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Text of Hillary Clinton's Senate Testimony on Benghazi — Here is the prepared text of Hillary Clinton's testimony on Benghazi. — SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS — WASHINGTON, DC — Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member, Members of the Committee, thank you for this opportunity.
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Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
GOP critics get opportunity to grill Secretary Clinton on Benghazi — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will testify Wednesday that her agency is moving full speed ahead with recommendations to avoid a repeat of the attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.
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Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
Some Algeria Attackers Are Placed at Benghazi — ALGIERS — Several Egyptian members of the squad of militants that lay bloody siege to an Algerian gas complex last week also took part in the deadly attack on the United States Mission in Libya in September, a senior Algerian official said Tuesday.
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Hillary Clinton pays off 2008 campaign debt — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has finally paid off the debt from her 2008 presidential campaign. — According to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission, Clinton paid the remainder of her debt in the last days of 2012.
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Tom Curry / NBC Politics:
With her political future in question, Clinton heads for Benghazi testimony
With her political future in question, Clinton heads for Benghazi testimony
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Tarini Parti / Politico:
Clinton 2008 now debt-free
Clinton 2008 now debt-free
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Politico:
Joe Biden ‘intoxicated’ by 2016 run — Joe Biden summoned more than 200 Democratic insiders to the vice presidential residence Sunday night to chat about the 2012 triumph — but many walked away convinced his rising 2016 ambitions were the real intent of the long, intimate night.
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Greg Holyk / ABCNEWS:
Clinton More Popular than Biden; Let the 2016 Handicapping Begin — Of two potential Democratic successors to Barack Obama, one has a clear advantage in personal popularity: Hillary Clinton, whose favorability rating exceeds Joe Biden's by a hefty 19 percentage points in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll.
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Obama Speech Leaves G.O.P. Stark Choices — WASHINGTON — President Obama's aggressive Inaugural Address on Monday presented Congressional Republicans with a stark choice over the next two years: accommodate the president's agenda on immigration, guns, energy and social programs and hope …
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Wayne LaPierre of N.R.A. Has Angry Response to Obama — WASHINGTON — Wayne LaPierre, the executive director of the National Rifle Association, angrily accused President Obama on Tuesday of demonizing law-abiding gun owners and of wanting to put “every private personal firearms transaction right under …
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
NRA's LaPierre: Obama making ‘mockery’ of nation's freedoms
NRA's LaPierre: Obama making ‘mockery’ of nation's freedoms
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Robert Tracinski / Real Clear Politics:
Barack Obama Is Boring
Barack Obama Is Boring
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Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail — January 23, 2013 - New Jersey Voters Back Christie's Rap On GOP 5-1, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Voters Tell Lautenberg To Step Aside — Gov. Christopher Christie was right to criticize Congressional Republicans for delaying a vote on Hurricane Sandy relief …
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
The GOP's 48-hour debt ceiling makeover — And their approach might work on the other side of Pennsylvania Avenue: The White House on Tuesday released a statement saying it wouldn't block the House approach. Senate Democratic leaders were seriously weighing whether to simply adopt …
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
House GOP debt-limit bill gains momentum ahead of floor vote
House GOP debt-limit bill gains momentum ahead of floor vote
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Joel Greenberg / Washington Post:
Netanyahu emerges weakened from Israeli elections — JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emerged weakened and facing a redrawn political map Tuesday after Israeli television projections showed a surge for a new centrist party, Yesh Atid, in Israel's elections, making it a key element of a future coalition.
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Barry Rubin / rubinreports.blogspot.co.il:
Israel's Election: A Preliminary Analysis
Israel's Election: A Preliminary Analysis
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Gil Hoffman / Jerusalem Post:
Exit polls: Netanyahu, Right suffer blow, Lapid big winner
Exit polls: Netanyahu, Right suffer blow, Lapid big winner
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Anthony Faiola / Washington Post:
Sting operations reveal Mafia involvement in renewable energy — Marcello Paternostro/AFP/Getty Images - Wind turbines are pictured in the village of Patirnico. The seizure of a record 1.5 billion euros from a Sicilian businessman known as “Lord of the Wind” on the same day has put …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid to Senate Republicans: Filibuster deal in 36 hours or face nuclear option — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is giving Republican colleagues 36 hours to agree to a deal on filibuster reform or he will move forward with the nuclear option. — “I hope in the next 24, 36 hours we can get something we agree on.
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Break All the Rules — First, my congratulations and condolences to John Kerry for being nominated to be our next secretary of state. There is no one better for the job today and no worse job to have today. It is no accident that we've started measuring our secretaries of state more by miles traveled than milestones achieved.
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Dan Rather / The Huffington Post:
How Israel's Iron Dome Is Also Saving Palestinian Lives — There's been a lot written recently about Iron Dome — Israel's high-tech missile defense system that hit the world stage during Israel's eight-day conflict with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Its unprecedented success rate …
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Bitter Clingers Again — The bigotry behind the push for gun control. — Presidential frenemy Bill Clinton was at it again over the weekend, Politico reports: … Oh, these people, these poor misguided hicks! All they've got is their hunting and their fishing!
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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
House Republican Leader Blames Gun Violence On ‘Welfare Moms’ — Rep. James Lankford (R-OK), the fifth-ranking House Republican, laid the blame for gun violence at the feet of an unusual suspect: the children of “welfare moms” who commit fraud. — In a meeting with constituents earlier …
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Jim Morrill / Raleigh News & Observer:
NC Republicans could offer GOP national blueprint — For most Republicans, November was grim. — They lost the White House and all but one battleground state. They lost seats in Congress. They saw America's fastest-growing minority groups reject their party. — But in North Carolina it was a happier story.
Michelle Homer / KHOU-TV:
Shooter identified in Lone Star College campus shooting — HARRIS COUNTY — Officials have identified the shooter in Tuesday's shooting on the Lone Star College campus. — Dozens of law enforcement officers rushed to the campus while panicked students ran away from the campus when three people were shot near the library.
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Ginger Gibson / Politico:
McCain: Waterboard Kerry (just kidding) — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) joked that he's going to get the truth out of Sen. John Kerry during confirmation hearings this week, even if he has to resort to enhanced interrogation methods. Kerry has been nominated to replace Hillary Clinton as secretary of state.
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