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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 …
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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.
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.
Susan Crabtree / Washington Examiner:
Obama would ‘absolutely’ delay strike if Syria turns over weapons  —  BARACK OBAMA POLITICO SYRIA PENNAVE CHEMICAL WEAPONS  —  President Obama said he would put military strikes against Syria on hold if Bashar Assad's government turned over control of its chemical weapons to international observers …
Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Obama: “I understand” American people aren't with me on Syria strike  —  (CBS News) WASHINGTON — In an interview Monday, President Obama responded to a surprising late proposal that could head off a military strike against Syria.  The Syrians agreed to a Russian proposal to put …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid delays Senate vote on Syria (Video)  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Monday delayed a vote on using military force against Syria.  —  Faced with stiffening opposition from Republicans and skepticism from many Democrats, Reid said he would not rush the vote to begin considering …
Peter Wehner / Commentary Magazine:
Why I'm Against a Military Strike On Syria
Discussion: Power Line and American Spectator
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Kerry Says Syria Should Hand Over All Chemical Arms
Patrick Wintour / Guardian:
John Kerry gives Syria week to hand over chemical weapons or face attack
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
The Way Out?  —  Is this the beginning of the White House turn?
Discussion: Guardian and Hot Air
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Always Look Out for the Opportunity
Discussion: USA Today, Daily Kos 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
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
Deirdre Walsh / CNN:
Senior House GOP aides: WH not reaching out to House Republicans  —  Washington (CNN) - Senior House Republican aides are frustrated that the Obama administration has done little to reach out to rank-and-file House GOP members to make the case for why military action is needed in Syria.
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Jonathan Allen / Reuters:
President Obama's over-the-top lobbying push
Discussion: Politico, The Hill and Hit & Run
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
U.S. open to Russian chemical weapons proposal
Discussion: CNN, The Moderate Voice and ABC News
Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
King: White House asks GOP members for ways ‘to move the needle’ on Syria
Discussion: Reuters
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.
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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.
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 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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