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Ashley Killough / CNN:
WH chief of staff: ‘This is not Iraq or Afghanistan’ — (CNN) - White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough argued Sunday that a military strike in Syria would not be a repeat of previous U.S. involvements in the Middle East or North Africa. — On CNN's “State of the Union,” McDonough said it's …
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President Obama's toughest Syria hurdle: The calendar — On the short list of seemingly intractable obstacles to President Barack Obama's Syria plans: a war-weary nation, the feckless United Nations — and the Gregorian calendar. — From the beginning, Obama's recent Syria push has been hobbled …
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CNN and Outside the Beltway
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama to hold Syria interviews with 6 TV networks — President Obama will sit for interviews Monday with six TV networks as he makes his case to the nation for military intervention in Syria. — Obama will tape interviews Monday afternoon with anchors from ABC, CBS and NBC, as well as with PBS …
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Taylor Marsh, Althouse, Right Wing News and Power Line
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Syria resolution could stall Congress's work on divisive domestic issues
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The White House and Post Politics
New York Times:
Obama's Battle for Syria Votes, Taut and Uphill
Obama's Battle for Syria Votes, Taut and Uphill
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Blazing Cat Fur and MJ Rosenberg
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
Alan Grayson: ‘They have no smoking gun that the attack was ordered by Assad’
Alan Grayson: ‘They have no smoking gun that the attack was ordered by Assad’
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CANNONFIRE and The Raw Story
Politico:
Petraeus calls on Congress to back White House on Syria
Petraeus calls on Congress to back White House on Syria
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CNN and Political Capital
CNN:
CNN Exclusive: Videos show glimpse into evidence for Syria intervention
CNN Exclusive: Videos show glimpse into evidence for Syria intervention
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Business Insider, Yahoo! News, The Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
Jason Seher / CNN:
Pryor a ‘no’ on Syria — WASHINGTON (CNN) - As the Obama …
Pryor a ‘no’ on Syria — WASHINGTON (CNN) - As the Obama …
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Associated Press, Politico, U.S. Senator Mark Pryor and Power Line
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U.S. undecided on seeking new Syria U.N. vote — (Reuters) - The United States said on Sunday it did not rule out returning to the U.N. Security Council to secure a Syria resolution once U.N. inspectors complete a report on a chemical weapons attack, but indicated Arab countries were seeking a tough response.
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BBC, Israel Matzav, NPR and The Glittering Eye
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Conrad Black / New York Sun:
Collapse of American Influence Recalls Dis-Integration of Soviet Union, Fall of France — Not since the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991, and prior to that the fall of France in 1940, has there been so swift an erosion of the world influence of a Great Power as we are witnessing with the United States.
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Power Line
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U.S. Secretary of State Says the Number of Countries Ready to Take Action Has Reached ‘Double Digits’
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Taegan Goddard's …, Weasel Zippers and Sense of Events
Frederick W. Kagan / Washington Post:
On Syria, a weak strike is better than none
On Syria, a weak strike is better than none
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Power Line
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NSA Can Spy on Smart Phone Data — SPIEGEL has learned from internal NSA documents that the US intelligence agency has the capability of tapping user data from the iPhone, devices using Android as well as BlackBerry, a system previously believed to be highly secure.
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Hillicon Valley, “The Lid”, The Hinterland Gazette and The Verge
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And now it's global COOLING! Record return of Arctic ice cap as it grows by 60% in a year — Publication of UN climate change report suggesting global warming caused by humans pushed back to later this month — A chilly Arctic summer has left nearly a million more square miles …
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“The Lid”, Independent Journal Review and The Gateway Pundit
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Britain sent poison gas chemicals to Assad: Proof that the UK delivered Sarin agent to Syrian regime for SIX years — British companies sold chemicals to Syria that could have been used to produce the deadly nerve agent that killed 1,400 people, The Mail on Sunday can reveal today.
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BizPac Review, The Hinterland Gazette, Guardian, UK Blog on The Huffington Post and American Power
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Amid presidential murmurs, Warren to address AFL-CIO — LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) will address a key faction of the liberal base Monday as speculation intensifies that she will someday seek the presidency. — Helping to open the quadrennial AFL-CIO convention …
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Prairie Weather
Sam Tanenhaus / New York Times:
The Hands-Tied Presidency — AS the debate on the Syria intervention began in Congress last week, some wondered why President Obama, who has been frustrated repeatedly by Republican legislators, would risk being thwarted yet again and possibly jeopardize the ability of future presidents to pursue ambitious foreign policy objectives.
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The Volokh Conspiracy, The Monkey Cage, Washington Post and Daily Kos
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McConnell's Anti-Obamacare Juggernaut Turns Against Him — Perhaps nobody was more responsible for making Obamacare a partisan bill than Mitch McConnell. During the grueling debate that began in 2009, the Senate minority leader worked diligently to ensure no Republican voted for health care reform.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
McGovern urges Obama to withdraw authorization request — Massachusetts Rep. Jim McGovern, a key liberal Democrat, is urging President Barack Obama to withdraw his request for congressional authorization for a military strike on Syria. — “I don't think the support is there,” …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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Mayor Bloomberg: Bill de Blasio's campaign is ‘racist’ — But de Blasio, himself, is not one, says Mike Bloomberg, who also thinks the campaign is wrong in other ways. 'Tearing people apart with this ‘two cities’ thing doesn't make any sense to me. It's a destructive strategy for those you want to help the most,' says Hizzoner.
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iOwnTheWorld.com and Yahoo! News
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New York Magazine:
In Conversation: Michael Bloomberg
In Conversation: Michael Bloomberg
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Politicker, Gawker, Hullabaloo and CNN