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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
ABC News's Diane Sawyer destroys Hillary Rodham Clinton on Benghazi — A standard defense for Hillary Rodham Clinton when facing questions about Benghazi, Libya, has been to cite her commissioning of a report from the State Department's Accountability Review Board (ARB) …
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Power Line
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Michael Scherer / TIME:
Hillary Clinton Avoids Hard Choices in Hard Choices — It reads like—and is—a political campaign book — The first thing to get out of the way is this: Hillary Clinton is running for President in 2016, even if she says on Page 595 of her new book, Hard Choices, “I haven't decided yet.”
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OnPolitics
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton's Book Signing Has Air of a Campaign Event
Hillary Clinton's Book Signing Has Air of a Campaign Event
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Weekly Standard and Mediaite
Chris Good / ABC News:
The Hillary Clinton Interview: 21 Revealing Quotes
The Hillary Clinton Interview: 21 Revealing Quotes
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ABC News, Wall Street Journal, Guardian, CNN and The Lead with Jake Tapper
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Aide: Clintons ‘Have a Life and a Set of Expectations that Are Different’ from Middle Class
Aide: Clintons ‘Have a Life and a Set of Expectations that Are Different’ from Middle Class
Discussion:
Politico, Washington Free Beacon, Hot Air, National Review and Ed Driscoll
Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
Why Hillary Clinton Wouldn't Attack Palin ‘For Being A Woman’
Why Hillary Clinton Wouldn't Attack Palin ‘For Being A Woman’
Discussion:
ABC News, Talking Points Memo and CNN
Frank James / NPR:
Hillary Clinton: I Helped Restore U.S. Leadership In The World
Hillary Clinton: I Helped Restore U.S. Leadership In The World
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The Gateway Pundit and Weekly Standard
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.
Discussion:
The Daily Caller, “The Lid”, Questions and Observations, Independent Journal Review and The PJ Tatler
Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Obama Administration: Bergdahl Was Chuck Hagel's Call
Obama Administration: Bergdahl Was Chuck Hagel's Call
Discussion:
Hot Air, Betsy's Page, Power Line and Washington Post
Philip Ewing / Politico:
Pentagon: No ransom for Bergdahl
Pentagon: No ransom for Bergdahl
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Talking Points Memo and Washington Free Beacon
Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
4 of ‘Taliban 5’ Will Likely Fight Again, U.S. Spies Say
4 of ‘Taliban 5’ Will Likely Fight Again, U.S. Spies Say
Discussion:
The Jawa Report, Hot Air, Wall Street Journal and National Review
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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CBS News, Hit & Run, CNN, Hot Air, National Review, Gawker, Business Insider, WAMC, The PJ Tatler, The Other McCain and Associated Press
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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 …
Discussion:
Full, Washington Post, Outside the Beltway, Shakesville, Booman Tribune and National Review
BBC:
Iraq militants seize second city of Mosul
Iraq militants seize second city of Mosul
Discussion:
New York Times, The Long War Journal, BBC and Mashable
KOIN-TV:
Student, shooter dead at Reynolds High School — TROUTDALE, Ore. (KOIN 6) — A gunman and one Reynolds High School student are confirmed dead following a Tuesday morning shooting inside the Troutdale school. — Troutdale Police Chief Scott Anderson said during a noon update …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Pat Dollard and The Raw Story
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CNN:
Student, suspect killed at school — (CNN) — One student was killed at the hands of a shooter at a high school near Portland, Oregon, on Tuesday morning, police agencies said. — The suspected shooter is also dead, the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office said. It was not immediately clear how the shooter died.
Discussion:
The Reaction, The Daily Banter, WTVR-TV and Mashable
Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
Why Is the American Far Right More Violent Than the American Far Left? — Between September 11, 2001 and March 2014, right-wing extremists killed 34 people in America. If you count the three Jewish community members Frazier Glenn Cross killed in Kansas City before screaming “Heil Hitler” …
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Washington Monthly and CNN
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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
Discussion:
Daily Kos and Washington Monthly
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Patricia Murphy / The Daily Beast:
Lindsey Graham's Tea Party Teflon
Lindsey Graham's Tea Party Teflon
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Talking Points Memo
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
How The Worst Political State In The Country Ruined The Republican Party's Best Hope — Nikki Haley was once seen as the GOP's brightest rising star — then she got sucked into her home state's notorious political cesspool. Can she escape before 2016? — Chris Ritter
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Washington Monthly
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 …
Discussion:
Booman Tribune
Michael Paulson / New York Times:
Colleges and Evangelicals Collide on Bias Policy — BRUNSWICK, Me. — For 40 years, evangelicals at Bowdoin College have gathered periodically to study the Bible together, to pray and to worship. They are a tiny minority on the liberal arts college campus, but they have been a part …
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Independent Journal Review, Hit & Run, The Reality-Based Community and National Association …
Joe Nocera / New York Times:
The Latest Tea Party Piñata — About three weeks ago, Representative Jeb Hensarling, a Republican from Texas who is chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, gave a speech to the Heritage Foundation. Hensarling is a Tea Party favorite. His core view is that better government …
Discussion:
National Review and The Mahablog
David Sirota / PandoDaily:
Gore at Southland: Snowden revealed far bigger violations than the one he committed — One of the most often-asked - and polled - questions in the whole debate about NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is about his status. Is he a traitor or a hero? In the era of mass surveillance …
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo and Politico
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Boehner Won't Call Las Vegas Shootings ‘Domestic Terrorism’ — Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) was asked Tuesday if he considers the Las Vegas shootings on Sunday to be “an act of domestic terrorism.” — “I — I'm not sure how I'd describe it,” he responded to reporters in the Capitol.
Discussion:
Mediaite and Liberaland
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Kelly Riddell / Washington Times:
Vegas rampage underscores the rise of violent radicals; cop killings up 53%
Vegas rampage underscores the rise of violent radicals; cop killings up 53%
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Vox Popoli