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Kevin Sieff / Washington Post:
Exclusive: Afghan villagers recall when Bergdahl stumbled into their midst — Among the most tantalizing mysteries surrounding Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's departure from his U.S. military base in 2009 is this: Was he trying to find the Taliban? Or did he simply wander away and get captured?
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Fox News, Mediaite, The Lead with Jake Tapper, The Daily Caller and National Review
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Alex Berenson / New York Times:
A Prisoner of War, but Not a Hero — LEAVE no soldier behind. — The four words are honored at every rank in the American military. Soldiers willingly, sometimes foolishly, risk their own lives to keep their comrades out of enemy hands. — So the White House expected that the release …
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The Hugh Hewitt Show, msnbc.com, Independent Journal Review, Guardian and The Daily Beast
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
McCrystal: Don't ‘Judge’ Bergdahl And The Prisoner Swap Yet (VIDEO) — Retired Gen. Stanley McCrystal on Wednesday said it was too soon to “judge” Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl and the Obama administration's decision to negotiate for his release from the Taliban. — “I think we're going to have to wait …
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National Review, RedState, Mediaite, Business Insider and The Federalist
Ralph Peters / National Review:
Why Team Obama Was Blindsided by the Bergdahl Backlash
Why Team Obama Was Blindsided by the Bergdahl Backlash
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Little Green Footballs, Daily Kos, Washington Examiner, Booman Tribune, VodkaPundit and Betsy's Page
Michelle Malkin / Townhall.com:
Exclusive: The Story You Haven't Yet Heard About Bowe Bergdahl's Desertion
Exclusive: The Story You Haven't Yet Heard About Bowe Bergdahl's Desertion
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Washington Free Beacon and Patterico's Pontifications
Brian Ries / Mashable:
Republicans Delete Digital Praise of Bowe Bergdahl Release
Republicans Delete Digital Praise of Bowe Bergdahl Release
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Talking Points Memo, OnPolitics, Daily Kos, PoliticusUSA, BREITBART.COM, BuzzFeed, ThinkProgress and The Huffington Post
Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times:
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl Was Exchanged for Detainees at Guantánamo
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl Was Exchanged for Detainees at Guantánamo
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Yahoo! News, Gawker and Taylor Marsh
Greta Van Susteren / Gretawire:
THIS IS SO DANGEROUS!!! What is WRONG WITH THE SECRET SERVICE???!!??? If Polish tabloids can get these pics (and video) with a camera lens, is there anyone who doesn't think the President is vulnerable to someone armed? — As you know, President Obama is traveling in Europe.
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Danika Fears / New York Post:
Obama snapped pumping iron at hotel gym — Even the president pumps iron at the hotel gym. — A fellow gym user snapped a few covert shots and video of President Obama lifting weights at a 5-star hotel in Warsaw, Poland — evidently without being seen by the president's security team — then posted them on his Facebook page.
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BuzzFeed, TPNN, Gawker, The Daily Caller, Business Insider and Fox News
Leslie Larson / NY Daily News:
Footage of Obama's Warsaw workout prompts security questions
Footage of Obama's Warsaw workout prompts security questions
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protein wisdom and Talking Points Memo
Adam Auriemma / Wall Street Journal:
Solved: People Magazine's Hillary Clinton Cover Mystery — Attention Twitter: We can confirm that's not a walker. — Hillary Clinton's appearance on the cover of the People magazine raised some eyebrows Wednesday—and not for her comments on a potential run in 2016 or about Monica Lewinsky.
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Hullabaloo, Liberal Values, Taylor Marsh, Mediaite, The Awl, Mashable and Shakesville
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Sandra Sobieraj Westfall / People.com:
Hillary Clinton Opens Up About Becoming a Grandmother - and Possible Presidential Run
Hillary Clinton Opens Up About Becoming a Grandmother - and Possible Presidential Run
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New York Times, Talking Points Memo, OnPolitics, Mediaite and FishbowlDC
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
The Republican Case Against Republican Economics — After the 2012 presidential election, key Republicans began to criticize their party's opposition to immigration reform and gay rights. But now party reformers are questioning something much more central: free-market orthodoxy.
