Picks the Wrong Defense — “Anybody that thinks that this race is anything but a tossup right now is such an ideologue, they should be kept away from typewriters, computers, laptops and microphones for the next 10 days, because they're jokes.”
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
In Shift, Romney Campaign Approaches Pennsylvania With a New Urgency — PHILADELPHIA — First there was quiet. Then came the “super PACs.” Now the candidate is on his way. — In a striking last-minute shift, the Romney campaign has decided to invest its most precious resource …
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Dan Hirschhorn / The Daily:
A Play for Pa. — Exclusive: Romney's heading to Pennsylvania …
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Philip Rucker / Election 2012:
Romney to campaign in Pennsylvania on Sunday
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Eline Gordts / The Huffington Post:
Mitt Romney's Italy Comments Spark Anger … FOLLOW: — Italy, Video, Mitt Romney Italy, Mitt Romney Italy Comments, Mitt Romney Italy Economy, Romney Europe Economy, Romney Italy, Romney Italy Comments, Romney Italy Economy, Romney Spain, World News — After riling Londoners over the summer …
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Journalism.org:
WINNING THE MEDIA CAMPAIGN 2012 — BOTH CANDIDATES RECEIVED MORE NEGATIVE THAN POSITIVE COVERAGE IN MAINSTREAM NEWS, BUT SOCIAL MEDIA WAS EVEN HARSHER — From the conventions to the eve of the final presidential debate, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have both received more negative …
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Kristen A. Lee / NY Daily News:
Trump takes $5M offer to President Obama off the table after deadline expires — The Donald promised to pay the money to a charity of the President's choosing in exchange for him releasing his college records and other paperwork. Obama steered clear of accepting Trump's proposal.
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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
The Campaign Is Over, But The Election Isn't — The storm, the jobs numbers, and the last decisions. — Supporters of U.S. President Barack Obama wait in the stands at a campaign rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, November 1, 2012. — Image by Jason Reed / Reuters
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Sarah Parnass / ABCNEWS:
Errant Email to Newt Gingrich Supporters Says ‘Obama Is Going to Win’ — An email message mistakenly sent to Newt Gingrich's list serve this morning told subscribers that President Obama would no doubt win in 2012 and that they should be more worried about Obama's winning in 2016.
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Carrie Budoff Brown / Politico:
Liberals fear grand bargain betrayal if Obama wins — Labor unions and liberal interest groups are going all-out for President Barack Obama's reelection — but they're just as ready to turn that firepower back on him if he betrays them with a grand bargain.
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Matthew Vadum / Front Page Magazine:
Benghazi Investigator Slams America and ‘Islamophobes’ — America is a seething hotbed of “Islamophobia,” filled with ignorant racist rubes who irrationally fear the benign Muslim religion, according to the Obama administration's lead investigator into the Benghazi atrocities.
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