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9:45 AM ET, September 10, 2013

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Associated Press:
SYRIA SAYS IT ACCEPTED RUSSIAN WEAPONS PROPOSAL  —  MOSCOW (AP) — Syria said Tuesday it has accepted Russia's proposal to place its chemical weapons under international control for subsequent dismantling.  —  Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said Tuesday after meeting …
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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.
New York Times:
A Diplomatic Proposal for Syria  —  Secretary of State John Kerry may not have expected his casual suggestion that Syria avert American military action by giving up its chemical weapons to be taken seriously.  But it may have created a diplomatic way out for President Obama …
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.
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 …
Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Syria accepts Russian proposal on weapons; France to bring resolution to Security Council  —  BERLIN — An unexpected Russian proposal for Syria to avert a U.S. military strike by transferring control of its chemical weapons appeared to be gaining traction on Tuesday, as Syria embraced it …
Ben Shapiro / BREITBART.COM:
PEACE IN OUR TIME: OBAMA CAVES TO PUTIN, ASSAD, IRAN  —  On Monday, the Obama administration, overcome by its own frantic confusion over a situation of its own making in Syria, fainted into the arms of Russian President Vladimir Putin - and, in the process, appeased the Syrian regime …
Steve Clemons / Reuters:
Manchin-Heitkamp: The Senate's Compelling Alternative Syria Resolution  —  A new proposal by two Democrats would avert U.S. strikes if Assad gives up his chemical weapons within 45 days.  —  Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia was none too pleased when a Democratic Senate colleague …
Roll Call:
Obama Expects Syria Vote Delays  —  President Barack Obama said Monday that Congress may have more time to consider a strike in Syria, given that country's apparent newfound willingness to give up its chemical weapons.  —  “I don't anticipate that you would see a succession of votes this week …
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Wall Street Journal:
Obama Push to Hit Syria Takes Detour  —  Senate Delays Vote as Russia Seizes on Kerry's Offhand Suggestion That Assad Give Up Chemical Weapons  —  WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama's campaign for an attack on Syria took an unexpected turn as his administration inadvertently gave the Assad regime …
Politico:
The United States of weakness  —  Red lines that may or may not be real, retaliatory strikes that may or may not be hours from launch, congressional debates that may or may not be necessary for the president to do what he wants—whatever that happens to be this hour.
Discussion: CNN
Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Obama: “I understand” American people aren't with me on Syria strike
Mark Murray / NBCNews:
Nearly sixty percent of Americans want Congress to vote no on Syria
Susan Crabtree / Washington Examiner:
Obama would ‘absolutely’ delay strike if Syria turns over weapons
David Rothkopf / CNN:
Kerry, Clinton and a glimmer of hope on Syria
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Neil King Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Poll Finds Support Fading for Syria Attack
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid delays Senate vote on Syria (Video)
Brian Beutler / Salon:
GOP's massive new lie: The truth about Obama's second term
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 …
Skip Navigation / ACLU:
House v. Napolitano  —  In May 2011, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Massachusetts filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts challenging the suspicionless search and seizure of electronics and personal data belonging to David House …
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Rite Aid joins ObamaCare outreach effort  —  Another leading drugstore chain is pitching in to help consumers understand their new coverage options under ObamaCare.  —  Rite Aid Corporation announced that it will host licensed insurance agents at nearly 2,000 locations across …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Ariel Ben Solomon / Jerusalem Post:
What is Israel's interest in Syria?  —  While the Assad regime is linked to Iran and Hezbollah, some experts say most of the groups opposing him are in one way or another close in ideology to either al-Qaida or the Muslim Brotherhood.  —  What is Israel's interest in Syria and the possibility of a US-led attack?
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
Brussels fears European ‘industrial massacre’ sparked by energy costs  —  Europe's industry is being ravaged by exorbitant energy costs and an over-valued euro, blighting efforts to reverse years of global manufacturing decline.
Discussion: National Review
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.
 
 
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