memeorandum: Fighters abandoning al-Qaeda affiliates to join Islamic State, U.S. officials say (Greg Miller/Washington Post)

3:10 PM ET, August 10, 2014

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Hillary Clinton: ‘Failure’ to Help Syrian Rebels Led to the Rise of ISIS — The former secretary of state, and probable candidate for president, outlines her foreign-policy doctrine. She says this about President Obama's: “Great nations need organizing principles, and 'Don't do stupid stuff' is not an organizing principle.”

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Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:

Lindsey Graham: If Obama Doesn't Go On Offense, Terrorists Are ‘Coming Here’ — WASHINGTON — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) doesn't think the public has been sufficiently frightened about what is going on in the Middle East. On Sunday, he urged President Barack Obama to give a speech warning Americans …

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Heather / Latest from Crooks and Liars:

McCain Attacks President Obama For ‘Ineffective’ Air Strikes In Iraq — Once again, John McCain's solution to everything more war! — In his gazillionth appearance on one of these Sunday bobble head shows, Sen. John McCain was once again about as predictable as the sun coming up in the morning …

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Greg Miller / Washington Post:

Fighters abandoning al-Qaeda affiliates to join Islamic State, U.S. officials say — U.S. spy agencies have begun to see groups of fighters abandoning al-Qaeda affiliates in Yemen and Africa to join the rival Islamist organization that has seized territory in Iraq and Syria and been targeted in American airstrikes, U.S. officials said.

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Fox News:
Islamic militants advance despite 2 rounds of US airstrikes

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New York Times:
Iraq Airstrikes May Continue for Months, Obama Says

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Martin Matishak / The Hill:
Feinstein: ‘It takes an army to defeat an army’

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New York Times:
Fear of ‘Another Benghazi’ Drove White House to Airstrikes in Iraq

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CNN:
Obama: No timetable for Iraq airstrikes

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Tom Williams / Roll Call:
Feinstein Warns of Risk of ISIL Attack on America, Says Must Be Confronted

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KMOV-TV:

Tensions high in Ferguson after teen shot and killed by police officer — FERGUSON, Mo. (KMOV.com) - Tensions are high in Ferguson, Missouri and a large police presence is on hand after a teenager was shot to death by a police officer. — Police are asking the community to stay calm and allow the investigation to proceed.

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Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

Anger, confrontation after shooting of teen by Ferguson police officer — • By Leah Thorsen lthorsen@post-dispatch.com 636.937.6249 and Steve Giegerich sgiegerich@post-dispatch.com 314.725.6758 — FERGUSON • The fatal shooting of a teen Saturday afternoon by a Ferguson police officer outside …

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George Sells / FOX2now.com:
Ferguson police officer shoots, kills teen; community outraged

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Ian Lovett / New York Times:

In Surprising Defeat, Hawaii Governor Loses Primary — HONOLULU — After nearly four decades in elected office in Hawaii, Gov. Neil Abercrombie was dealt a stunning defeat in his bid for re-election over the weekend, becoming the first incumbent governor in the state's history to lose in his party's primary.

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Honolulu Star-Advertiser:

IGE TRIUMPHS — Abercrombie becomes the first incumbent to lose a gubernatorial primary in Hawaii — In a historic upset, state Sen. David Ige, who was unknown to many voters six months ago, ousted Gov. Neil Abercrombie on Saturday in the Demo-cratic primary.

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New York Times:

Mr. Obama, Your Move — Sometime in late summer, if predictions are right, President Obama will use his executive authority to protect many unauthorized immigrants from deportation. — We don't know the details. Mr. Obama and the Department of Homeland Security have not yet supplied the who …

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Ann Choi / MiamiHerald.com:

Two men sought in fatal shooting of Orthodox rabbi in Northeast Miami-Dade — The victim was from Brooklyn, N.Y., and was in South Florida visiting family. One Jewish community group said it was “a robbery that went badly.” — A 60-year-old Orthodox rabbi from Brooklyn …

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Washington Post:

Unlike previous midterm election years, no dominant theme has emerged for 2014 — Ask voters in North Carolina's Research Triangle what November's midterm elections are about and one will tell you drones. A second will say closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Yet another, the middle-class squeeze.

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