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9:25 AM ET, January 7, 2013

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Stephen Moore / Wall Street Journal:
The Education of John Boehner  —  Leverage for the next clash: GOP willingness to let the spending sequester take effect.  —  What stunned House Speaker John Boehner more than anything else during his prolonged closed-door budget negotiations with Barack Obama was this revelation …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Democrats look for up to $1 trillion in new tax revenues this year  —  Democrats say they want to raise as much as $1 trillion in new revenues through tax reform later this year to balance Republican demands to slash mandatory spending.  —  Democratic leaders have had little time to craft …
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi: More tax revenues must be part of next deficit deal
Discussion: Right Wing News and Weasel Zippers
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:   Mitch McConnell On Future Debt Deals: ‘The Tax Issue Is Finished’ (VIDEO)
Jake Miller / CBS News:
Pelosi: “Not enough” revenue in “fiscal cliff” deal
Discussion: Michelle Malkin and The Raw Story
Elisabeth Arriero / The Charlotte Observer:
Man ID'd as Rand Paul's son arrested at airport  —  A teenager identified in several media outlets as the son of U.S. Sen. Rand Paul and the grandson of former presidential candidate Ron Paul was arrested Saturday morning at Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
Discussion: ABCNEWS and The Raw Story
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Bobby Cervantes / Politico:
Rand Paul's son arrested, report says  —  A teenager who told police that he was the son of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) was arrested at a North Carolina airport on disorderly conduct and public intoxication charges, according to police.  —  William Hilton Paul, 19, is charged with consuming alcohol underage …
Josh Haskell / ABCNEWS:
Senator Rand Paul's Son Arrested at Charlotte Airport
Discussion: Post Politics and Joe. My. God.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
John Brennan tapped to lead CIA  —  President Barack Obama will announce Monday that he's nominating the White House's point person on counterterrorism, John Brennan, to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency, White House officials told POLITICO.
Discussion: CNN and Business Insider
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CBS News:
Obama to tap John Brennan to head CIA: sources  —  President Obama will nominate John Brennan as his next director of the Central Intelligence Agency, senior administration officials tell CBS News White House correspondent Major Garrett.  —  Brennan, a 25-year CIA veteran, currently serves as Mr. Obama's top counterterrorism adviser.
Discussion: Hot Air and CBS New York
Fox News:
Obama to nominate counter-terrorism adviser John Brennan for CIA director  —  Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John Brennan briefs reporters at the White House.AP  —  WASHINGTON - President Obama will nominate White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan …
Discussion: Althouse
Michael Schwirtz / New York Times:
Obama Expected to Pick Chuck Hagel for Defense Post  —  President Obama has selected a former Nebraska senator, Chuck Hagel, as his next defense secretary, a White House official said Sunday, turning to a prominent Republican to lead the Pentagon as it faces of the challenge of winding …
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Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
Obama to nominate Chuck Hagel for defense secretary
CNN:
Hillary Clinton returns to work at State Department
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Politico
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
GOP senators: Hagel is in for a fight
Discussion: KDVR.com and Gawker
Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
Lindsey Graham Lobs Disingenuous Attacks At Chuck Hagel
Discussion: Guardian and Slate
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Sen. Graham blasts Hagel pick as an ‘in your face nomination’ from Obama
Discussion: Politico, CNN and Balloon Juice
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
GOP Rep: 'It's About Time' We Had Another Government Shut Down  —  Appearing on CBS' Face the Nation this morning, Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ) enthusiastically called for a government shut down: … Watch it:  —  Salmon's theory, that the government shutdown somehow led to balanced budgets …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Big Fail  —  It's that time again: the annual meeting of the American Economic Association and affiliates, a sort of medieval fair that serves as a marketplace for bodies (newly minted Ph.D.'s in search of jobs), books and ideas.  And this year, as in past meetings …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Jennifer Martinez / The Hill:
‘Shell-shocked’ lawmakers shy away from online piracy in new Congress  —  Nearly a year after a wave of online protests killed two anti-piracy bills, lawmakers are skittish about moving forward with legislation aimed at cracking down on websites that illegally distribute copies of movies and music.
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Democrat Says Obama's Gun Control Proposals Are Extreme  —  On ABC's This Week yesterday, Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp described President Obama's gun control proposals as “extreme.” … Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames.  —  Heitkamp's comments come …
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George Stephanopoulos / ABCNEWS:
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp: Reported Obama Gun Proposals ‘Way in Extreme’
NY Daily News:
Drunk man celebrating his birthday busted after fatally shooting 34-year-old man inside Brooklyn diner  —  The inebriated customer grabbed a woman who had been standing next to patron Jason Lewis at the counter of the Country House Diner in Clinton Hill.  —  Police responded to a shooting at the Country House Diner.
 
 
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
FAIL: Meet the Press Shows Debt Clock $3 Trillion Less Than Actual $16.4 Trillion Total
Jonathan Strong / Roll Call:
Boehner Coup Attempt Larger Than First Thought
Ewen MacAskill / Guardian:
Barack Obama readies for host of reforms on Washington return
Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Breaking Down The Deal That Ended The National Hockey League Lockout
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
New Republican Senator Says Gun Safety Is ‘Unconstitutional’
BuzzFeed:
Top Conservative Radio Figure Calls For “Nationalist” Third Party
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Talking Points Memo:
McConnell: Debt And Spending, Not Guns, Are First Priority
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Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
HBO Hangs On to Universal's Movies
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The Only CIA Officer Scheduled to Go to Jail Over Torture Never Tortured Anybody
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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