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Wall Street Journal:
FBI Agent in Petraeus Case Under Scrutiny — WASHINGTON—A federal agent who launched the investigation that ultimately led to the resignation of Central Intelligence Agency chief David Petraeus was barred from taking part in the case over the summer due to superiors' concerns …
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Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
PAULA'S EMAILS REVEALED — Broadwell's notes to Jill Kelley were full of ‘cat fight stuff,’ a source tells Michael Daly—but there were no overt threats, and Petraeus was barely mentioned. So why did the FBI jump in? — AFP / Getty Images (inset) Barbara Sax — DID BROADWELL LEAK SECRETS?
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Martha Raddatz / ABCNEWS:
Why FBI Kept Petraeus Affair From White House — The FBI withheld its findings about Gen. David Petreaus' affair from the White House and congressional leaders because the agency considered them the result of a criminal investigation that never reached the threshold of an intelligence probe, law enforcement sources said today.
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Sorourke / nation.foxnews.com:
WATCH: Paula Broadwell's Awkward Interview With Don Imus in January — IMUS: Is he married? — BROADWELL: He is married to Holly Petraeus, who is a wonderful Military spouse and done so much for their children and for children of fallen soldiers, I respect her immensely.
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New York Times:
Motives Questioned in F.B.I. Inquiry of Petraeus E-Mails — WASHINGTON — Is a string of angry e-mails really enough, in an age of boisterous online exchanges, to persuade the F.B.I. to open a cyberstalking investigation? — Sometimes the answer is yes, law enforcement officials …
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AP Member Choice Limited / Associated Press:
Petraeus shocked at girlfriend's emails to friend — Leaders of congressional intelligence committees want to know more about the FBI investigation that led to David Petraeus resignation as CIA Director. — Ex-CIA director David Petraeus has told friends he was shocked to find that his biographer …
NY Daily News:
Jill Kelley, social liaison to MacDill Air Force Base, is mystery woman Paula Broadwell harassed …
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Martha Raddatz / ABCNEWS:
Majority Leader Eric Cantor Knew of Petraeus Affair in October
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Neetzan Zimmerman / Gawker:
‘We the People’ Petitions Filed in Nineteen States Seeking Permission to Secede from the Union — In the aftermath of last week's presidential election, residents in at least nineteen states have put up petitions on the government's “We the People” petitioning website seeking the right to secede from the rest of the country.
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Byron Tau / Politico:
Secession petitions flood White House website
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Washington Post:
Obama considering John Kerry for job of defense secretary — President Obama is considering asking Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) to serve as his next defense secretary, part of an extensive rearrangement of his national security team that will include a permanent replacement for former CIA director David H. Petraeus.
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Associated Press:
Democrat Kyrsten Sinema beats GOP's Vernon Parker in Arizona's 9th Congressional District — PHOENIX — Former Democratic state Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has been elected to represent a new Phoenix-area congressional district, emerging victorious after a bitterly fought race that featured millions of dollars in attack ads.
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Kyrsten Sinema Wins Arizona House Seat, First Out Bi Member Of Congress
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Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Democrat Sinema wins Arizona House race
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Jake Miller / CBS News:
Romney earned zero votes in some urban precincts — President Obama's victory over Mitt Romney in last Tuesday's presidential election was driven, in part, by the president's strength in urban areas, where robust support cushioned the incumbent against electoral deficits in rural America.
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Bill Glauber / JSOnline:
After trying campaign, Ryan says losing race ‘a foreign experience’ — By Bill Glauber of the Journal Sentinel — For Paul Ryan, election day as the Republican Party's vice presidential candidate had begun with bright promise. The polls were looking good, he said. A tight national race was expected.
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Alison Bauter / Journal Times:
‘Bittersweet’ homecoming for Paul Ryan - Former VP candidate reflects, looks ahead
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Press Pass:
White House Grand Bargain offer to Speaker Boehner Obtained by Bob Woodward — Below are documents obtained by the Washington Post's Bob Woodward that show a grand bargain proposal the White House was prepared to make in order to reach agreement with the House Republicans last year.
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Gaius Publius / AMERICAblog:
Leaked deal memo for last year's Grand Bargain: “Obama willing to go quite far”
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
What's Going on With the Fiscal Cliff? — Zhang Jun/Xinhua/Zuma; Anton Reznikov/Shutterstock — Where did this whole “fiscal cliff” metaphor come from, anyway? — It's the handiwork of Fed chairman Ben Bernanke, the same guy who warned us about a “global savings glut” in 2005.
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National Enquirer:
CHER & THE MARRIED TV NERD — Photography by: Getty Images Entertainment — CHER has fallen for a new guy half her age - 33-year-old, married MSNBC broadcaster CHRIS HAYES. — The “Believe” singer, 66, has been gushing to friends about her huge crush on the nerdy rising cable star …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Allen West digs in — Florida Rep. Allen West has never been one to back down from a brawl — and he's not starting now. — The freshman tea party favorite is refusing to concede his hard-fought reelection campaign, despite vote tallies showing him trailing his Democratic challenger …
Jeff Wise / Gizmodo:
Exclusive: John McAfee Wanted for Murder (Updated) — Antivirus pioneer John McAfee is on the run from murder charges, Belize police say. According to Marco Vidal, head of the national police force's Gang Suppression Unit, McAfee is a prime suspect in the murder of American expatriate Gregory Faull …
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Katrina Trinko / National Review:
Romney Political Director: ‘The Ground Game Worked Fine’ — Rich Beeson, the political director for the Romney campaign, says that the problem wasn't the GOP get-out-the-vote efforts, but the astounding success of the Democrats to turn out groups that generally didn't vote in such large numbers.
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Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
GOP's Red America forced to rethink what it knows about the country — HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. — She arrived early to take apart the campaign office piece by piece, just as she felt so many other things about her life were being dismantled. Beth Cox wore a Mitt Romney T-shirt …
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Nearly 400,000 People Call On Macy's To Dump Donald Trump — A grassroots campaign for Macy's to end their association with Donald Trump has caught fire. Nearly 400,000 people have added their name to a petition on Signon.org for Macy's, which exclusively sells Trump's clothing line and fragrance …
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Ballot Access News:
Only Four U.S. House Elections in the Last Hundred Years Gave One Party a House Majority, Even Though the Other Major Party Polled More Votes for U.S. House — Some analysts have already looked at the U.S. House elections from last week's election, and determined that Democratic candidates received …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Fix
George Skelton / Los Angeles Times:
GOP might never again hold power in California — After last week's bludgeoning, Republicans remain too weak to affect the legislative agenda and challenge Gov. Jerry Brown for reelection. — Allan Hoffenblum, a former GOP consultant who publishes the California Target Book, said …
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