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6:15 PM ET, February 24, 2013

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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
On the sequester, the American people ‘moved the goalposts’  —  I don't agree with my colleague Bob Woodward, who says the Obama administration is “moving the goalposts” when they insist on a sequester replacement that includes revenues.  I remember talking to both members of the Obama administration …
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Roll Call:
Does Boehner Even Have the Votes to Replace the Sequester?  —  Speaker John A. Boehner's decision to wait on the Senate before taking up a sequester replacement bill may be more tied to his own difficulties getting the votes for one than to a calculated political messaging strategy.
Hamid Shalizi / Reuters:
Afghan president to expel U.S. special forces from key province  —  KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has given U.S. special forces two weeks to leave a key battleground province after some U.S. soldiers there were found to have tortured or even killed innocent people, the president's spokesman said on Sunday.
Discussion: This ain't Hell …
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BBC:
US forces ‘must leave’ Afghan region
Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times:
Afghanistan Orders U.S. Troops to Leave Crucial Province
Discussion: CNN and Gawker
Alex Pareene / Salon:
Watching the Sunday shows so you don't have to  —  Today, some centrist pundits and legislators solved the sequester by demanding “balance” and “leadership”  —  Here's what I learned this morning on “the Sunday shows,” the three network news panel programs that define the parameters …
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ABCNEWS:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Two Powerhouse Roundtables  —  Intelligence Committee Chair Representative Mike Rogers, (R) Michigan, Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Representative Eliot Engel (D) New York, ABC News' George Will, and ABC News' Global Affairs Anchor Christiane Amanpour on ‘This Week’ (ABC News)
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Senators near a deal on background checks for most private gun sales  —  A bipartisan group of senators is on the verge of a deal that would expand background checks to all private firearms sales with limited exemptions, but significant disagreements remain on the issue of keeping records …
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Leahy: Immigration, gun bills can pass Congress this year
Discussion: CNN
Washington Post:
The big sequester gamble: How badly will the cuts hurt?  —  Evan Vucci/AP - President Barack Obama speaks in Chicago Feb. 15, 2013.  The president and congressional Republicans each seem content with the political ground they hold and are prepared to let across-the-board spending cuts take effect on March 1.
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Controllers must be cut in a week, LaHood says
Discussion: Politico
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Bobby Jindal: Republicans Can Continue Discriminating Against Gays And Still Win Elections  —  Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) — a possible Republican candidate for president in 2016 — rejected former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman's argument that conservatives must embrace marriage equality for gays …
Emily Goodin / The Hill:
Political movies look to win big at Oscars  —  Political movies are expected to rake in the trophies at Sunday night's Academy Awards ceremony.  —  “Argo,” a film about the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, is favored to win the biggest prize of the night: Best Picture.
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Michael Cieply / New York Times:
A 9/11 Victim's Family Raises New Objections to ‘Zero Dark Thirty’
Discussion: WFPL and BBC
The Raw Story:
Emotional Pope says God asked him to retire  —  Pope Benedict XVI delivered an emotional last Sunday prayer in St Peter's Square, saying God had told him to devote himself to prayer but assuring supporters he would not “abandon” the Church.  —  Tens of thousands of supporters turned …
Discussion: Addicting Info
New York Post:
Bloomberg's ban prohibits 2-liter soda with your pizza and some nightclub mixers  —  Take a big gulp, New York: Hizzoner is about to give you a pop.  —  Nanny Bloomberg unleashes his ban on large sodas on March 12 — and there are some nasty surprises lurking for hardworking families.
New York Times:
Violent, Drunk and Holding a Gun  —  Multiple mass shootings by deranged young men have made keeping firearms out of the hands of mentally ill people a big part of the gun debate.  —  Given the enormity of those crimes, that is understandable.  Federal law does, in fact …
 
 
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Shelby Grad / L.A. NOW:
Father goes to strip club, leaves 2-year-old in cold car, LAPD says
Discussion: Associated Press
Patrick B. Pexton / Washington Post:
Is the Post ‘pro-gay’?  —  I get a steady stream of e-mails …
Discussion: NewsBusters blogs
Jessica Silver-Greenberg / New York Times:
Major Banks Aid in Payday Loans Banned by States
Glen Owen / Daily Mail:
Bombshell email: Nick Clegg was told about Lib Dem sex scandal four years ago
Discussion: Guardian and BBC
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Michael Goldfarb Gleeful Provocateur at Intersection of Many Worlds
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
McCain: Backing immigration reform won't hurt GOP lawmakers in primaries
Discussion: Politico
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
McCain predicts Hagel likely to get up-or-down Senate vote this week
Discussion: CNN and Weasel Zippers
 Earlier Items: 
Grae Stafford / The Daily Caller:
Juan Williams: Liberal media will ‘shut you down, stab you, kill you, fire you’ if you disagree [VIDEO]
Fox News:
Proposed design of NC illegal immigrant licenses sparks concern
Discussion: Right Wing News
Associated Press:
John Kerry heading overseas
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and CNN
ABCNEWS:
Coming Up on ‘This Week’: Two Powerhouse Roundtables
Discussion: ABCNEWS
Wall Street Journal:
ObamaCare and the ‘29ers’
Discussion: Power Line
Associated Press:
Court Finds No Right to Conceal a Firearm