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11:05 AM ET, May 10, 2013

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Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:

Exclusive: Benghazi Talking Points Underwent 12 Revisions, Scrubbed of Terror Reference — When it became clear last fall that the CIA's now discredited Benghazi talking points were flawed, the White House said repeatedly the documents were put together almost entirely by the intelligence community …

Ron Fournier / NationalJournal.com:

Why Benghazi is a Blow to Obama and Clinton — Both parties are wrong about the scandal: It's not Watergate and it's not nothing. — Both parties are wrong about Benghazi. Existing evidence does not point to a far-reaching cover-up on the scale of Watergate, as Republicans want you to believe.

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Washington Free Beacon, Mediaite, CNN, The Caucus and Hot Air

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

Report: State officials involved in Benghazi talking points edits — The State Department contributed to heavily editing talking points surrounding the attacks that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans in Libya, leading to the removal of references to terror groups …

Discussion: Business Insider and Mediaite

Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:

Exclusive: The RNC Benghazi Attack Ad that Never Ran — It was the Benghazi attack ad the Republican National Committee created but never aired. — ABC News has obtained an ad the RNC made last fall and approved to air in the final weeks of the presidential campaign.

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, msnbc.com, Taylor Marsh, Post Politics, Scared Monkeys, The Reaction, American Spectator, Hot Air, The Week, Mother Jones, Politico and The Plum Line

Kevin Robillard / Politico:

Report: Terror references removed from Benghazi talking points — Talking points on the attack on the U.S. diplomats in Benghazi given to U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice had been extensively revised before she received them by the State Department to remove references to terrorism, according to a report on Friday.

Discussion: USA Today, Fox News, Althouse and The Huffington Post

Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:

The Benghazi Scandal Grows — ADVANCE ARTICLE from our May 20th issue — CIA director David Petraeus was surprised when he read the freshly rewritten talking points an aide had emailed him in the early afternoon of Saturday, September 15. One day earlier, analysts with the CIA's Office …

Discussion: Mediaite and Jihad Watch

Mark Landler / New York Times:

Benghazi Debate Focuses on Interpretation of Early E-Mail on Attackers — WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Thursday intensified their criticism of the Obama administration for its handling of the assault on the diplomatic compound in Benghazi, with Speaker John A. Boehner calling for the release …

Discussion: Washington Post, The Plum Line, Taegan Goddard's …, The Maddow Blog, The Caucus and msnbc.com

Domani Spero / Diplopundit:
Raymond Maxwell: Former Deputy Asst Secretary Removed Over Benghazi Pens a Poem

Discussion: Power Line, Weekly Standard and Washington Post

Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker: Boehner ‘complicit’ if Benghazi panel blocked

Discussion: The Fix and The Plum Line

Susan Page / USA Today:
Sen. Graham: Hillary Clinton should testify on Benghazi

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Capital Tonight, Jammie Wearing Fools, Guardian and Associated Press

Joel Stein / TIME:

Millennials: The Me Me Me Generation — Correction Appended: May 9, 2013 — I am about to do what old people have done throughout history: call those younger than me lazy, entitled, selfish and shallow. But I have studies! I have statistics! I have quotes from respected academics!

Discussion: The Huffington Post, The Week and Online NewsHour

Jessica Roy / Betabeat:

At the Command of the State Department, Defense Distributed Pulls Its 3D Printed Gun Blueprints — Defense Distributed, the Texas-based nonprofit that wants to empower people to 3D print their own guns, has hit a bit of a legal snag. According to founder Cody Wilson, DEFCAD …

Discussion: Red Alert Politics, Vox Popoli, FP Passport, The Week, Guardian, The Verge and VentureBeat

Andy Greenberg / Forbes:
State Department Demands Takedown Of 3D-Printable Gun Files For Possible Export Control Violations

CNN:

New York caps off its comeback — New York (CNN) — Construction workers bolted a 408-foot spire into place atop One World Trade Center on Friday, symbolically capping New York's comeback after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks. — The spire brings the iconic building to a height of 1,776 feet …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Joe. My. God. and americanthinker.com

Rolling Stone:

Joe Biden: The Rolling Stone Interview — The vice president on guns, global warming and why he's “the last guy in the room” on every decision Obama makes — There is a keen Kennedy-like vigor to Joe Biden that overwhelms any room. As was once said of Theodore Roosevelt, he, too …

Discussion: Politico, ThinkProgress, TheBlaze.com, Taylor Marsh, Washington Wire, E2-Wire, CNN and AMERICA RISING

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Biden: Obama had ‘big grin’ following surprise statement backing gay marriage

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Booman Tribune

CBS News:

Prosecutor may seek death penalty for Cleveland kidnap, rape suspect Ariel Castro — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — An Ohio prosecutor says he may seek the death penalty against the man accused of imprisoning three women at his home for about a decade for forcing them to suffer miscarriages.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Independent, Scared Monkeys, The Week, National Review, FP Passport and Sentencing Law and Policy

Politico:

Gang of Eight throws GOP a bone — The Senate Gang of Eight made a series of overt attempts Thursday to win over Republicans on immigration reform, using the first day of Judiciary Committee debate to tighten border security measures on the bill. — None of the amendments impose drastic changes on the legislation.

Discussion: Reuters, The Hill, Right Wing News, The Week and The Plum Line

Carrie Dann / First Read:
On Day One of immigration panel debate, border security in focus

Discussion: msnbc.com

Alexander Burns / Reuters:

Rand Paul the one-man band — When Rand Paul touches down in Iowa Friday, it will be almost exactly three years to the day after his landslide 2010 Senate primary victory - an unlikely and decisive triumph over the Republican establishment that instantly transformed Paul into a national political phenomenon.

Discussion: Bloomberg and WJLA-TV

Matt Welch / Reason:

Benghazi Hall of Shame — Remembering the officials and commentators who inaccurately blamed a murderous attack at least in part on an obscure YouTube trailer. — Yesterday's dramatic congressional testimony about the deadly Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attacks on U.S. interests in Benghazi …

Discussion: Balloon Juice, The Daily Beast, Politico, The PJ Tatler, The Daily Caller, TheBlaze.com, Ed Driscoll and Hit & Run

Ken White / Popehat:
Nakoula Basseley Nakoula Can Be Whomever You Want Him To Be.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Politico, Outside the Beltway and Guardian

Adaam J. Levin Areddy / The Times of Israel:

DC museum to honor two Hamas journalists — Cameramen killed in Gaza airstrike to be added to Newseum's journalists memorial — A journalism museum in Washington DC says it will honor two Hamas-member journalists killed during Operation Pillar of Defense in November.

Discussion: Newseum, americanthinker.com, BuzzFeed, Weekly Standard, Right Turn, Weasel Zippers and Washington Free Beacon

Lydia Saad / Gallup:

Americans' Abortion Views Steady Amid Gosnell Trial — Few paying attention to trial, but many criticize lack of media coverage — PRINCETON, NJ — As Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell awaits the jury verdict in his capital murder trial, Gallup finds 26% of Americans saying abortion …

Discussion: National Review and Mediaite

Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:

Boehner On Obamacare, Debt Limit Strategies: Take It Up With My Members! — If you feel like the inmates have taken over the asylum in the House of Representatives, Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) wants you to know that your suspicions are totally correct. — At his weekly Capitol briefing Thursday …

Discussion: The Impolitic