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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Health Secretary Resigns After Woes of HealthCare.gov — WASHINGTON — Kathleen Sebelius, the health and human services secretary, is resigning, ending a stormy five-year tenure marred by the disastrous rollout of President Obama's signature legislative achievement, the Affordable Care Act.
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Bloomberg:
Sebelius to Resign as Chief of Obama's Health Programs — Kathleen Sebelius, the U.S. health secretary who steered the troubled rollout of President Barack Obama's signature health-care law, will resign just as the program topped its first-year enrollment goal.
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Will Kathleen Sebelius Win in the End? Legacy Tied to Obamacare's Outcome — Yes, there was utter failure. But there was one hell of a nice recovery. As time goes on, the HHS secretary will start getting less blame for the former, and more credit for the latter.
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Joanne Kenen / Politico:
Kathleen Sebelius resigns as HHS secretary — Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is resigning six months after a disastrous rollout of President Barack Obama's signature health law, according to administration sources. — She will be replaced by Sylvia Mathews Burwell …
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Kathleen Sebelius is resigning because Obamacare has won — Obamacare has won. And that's why Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius can resign. — Calls for Sebelius's resignation were almost constant after Obamacare's catastrophic launch.
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Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
The Sebelius Legacy: One Epic Tech Failure, Millions of Newly Insured Americans — On Thursday morning, Kathleen Sebelius testified before Congress and announced that Obamacare signups had reached 7.5 million people. — On Thursday evening, news broke that Sebelius was stepping down as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
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USA Today:
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius resigns — WASHINGTON—After a difficult five years shepherding President Obama's signature health care law, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has tendered her resignation, according to two senior administration officials.
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Jeff Zeleny / ABC News:
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Resigning
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Resigning
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Rush Limbaugh:
CBS Declares War on Heartland of America — RUSH: Do you really care what I think about that? (interruption) Do you care what I think of Colbert getting Letterman's gig? (interruption) You really care about what I think about that? (interruption) Well, I'll give you the short version.
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Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Colbert to Succeed Letterman on ‘Late Show’
Colbert to Succeed Letterman on ‘Late Show’
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CBS Press Express:
CBS ANNOUNCES STEPHEN COLBERT AS THE NEXT HOST OF “THE LATE SHOW”
CBS ANNOUNCES STEPHEN COLBERT AS THE NEXT HOST OF “THE LATE SHOW”
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Aaron David Miller / CNN:
Carter's wrong to blame Obama, Clinton — John Kerry's travels … (CNN) — First some full disclosure: Former President Jimmy Carter has been pretty good to me. He gave me in-person interviews for my last book and a forthcoming one on the end of greatness in the presidency.
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Steven L. Spiegel / Los Angeles Times:
Memo to John Kerry: Stay strong on the Middle East
Memo to John Kerry: Stay strong on the Middle East
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
State Department: No decision on Jonathan Pollard
State Department: No decision on Jonathan Pollard
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Ted Barrett / CNN:
Anger over last year's filibuster fight rekindles on Senate floor — Washington (CNN) - Fallout from last year's fight over filibuster rules in the Senate is still being felt on Capitol Hill. — Senators had hoped to finish their work and begin a two week spring recess Thursday but instead ran …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell battle on the floor
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Dem senator defends the Koch brothers
Dem senator defends the Koch brothers
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
The IRS Scandal Comes Into Focus — House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp lays out damning evidence of Lois Lerner's targeting of conservative groups. — Nearly a year into the IRS scandal, we still don't know exactly what happened—though we are finally getting an inkling.
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
The Next Target: Condoleezza Rice — Having won a victory against one brilliant black woman, the Tolerance Brigade is now moving onto another. Enter the “Drop Dropbox” campaign: … This campaign makes pretty much no sense. The authors start out by explaining that “Condoleezza Rice is both an …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Short on accomplishments, Hillary leans on Bill and Barack to sell candidacy — BARACK OBAMA HILLARY CLINTON BILL CLINTON 2016 ELECTIONS — Last week Hillary Clinton gave what appeared at first to be a rambling and unfocused answer when asked to name the proudest achievement of her four years as Secretary of State.
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Miss. Republican Senate Candidate's Thoughts On Gays, Drugs, Libertarians — Mississippi Republican state senator Chris McDaniel, who is challenging incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran in GOP primary made these comment on his radio show The Right Side circa 2005 and 2006.
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali / Wall Street Journal:
Here's What I Would Have Said at Brandeis — We need to make our universities temples not of dogmatic orthodoxy, but of truly critical thinking. — On Tuesday, after protests by students, faculty and outside groups, Brandeis University revoked its invitation to Ayaan Hirsi Ali to receive …
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Reports: ‘Shoe’ thrown at Hillary Clinton in Las Vegas — Hillary Clinton is a pro at ducking 2016 questions. She's apparently also good at ducking shoes. — A woman threw what appeared to be a shoe at the former secretary of state in Las Vegas, but the potential presidential contender moved …
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Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
Tax Revenue Rockets Up, Helping Lessen the Deficit, Treasury Department Says — The economy may be plodding along. But business is booming for Uncle Sam. — The Treasury Department said on Thursday that the federal budget deficit for the first half of the 2014 fiscal year totaled $413 billion …
Darius Tahir / The New Republic:
Nobody Blames Doctors for High Medical Costs. That's About to Change. — Policy wonks across the country were pretty excited on Wednesday. You should be too—particularly if you think health care in America has gotten too expensive. — The reason for the celebration was a massive release …
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