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2:00 PM 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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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 …
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 …
Manu Raju / Politico:
Senators working on new Syria plan  —  A powerful group of senators is quietly drafting a new proposal that could forestall military action in Syria if the country relinquishes its chemical weapon stockpile, according to a source familiar with the deliberations.
Jeffrey Goldberg / Bloomberg:
15 Questions About the Increasingly Crazy Syria Debate  —  This has been a particularly manic day on the Syrian front.  Secretary of State John Kerry sent the debate into overdrive first by promising that any American attack on Syria would be “unbelievably small,” and then with his suggestion …
New York Times:
White House Backs Global Push to Secure Syria's Arsenal  —  WASHINGTON — The White House and a bipartisan group of senators joined the international diplomatic momentum on Tuesday to avert an American military attack on Syria over its use of chemical munitions in that country's civil war …
Robert Costa / National Review:
McConnell to Vote ‘No’  —  In remarks this morning on the floor, Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) will announce that he's voting against on the Syria resolution.  National Review has obtained the text of his remarks (see below).  In the speech, McConnell says that even though he's voting “no,” he's not an isolationist.
Charles Crawford / blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
Syria, chemical weapons, and the worst day in Western diplomatic history  —  Monday 9 September, 2013, was the worst day for US and wider Western diplomacy since records began.  —  At the Foreign Office here in London we had the bizarre spectacle of US Secretary of State John Kerry giving …
Ted Cruz / Washington Post:
Why I'll vote no on Syria strike
Steve Clemons / Reuters:
Manchin-Heitkamp: The Senate's Compelling Alternative Syria Resolution
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.
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Ramsey Cox / Ballot Box:
McConnell chides Obama as ‘reluctant commander in chief’ on Syria
Discussion: Hot Air
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Seeking votes, Reid compares Syria to Hitler's gas chambers
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Kerry's claim that he opposed Bush's invasion of Iraq  —  “You know, Senator Chuck Hagel, when he was senator, Senator Chuck Hagel, now secretary of defense, and when I was a senator, we opposed the president's decision to go into Iraq, but we know full well how that evidence was used to persuade …
Cathryn Kulat / The Hill:
Conservatives skeptical of GOP ObamaCare defunding move  —  House Republican leaders will have to overcome a skeptical conservative bloc to pass a plan that would force the Senate to vote on defunding ObamaCare before enacting a critical spending measure.  —  Lawmakers on Tuesday offered …
Discussion: CNN
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
House GOP Pushes New Gambit To Defund Obamacare  —  House Republican leaders are proposing a plan in a conference meeting Tuesday to force a symbolic Senate vote on defunding Obamacare but will stop short of shutting down the federal government if the Senate vote fails, as expected.
Discussion: Washington Monthly, Salon and RedState
Amanda Watts / CNN:
Bride: I pushed my husband off cliff  —  (CNN) — A woman in Montana is accused of pushing her husband off a cliff after an argument.  The pair had been married for just more than a week.  —  Jordan Linn Graham made an initial appearance in court Monday to face a charge of second-degree murder.
John Tierney / The Atlantic Online:
Your Annual Reminder to Ignore the U.S. News & World Report College Rankings  —  The list's real purpose is to “exacerbate the status anxiety” of prospective students and parents.  —  The annual college rankings by U.S. News & World Report are out today, and with their release will come …
Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
Crossfire Review #1  —  The Daily Caller feels compelled to present our first, and hopefully last, review of the new version of CNN's vaunted ‘Crossfire.’ For Review #1, we will focus on the show's Monday debut starring President Obama's 2012 deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter …
hrw.org/rss/news:
Syria: Government Likely Culprit in Chemical Attack  —  New Evidence based on Rocket Analysis, Witness Accounts  —  (New York) - Available evidence strongly suggests that Syrian government forces were responsible for chemical weapons attacks on two Damascus suburbs on August 21, 2013.
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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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Susan Stellin / New York Times:   The Border Is a Back Door for U.S. Device Searches
Gawker:
Business Insider's CTO Is Your New Tech Bro Nightmare  —  What has two thumbs and a homophobic, misogynistic, classist worldview?  Pax Dickinson.  We just noticed this vile Twitter account from Business Insider's chief technology officer today.  But he's been at it for awhile.
Kirstan Conley / New York Post:
Bus rider's face smashed in during ‘hate attack’  —  An attacker pummeled a bus passenger so hard he smashed the bones in his face after calling the victim a “cracker” in Manhattan - marking the second time in two days that people appeared to be randomly targeted in racial tirades against white people, authorities said.
John B. Taylor / Wall Street Journal:
The Weak Recovery Explains Rising Inequality, Not Vice Versa  —  Obama blames tax cuts that began under Reagan for today's slow growth.  The data don't back him up.  —  Last year at this time a debate raged about whether economic growth and job creation has been abnormally slow compared …
Discussion: The Glittering Eye
Jon Favreau / The Daily Beast:
Jon Favreau on Obama's War for Peace  —  ‘Peace requires responsibility,’ the president said when he accepted his Nobel Peace Prize.  He could say those words again Tuesday night about his proposed Syria strike, says Jon Favreau.  —  Forget the politics.  Forget the whip counts.
Discussion: The Dish
Adam C. Smith / Tampa Bay Times:
Execution rescheduled to accommodate Pam Bondi fundraiser  —  There is no graver responsibility and act of state government than an execution.  —  In Florida this week, a campaign fundraiser takes precedence.  —  Attorney General Pam Bondi persuaded Gov. Rick Scott to postpone …
Colin Barr / Wall Street Journal:
Alcoa, Hewlett-Packard and Bank of America to Be Dropped from Dow Industrials  —  Goldman Sachs, Nike and Visa to Be Added to Benchmark Index  —  Alcoa Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Bank of America Corp. will be dropped from the Dow Jones Industrial Average next week, in the biggest shake-up of the 30-stock index in almost a decade.
Discussion: The Week, Wonkblog, GigaOM and NPR
Ellen Barry / New York Times:
Four Men Convicted in Rape Case That Transfixed India  —  NEW DELHI — Four men were convicted of all charges Tuesday in the rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman who was attacked when she boarded a bus in New Delhi last December, bringing a bitter close to a case that tore open the subject …
John Eligon / New York Times:
In Missouri, Governor Turns Tax Cut Debate Against G.O.P.  —  MARSHALL, Mo. — As a Democrat facing a State Legislature with veto-proof Republican majorities, Gov. Jay Nixon of Missouri has not claimed big victories lately.  So when he began stumping the state against a deep Republican tax cut …
Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
If the globe isn't warming, does that undercut EPA regulation of carbon dioxide?  —  BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT  —  My Washington Examiner colleague Ashe Schow links to Hayley Dixon's story in the Telegraph reporting a leaked report …
 
 
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