memeorandum: Retired Israeli veterans warn against speech (Washington Post)

1:40 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 …

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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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William Booth / Washington Post:

Netanyahu's address to Congress will be most important speech of his life — JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's upcoming address to a joint meeting of Congress will probably be the most important speech of his career — and one that has already jeopardized relations between Israel and the United States.

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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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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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Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Nearly Half of Voters Disapprove of GOP's Netanyahu Invite

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Bradley Klapper / Associated Press:
Kerry Tries to Dampen Fuss Over Israeli PM's Speech

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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Kerry Contradicts Administration: Bibi ‘Welcome to Speak in the U.S.’

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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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Los Angeles Times:

Deadly LAPD shooting of homeless man is caught on video — In a dramatic confrontation caught on video, Los Angeles police shot and killed a homeless man in the heart of downtown's bustling skid row Sunday. — A video of the incident posted on Facebook (contains foul language) …

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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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Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:

Hard Cases — The great Supreme Court cases turn on the majestic ambiguities embedded in the Constitution. It is not a simple thing to define and apply terms like “the freedom of speech,” or “equal protection of the laws,” much less explain how much process is “due.”

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New York Times:
The Phony Legal Attack on Health Care

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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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Julia Ioffe / New York Times:
After Boris Nemtsov's Assassination, ‘There Are No Longer Any Limits’

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Katherine Miller / BuzzFeed:

Hugh Hewitt On The Kinds Of Questions He'll Ask At The Debate: No Evolution — And no questions meant to “divide on religious grounds.” The radio show host, who will be a part of CNN's debate, says foreign policy should come first in an interview with radio host Aaron Klein. — Alex Gallardo / AP Images

Discussion: Little Green Footballs and No More Mister Nice Blog

RIchard Spencer / Telegraph:

How Syria's Christians stopped turning the other cheek — New Christian militia goes into battle against Isil - but pays a high price — Like many of Syria's warriors, Kino Gabriel was a student four years ago, training to be a dentist. — Like many other Syrians, he resisted the call to war …

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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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NY Daily News:

Nancy Sinatra insists Ronan Farrow is not Frank Sinatra's son — Frank Sinatra would've turned 100 years old this year and Old Blue Eyes' daughter Nancy would like to make clear that that his legacy doesn't include Ronan Farrow. — “He's Mia's son and we love him, but he has nothing …

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Andrew Desiderio / Mediaite:

TV Exec. Suing Comcast/Sharpton: 'Give Him $50k and a Bucket of Chicken and We're Good' — Byron Allen, the CEO of Entertainment Studios, continued his attacks on Al Sharpton in light of a discrimination lawsuit Allen and other African-American media owners filed against Comcast and Time Warner Cable.

Discussion: FOX News Radio and Ed Driscoll

Leigh Munsil / Politico:

Steve Scalise vows to continue immigration fight — House Majority Whip Steve Scalise vowed on Sunday to keep fighting against President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration in the midst of the Department of Homeland Security funding battle. — Congress passed a last-minute …

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