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Fox News:
Sources: Intelligence community investigated Bergdahl's conduct — A senior official confirms to Fox News that the conduct of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl — both in his final stretch of active duty in Afghanistan and then, too, during his time when he lived among the Taliban — has been thoroughly investigated …
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Hillary Clinton defends Bowe Bergdahl exchange — Hillary Clinton defended President Obama's move to free a long-held U.S. prisoner of war from Afghanistan in exchange for five men being held at Guantanamo Bay in a speech on the outskirts of Denver on Monday night.
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The Hill, Talking Points Memo, ABC News, BREITBART.COM, CNN and Hot Air
Washington Post:
Was price to win release of an American soldier from Taliban captivity too high? — UNDATED - In this undated image provided by the U.S. Army, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl poses in front of an American flag. U.S. officials say Bergdahl, the only American soldier held prisoner in Afghanistan …
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Politico, New York Times, National Review, The Heritage Foundation and Fox News
Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
How Obama Convinced His Spies to Support the Taliban Prisoner Release — The Pentagon and the nation's top intelligence official opposed releasing the Gitmo Five in 2012. This time around the White House got the answer it wanted when the Taliban was ready to deal.
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National Review, TPNN, Fox News, Yahoo! News, The Daily Caller, Washington Free Beacon, Lawfare, The Federalist, Just Security and The Dish
James Gordon Meek / ABC News:
Vets Accuse Bowe Bergdahl of Walking Away … WASHINGTON - As the White House praised the return of soldier Bowe Bergdahl from the Taliban, some Afghan war veterans answered with anger over how the young soldier fell into enemy hands in the first place and the price the U.S. has paid to get him back.
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Power Line, Real Clear Politics and The Daily Caller
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
‘We Swore to an Oath and We Upheld Ours. He Did Not.’
‘We Swore to an Oath and We Upheld Ours. He Did Not.’
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The Federalist, The Hill, TPNN, CNN, Bouhammer's Blog, The Hugh Hewitt Show and Hot Air
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Bowe Bergdahl Is the Right's New Benghazi
Bowe Bergdahl Is the Right's New Benghazi
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RedState, The Daily Caller, NO QUARTER USA NET, Gawker, NPR, Balloon Juice, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor and Yahoo! News
Daniel Bates / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE - ‘A cover up just like Benghazi’: Outraged parents of officer who died hunting …
EXCLUSIVE - ‘A cover up just like Benghazi’: Outraged parents of officer who died hunting …
CBS News:
The five Taliban swapped for Bowe Bergdahl
The five Taliban swapped for Bowe Bergdahl
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The Daily Caller, The Long War Journal, Daily Kos and Firedoglake
Ken Gude / ThinkProgress:
Why The Five Taliban Detainees Had To Be Released Soon, No Matter What
Why The Five Taliban Detainees Had To Be Released Soon, No Matter What
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New York Times, The Week, Lawfare, PoliticusUSA, The Huffington Post, Business Insider and The PJ Tatler
Mark Thompson / TIME:
The 6 U.S. Soldiers Who Died Searching For Bowe Bergdahl
The 6 U.S. Soldiers Who Died Searching For Bowe Bergdahl
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Washington Free Beacon, Debbie Schlussel, The Jawa Report, National Review, Weekly Standard, Hot Air and The Gateway Pundit
Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
Will Mississippi mudslinging topple first Senate incumbent? — The Tea Party has kept its aim on Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) despite a scandal involving his wife and a supporter of his primary opponent — and he could be the first Senate incumbent to fall in Tuesday's marquee contest.
