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Steve M. / No More Mister Nice Blog:
THE BREITBART/O'KEEFE-IZATION OF AMERICAN POLITICS, PART MCMLXXVII — I haven't been able to watch the Benghazi hearings, but I've checked my Twitter feed, and the lefties who've been watching are 100% convinced that Hillary Clinton has been wiping the floor with the Republicans who are trying to take her down.
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Washington Wire:
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.
Talking Points Memo:
Hillary Clinton Erupts At GOP Senator Over Benghazi Attack — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday fired back at Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) over accusations that the Obama Administration misled the public by claiming the Benghazi attack was the result of a spontaneous protest.
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Washington Free Beacon:
Paul to Clinton: ‘I would have relieved you of your duty’ — RAND PAUL: One of the things that disappointed me most about the original 9/11 was no one was fired. We spent trillions of dollars, but there were a lot of human errors, these are judgment errors, and the people who make judgment errors need …
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TheBlaze.com and The PJ Tatler
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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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Ron Johnson: Hillary Clinton evaded with ‘theatrics’ — Sen. Ron Johnson on Wednesday knocked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for dodging his questions with “theatrics” during their tense exchange at today's Benghazi hearing. — “I wasn't trying to get under her skin …
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Ron Johnson: Hillary Clinton Planned To Get Emotional To Evade Questions — “I think she just decided before she was going to describe emotionally the four dead Americans, the heroes, and use that as her trump card,” the senator tells BuzzFeed. — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pounds …
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Matthew Cooper / NationalJournal.com:
Why Benghazi Hasn't Brought Down Hillary Clinton-and Won't
Why Benghazi Hasn't Brought Down Hillary Clinton-and Won't
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Nick Wing / The Huffington Post:
Hillary Clinton, Ron Johnson Engage In Heated Exchange At Benghazi Hearing (VIDEO)
Hillary Clinton, Ron Johnson Engage In Heated Exchange At Benghazi Hearing (VIDEO)
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Greg Holyk / ABCNEWS:
Clinton More Popular than Biden; Let the 2016 Handicapping Begin
Clinton More Popular than Biden; Let the 2016 Handicapping Begin
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Igor Bobic / Talking Points Memo:
Hillary Clinton Wrangles With Senators Over Benghazi Attacks
Hillary Clinton Wrangles With Senators Over Benghazi Attacks
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Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
Some Algeria Attackers Are Placed at Benghazi
Some Algeria Attackers Are Placed at Benghazi
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Jon Cohen / The Fix:
Hillary Clinton reaches new heights of political popularity
Hillary Clinton reaches new heights of political popularity
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David Taintor / Talking Points Memo:
Clinton: I Did Not Select Susan Rice To Deliver Message On Benghazi Attack
Clinton: I Did Not Select Susan Rice To Deliver Message On Benghazi Attack
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Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
GOP critics get opportunity to grill Secretary Clinton on Benghazi
GOP critics get opportunity to grill Secretary Clinton on Benghazi
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Boehner: Obama's goal is to ‘annihilate’ the Republican Party — Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said he believes the primary goal of President Obama's second term is to “annihilate the Republican Party.” — “Given what we heard yesterday about the president's vision for his second term …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Boehner: Let's Destroy Math Instead of the Economy
Boehner: Let's Destroy Math Instead of the Economy
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Boehner: House to vote on budget
Boehner: House to vote on budget
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CNN:
BREAKING NEWS: Military to open combat jobs to women — By Chris Lawrence, with reporting from Barbara Starr — The U.S. military is ending its policy of excluding women from combat and will open combat jobs and direct combat units to female troops, CNN has learned.
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Taylor Marsh and The Political Carnival
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Lolita C. Baldor / bigstory.ap.org:
AP SOURCES: PANETTA OPENS COMBAT ROLES TO WOMEN — You are here — Home » United States government » AP sources: Panetta opens combat roles to women — WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military's ban on women serving in combat …
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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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Politico, JustOneMinute, The Plum Line, The Moderate Voice, Daily Kos, Booman Tribune, Washington Post, Hullabaloo and Pundits Blog
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Mickey Kaus / The Daily Caller:
GOP Jiu-Jitsu — I don't quite see why the Republicans' move …
GOP Jiu-Jitsu — I don't quite see why the Republicans' move …
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Mary Elizabeth Williams / Salon:
So what if abortion ends life? — I believe that life starts at conception. And it's never stopped me from being pro-choice — Of all the diabolically clever moves the anti-choice lobby has ever pulled, surely one of the greatest has been its consistent co-opting of the word “life.” Life!
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Wall Street Journal:
House Passes Debt-Ceiling Bill — WASHINGTON—The House voted Wednesday to approve legislation suspending the debt ceiling for three months, a move that will allow the government to keep paying its bills and give lawmakers breathing room for long-term budget negotiations.
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Alex Pareene / Salon:
The brilliantly stupid new plan to raise the debt ceiling without raising it
The brilliantly stupid new plan to raise the debt ceiling without raising it
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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Everything You Think You Know About Health Care Spending Is Wrong — This is the chart that I think ought to dominate the conversation about public-sector health care spending in the United States, and yet it is curiously ignored. The data show government health care spending per capita in the United States and Canada.
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Contemplating Obama's Place in History, Statistically — With President Obama's second term under way, we have begun to see more reflections on how he might come to be regarded historically. — As common sense might dictate — and as the statistics will also reveal — it is far too soon to conclude very much about this.
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Shushannah Walshe / ABCNEWS:
Aretha Franklin ‘Really Laughed’ About Beyonce Lip-Sync Controversy — Beyonce sings the National Anthem at the inauguration, Jan. 21, 2013. ; Singer Aretha Franklin performs during the inauguration ceremony for President Obama at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2009.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Sen. Durbin: Democrats lack votes to pass talking filibuster reform — Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (Ill.), a leading liberal, said Wednesday Democrats do not have enough votes to implement the talking-filibuster reform. — He said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) …
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Anthony Faiola / Washington Post:
Sting operations reveal Mafia involvement in renewable energy — PALERMO, Italy — Inside a midnight-blue BMW, a Sicilian entrepreneur delivered his pitch to the accused mafia boss. A new business was blowing into Italy that could spin wind and sunlight into gold, ensuring the future …
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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Kori Schake / Hoover Institution:
Flawed Diamond — A vanity project masquerading as anthropology. — Over the decades, academic scholarship, with its jargon and narrowness, has grown both impenetrable and unenlightening to general readers. Few academics even attempt to look at the big picture or to render their prose intelligible to the public at large.
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