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Fox News:
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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Scarborough And Todd Get Into On-Air Shouting Match Over Bergdahl's Dad — MSNBC's Chuck Todd and Joe Scarborough got into a shouting match Thursday on “Morning Joe” over Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's father in a heated debate that ultimately centered around the host's own parenting skills.
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New York Times:
Bergdahl Walked Away Before, Military Report Says — WASHINGTON — A classified military report detailing the Army's investigation into the disappearance of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in June 2009 says that he had wandered away from assigned areas before — both at a training range in California …
TODAY:
Bowe Bergdahl handover shown in Taliban video — The Taliban released the first video of former prisoner Bowe Bergdahl's handover, a dramatic exchange under a white flag. Meanwhile, controversy grows over the deal that set him free. NBC chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel reports …
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RedState, Slate, The Gateway Pundit 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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Guardian, KUSI-TV, National Review and PoliticusUSA
New York Times:
Fears for Sergeant's Life Led to Secrecy About Swap, Obama Official Says
Fears for Sergeant's Life Led to Secrecy About Swap, Obama Official Says
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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, JustOneMinute and VodkaPundit
Kendall Breitman / Politico:
Charles Krauthammer backs Bowe Bergdahl deal
Charles Krauthammer backs Bowe Bergdahl deal
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama on Bergdahl deal: ‘No apologies’
Obama on Bergdahl deal: ‘No apologies’
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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.
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Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Religion News Service, Gawker, Talking Points Memo and Hinterland Gazette
Dave Forster / Virginian-Pilot:
Virginia DMV orders Lyft, Uber to stop operating — Virginia's Department of Motor Vehicles sent cease and desist orders today to Lyft and Uber, telling the two ride services that they must stop operating in violation of state law or face fines against their part-time drivers.
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CBS News:
Hillary Clinton's “Hard Choices”: Bergdahl, Benghazi and more — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the World Bank May 14, 2014 in Washington, D.C. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/GETTY IMAGES — Shares - — Hillary Clinton's long-awaited memoir, “Hard Choices” isn't scheduled …
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Hillary Includes Picture With Benghazi Caskets in Book Montage
Hillary Includes Picture With Benghazi Caskets in Book Montage
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Doug Ross, New York Times, No More Mister Nice Blog, TPNN, Mediaite and Washington Post
Isaac Chotiner / The New Republic:
Q&A: Ta-Nehisi Coates on Reparations, Ignorant Journalism, and Whether He Talks to President Obama — Ta-Nehisi Coates's cover story in this month's Atlantic, ‘The Case For Reparations,’ is not merely a call for greater dialogue and conversation about America's racial history.
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The Federalist, The Daily Caller, The Dish, Washington Monthly, The Great Debate and The Atlantic Online
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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CNN:
CNN exclusive: Doctor in Senate says Bergdahl was drugged in video — Washington (CNN) - Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Oklahoma, who is a also a physician, told CNN he is convinced that Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was drugged in the so-called “proof of life” video shown to senators during a closed briefing Wednesday.
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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 …
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Is There a Favorite in the Republican Runoff For Senate in Mississippi? — State Sen. Chris McDaniel finished over 1,000 votes ahead of U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran in Mississippi's Republican primary for U.S. Senate. But McDaniel — with 49.5 percent of the vote — is short of a majority, the threshold needed to avoid a runoff.
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Washington Monthly, The Clarion-Ledger, Taegan Goddard's … and Washington Post
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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Sheriff's Office: McDaniel Camp Account Of Courthouse Caper A ‘Fabrication’
Sheriff's Office: McDaniel Camp Account Of Courthouse Caper A ‘Fabrication’
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NationalJournal.com, Sun Herald, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The PJ Tatler, Mediaite and Daily Kos
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Democrats See a Break in a Gain for the Tea Party in Mississippi
Democrats See a Break in a Gain for the Tea Party in Mississippi
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News Desk, CNN and NewsBusters
Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Paul has warning for released detainees — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) late Tuesday said if the United States discovered any of the released Guantánamo Bay prisoners were planning a terrorist attack, “there would be a drone with their name on it.” — On Fox News's “Your World with Neil Cavuto …
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William Saletan / Slate:
Trading Taliban prisoners for a POW doesn't reward terrorism. It keeps our promise to our troops.
Trading Taliban prisoners for a POW doesn't reward terrorism. It keeps our promise to our troops.
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PoliticusUSA, TIME, National Review and The Dish