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Politico, Red Racing Horses and Washington Post
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Politico:
Primary day: The 7 key questions — It's the right's last realistic shot of knocking off an incumbent GOP senator this year — a down-to-the-wire race in Mississippi where six-term Republican Sen. Thad Cochran is scrambling to stave off tea party-backed state Sen. Chris McDaniel.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Tea Party hits Reid with ethics charge over Koch brothers
Tea Party hits Reid with ethics charge over Koch brothers
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Daily Kos, susiemadrak.com and Washington Free Beacon
Rebekah L. Sanders / Arizona Republic:
Mystery congressional candidate has legendary name — A mystery candidate for Congress with the potential to draw valuable votes in a close race has baffled longtime political watchers for months. — Democratic contenders with meticulously honed identities are battling for retiring U.S …
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Jason Samenow / Washington Post:
Female-named hurricanes kill more than male hurricanes because people don't respect them, study finds — People don't take hurricanes as seriously if they have a feminine name and the consequences are deadly, finds a new groundbreaking study. — Female-named storms have historically killed …
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Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Guardian, Outside the Beltway, Mashable, Liberal Values, Jezebel, Vermont Public Radio, Mediaite, Gawker, Daily Kos, MyFOX8.com and Althouse
Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Jeffrey Toobin: Obama ‘Clearly Broke the Law’ on Bergdahl — CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin declared on Monday that President Barack Obama “broke the law” when his administration failed to give Congress notice of at least 30 days before releasing five ranking Taliban members from Guantanamo Bay.
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The Daily Caller, Hinterland Gazette, Hot Air, Scared Monkeys and Lawfare
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Andrew Johnson / National Review:
Jeffrey Toobin: Obama ‘Clearly Broke the Law’ with Bergdahl Exchange
Jeffrey Toobin: Obama ‘Clearly Broke the Law’ with Bergdahl Exchange
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Althouse
Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
Democrats' new coal headache — The Environmental Protection Agency's new rule on carbon pollution is the latest headache for Democrats trying to defend a fragile Senate majority. — With many vulnerable Democrats coming from energy-producing states, Republicans argued the Obama administration's call …
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Alison Lundergan Grimes …, NewsBusters and America Rising
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Timothy Cama / The Hill:
McConnell: EPA proposal ‘dagger in the heart’ of middle class
McConnell: EPA proposal ‘dagger in the heart’ of middle class
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The Raw Story and Daily Kos
Manu Raju / Politico:
In Iowa, Rubio all in — Up until about a month ago, Marco Rubio had steered clear of Republican primaries, avoiding antagonizing one wing of the party or the other when he's probably going to need them both come 2016. — Then along came the Iowa Senate primary.
Nathan Fenno / Los Angeles Times:
Football Hall of Famer Dan Marino sues NFL over concussions — Sports Now — Sports news from Los Angeles and beyond
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Mediaite, ThinkProgress and The MMQB with Peter King
Lee Fang / Republic Report:
Matt Miller, Which Hat Is He Wearing? — Note: An earlier version of this article contained factual errors that have since been corrected — see below. — Out of a crowded field of candidates hoping to replace retiring Representative Henry Waxman in Los Angeles, Democrat Matt Miller …
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The Daily Caller, Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality and Eschaton
Stephen Sestanovich / Wall Street Journal:
What We Can't Know Now About Hillary Clinton's Legacy at State — The frenzy surrounding the June 10 release of Hillary Clinton's State Department memoir is at full tilt. Both The Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post have published chin-pullers on what sort of secretary of state she was.
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
The Theater Beyond the Clintons — One of the many problems with our all-Hillary-all-the-time news fixation is the way it obscures other juicy Democratic dramas, shoving their stars into the wings. — Andrew Cuomo, come on out to center stage. You deserve it, you sly, ruthless, freshly humbled man.
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Capital New York and NY State of Politics
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Commander-in-Chief's Definition of “Honorable Service” Includes Anti-American Actions While in Uniform; He Just Destroyed Troop Morale — The Obama administration tells America this soldier served “with honor and distinction.” (http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/ susan-rice-bergdahl-served-honor-and- distinction_794066.html)
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Talking Points Memo, Politico, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, PoliticusUSA and Little Green Footballs
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