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CBS News:
How do Americans view the Bergdahl swap? — Shares - — Just over a week after U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was freed by the Taliban, a CBS News Poll shows 45% of Americans disapprove of the deal that saw him released in exchange for five Taliban militants, while 37% approve of it.
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John Parkinson / ABC News:
Hagel Made Final Call on Bergdahl Swap, Congress Told — Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel - not President Obama - executed the administration's final call to proceed with the prisoner exchange of five ranking Taliban detainees for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, administration officials told Congress today in a classified briefing today.
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Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Obama Administration: Bergdahl Was Chuck Hagel's Call — The last question asked at Monday night's closed-door briefing of members of the House of Representatives was a simple one: Who made the decision to transfer five top Taliban officials held at Guantanamo Bay to Qatar in exchange …
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Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
4 of ‘Taliban 5’ Will Likely Fight Again, U.S. Spies Say
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The Jawa Report, Hot Air, Wall Street Journal and National Review
Hayes Brown / ThinkProgress:
One Of The World's Scariest Terrorist Groups Now Controls Major City In Iraq — ISIS fighters in Fallujah, the first city the group captured — A terrorist group that al Qaeda has deemed too radical and unpredictable now controls the second largest city in Iraq as of Tuesday …
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Washington Post:
Insurgents seize Iraqi city of Mosul as troops flee — BEIRUT — Insurgents seized control early Tuesday of most of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, including the provincial government headquarters, offering a powerful demonstration of the mounting threat posed by extremists to Iraq's teetering stability.
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Chris Good / ABC News:
The Hillary Clinton Interview: 21 Revealing Quotes … Hillary Clinton sat down with ABC's Diane Sawyer for an exclusive, wide-ranging interview, coinciding with the release of her new memoir, “Hard Choices.” In it, Clinton weighed in on everything from her 2016 timetable to Benghazi …
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Talking Points Memo, Wall Street Journal, ABC News and Guardian
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Aide: Clintons ‘Have a Life and a Set of Expectations that Are Different’ from Middle Class
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Washington Free Beacon, Hot Air, National Review and Ed Driscoll
Frank James / NPR:
Hillary Clinton: I Helped Restore U.S. Leadership In The World
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The Gateway Pundit and Weekly Standard
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Morning Plum: Dems ratchet up push for expansion (yup) of Social Security — The idea has long remained outside the boundaries of acceptable Beltway discourse, but more and more Dems are coming around to it: Instead of getting drawn onto GOP austerity turf — into a debate …
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John Aloysius Farrell / Politico:
Yes, Nixon Scuttled the Vietnam Peace Talks — It's been rumored for years. Now we have real proof. — Did Richard Nixon's campaign conspire to scuttle the Vietnam War peace talks on the eve of the 1968 election to capture him the presidency? — Cruz country — Clinton's Obama challenge
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Political Insider blog and Balloon Juice
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Republicans' gagging hypocrisy — The Republican-led House will reach a dubious milestone this week: It will enter the record books as the most gagged in American history. — The House Rules Committee on Tuesday plans to approve two more “closed rules” for debate — a procedure …
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Politico:
New poll gives McDaniel 6-point lead in runoff — Rangel touts Bill Clinton endorsement on new mailer — Ernst up 5 in post-primary Vox Populi poll — Graham debates GOP challengers in S.C. — With help from Elizabeth Titus, Alex Isenstadt, James Hohmann and Tarini Parti
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Washington Monthly and Daily Kos
New York Times:
More Voting Games in Ohio — Someday, after they figure out how to appeal to a broader swath of the electorate, Republicans will probably be embarrassed by how much time they have spent making it harder for Americans to vote. For now, though, the beat just goes on.
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Daily Kos and Prairie Weather
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
How much does right-wing rhetoric contribute to right-wing terrorism? — Yesterday, a man and a woman shot two police officers in a Las Vegas restaurant after saying, “this is a revolution.” Then they draped their bodies in a Gadsden flag. According to reports now coming in, the couple …
Azam Ahmed / New York Times:
‘Friendly Fire’ Strike Kills 5 Special Operations Soldiers in Afghanistan — KABUL, Afghanistan — Five American Special Operations service members and at least one Afghan soldier were killed when a coalition aircraft accidentally unleashed an airstrike on their position in southern Afghanistan …
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Gawker, The Week and Outside the Beltway
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KOIN-TV:
Sheriff's Office: Shooter dead at Troutdale school — TROUTDALE, Ore. (KOIN 6) — A gunman and one Reynolds High School student are confirmed dead following a shooting inside the Troutdale school. — Law enforcement officials offered few other details concerning the shooting during a 10 a.m. media update.
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Talking Points Memo and Pat Dollard
Washington Monthly:
The Big Lobotomy — Last September, as they scrambled to decide on one final ultimatum before shutting down the federal government, Republican House leaders came up with what seemed like an odd demand: to strip their own staff of health care benefits. — At the time, staffers reacted …
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Booman Tribune
Ramona Shelburne / ESPN:
Donald Sterling will sue NBA after all … In a reversal, Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling will pursue a $1 billion federal lawsuit against the NBA and commissioner Adam Silver, and withdraw his support for the sale of the team negotiated by his wife.
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