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New York Times:
Mr. Shinseki Takes the Fall — The resignation of Secretary Eric Shinseki from the Veterans Affairs Department was probably unavoidable, under the principle that a leader should accept full responsibility for a great scandal. But the department's problem was not Mr. Shinseki. It has been broken for years.
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
‘No Drama’ Obama Finally Takes Charge and Sacks Shinseki — As usual, the president waited too long to act. Meanwhile, let's judge Eric Shinseki on his entire record of service, like standing up to Bush and Rumsfeld, not just this. — It was clear Eric Shinseki had to resign, oh... two weeks ago, wasn't it?
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New York Times, The Moderate Voice, National Review, Hot Air, Yahoo! News, CNN and Politico
New York Times:
Doctor Shortage Is Cited in Delays at V.A. Hospitals
Doctor Shortage Is Cited in Delays at V.A. Hospitals
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Wall Street Journal, CNN, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Right Wing News and Rational Irrationality
Mariah Blake / Mother Jones:
Documents Show the VA Debacle Began Under George W. Bush
Documents Show the VA Debacle Began Under George W. Bush
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Liberaland, Trail Blazers Blog, Americans Against the …, Hot Air, Gawker, ThinkProgress, Defense One, msnbc.com, Washington Post and American Prospect
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Sloan Gibson Joined Veterans Affairs Only 3 Months Ago
Sloan Gibson Joined Veterans Affairs Only 3 Months Ago
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Wall Street Journal and The Moderate Voice
Michael Zuckerman / The Atlantic Online:
Are Reform Conservatives Serious? — After Lyndon B. Johnson's landslide victory in 1964 and during the rush of progressive legislation that followed, Republicans decided they needed to respond with some proposals of their own. It was the high tide of Great Society liberalism …
New York Times:
Suicide Bomber Is Identified as a Florida Man — WASHINGTON — An American who blew himself up in an attack in Syria on Sunday has been identified by law enforcement officials as Moner Mohammad Abusalha, a man in his early 20s who grew up in Florida and traveled to Syria late last year.
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Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Obamacare Is Slashing Those Crazy COBRA Premiums — Conservatives say the law crushes liberty. See why this woman disagrees. — Conservatives like to say that Obamacare is crushing liberty. Donielle Scherff, a 37-year-old Virginia woman with lupus, disagrees.
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Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Laverne Cox Is Not a Woman — The world is abuzz with news that actor Laverne Cox has become the first transgender person to appear on the cover of Time magazine. If I understand the current state of the ever-shifting ethic and rhetoric of transgenderism, that is not quite true …
Mercury News:
Mark Zuckerberg and Dr. Priscilla Chan: Why we're committing $120 million to Bay Area schools — Mark Zuckerberg and Dr. Priscilla Chan for the Bay Area News Group — Helping improve the quality of public education in this country is something we both really care about.
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Ryan J. Reilly / The Huffington Post:
Obama Administration Plans To Let Some Young Undocumented Immigrants Join The Military — WASHINGTON — Pentagon officials have approved a policy that would allow a limited group of undocumented young people who came to the U.S. as children to enlist in the military, opening up a path …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Chris Christie: ‘Dumb’ not to elect Lamar Alexander — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie gave a full-throated endorsement to Sen. Lamar Alexander's reelection campaign on Friday, warning voters not to do anything “dumb” by sending someone else to Washington. — In town to headline a GOP fundraiser …
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Reuters:
Google launches ‘right to be forgotten’ webform for removal requests — Company responds to EU court ruling empowering citizens to have certain links about them deleted from search results — Google has launched a webpage where European citizens can request that links to information …
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ThinkProgress:
The 81-Year-Old Newspaper Article That Destroys The Redskins' Justification For Their Name — George Preston Marshall, founder and owner of the Washington Redskins, in 1935. — CREDIT: AP — As challenges against the name of the Washington Redskins have persisted for more than four decades …
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Gawker, Outside the Beltway, ESPN and Booman Tribune
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Hillary's Failed Benghazi Spin — Hillary Clinton is right about Benghazi—or at least she's right about one thing. — According to a story by Maggie Haberman about the Benghazi chapter in Clinton's forthcoming book Hard Choices, the former secretary of state contends that some of her critics …
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Politico and America Rising
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Deirdre Walsh / CNN:
First on CNN: GOP chairman of Select Benghazi Committee reacts to Hillary Clinton book chapter
First on CNN: GOP chairman of Select Benghazi Committee reacts to Hillary Clinton book chapter
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Politico