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Politico:
Hard questions await Obama at news conference — This is not what the White House wanted for President Barack Obama's first news conference of his second term. — He won't be able to dwell much on his stronger-than-expected victory or even press his agenda for the next four years.
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Jammie Wearing Fools, Pirate's Cove and Instapundit
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Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
Krauthammer: White House 'Held Affair Over Petraeus's Head' For Favorable Testimony On Benghazi — Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer on Tuesday said the White House used David Petraeus's affair to get the CIA director to give testimony about the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi …
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Fox News, Nice Deb, Hot Air, Michelle Malkin, Doug Ross, Israel Matzav and Rightnewz Videos
Max Read / Gawker:
A Flowchart of the Petraeus Affair's Love Pentagon, from the Shirtless FBI Agent to Chuck Klosterman — Since CIA director David Petraeus resigned on Friday over an extramarital affair uncovered by the FBI, the story has shifted from John Le Carré espionage novel to Vince Flynn right-wing thriller …
EndPlay / TheDenverChannel.com:
Photoshopped book title from Paula Broadwell's Gen. David Petraeus' biography goes viral on web — ‘All In’ book title had been Photoshopped on web — A mistake that aired on Denver's 7 has gone viral on the internet. — On 7NEWS at 5 p.m. on Monday, the station reported …
David Taintor / Talking Points Memo:
ABC Affiliate: ‘All Up In My Snatch’ Petraeus Book Graphic A ‘Mistake’ — Today in adventures in television news: graphics gone wrong. An ABC affiliate in Denver, Colo., said it was a “mistake” to run an image of Paula Broadwell's David Petraeus biography that listed the title as …
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Balloon Juice, AMERICAblog, BuzzFeed and New York Magazine
Fox News:
Holder notified of Petraeus probe in late summer — did he tell anyone?
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The Daily Caller and News Desk
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Pat Robertson Excuses Petraeus: 'Here's a Good-Looking Lady Throwing Herself at Him'
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The Raw Story, Gawker, Truthdig, Wonkette, Balloon Juice, Mediaite and Outside the Beltway
Tampa Bay news, weather forecast …:
Jill Kelley requested “diplomatic protection” in 911 call — The South Tampa woman connected to the Gen. David Petraeus scandal has called police to her home several times in the last few days, and at least once tried to invoke “diplomatic protection.” — Media from around the world …
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Washington Post, American Spectator, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Business Insider, Mediaite, National Review and Daily Mail
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Josh Rogin / Associated Press:
Jill Kelley is an ‘honorary consul’ of South Korea — Jill Kelley, the Tampa socialite connected to ISAF Commander John Allen and former CIA Director David Petraeus, is an “honorary consul” of South Korea, a diplomatic official with direct knowledge of the arrangement told The Cable.
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Business Insider and Balloon Juice
Jason Cherkis / The Huffington Post:
Jill Kelley, Woman Who Sparked Petraeus Scandal, Ran Questionable Charity … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Video, David Petraeus, General John Allen, Jill Kelley, Jill Kelley David Petraeus, Jill Kelley Foreclosure, Jill Kelley Petraeus, John Allen, PAULA BROADWELL, Jill Kelley Charity, John Allen Jill Kelley, Politics News
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Washington Post, The Daily Beast, Business Insider, Associated Press and Guardian
Paul D. Shinkman / US News:
Paula Broadwell's License Discovered in D.C. Park
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DCist, JIMROMENESKO.COM, Hot Air, Gawker, Business Insider and Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Andrew Malcolm / Investor's Business Daily:
Who's doing who in the Obama team's sex scandals: A handy guide
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Chicago Boyz
Jon Swaine / Telegraph:
David Petraeus affair: The Florida twins at the centre of America's miltary scandal
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Agence France Presse, Gawker and Business Insider
New York Post:
Gen. John Allen also helped Jill Kelley's sister during custody battle
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msnbc.com, Althouse, Telegraph and Belmont Club
Tara McKelvey / The Atlantic Online:
The Writer and the General: What the Petraeus Affair Exposed About D.C.
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Jonathan Last Online and Conservatives4Palin
Washington Post:
Jill Kelley: Tampa woman who was hostess to the military
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Hot Air, New York Magazine, WorldViews, Guardian, Business Insider, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Wired, Capital New York and Tampa Bay Times
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Ryan: It ‘Looked Like We Stood A Pretty Good Chance Of Winning’ On Election Day — In an interview with WISN 12 News in Milwaukee on Monday, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) admitted that he and Mitt Romney were indeed caught off guard by the results of last week's election, claiming …
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WISN Milwaukees Channel 12 and Political Watch
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John R. Parkinson / ABCNEWS:
Paul Ryan Exclusive: Obama Lacks Mandate to Raise Taxes — Despite a devastating loss last week, Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan rejected Democratic claims of a mandate to raise tax rates on the wealthy. — Asked whether President Obama has a mandate on taxes …
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CNN, Politico, The Caucus and Connecting.the.Dots
The Irish Times:
Woman ‘denied a termination’ dies in hospital — Two investigations are under way into the death of a woman who was 17 weeks pregnant, at University Hospital Galway last month. — Savita Halappanavar (31), a dentist, presented with back pain at the hospital on October 21st …
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Guardian, Spectator, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Crooked Timber and Activism and Agitation
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Obama Appeals To Activist Base For Help With Fiscal Cliff … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Barack Obama , Barack Obama , Elections 2012, Fiscal Policy, Video, Mitch Stewart, Obama Activist Base, Obama Activists, Obama Base, Obama Disappointments, Obama Fiscal Cliff, Obama Mitch Stewart …
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Ryan Tracy / Washington Wire:
Gov. O'Malley to GOP: Remove Tea Party ‘Stench’
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The Fix and Weasel Zippers
Megan R. Wilson / The Hill:
Colbert's super-PAC files termination paperwork with FEC — According to the Federal Election Commission, Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow had its termination paperwork scanned onto the commission's website at about 7 p.m. — Among it its final disbursements, the committee reports giving the …
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CNN and Ballot Box
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Relationship between Boehner, McConnell faces tough test — The relationship between House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) will be tested in the months ahead as political forces pull them in different directions.
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Prairie Weather
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
W.H. Petition Calls for Stripping Citizenship and Exile for Anyone Who Signs Petition to Secede — A White House petition gathering force calls for citizenship to be stripped and exile for anyone who signs a petition in favor of a state's secession. — “Mr. President, please sign …
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Valerie Richardson / Washington Times:
Petitions to secede are filed for 23 states since election
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Right Wing News, The Week and LewRockwell.com Blog
Slavoj iek / Guardian:
Why Obama is more than Bush with a human face | Slavoj iek — Ground-floor thinking can give Obama lift-off. His reforms have already touched a nerve at the core of the US ideological edifice — How did Barack Obama win re-election? The philosopher Jean-Claude Milner recently proposed …
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Obsidian Wings
Ryan J. Reilly / Talking Points Memo:
Arizona Republicans Sue To Block Ballots In Latino Precinct — One of the few unresolved congressional races in the nation could come down to whether voters in a heavily Latino precinct in Arizona get their ballots counted this week. — Backed by two high-powered lawyers …
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The Huffington Post and Tucson Weekly
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