memeorandum: ANALYSIS: Obama Plays Catch-Up With Public and Himself (Rick Klein/ABC News)

7:25 AM ET, September 11, 2014

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AP NEWSBREAK: SOURCE SAYS RICE VIDEO SENT TO NFL — ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A law enforcement official says he sent a video of Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee to an NFL executive three months ago, while league officers have insisted they didn't see the violent images until this week.

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Sources: Ray Rice spat at fiancee — ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Ray Rice spat in the face of Janay Palmer the night he punched her in a hotel elevator, one current and one former security staffer at the Revel hotel told “Outside the Lines.” — Three current or former security staffers …

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ABC News:

NFL, Ravens Missed Chances to See Ray Rice Punch Video: Sources … The Baltimore Ravens knew shortly after Ray Rice knocked out his wife in a hotel elevator that a surveillance video of the assault existed and that Rice's lawyer had a copy of the video, but never asked to see it, sources told ABC News today.

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Darin Gantt / ProFootballTalk:

Roger Goodell cancels appearance at banquet for Jerry Richardson — With the stuff that is brown hitting the fan this afternoon, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has decided to keep his friends from getting splattered with it. — Amid reports that law enforcement officials did provide …

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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
McCain: Goodell has ‘credibility issues’

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Jeff Zrebiec / Baltimore Sun:
Ravens executives address Ray Rice investigation in exclusive interview

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CBS News:
Goodell: No. — O'Donnell: No one in the NFL?

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Barry Petchesky / Deadspin:
Report: NFL Received Ray Rice Video In April

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Elise Coletta / National Organization for Women:
NOW Calls for Roger Goodell's Resignation, Appointment of Independent Investigator

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Mark Landler / New York Times:

Obama, in Speech on ISIS, Promises Sustained Effort to Rout Militants — WASHINGTON — President Obama on Wednesday authorized a major expansion of the military campaign against rampaging Sunni militants in the Middle East, including American airstrikes in Syria and the deployment of 475 more military advisers to Iraq.

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Zeke J Miller / TIME:

Full Text of Obama's Address on ISIS — Full text of President Barack Obama's address to the nation on ISIS — President Barack Obama addressed the nation Wednesday on his strategy to confront the threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS). — Below are his remarks as delivered:

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Peter Baker / New York Times:

New Military Campaign Extends a Legacy of War — WASHINGTON — In ordering a sustained military campaign against Islamic extremists in Syria and Iraq, President Obama on Wednesday night effectively set a new course for the remainder of his presidency and may have ensured that he would pass …

Washington Post:

Transcript: President Obama's speech outlining strategy to defeat Islamic State — President Obama outlined the U.S. military response to the Islamic State in a public address on Wednesday. Obama said that the U.S. will conduct a “systematic campaign of airstrikes” against the militant group, which could include airstrikes in Syria.

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Tim Hanrahan / Wall Street Journal:

Full Prepared Text of Obama's Speech Wednesday on ISIS Plans — President Barack Obama proposed Wednesday night a significantly expanded military offensive against Islamic State militants at a moment when the nation is deeply concerned about new threats to the country. Here is the full prepared text of his speech.

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Hayes Brown / ThinkProgress:
The Most Discouraging Sentence in Obama's Entire ISIS Speech

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David Frum / The Atlantic Online:
Don't Go Back to Iraq, Mr. President

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Tom Cohen / CNN:
Obama outlines ISIS strategy: Airstrikes in Syria, more U.S. troops

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Richard B. Cheney / American Enterprise Institute:
9/11 and the future of US foreign policy

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Rick Klein / ABC News:

ANALYSIS: Obama Plays Catch-Up With Public and Himself … President Obama on Wednesday night entered a new phase of his presidency — and he did it in a most Obama of ways. — First, to what's changed: He's announcing a war, not ending one. He's preparing to act without Congress …

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Liezl Thom / ABC News:

Oscar Pistorius' Trailblazing Judge Has Reputation for Toughness — Thokozile Matilda Masipa, the woman who will determine whether “Blade Runner” Oscar Pistorius spends the rest of his life in prison, has been a trailblazer for black women in Africa_" target="_blank">South Africa who has also avoided the spotlight.

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Gerald Imray / TIME:
Oscar Pistorius: How the Verdict Will be Delivered

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Tristyn Bloom / The Daily Caller:

Ted Cruz Booed Off Stage At Middle East Christian Conference [VIDEO] — Sen. Ted Cruz was booed offstage at a conference for Middle Eastern Christians Wednesday night after saying that “Christians have no greater ally than Israel.” — Cruz, the keynote speaker at the sold-out D.C. dinner gala …

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Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:

Prosecutors Are Pushing Prison Time for D'Souza — Saying that Dinesh D'Souza had not yet accepted responsibility for his crime, prosecutors asked a federal judge in Manhattan on Wednesday to sentence the best-selling conservative author and filmmaker to 10 to 16 months in prison for violating campaign finance laws.

Kimberly Kagan / Weekly Standard:

Obama's ‘Strategy’ Has No Chance of Success — President Obama just announced that he is bringing a counter-terrorism strategy to an insurgency fight. He was at pains to repeat the phrase “counter-terror” four times in a short speech. Noting that ISIL is not a state …

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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:

IRS chief: ‘Whenever we can, we follow the law’ — During another grueling hearing on the ObamaCare rollout, the head of the Internal Revenue Service tried to offer lawmakers an assurance about the soon-to-open enrollment period. — “Whenever we can, we follow the law,” …

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