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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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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Public Has Doubts about Bergdahl Prisoner Exchange
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Did Gitmo Detainees Know of Transfer Before Congress?
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Gregory Korte / Associated Press:
USA TODAY poll: Obama mishandled Bergdahl exchange
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Noah Rothman / Hot Air:
Andrea Mitchell not buying State Dept.'s spin on Bergdahl Swap
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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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Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Clinton defends, clarifies debt remarks
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Frank James / NPR:
Hillary Clinton: I Helped Restore U.S. Leadership In The World
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 …
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Amanda Kooser / CNET:
Bulletproof blanket seeks to shield kids during school shootings — The bright orange bulletproof Bodyguard Blanket is geared at protecting kids from danger during school shootings or natural disasters. — Bodyguard Blankets deployed during a tornado drill. — ProTecht
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Guardian:
Revealed: Asian slave labour producing prawns for supermarkets in US, UK — Thai “ghost ships” that enslave, brutalise and even kill workers are linked to global prawn supply chain, Guardian investigation discovers — Link to video: Globalised slavery: how big supermarkets are selling prawns in supply chain by slave labour
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