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11:50 PM ET, September 9, 2013

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Joshua Keating / Slate:
Kerry: Turn Over Your Chemical Weapons Now or Face ... “Unbelievably Small” Consequences  —  Secretary of State John Kerry's case for a U.S. strike in Syria seems to rest on two assumptions.  One, that it is a crucial test for U.S. national security and the values of the civilized world comparable to the rise of Nazi Germany.
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Abby D. Phillip / ABC News:
Syria Could Avoid Attack, Obama says … If Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gives up his chemical weapons, a military strike would “absolutely” be on pause, President Obama said today.  —  “I consider this a modestly positive development,” Obama told ABC News' Diane Sawyer in an interview …
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Obama: ‘Breakthrough’ is possible on Syria  —  Washington (CNN) — Russia's proposal for Syria to surrender its chemical weapons to international control was a “potentially positive development,” but could be a stall tactic, President Barack Obama told CNN on Monday.
Fox News:
Obama backs off ‘red line,’ opens door to ‘diplomatic track’ on Syria  —  President Obama on Monday took a sharp turn away from his “red line” threat to Syria on the eve of taking his case to the American people, saying in an interview with Fox News that he's open to negotiations …
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Opposition to Syrian Airstrikes Surges  —  Obama Job Approval Slips into Negative Territory  —  Over just the past week, the share of Americans who oppose U.S. airstrikes in Syria has surged 15 points, from 48% to 63%, as many who were undecided about the issue have turned against military action.
Patrick Wintour / Guardian:
John Kerry gives Syria week to hand over chemical weapons or face attack  —  US secretary of state tells London press conference with William Hague that US intelligence blames Assad regime for gas attack  —  The US secretary of state has said that President Bashar al-Assad has one week …
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Obama hits new low on foreign policy in CNN polling  —  Washington (CNN) - One day before President Barack Obama gives a prime time speech to make his case against Syria, a new national poll indicates the president's approval rating on foreign policy has hit an all-time low.
Tal Kopan / Politico:
John McCain: John Kerry ‘unbelievably unhelpful’  —  Sen. John McCain was not a fan of Secretary of State John Kerry's remarks Monday in London that intervention in Syria would be “unbelievably small,” calling it unhelpful.  —  “Kerry says #Syria strike would be “unbelievably small” …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid delays Senate vote on Syria (Video)
Michael Kelley / Business Insider:
Vladimir Putin Puts John Kerry In Check On Syria
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Kerry Says Syria Should Hand Over All Chemical Arms
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
The Way Out?  —  Is this the beginning of the White House turn?
Discussion: Guardian and Hot Air
Peter Wehner / Commentary Magazine:
Why I'm Against a Military Strike On Syria
Discussion: Power Line and American Spectator
CNN:
CNN poll: Don't attack Syria
Tal Kopan / Politico:
John Kerry under fire for ‘unbelievably small’ comment
Hari Sreenivasan / Online NewsHour:
Assad Tells PBS' Charlie Rose Syria Prepared to Retaliate if Hit
CBS News:
Bashar Assad tells Charlie Rose U.S. should “expect every action” in response to Syria strikes
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
U.S. open to Russian chemical weapons proposal
Discussion: ABC News, The Moderate Voice and CNN
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Always Look Out for the Opportunity
Discussion: USA Today and The Dish
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Kerry's Comments on Syria Are a Shift Over Strike
Discussion: The Monkey Cage and msnbc.com
Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House to take a ‘hard look’ at Syrian offer on weapons
Discussion: Politico and Weasel Zippers
Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Strike to degrade Syrian forces would still be limited
Jared A. Favole / Washington Wire:
Hillary Clinton Says ‘Strong Response’ Needed on Syria
clickorlando.com:
No charges filed in George Zimmerman's alleged gun threat against wife  —  George Zimmerman, Shellie Zimmerman say the other was aggressor … LAKE MARY, Fla. -  —  No charges have been filed against George Zimmerman on Monday as the investigation continues into if he threatened …
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Vivian Kuo / CNN:
Zimmerman in police custody in Florida  —  (CNN) — George Zimmerman was taken into custody Monday after an apparent domestic altercation with his wife and her father at a home in Lake Mary, Florida, police said.  —  “As of right now, (George Zimmerman) has been placed in investigative detention …
ABC News:
George Zimmerman in Custody After Gun Incident … George Zimmerman was released without charges today after his wife called 911 to say Zimmerman punched his father-in-law in the nose and threatened to shoot him and his wife.  —  Zimmerman, acquitted in July of the murder of teenager Trayvon Martin …
USA Today:
Police: Zimmerman wife not pressing charges  —  Police were called to a home in Lake Mary on Monday after George Zimmerman allegedly threatened his wife and her father with a gun.  Lake Mary, Florida Police Department released Shellie Zimmerman's call to 911.  —  CONNECT
John Fund / National Review:
How Not to Win Over Congress  —  If anyone in the Obama administration thought having former Democratic representative Jane Harman appear on NBC's Meet the Press to support the Syrian war resolution was a good idea, he must be cringing now.  —  Harman, a former congresswoman from California …
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Deirdre Walsh / CNN:
Senior House GOP aides: WH not reaching out to House Republicans
Jonathan Allen / Reuters:
President Obama's over-the-top lobbying push
Discussion: Politico, The Hill and Hit & Run
Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
King: White House asks GOP members for ways ‘to move the needle’ on Syria
Discussion: Reuters
Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post:
Western Maryland secessionists seek to sever ties with the liberal Free State  —  The push by 50 western Virginia counties to secede in 1863, forming West Virginia at the height of the Civil War, was led by a charismatic store-clerk-turned-lawyer who famously urged his supporters: “Cut the knot now!
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Meet The Maryland Republicans Who Want To Secede
Discussion: Washington Post
New York Post:
Diary bombshell: RFK's secret slams against Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and Gov. Cuomo  —  The Post exclusively reported Sunday how Robert F. Kennedy Jr. grappled with what he called his “lust demons” and kept a scorecard of more than two dozen conquests in a secret diary.
Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Labor, with union membership declining, will woo non-workers  —  Facing what AFL-CIO chief Richard Trumka called a “crisis” of membership, officials took the dramatic step at their annual convention of adopting a resolution that invites anyone in the country to join, regardless of union affiliation.
Discussion: Power Line
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Let's Please Stop Pretending That Obama is Reluctant to Take Military Action  —  E.J. Dionne chastises Democrats for not supporting President Obama on Syria: … Wait a second.  I realize that Dionne is only talking about Syria here, but in the past five years Obama has (a) …
 
 
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