memeorandum: President of Venezuela Offers Asylum to Snowden (Reuters)

10:55 AM ET, July 6, 2013

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President of Venezuela Offers Asylum to Snowden — CARACAS — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Friday he had decided to offer asylum to former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who has petitioned several countries to avoid capture by Washington.

Discussion: KDVR.com, Mediaite and CNN

Reuters:

Venezuela's Maduro offers asylum to U.S. fugitive Snowden — (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Friday he had decided to offer asylum to former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who has petitioned several countries to avoid capture by Washington.

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BBC:

Venezuela and Nicaragua make Snowden asylum offers — The presidents of both Nicaragua and Venezuela have indicated their countries could offer political asylum to US fugitive Edward Snowden. — Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro said it would give asylum to the intelligence leaker …

Discussion: New York Times, Hot Air, Mashable and The Moderate Voice

Robert Robertsson / Reuters:
Iceland parliament declines Snowden's citizenship bid

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, Weekly Standard and Business Insider

Bloomberg:

Obama Call for Muslim Brotherhood Role Overtaken in Egypt — The Obama administration's call for an “inclusive” political process in Egypt with a role for the Muslim Brotherhood has been overshadowed by deadly clashes between security forces and supporters of the Islamist group.

Discussion: americanthinker.com, Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit

Jake Miller / CBS News:

John Kerry on his boat during Egypt upheaval, State Dept. concedes — As regime change was unfolding in Egypt, Secretary of State John Kerry spent time on his boat Wednesday afternoon in Nantucket Sound, the State Department acknowledged to CBS News on Friday, after repeatedly denying that Kerry was aboard any boat.

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Jerusalem Post:

‘Muslim Brotherhood claims interim Egyptian president is Jewish’ — Wash Post: MB website said Israel conspiring to insert ElBaradei. — The Muslim Brotherhood claimed in a post on its official website that Egypt's new interim president Adli Mansour is Jewish, The Washington Post reported on Friday.

Discussion: National Review, “The Lid”, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit and Jihad Watch

Patrick Marley / JSOnline:

Scott Walker signs abortion bill; providers quickly sue — Legislation requires doctors to have hospital admitting privileges — By Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel — Madison — Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill Friday requiring doctors who perform abortions to have hospital admitting privileges …

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Associated Press:
Wisconsin governor Scott Walker signs abortion bill requiring ultrasound

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Richard A. Serrano / Los Angeles Times:

Police chief killed with rifle lost in ATF gun-tracking program — WASHINGTON—A high-powered rifle lost in the ATF's Fast and Furious controversy was used to kill a Mexican police chief in the state of Jalisco earlier this year, according to internal Department of Justice records …

Discussion: “The Lid”, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit, Michelle Malkin, Twitchy and Riehl World News

Keith Laing / The Hill:

Foxx settles in for bumpy ride at DOT — New Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is taking the wheel of transportation policy for the Obama administration at a precarious time for road and transit funding. — The transportation funding bill that was passed under Foxx's predecessor …

Discussion: Politic365

Trayvon Martin:

State rests and defense begins its case in George Zimmerman trial — SANFORD — Trayvon Martin's mother sat at the witness stand Friday, head held high, and decisively insisted that the chilling cries captured on a 911 call belonged to only one person: her slain child, Trayvon Benjamin Martin.

Discussion: Power Line, NPR and Booman Tribune

Erin Donaghue / CBS News:
George Zimmerman trial: Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin's mother, testifies her son was screaming in 911 call

Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Taylor Marsh

George F. Will / Washington Post:

Obama's never-mind presidency — At this intermission in the immigration debate, with House Republicans preparing to look askance at the Senate's handiwork, the argument is becoming ever stranger. It has reached a boil, especially concerning border security, at a moment when illegal entries …

Discussion: Power Line

Jeremy Herb / The Hill:

Defense industry hatches new plot to kill the sequester — The defense industry is plotting a new attempt to do away with the budget cuts on tap for the Pentagon in 2014. — Defense firms have fought for two years to reverse the cuts from sequestration, warning that they would be devastating …

Discussion: Prairie Weather

Hadas Gold / Reuters:

George W. Bush to push immigration reform — Former President George W. Bush is expected to make a speech next week on how immigration reform is good for the country, the Dallas Morning News reports. — Bush will speak after a citizenship ceremony at the George W. Bush Presidential Center …

Discussion: Politico