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8:20 PM ET, June 4, 2014

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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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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 …
Ralph Peters / National Review:
Why Team Obama Was Blindsided by the Bergdahl Backlash  —  Congratulations, Mr. President!  And identical congrats to your sorcerer's apprentice, National Security Adviser Susan Rice.  By trying to sell him as an American hero, you've turned a deserter already despised by soldiers …
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 …
Yahoo! News:
McChrystal on Bergdahl: 'We don't leave Americans behind. That's unequivocal'
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Michelle Malkin / Townhall.com:
Exclusive: The Story You Haven't Yet Heard About Bowe Bergdahl's Desertion
Wall Street Journal:
Secret Videos Prompted Bowe Bergdahl Taliban Prisoner Swap
Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times:
Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl Was Exchanged for Detainees at Guantánamo
New York Times:
Can Bowe Bergdahl Be Tied to 6 Lost Lives? Facts Are Murky
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.
Discussion: Politico, Mediaite, Gawker and CNN
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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.
Leslie Larson / NY Daily News:
Footage of Obama's Warsaw workout prompts security questions
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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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Thad Cochran backers face agonizing choice  —  Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran's national backers awakened to a wrenching decision Wednesday: whether to continue pouring energy and cash into an effort to rescue a six-term incumbent who failed to win a majority of the vote in this week's primary.
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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
The Republican Case Against Republican Economics
Discussion: National Review and AEIdeas
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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Donna Cassata / Associated Press:
Dem Leader Assails GOP Over Soldier Swap
Discussion: Politico
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.
Discussion: Liberal Values and Daily Kos
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Kristen Mitchell / The Columbus Dispatch:
Ohio bill would restrict abortion coverage
Discussion: 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.
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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NBC News:
Officials in Bergdahl's Hometown: Stop the Hate
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 …
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 …
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Maureen Dowd went to Colorado, ate some marijuana candy, and had an 8-hour freakout.  —  I'm surprised she's willing to write openly about violating federal criminal law.  On-the-books felony laws would be enough to silence me, but I would also think that a person who at least poses as smart …
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Don't Harsh Our Mellow, Dude
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.
Discussion: Politico, CNN, Business Insider and Mediaite
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Oliver North Of All People Blasts Obama For Financing Terrorist Orgs In Bergdahl Swap  —  Naturally, Lt. Col. Oliver North has plenty to say about the release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.  —  North, the former Reagan aide-turned-conservative commentator best-known for his central role …
 
 
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CNN:
U.S. official: ‘Dangerous’ Russian jet fly-by was ‘straight out of a movie’
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