memeorandum: Kerry Hints That U.S. Would Support New Leader for Iraq (Michael R. Gordon/New York Times)

7:20 PM ET, June 22, 2014

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Hillary Clinton Says She Isn't ‘Truly Well Off’ — Hillary Clinton's multimillion dollar fortune has caused some negative headlines during the media tour for the release of her new book “Hard Choices,” which is widely seen as a prelude to a potential 2016 presidential campaign.

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Edward Klein / New York Post:

Inside the jealous feud between the Obamas and ‘Hildebeest’ Clintons — In his new book, “Blood Feud,” journalist Edward Klein gets inside the dysfunctional, jealous relationship between Bill and Hillary Clinton and Barack and Michelle Obama — and how it could explode in 2016.

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Edward Klein / New York Post:

Clinton bristled at Benghazi deception: book — In his new book, “Blood Feud,” journalist Edward Klein gets inside the dysfunctional, jealous relationship between Bill and Hillary Clinton and Barack and Michelle Obama. Here, he explains what happened the night of the Benghazi attack.

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Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:

IRS CANCELLED Contract with Email-Storage Firm Weeks After Lerner's Computer Crash — The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) cancelled its longtime relationship with an email-storage contractor just weeks after ex-IRS official Lois Lerner's computer crashed and shortly before other IRS officials' computers allegedly crashed.

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ABC News:

Obama: Threat From Iraq Militants Could Grow — Al-Qaida-inspired militants who have violently seized territory in Iraq could grow in power and destabilize other countries in the region, President Barack Obama warned Sunday. — The Iraqi public will ultimately reject the Islamic State …

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Alissa J. Rubin / New York Times:

Sunni Militants Capture Major Iraqi Post at Syrian Border — BAGHDAD — Sunni militants have gained control of a major Iraqi post on the Syrian border and several nearby towns, the Iraqi government said Sunday, trying to cast a positive light on what it and Western officials described …

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CNN:
Four western Iraqi towns fall to advancing ISIS militants

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Katie Glueck / Politico:

Sotomayor on Clinton and Costco — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is offering the back story behind her run-in with Hillary Clinton at a Virginia Costco last weekend. — In an interview that aired Sunday on ABC's “This Week,” the justice said it was “not planned.”

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Stephen M. Walt / Foreign Policy:

Being a Neocon Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry — These guys were wrong about every aspect of Iraq. Why do we still have to listen to them? — GOOGLE +

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Steven Rattner / New York Times:

Fear Not the Coming of the Robots — JUST over 50 years ago, the cover of Life magazine breathlessly declared the “point of no return for everybody.” Above that stark warning, a smaller headline proclaimed, “Automation's really here; jobs go scarce.” — As events unfolded …

Associated Press:

CORRECTION: IRELAND-CHILDREN'S MASS GRAVES STORY — DUBLIN (AP) — In stories published June 3 and June 8 about young children buried in unmarked graves after dying at a former Irish orphanage for the children of unwed mothers, The Associated Press incorrectly reported that the children …

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Kevin Baxter / Los Angeles Times:

U.S. faces ‘massive game’ against Portugal in World Cup — Both the U.S. and Portugal will go a long way toward determining their World Cup fates when they meet Sunday in the heat and humidity of the Amazon. — For the U.S., it's win and go on. For Portugal, it's win or go home. — And a tie?

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Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:

Kerry Hints That U.S. Would Support New Leader for Iraq — CAIRO — Secretary of State John Kerry, visiting Cairo on the first leg of a trip to try to rally Arab support on the Iraq crisis, said on Sunday that it was important for Iraqis to “find leadership” that could bridge the deep sectarian divides …

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