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EXCLUSIVE: Bergdahl declared jihad in 2010, secret documents show — U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl at one point during his captivity converted to Islam, fraternized openly with his captors and declared himself a “mujahid,” or warrior for Islam, according to secret documents prepared on the basis …
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
The Unraveling — How the Obama administration's story on Bowe Bergdahl and the Taliban fell apart — Late in the afternoon of Saturday, May 31, Barack Obama strode confidently to a lectern in the White House Rose Garden flanked by the parents of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl …
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Free him, then try him — (Uncredited/AP) - In this image taken …
Free him, then try him — (Uncredited/AP) - In this image taken …
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National Review and Wall Street Journal
Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
An Anatomy of the Right's Bergdahl Overreach
An Anatomy of the Right's Bergdahl Overreach
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Washington Post, American Spectator and RedState
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Scarborough And Todd Get Into On-Air Shouting Match Over Bergdahl's Dad
Scarborough And Todd Get Into On-Air Shouting Match Over Bergdahl's Dad
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Taylor Marsh, The Huffington Post, Hullabaloo and Politico
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Rep. Who Defended Bergdahl Now Calls Him Deserter
GOP Rep. Who Defended Bergdahl Now Calls Him Deserter
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Lawfare, Guardian, National Review, KUSI-TV and PoliticusUSA, more at Mediagazer »
TODAY:
Bowe Bergdahl handover shown in Taliban video
Bowe Bergdahl handover shown in Taliban video
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RedState, The Federalist, Slate, The Gateway Pundit and Politico
David Brooks / New York Times:
President Obama Was Right — Americans don't have a common ancestry. Therefore, we have to work hard to build national solidarity. We go in for more overt displays of patriotism than in most other countries: politicians wearing flag lapel pins, everybody singing the national anthem before games …
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Taegan Goddard's …, The Week, No More Mister Nice Blog and The Huffington Post
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New York Times:
The Rush to Demonize Sgt. Bergdahl — Four months ago, Senator John McCain said he would support the exchange of five hard-core Taliban leaders for the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. “I would support,” he told CNN. “Obviously I'd have to know the details, but I would support ways of bringing …
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The Democratic Daily, Vox, TheBlaze.com, Washington Post, Weekly Standard, The Huffington Post, The Daily Caller, Politico, Lawfare, Daily Kos, Slate, Hot Air and Los Angeles Times
Jeff Bell / Wall Street Journal:
43 beats 44, 48% to 42%. — This has to hurt: A plurality of respondents in a new Fox News poll “believe the administration of former President George W. Bush was more competent [than] the Obama administration,” the Hill reports. “Forty-eight percent say the Obama administration is less competent …
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Weekly Standard, Associated Press, RedState and Washington Post
David Conti / Greensburg Tribune-Review:
In Pittsburgh, Leon Panetta questions prisoner swap with Taliban
In Pittsburgh, Leon Panetta questions prisoner swap with Taliban
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National Review and New York Times
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Democrats Are Weary in Wake of Bergdahl Case
Democrats Are Weary in Wake of Bergdahl Case
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Hot Air, Human Events, JustOneMinute, Politico, TIME and VodkaPundit
New York Times:
Memories From Normandy — Beginning on June 6, 1944, more than 150,000 Allied troops landed on a broad stretch of beaches on the coast of Normandy, in German-held France. Entrenched behind concrete walls and bunkers were more than 50,000 German soldiers. Seventy years later …
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New York Times:
It's Not Too Soon to Pay Attention to Senate Polling — Just five months until November's midterm elections and already early polling results have countered some expectations. In Arkansas, the Democrat Mark Pryor is showing surprising strength in a red state, and in North Carolina …
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Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:
Primary Winner: Poll Averages Prove More Accurate — For all the focus on Republican infighting this primary season, one quiet winner has emerged from these intraparty contests: public-opinion polls. — Individual survey results have been all over the map in primary after primary …
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Taegan Goddard's …
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Dialing It In — One evening in March, during a visit to Italy, President Obama asked the U.S. ambassador to round up a bunch of—and I quote—"interesting Italians" for a dinner at the ambassadorial residence. The history of the property, the Villa Taverna, goes as far back as the tenth century.
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alicublog and The PJ Tatler
KIRO-TV:
Seattle Pacific University shooting: Multiple victims, 2 shooters — Quick Facts: — At least six people shot at Seattle Pacific University. — At least one suspect in custody. Police initially said two. — School is about 10 min. from downtown Seattle with about 4,000 students.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Climate Domino — Maybe it's me, but the predictable right-wing cries of outrage over the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rules on carbon seem oddly muted and unfocused. I mean, these are the people who managed to create national outrage over nonexistent death panels.
CNN:
70 years later, D-Day vet Jim ‘Pee Wee’ Martin jumps again — Normandy, France (CNN) — Jim “Pee Wee” Martin acted like he'd been here before, like jumping from a plane is as easy as falling off a log. — Maybe that's because he had — 70 years ago. — “I'm feeling fine,” …
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Kerry Picket / BREITBART.COM:
SPECIAL COUNSEL INVESTIGATING 37 CASES OF VA RETALIATION AGAINST WHISTLEBLOWERS — The U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) announced on Thursday that it is presently investigating allegations from 37 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employee whistleblowers at VA facilities in 19 states …
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Hot Air
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Edward Snowden took less than previously thought, says James Clapper — As the intelligence community continues its assessment of the damage caused by Edward Snowden's leaks of secret programs, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper says it appears the impact may be less than once feared because …
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The Hill, Wall Street Journal, Guardian, Business Insider and Prairie Weather