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Ken Dilanian / Associated Press:
House intel panel debunks many Benghazi theories — 1 photo — WASHINGTON (AP) — A two-year investigation by the Republican-controlled House Intelligence Committee has found that the CIA and the military acted properly in responding to the 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi …
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Felicia Schwartz / Wall Street Journal:
House Report Finds No Attempt to Mislead Public Over Benghazi — GOP-Led Panel Says Administration ‘Talking Points’ Were Flawed; Military, CIA Responded Properly — A House report on the 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya, concludes that the Central Intelligence Agency …
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Lauren French / Politico:
House Intel Committee dismisses some Benghazi myths
Daniel Wallis / Reuters:
FBI arrests two would-be Ferguson bomb suspects: law enforcement source — (Reuters) - Two men suspected of buying explosives they planned to detonate during protests in Ferguson, Missouri, once a grand jury decides the Michael Brown case, were arrested on Friday and charged with federal firearms offenses …
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Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Jennings closes schools next week in expectation of grand jury decision
Jennings closes schools next week in expectation of grand jury decision
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Daniel Wallis / Reuters:
Officials make preparations for Ferguson grand jury decision
Officials make preparations for Ferguson grand jury decision
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Josh Margolin / ABC News:
FBI Sends 100 Agents to Ferguson Ahead of Grand Jury Decision
FBI Sends 100 Agents to Ferguson Ahead of Grand Jury Decision
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James Freeman / Wall Street Journal:
Standards, Fallen — There is so much that is deeply strange in a New York Times story reported Friday by Jason Horowitz. — Assuming the article is factually correct, and it certainly appears to be well reported, the president of the United States phoned the majority leader …
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New York Times:
In a Shift, Obama Extends U.S. Role in Afghan Combat — WASHINGTON — President Obama signed a classified order in recent weeks authorizing a more expansive mission for the military in Afghanistan in 2015 than originally planned, a move that ensures American troops will have a direct role …
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Danny Vinik / The New Republic:
Inflation Paranoia Will Never Die, No Matter What the Evidence Says — Peter Schiff is one of the most famous investors in America. He might also be the person most wrong about America's economic struggles. In 2009, Schiff not only warned of impending inflation but said it was already upon us.
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Devlin Barrett / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Marshals Service Personnel Dressed as Mexican Marines Pursue Cartel Bosses — Members of U.S. Marshals Service Join Military Operations in Mexico Against Drug Gangs — U.S. Justice Department personnel are disguising themselves as Mexican Marines to take part in armed raids …
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New York Times:
Mr. Obama's Wise Immigration Plan — President Obama's speech Thursday night on immigration ended on a high, hopeful note. Mr. Obama, quoting Scripture's admonition to welcome and protect the stranger, told millions who have lived and worked here for years, many of them Americans in all but name …
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Taylor Berman / Gawker:
Disturbing Video Shows NYPD Officer Smashing Fare-Beater's Face — Yesterday evening, Donovan Lawson allegedly tried to fare-beat at the Myrtle Avenue-Broadway JMZ station. An NYPD officer at the station responded by smashing Lawson's face in with a nightstick, causing blood to gush down the 20-year-old's face.
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Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker: Obama has ‘gone rogue’ — Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) on Friday said Republicans have no other choice but to pursue a lawsuit when President Obama has “gone rogue.” — On Fox News's “On the Record,” Schock said he would prefer not to sue the administration over parts of ObamaCare.
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Peter Suderman / Hit & Run:
If You Like Your Obamacare Health Plan, You Can Keep It, If HHS Doesn't Pick a New One For You — Here's a Friday Obamacare news-dump for you: In a 300-page regulatory proposal released late this afternoon, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that it is considering changing …
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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Rand Paul Likens Obama Exec Action To Japanese Internment Camp Order — Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) likened President Barack Obama's decision to take executive action on immigration to then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt's executive order authorizing putting Japanese-Americans in internment camps during World War II.
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