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Hill briefing: Uphill battle for Obama on Syria — President Barack Obama faces a clear uphill battle in swaying skeptical lawmakers of the merits of military action in Syria, as top officials were dispatched to Capitol Hill Sunday to make the administration's case.
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Ed O'Keefe / Post Politics:
After classified briefing, lawmakers skeptical on Syria attack — Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.), the dean of the Senate, told reporters after a classified briefing Sunday on the situation in Syria, that the administration's request for U.S. military intervention would not pass the Congress as written because it is too broad.
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Ben Geman / The Hill:
Senate to rework Obama's Syria order — Members of the Senate plan to narrow President Obama's authorization request for military action in Syria, Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said Sunday. — Leahy told reporters about the planned rewrite of the resolution after attending …
CBS News:
Face the Nation transcripts September 1, 2013: Kerry, McCain, Kaine, and Chambliss — (CBS News) Below is a transcript of “Face the Nation” on September 1, 2013, hosted by CBS News' Major Garrett. Guests include: Secretary of State John Kerry, Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., Tim Kaine, D-Va. …
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Timothy Heritage / Reuters:
Analysis: Putin sees chance to turn tables on Obama at G20 — (Reuters) - Less than three months after Vladimir Putin was cast as a pariah over Syria at the last big meeting of world leaders, the Russian president has glimpsed a chance to turn the tables on Barack Obama.
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Obama puts politics over morals in abdicating presidential authority in Syria
New York Times:
President Seeks to Rally Support for Syria Strike — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration began a full-press campaign on Sunday for Congressional approval of its plan to carry out a punitive strike against the Syrian government. — The lobbying blitz stretched from Capitol Hill …
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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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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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Reuters:
Egypt's Morsi to stand trial on charges of ‘inciting killing and thuggery’ — 14 other Brotherhood members to also face charges of incitement to murder. — Deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi is to stand trial on charges of committing and inciting violence, a state prosecutor decided on Sunday …
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NBCNews:
Pioneering British broadcaster David Frost dies of a heart attack — LONDON - British journalist David Frost, best known for interviewing former U.S. President Richard Nixon, died of a heart attack on Saturday at the age of 74, the BBC said on Sunday. — Frost is most famous …
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Mike Allen / Politico:
WELCOME TO SEPTEMBER! — OBAMA AIDE, ON SEEKING CONGRESSIONAL VOTE …
WELCOME TO SEPTEMBER! — OBAMA AIDE, ON SEEKING CONGRESSIONAL VOTE …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Surprising Friend of Gay Rights in a High Place — The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus sang “Give 'Em Hope” for a revered and in some ways surprising guest who shared a California stage with them last month: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy. — Justice Kennedy was in San Francisco …
New York Times:
Drug Agents Use Vast Phone Trove, Eclipsing N.S.A.'s — For at least six years, law enforcement officials working on a counternarcotics program have had routine access, using subpoenas, to an enormous AT&T database that contains the records of decades of Americans' phone calls …
Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
Hamas slams Egyptian plan to create buffer zone with Gaza — Egyptians protest after homes demolished to create buffer zone; Hamas official says Egyptian move could “solidify the blockade.” — The Hamas government said Sunday it was “surprised” to hear that Egypt is planning to create …
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