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AEIdeas and National Review
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Thad Cochran backers face agonizing choice
Thad Cochran backers face agonizing choice
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Associated Press, CNN, Washington Monthly, Talking Points Memo, Yahoo! News and Outside the Beltway
Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
Mississippi Republicans Can't Make Up Their Mind
Mississippi Republicans Can't Make Up Their Mind
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Bloomberg View, New York Magazine, Washington Post, Mediaite, New York Times, Fox News, The Daily Caller and The Dish
Thomson Reuters Foundation / Trust.org:
Idaho hometown of newly freed soldier cancels planned celebration — The hometown of U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl has canceled a rally planned for later this month celebrating his release from five years of Taliban captivity, a municipal official told Reuters on Wednesday, amid allegations that he was a deserter.
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The Gateway Pundit
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James Covert / New York Post:
City Council members rip Walmart's charity of ‘dangerous dollars’ — More than half the members of the City Council have fired off a letter to Walmart demanding that it stop making millions in charitable contributions to local groups here. — Twenty-six of the 51 members of the Council charged …
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National Review, Hot Air and Fox News Insider
ThinkProgress:
Ohio May Take Away Low-Income Women's Access To The Most Effective Form Of Birth Control — The Ohio legislature is currently considering a measure that would institute a sweeping ban on insurance coverage for abortion in state residents' public and private health plans.
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Liberal Values and Daily Kos
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Kristen Mitchell / The Columbus Dispatch:
Ohio bill would restrict abortion coverage
Ohio bill would restrict abortion coverage
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Hit & Run and The Raw Story
John Hult / Argus Leader:
Annette Bosworth arrested on perjury and election fraud charges — Former U.S. Senate candidate Annette Bosworth has turned herself into the Minnehaha County Jail following the issuance of a warrant for her arrest. — Attorney General Marty Jackley issued the warrant for Bosworth this morning.
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Talking Points Memo, The Huffington Post, Business Insider, KCLO-TV, OnPolitics and Politico
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:
NOW APPLICATION ‘INCONSISTENCIES’ VEX HEALTH LAW — FILE - This May 14, 2014 file photo shows Sylvia Mathews Burwell, President Barack Obama's nominee to become secretary of Health and Human Services testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. More than 2 million people who got health insurance …
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Hot Air, Nextgov, The Daily Caller, Politico and The Verge
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Graham warns of Republican impeachment push over Gitmo — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) warned Wednesday that Republican lawmakers would call for President Obama's impeachment if he released more prisoners from Guantanamo Bay without congressional approval. — Republicans worry Obama may try …
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Washington Monthly, CNN and PoliticusUSA
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eng.kremlin.ru:
Vladimir Putin's interview with Radio Europe 1 and TF1 TV channel — In the run-up to his visit to France, Vladimir Putin gave an interview to Radio Europe 1 news programme author and frontman Jean-Pierre Elkabbach and anchor of the evening news on TF1 TV channel Gilles Bouleau.
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Politico, CNN, Business Insider and Mediaite
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Harvard grad Chuck Schumer fails history, credits Jefferson for Bill of Rights — Sen. Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, stumbled Tuesday over basic American history, crediting Thomas Jefferson for authorship of the Bill of Rights during a debate over the First Amendment and campaign finance.
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RedState and Washington Free Beacon
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Supreme Court Denies Attempt To Stop Oregon Same-Sex Marriages — The National Organization for Marriage tried to get the Supreme Court to stop same-sex couples from marrying while it appeals a decision not allowing it to intervene in the case. The Supreme Court denied the request without comment Tuesday.
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Joe. My. God. and The New Civil Rights Movement