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Politico:
Inside Jeb Bush's ‘shock and awe’ launch — While Bush avoided the spotlight last year, aides were making a plan. — NEW YORK — In November 2013, Jeb Bush took to the rostrum at New York's Marriott Marquis for the annual meeting of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association …
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Jeb Bush: ‘I love my father and my brother...but I am my own man’ — This item has been updated. — CHICAGO — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who is considering a 2016 presidential campaign, is seeking to distinguish his views on foreign policy from those of his father and brother, two former presidents.
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
The Same People Who Lied To You About Iraq Are Now In Charge Of Jeb Bush's Foreign Policy — President George W. Bush with then-Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in 2006. — CREDIT: AP — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) will deliver a speech on Wednesday that seeks to distance his foreign policy views …
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Steve Kornacki / msnbc.com:
Jeb Bush and the ghost of W — The model for Jeb Bush's campaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination is obvious: his brother. — Sixteen years ago, George W. Bush joined an unusually cluttered and formless Republican field in a race considered more wide open than any the party had ever seen.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Jeb Bush's foreign policy team is eerily familiar, in one Venn diagram
Jeb Bush's foreign policy team is eerily familiar, in one Venn diagram
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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Republican Jeb Bush on foreign policy views: ‘I am my own man’
Republican Jeb Bush on foreign policy views: ‘I am my own man’
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Hot Air, Politico and Washington Post
Barack Obama / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed President Obama: Our fight against violent extremism — The United States has made significant gains against terrorism. We've decimated the core al Qaeda leadership, strengthened homeland security and worked to prevent another large-scale attack like 9/11. — At the same time, the threat has evolved.
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US Department of State:
U.S. Export Policy for Military Unmanned Aerial Systems
U.S. Export Policy for Military Unmanned Aerial Systems
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Susan Jones / CNSNews:
U.S. Expects to Quadruple the Number of Syrian Refugees Brought Here
U.S. Expects to Quadruple the Number of Syrian Refugees Brought Here
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Oklahoma Bill Banning AP US History Would Make Students Study Ten Commandments, 3 Speeches By Reagan — An Oklahoma bill banning Advanced Placement U.S. History would also require schools to instruct students in a long list of “foundational documents,” including the Ten Commandments, two sermons and three speeches by Ronald Reagan.
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Sapling planted by Barack Obama at Raj Ghat on the verge of dying — A tree sapling planted by US President Barack Obama at the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi at Raj Ghat in New Delhi during his recent visit to India is apparently on the verge of ‘dying’, probably due to lack of proper care.
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Adam B. Lerner / Politico:
Obama tree nearly dead, Indian media reports — President Barack Obama may have reiterated Martin Luther King Jr.'s praise of India as “Gandhi's land,” a place that provided inspiration for the American civil rights leader, but a sapling the president planted at the Mahatma's memorial during …
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National Review
New York Times:
A Judge's Assault on Immigration — President Obama surely knew that his recent executive actions to protect millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation would run into trouble as soon as a 26-state lawsuit opposing the actions landed on the desk of Federal District Judge Andrew Hanen, of Brownsville, Tex.
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Serena Marshall / ABC News:
Obama Administration Unlikely to Seek Emergency Stay on Immigration Ruling
Obama Administration Unlikely to Seek Emergency Stay on Immigration Ruling
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Obama Said to Choose Joseph Clancy as New Head of Secret Service — WASHINGTON — President Obama has decided to appoint Joseph P. Clancy, who has guided the Secret Service on an interim basis for the past four months, to permanently lead the agency, law enforcement officials said Wednesday.
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F. W. Burleigh / American Thinker:
Is President Obama a Muslim? A lot has been written about this, but if photographs speak louder than words, then a photo taken at last August's U.S.-African Leaders' Summit in Washington D.C. might shed considerable light. — It shows Barack Hussein Obama flashing the one-finger affirmation …
Byron York / Associated Press:
Joe Biden's woman-touching habit — Vice President Joe Biden left some observers in and out of Washington aghast with his whisper-in-ear embrace of new Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter's wife Stephanie at Carter's swearing-in Tuesday. As Carter was delivering his first speech as Pentagon chief …
Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
Marie Harf to Critics: Maybe My Comments Were ‘Too Nuanced’ for You — “We cannot kill our way out of this war,” State Department spokesperson Marie Harf told MSNBC's Chris Matthews “We need in the medium to longer term to go after the root causes that leads people to join these groups, whether it's a lack of opportunity for jobs.”
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Wall Street Journal:
Foreign Government Gifts to Clinton Foundation on the Rise — Donations raise ethical questions as Hillary Clinton ramps up expected 2016 bid — The Clinton Foundation has dropped its self-imposed ban on collecting funds from foreign governments and is winning contributions at an accelerating rate …
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Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
Millennials ditching their TV sets at a record rate — Millenials like this couple are watching less TV than ever before. — The biggest TV drama among millennials is playing off screen. — So far this season, younger viewers, the most important audience for advertisers …
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FOX News Radio and New York Times
Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Holder calls for halt to US executions — Attorney General Eric Holder called Tuesday for a national moratorium on the death penalty until the Supreme Court weighs in on the issue later this year. — “Our system of justice is the best in the world. It is comprised of men and women …
Barbie Latza Nadeau / The Daily Beast:
Italy Fears ISIS Invasion From Libya — As ISIS makes inroads into Libya, officials in Rome are panicking about an Islamic State just across the sea—but have no idea how to combat the crisis. — ROME — Last weekend in Italy, as the threat of ISIS in Libya hit home with a new video addressed to …
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Ruth Sherlock / Telegraph:
Islamic State ‘planning to use Libya as gateway to Europe’
Islamic State ‘planning to use Libya as gateway to Europe’
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Mike Spies / Vocativ:
Which Congressman Misses The Most Votes? — If that government is best that governs least, these chronically absent lawmakers are superstars. Here are the biggest no-shows in Congress — Of the lawmakers currently serving in the U.S. Senate, Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is the least likely to show up for work.
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Rand Paul Is Looking to April to Announce Plan to Run for President, Associates Say — WASHINGTON — Senator Rand Paul is eyeing April 7 as the day he will announce his plans to run for president, people close to him said, a step that would position him ahead of his potential Republican rivals …
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Ruth Eglash / Washington Post:
Watch: What happened when a Jewish man walked around Paris for 10 hours — Israeli news organization, NRG, filmed Jewish reporter Zvika Klein walking through Paris in a skull cap to capture Parisians' reactions. (NRG) — JERUSALEM - In a video that has gone viral, Zvika Klein …
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