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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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Ron Fournier / NationalJournal.com:
Scrubbing the Truth from Benghazi — Caught playing politics with tragedy, what's next for the Obama administration and GOP investigators? — With no trace of irony, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney is accusing the GOP of politicizing the Benghazi “talking points.” (AP/File)
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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.
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Email Demanded by Boehner Different Than He Claims — House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) demanded the release of an e-mail that he said showed that State Department officials believed from the start that “Islamic terrorists” were linked to the Benghazi attack but have declined to say so publicly, the New York Times reports.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Report: State officials involved in Benghazi talking points edits
Report: State officials involved in Benghazi talking points edits
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Benghazi Debate Focuses on Interpretation of Early E-Mail on Attackers
Benghazi Debate Focuses on Interpretation of Early E-Mail on Attackers
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Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
Exclusive: The RNC Benghazi Attack Ad that Never Ran
Exclusive: The RNC Benghazi Attack Ad that Never Ran
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Domani Spero / Diplopundit:
Raymond Maxwell: Former Deputy Asst Secretary Removed Over Benghazi Pens a Poem
Raymond Maxwell: Former Deputy Asst Secretary Removed Over Benghazi Pens a Poem
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Sen. Graham: Hillary Clinton should testify on Benghazi
Sen. Graham: Hillary Clinton should testify on Benghazi
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Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Boehner On Obamacare, Debt Limit Strategies: Take It Up With My Members!
Boehner On Obamacare, Debt Limit Strategies: Take It Up With My Members!
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Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker: Boehner ‘complicit’ if Benghazi panel blocked
GOP lawmaker: Boehner ‘complicit’ if Benghazi panel blocked
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Stephen Ohlemacher / bigstory.ap.org:
IRS APOLOGIZES FOR TARGETING CONSERVATIVE GROUPS — You are here — Home » United States government » IRS apologizes for targeting conservative groups — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service is apologizing for inappropriately flagging conservative political groups …
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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 …
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Lawmaker Gives Teary-Eyed Lament After Gay Marriage Passes Minn. House — After a bill to pass same-sex marriage in Minnesota cleared an important hurdle on Thursday, a Republican lawmaker wept and said her “heart breaks” for the state. — Following the bill's passage …
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Baird Helgeson / Hot Dish Politics:
In historic vote, Minnesota House approves gay marriage bill 75-59
In historic vote, Minnesota House approves gay marriage bill 75-59
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Nicole Flatow / ThinkProgress:
Missouri Passes Gun Nullification Bill That Criminalizes Federal Law Enforcement — A Missouri bill that would make all federal gun laws “null and void” and criminalize enforcement of those laws was sent to Gov. Jay Nixon (D) Thursday, after it overwhelmingly passed the House this week by a vote of 118-36.
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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 …
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New York Times:
Woman Rescued in Bangladesh Rubble 17 Days After Building Collapse — DHAKA, Bangladesh — In a startling development, a woman trapped for 17 days beneath the rubble of a collapsed building on the outskirts of Dhaka was discovered alive on Friday and then rushed to a nearby military hospital after rescuers pulled her free.
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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!
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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.
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Newseum to Add Two Dead Terrorists to ‘Journalists Memorial’
Newseum to Add Two Dead Terrorists to ‘Journalists Memorial’
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Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Malcolm X's Grandson Dead In Mexico — Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of the late civil rights leader Malcolm X, has died while in Mexico. The news first broke when a family friend named Terrie Williams announced his death on Facebook and Twitter. TPM has independently confirmed …
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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 …
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Donovan Slack / Politico:
Biden honors firefighters, jokes they saved his Corvette — Vice President Joe Biden has lots of stories about firefighters and EMTs. — There's the one about their rescuing his sons from a tragic car accident that killed his wife in 1972. And their transporting him through a snowstorm …
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 …
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Ken White / Popehat:
Nakoula Basseley Nakoula Can Be Whomever You Want Him To Be.
Nakoula Basseley Nakoula Can Be Whomever You Want Him To Be.
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