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Official Offers Account From Libya of Benghazi Attack — WASHINGTON — A State Department official presented a minute-by-minute account on Wednesday of what happened during the seige of the diplomatic compound in Benghazi last Sept. 11, offering the first public testimony from an American official …
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
The Benghazi hearings: what's new and what's not — “I was stunned. My jaw dropped. And I was embarrassed” — Gregory Hicks, former U.S. deputy chief of mission to Libya, testifying on his reaction to U.N. Ambassador Susan E. Rice's remarks on the terror attack in Benghazi, May 8, 2013
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Failings of Bam & Hill laid bare — After a remarkable House hearing yesterday, we can say this with almost complete certainty: The Obama administration knew perfectly well that last year's Sept. 11 attack on Americans and American facilities in Benghazi was a terrorist act …
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Justin SInk / The Hill:
Rubio: Clinton's handling of Benghazi was ‘sad’ — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said Thursday that he was saddened by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's handling of the terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. — Rubio said he believed Clinton and others …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Sen. Coburn: ‘Glaring omission’ in Benghazi information from State Dept.
Sen. Coburn: ‘Glaring omission’ in Benghazi information from State Dept.
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Benghazi patsy — Nakoula Basseley Nakoula deserves a place in American history.
Tom Bevan / Real Clear Politics:
A Coverup Laid Bare
A Coverup Laid Bare
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Benghazi Investigation Creeps Closer To Hillary Clinton
Benghazi Investigation Creeps Closer To Hillary Clinton
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Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Marco Rubio knocks Hillary Clinton on Benghazi
Marco Rubio knocks Hillary Clinton on Benghazi
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Boehner: Health vote for freshmen — ‘I want to repeal the law of the land, is that clear?’ Boehner says. AP Photo — Close — House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday that next week's vote to repeal the health reform law is being held to provide new lawmakers a chance to vote on it.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Republican leader rips the media for ‘shoving us in the corner’
Republican leader rips the media for ‘shoving us in the corner’
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Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
House GOP weighs reviving contentious ObamaCare fix bill
House GOP weighs reviving contentious ObamaCare fix bill
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Felix Salmon:
The tragedy of US higher education — The tragedy of Cooper Union is endemic to most American higher education, outside a few community colleges; Cooper is just the special case where the blind rush to some kind of global greatness directly and explicitly violates the institution's founding mission.
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U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works:
EPW Republicans Not To Attend Gina McCarthy Nomination Vote — Highlight unresponsive answers to five requests ahead of today's scheduled vote — Today, the eight Republicans on the Environment and Public Works Committee will not attend the nomination vote of Gina McCarthy to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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Politico:
Dems erupt after GOP boycott of Gina McCarthy — Democrats' frustration at GOP “obstructionism” boiled over after a last-minute Republican boycott squelched Thursday morning's scheduled committee vote on Gina McCarthy, President Barack Obama's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Meet Democrats' Newest Republican Crush: Ted Cruz?!?! — Starting around the time he launched a bogus attack on then-Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel, Democrats have loved to hate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). — They made sure as many as people as possible saw him condescend to Sen. Dianne Feinstein …
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Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
NYC Considering Allowing Non-Citizens To Vote — New York City could soon become the first major city in the country to give non-citizens the right to vote. The proposal, which would allow certain non-citizens to vote in local elections, appears to have a veto-proof majority in the New York City Council …
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Allan Wernick / NY Daily News:
Immigration: City Council to discuss allowing non-citizens to vote in city elections
Immigration: City Council to discuss allowing non-citizens to vote in city elections
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Lindsey Graham faces down primary challenge — COLUMBIA, S.C. — If any Senate Republican up for re-election next year would seem ripe for a primary defeat it's Lindsey Graham. — Running in a conservative, Southern state that has proven friendly to insurgents in recent years …
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Frank Phillips / The Boston Globe:
Gomez took $281,500 home tax deduction — Republican US Senate nominee Gabriel E. Gomez claimed a $281,500 income tax deduction in 2005 for pledging not to make any visible changes to the facade of his 112-year-old Cohasset home, a concession so valuable that it is classified …
Wesley Lowery / Boston Globe:
Body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev is buried outside Massachusetts, official says — WORCESTER - The body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been buried somewhere outside of Massachusetts, according to a funeral home official briefed on the situation. — The official said that the remains …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
POLITICO to test metered paywall — From the folks up top: … Also: We started experimenting with sponsored content today.
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TIME:
Top White House Aide Has A Secret Beer With Rep. Paul Ryan — On April 10, the day President Obama released his 2014 budget, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough held a secret meeting with House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan at a K Street restaurant, Brasserie Beck, to talk …
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Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Are Republicans really gunning for another debt-limit showdown? — The federal debt limit is set to kick back into effect next weekend after a three-month hiatus, marking the start of a political game of chicken likely to culminate in the fall, when Congress will have to give President Obama a higher limit or risk a federal default.
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Brendan Sasso / The Hill:
McCain working on bill to allow for ‘a la carte’ cable TV packages — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is working on legislation that would pressure cable and satellite providers to allow their customers to pick and choose the channels they pay for, his office confirmed on Wednesday.
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Norm Ornstein / NationalJournal.com:
The Myth of Presidential Leadership — Many Washington pundits are critical of the president's ability to wrangle concessions out of Congress, but they forget that his power has limits. — The theme of presidential leadership is a venerated one in America, the subject of many biographies …
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Elizabeth Warren: Let Students Borrow At The Same Low Rate That Banks Get — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is reigniting a battle over student loan interest rates that infused the campaign trail last year and put Republicans in a predicament with young voters.
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Stewart Rips Fox News Over Benghazi Coverage: ‘Denizens Of Bullsh*t Mountain Have Cried Wolf Before’ — Jon Stewart tonight took on today's big Congressional hearing on Benghazi, and specifically on how it's become the latest way Fox News has gone all-out in covering a potential Obama administration scandal …
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