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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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Dylan Byers / Politico:
White House holds ‘deep background’ Benghazi briefing — The White House held a “deep background” briefing with reporters on Friday afternoon to discuss recent revelations about the Benghazi investigation, sources familiar with the meeting tell POLITICO. — The meeting was conducted on …
Hayes Brown / ThinkProgress:
EXCLUSIVE: Embassy Staff Undercut ‘Whistleblower’ Testimony On Benghazi — Staff who served in Libya with Gregory Hicks, the GOP's primary “whistleblower” in this week's hearing on the Benghazi terror attacks, undercut his story that State Department officials demoted him as retribution for speaking out …
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Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
GOP Sen. Inhofe: Obama could be impeached over Benghazi ‘cover-up’ — “People may be starting to use the I-word before too long,” Inhofe said on a radio program. — Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) suggested that President Obama could be impeached over what he alleged was a White House cover-up after last year's attack in Benghazi, Libya.
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Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
What ABC Left Out Of Its Report On Benghazi Talking Points — ABC News published on Friday what it promoted as an “exclusive” report purportedly uncovering new and seemingly damning evidence implicating the Obama administration in its handling of talking points it generated in the aftermath …
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Sen. Rand Paul / Washington Times:
The moment of responsibility for Hillary Clinton — Her fatal mistakes mirror the disaster at Mogadishu — When I took Hillary Rodham Clinton to task in January for the mishandling of security in Benghazi, Libya, I told her that if I had been president at the time, I would have relieved her of her post.
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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)
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
The Benghazi Scandal Grows
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House denies misleading public on Benghazi talking points
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
White House holds Benghazi briefing with reporters …
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Sheldon Alberts / The Hill:
Clinton facing calls to testify on Benghazi
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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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David Weigel / Slate:
Jason Richwine Resigns from the Heritage Foundation — The Heritage Foundation tells without much more detail. The full explanation: … Some background: I'd been asking whether Heritage read Richwine's dissertation, or talked about any of the potentially explosive IQ research, before hiring him.
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Mike Allen / Politico:
Jason Richwine, Heritage immigration expert quits — The Heritage Foundation announced the resignation Friday of senior policy analyst Jason Richwine, co-author of a controversial report critical of the Senate's immigration reform bill. After Heritage issued the report this week …
Neil King Jr / Washington Wire:
Author of Heritage Immigration Report Quits
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Michele McPhee / ABCNEWS:
‘Mounting Evidence’ Boston Bombers Involved in 2011 Triple Murder — Massachusetts investigators have developed what they call “mounting evidence,” bolstered by “forensic hits,” that point to the possible involvement of both Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his younger brother Dzhokhar in a gruesome …
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Wesley Lowery / Boston Globe:
Virginia woman who coordinated Tamerlan Tsarnaev's burial says protests showed ‘America at its worst’ — The secret transport of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body from Worcester to a small community near Richmond, Va., was set in motion by a woman who said she was upset …
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Wesley Lowery / Boston Globe:
Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is buried in Muslim cemetery in Doswell, Va.
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Justin Gillis / New York Times:
Carbon Dioxide Level Is at Its Highest in Human History — The level of the most important heat-trapping gas in the atmosphere, carbon dioxide, has passed a long-feared milestone, scientists reported on Friday, reaching a concentration not seen on the earth for millions of years.
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Josh Eidelson / thenation.com/blogs/171221:
Fast Food Strike Wave Spreads to Detroit — Two updates appear below. — Hundreds of Detroit fast food workers plan to walk off the job beginning at 6 AM today, making the motor city the fourth in five weeks to see such strikes. Organizers expect participants from at least 60 stores …
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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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Doug Stanglin / Associated Press:
The 408-foot spire will serve as a world-class broadcast antenna.
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Betsy Woodruff / National Review:
In Ga. Senate Race, Price Out, Handel Likely In — Republican representative Tom Price told the Marietta Daily Journal on Friday that he won't run for Senate in 2014. — This means that Karen Handel, a former Georgia secretary of state, will “more likely than not” enter the Senate primary …
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Jon Gillooly / mdjonline.com:
Price won't run for Senate seat
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Mark DeCambre / New York Post:
Goldman Sachs employees concerned Bloomberg news reporters are using terminals to snoop — Talk about a nanny state. — Irked Goldman Sachs brass recently confronted Bloomberg LP over concerns reporters at the business news service have been using the company's ubiquitous terminals …
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Declan McCullagh / CNET:
Apple deluged by police demands to decrypt iPhones — ATF says no law enforcement agency could unlock a defendant's iPhone, but Apple can “bypass the security software” if it chooses. Apple has created a police waiting list because of high demand. — Apple receives so many police demands …
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