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11:55 AM ET, March 10, 2013

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Awr Hawkins / BREITBART.COM:
GABBY GIFFORDS' HUSBAND BUYS AR-15  —  Mark E. Kelly, gun-control proponent and husband to former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, recently purchased an AR-15 (an “assault weapon,” he called it)—which he now says he intended as an illustration of the need for more stringent gun laws.
New York Times:
How a U.S. Citizen Came to Be in America's Cross Hairs  —  WASHINGTON — One morning in late September 2011, a group of American drones took off from an airstrip the C.I.A. had built in the remote southern expanse of Saudi Arabia.  The drones crossed the border into Yemen …
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Ryan Goodman / New York Times:
The Drone Question Obama Hasn't Answered  —  THE Senate confirmed John O. Brennan as director of the Central Intelligence Agency on Thursday after a nearly 13-hour filibuster by the libertarian senator Rand Paul, who before the vote received a somewhat odd letter from the attorney general.
CNN:
Jeb Bush looks favorably on GOP's direction  —  (CNN) - As major voices within the Republican Party evaluate the GOP's next steps forward, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush sees promise.  —  “I'm excited that I think we're seeing the renewal of the conservative movement in the Republican Party …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Ryan: 2016 White House bid now ‘more realistic,’ rules out running for Speaker  —  Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) says the prospect of running for president has become “more realistic” to him but he will not think about a 2016 bid before completing deficit-reduction talks.
Simon Walters / Daily Mail:
Queen fights for gay rights: Monarch makes historic pledge on discrimination and hints that if Kate DOES have a girl, that means equal rights to the throne too  —  The Queen will tomorrow back an historic pledge to promote gay rights and ‘gender equality’ in one of the most controversial acts of her reign.
Colum Lynch / Washington Post:
Susan Rice as national security adviser?  U.N. ambassador said to be front-runner.  —  UNITED NATIONS — Susan E. Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who lost out in a bruising bid for the job of secretary of state, may have the last laugh.  —  Rice has emerged as far and away …
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
House GOP leaders blindsided by defections on spending vote  —  House Republican leaders have a new problem.  They can't count on their members to support them on procedural votes.  —  Sixteen Republicans defected Wednesday in a vote on the rule governing consideration of a government-funding bill meant …
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Host Of TV Gun Show 'A Rifleman's Journal' Shot And Killed  —  The host of The Sportsman Channel's “A Rifleman's Journal” was shot and killed in Montana on Friday.  The gunman, seemingly a jealous husband, then turned the weapon on himself.  —  It is not yet clear if the weapon used in the crime was obtained legally.
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Crimesider / CBS News:
Gregory Rodriguez, Sportsman Channel host of “A Rifleman's Journal,” …
Gregory Wallace / CNN:
Obama meetings couldn't have prevented gridlock, Pelosi says  —  (CNN) - The stalemate in Washington is not because President Barack Obama has held himself above meeting with Republicans, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Sunday.  —  In an exclusive interview on CNN's “State of the Union …
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Jerusalem Post:
Envoys work to end UN's Palestinian refugee status  —  Prosor: Real obstacle to peace is right of return for Palestinian refugees, not settlements; adds transfer of status “misguided.”  —  NEW YORK - At a small conference at the Harvard Club in Manhattan on Thursday, a host of dignitaries and experts …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Quinn Formally Joins Race for New York Mayor  —  Christine C. Quinn, the New York City Council speaker, declared her candidacy for mayor on Sunday with a glossy biographical video and a walking tour of the city, a signal that her campaign hopes to attract voters with her outsize …
Peggy Noonan's Blog:
Two Senators  —  This is from not-for-attribution interviews with two Republican senators who attended the dinner with the president on Wednesday night at the Jefferson Hotel in Washington.  —  One was heartened and impressed by the meeting while retaining his skepticism as to whether …
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Congress blocked Kerry from offering Egypt more aid
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Jane Perlez / New York Times:
China Says It Won't Forsake North Korea, Despite Support for U.N. Sanctions
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9th Circuit Appeals Court: 4th Amendment Applies At The Border; Also: Password Protected Files …
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