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2:45 PM ET, March 8, 2015

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Cory Bennett / The Hill:
Huckabee: Clinton evokes ‘The Godfather’  —  Hillary Clinton continued to get hammered on Sunday for her decision to use a personal email service during her time leading the State Department  —  “There's a protocol that she didn't follow,” said former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee on “Fox News Sunday.”
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
Adam Sneed / Politico:
Trey Gowdy sees months-long gaps in Clinton emails  —  The top House Republican Benghazi investigator says the emails Hillary Clinton has handed over for review have “huge gaps” that challenge her credibility over what happened in the 2012 attacks in Libya.  —  “There are gaps of months …
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Can we finally—finally!— be done with the Clintons?  —  As secretary of state, Hillary Clinton schemed to subvert record-keeping and transparency rules for reasons that are probably more or less communicated by her surname: The Clintons are creeps and liars and scoundrels and misfits, always have been, always will be.
Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
In Selma, GOP Lawmakers Explain Why They Don't Support John Lewis' Bill To Restore Voting Rights Act  —  Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) says hasn't read the bill to restore the Voting Rights Act.  —  CREDIT: Alice Ollstein  —  SELMA, ALABAMA — Dozens of members of Congress …
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Raw Story
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Maya Rhodan / TIME:
Transcript: Read Full Text of President Barack Obama's Speech in Selma  —  The President spoke on Saturday on the 50th anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’  —  President Obama spoke before thousands on Saturday during a commemorative ceremony for the 50th anniversary of the events of “Bloody Sunday” …
German Lopez / Vox:
Read the full transcript of Obama's rousing, emotional speech in Selma  —  It is a rare honor in this life to follow one of your heroes.  And John Lewis is one of my heroes.  —  Now, I have to imagine that when a younger John Lewis woke up that morning fifty years ago and made his way to Brown Chapel, heroics were not on his mind.
The White House:
Remarks by the President at the 50th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery Marches
Discussion: Power Line
Mark Sagliocco / ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Former Secretary of State Colin Powell  —  Below is the rush transcript for “This Week” on March 8, 2015.  It may contain errors and will be updated.  —  STEPHANOPOULOS: We are going to turn now to the former Secretary of State General Colin Powell.  He joins us now from Washington.
Discussion: Yahoo! News and Politico
Scott Wong / The Hill:
GOP struggles to get the votes  —  Just don't call him “The Hammer.”  —  Seven months on the job, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise's wobbly vote-counting operation looks nothing like that of one of his predecessors, Tom DeLay of Texas, whose iron grip on his caucus made him one of the most respected …
Discussion: Political Wire
Rukmini Callimachi / New York Times:
Boko Haram Generates Uncertainty With Pledge of Allegiance to Islamic State  —  With thousands of fighters and some parts of northeastern Nigeria under its control, Boko Haram is believed to be the largest jihadi group to pledge fidelity to the Islamic State.
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James Hohmann / Politico:
The Iowa Ag Summit: 10 takeaways  —  The GOP's top contenders try to thread the needle on farm policy, ethanol mandates.  —  The politics of ethanol have shifted enough over the last 15 years that several Republican presidential candidates felt comfortable - at an agricultural summit in Iowa Saturday …
Dave Urbanski / TheBlaze.com:
American Flag Ban Vetoed by UC Irvine Campus Leaders  —  A University of California Irvine student executive cabinet on Saturday vetoed a resolution banning the American flag from the lobby of the student government offices, KNBC-TV reported, noting a post on the school's website.
Evan Bolin / WKOW 27:
BREAKING: Teen dead after officer-involved shooting in Madison  —  UPDATE (WKOW) — Madison Police Chief Mike Koval says an officer shot and killed a 19-year old black man after a struggle in a home on Williamson St.  —  A large crowd gather at the scene of the shooting late Friday evening …
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