memeorandum: Report: Obama threatened to fire on Israeli jets attacking Iran (Maan News Agency)

8:30 AM ET, March 2, 2015

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Mark Langfan / Reuters:

Report: Obama Threatened to Shoot Down IAF Iran Strike — Kuwaiti paper claims unnamed Israeli minister with good ties with the US administration ‘revealed the attack plan to John Kerry.’ — The Bethlehem-based news agency Ma'an has cited a Kuwaiti newspaper report Saturday …

Andrew Dugan / Gallup:

Netanyahu's Favorable Rating Improves in U.S. — Story Highlights — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to the U.S. Congress that has strained relations between Israel and the White House, nearly twice as many Americans view Israel's leader favorably (45%) as unfavorably (24%).

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Maan News Agency:

Report: Obama threatened to fire on Israeli jets attacking Iran — BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) - A Kuwaiti newspaper reported Saturday that US President Barack Obama thwarted an Israeli military attack against Iran's nuclear facilities in 2014. — Al-Jarida newspaper quoted “well-placed” …

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Washington Post:

Retired Israeli veterans warn against speech — TEL AVIV — Hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set off Sunday for Washington, a group of 180 retired Israeli generals and former top security officials warned that his upcoming address to a joint meeting of Congress on Iran's nuclear program will cause more harm than good.

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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Nearly Half of Voters Object to Netanyahu Speech: Poll

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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Danger Ahead for Obama on Iran

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William Booth / Washington Post:
Netanyahu's address to Congress will be most important speech of his life

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Julia Edwards / Reuters:
Obama to veto bill letting Congress weigh in on Iran deal

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ABC News:
Kerry Worries Israeli PM Visit May Become ‘Political Football’

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Leigh Munsil / Politico:
Steve Scalise vows to continue immigration fight

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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:

Is Supreme Court's chief justice ready to take down ObamaCare? — U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts faced a conservative backlash after casting a decisive vote to save ObamaCare in 2012. — Now he must weigh in on the law once again. — The case of King v. Burwell …

Politico:

No easy fix if Supreme Court halts Obamacare cash — The administration says it has no contingency plan for 7 million to 8 million people. — HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell denies that her agency has contingency plans. John Shinkle/POLITICO — The Obama administration …

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Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Hard Cases — The great Supreme Court cases turn on the …

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Los Angeles Times:

LAPD fatal shooting of man caught on tape — Authorities said Sunday night that Los Angeles police fatally shot a man on skid row during a struggle over an officer's weapons. — Police officials offered a detailed account of what they say prompted the Sunday morning shooting, which was captured on video by a bystander.

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Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:

The O'Reilly tapes: Phone recordings raise new questions about JFK story — One evening in March more than 30 years ago, Gaeton Fonzi received a call from a man whose voice and name are now instantly recognizable. — “Hi Gaeton,” the caller said. “Bill O'Reilly.” — The year was 1977.

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Jennifer Emily / Dallas Morning News:

Free of Ebola but not fear — Nurse Nina Pham to file lawsuit against Presby parent, worries about continued health woes — Experimental drugs and special care helped make Nina Pham Ebola free. But today she fears she may never escape the deadly disease.

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Fox News:

Walker: ‘My view has changed’ on immigration reform — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a presumptive 2016 Republican presidential candidate, says he has changed his immigration stance and no longer backs comprehensive reform that would allow illegal immigrants to be penalized but remain in the country.

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Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:

Justice Department to Fault Ferguson Police, Seeing Racial Bias in Traffic Stops — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has nearly completed a highly critical report accusing the police in Ferguson, Mo., of making discriminatory traffic stops of African-Americans that created years …

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Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:

Gay group wins formal recognition from state Republican Party — Essential California reading: Leonard Nimoy's influence, homicide risk for Latinos, money in L.A. city elections

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Olga TanasJason Corcoran / Bloomberg Business:

Russian Opposition Gathers in Moscow to Honor Murdered Nemtsov — Don't Miss Out — (Bloomberg) — Tens of thousands marched through Moscow to honor slain political activist Boris Nemtsov in the biggest show of support for Russia's opposition in three years.

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