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Mark Landler / New York Times:
President Pulls Lawmakers Into Box He Made — WASHINGTON — More than once, President Obama has confided to aides that he regards Syria as one of those hellish problems every president faces, where the risks are endless, the choices are all bad, and the pressure to do something is unrelenting.
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Yahoo! News:
Obama's history-defying decision to seek Congressional approval on Syria — President Barack Obama, according to background briefings by his aides, reached a fateful decision late Friday afternoon as he strolled along the White House lawn with his chief of staff Denis McDonough.
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Wall Street Journal:
At the Last Minute, Obama Alone Made Call to Seek Congressional Approval — Change in president's thinking confounded White House insiders — After a 45-minute walk Friday night, President Barack Obama made a fateful decision that none of his top national security advisers saw coming …
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Obama puts politics over morals in abdicating presidential authority in Syria
Associated Press:
Syria State-Run Newspaper: Obama Move ‘The Start Of The Historic American Retreat’
Syria State-Run Newspaper: Obama Move ‘The Start Of The Historic American Retreat’
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Jonathan Strong / National Review:
Will the House Authorize a Syria Strike?
Will the House Authorize a Syria Strike?
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Bill Plante / CBS News:
Obama's Syria strike decision aims to get Congress on the record
Obama's Syria strike decision aims to get Congress on the record
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Tripping on His Own Red Line?
Tripping on His Own Red Line?
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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Kerry: Sarin used in Syria
Kerry: Sarin used in Syria
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Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
‘AMATEUR HOUR’: Krauthammer slams Obama's sudden decision to delay Syria strike [VIDEO]
‘AMATEUR HOUR’: Krauthammer slams Obama's sudden decision to delay Syria strike [VIDEO]
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Jim Watson / NPR:
Transcript: President Obama Turns To Congress On Syria
Transcript: President Obama Turns To Congress On Syria
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Rep. Peter King: Obama ‘abdicating responsibility as commander in chief’
Rep. Peter King: Obama ‘abdicating responsibility as commander in chief’
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BBC:
Sir David Frost, broadcaster and writer, dies at 74 — Veteran broadcaster Sir David Frost has died at the age of 74 after a suspected heart attack while on board a cruise ship. — A family statement said he had been giving a speech aboard the Queen Elizabeth on Saturday night.
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Mike Allen / Politico:
WELCOME TO SEPTEMBER! — OBAMA AIDE, ON SEEKING CONGRESSIONAL VOTE: 'We don't want them to have their cake and eat it, too' - JOSH DUBOIS wedding — DEE DEE MYERS, STEVE HILDEBRAND b'day — THE 1 PARAGRAPH TO READ: President Obama will probably win congressional approval for a Syrian strike.
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Brian Stelter / New York Times:
David Frost, Who Interviewed Nixon, Is Dead at 74
David Frost, Who Interviewed Nixon, Is Dead at 74
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Bush aide makes Mandela mistake — Former President George H.W. Bush's office mistakenly announced the death of Nelson Mandela on Sunday morning, with a condolences statement about the South African leader. — “STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT GEORGE H. W. BUSH 41 ON THE DEATH OF NELSON MANDELA,” …
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Mara Gay / NY Daily News:
Anthony Weiner stages a ‘meat’ and greet in Bronx deli — The Democratic mayoral hopeful holds a big Italian sausage and poses with the owner of the Arthur Ave. business — Anthony Weiner is all smiles after getting “The Big Salami” from David Greco (r.), owner of Mike's Deli and Arthur Avenue Trattoria.
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Marco Giannangeli / Daily Express:
Senior Syrian military chiefs tell captain: fire chemicals or be shot — BRITISH intelligence chiefs have intercepted radio messages in which senior Syrian military chiefs are heard ordering the use of chemical weapons. — Prepared: UN inspectors in gas masks at work in eastern Damascus
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Washington Post:
Sarin gas used in Syria attack, Kerry says — Secretary of State John F. Kerry said Sunday that fresh laboratory tests show that Sarin nerve gas was used in an Aug. 21 attack in Syria that killed more than 1,400 people, the first time that U.S. officials have pinpointed what kind of chemical weapon was used.
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Obama sends Syria resolution to Hill
Obama sends Syria resolution to Hill
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BBC:
Fukushima radiation levels ‘18 times higher’ than thought — Radiation levels around Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant are 18 times higher than previously thought, Japanese authorities have warned. — Last week the plant's operator reported radioactive water had leaked from a storage tank into the ground.
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Associated Press:
Stork busted as suspected spy in Egypt — Egyptian authorities have detained a stork that a citizen suspected of being a spy because it carried a suspicious electronic device, which is most likely a wildlife tracker. — A migrating stork is held in a police station after a citizen suspected …
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Red Alert Politics
Sam Baker / The Hill:
ObamaCare marketplaces to open for business in a month (video) — ObamaCare's grand opening is just a month away. — The law's new insurance marketplaces are scheduled to open for enrollment on Oct. 1, and supporters are ramping up a major education and outreach campaign as the date draws nearer.
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Washington Post:
First Person: Jake Tapper, anchor of CNN's ‘The Lead With Jake Tapper’ — Most interviews that I do are not super aggressive. They can't be, and they shouldn't be; that would get pretty tiresome. So when there's an interview that's tough or a question that's tough, it's something that raises eyebrows.
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