memeorandum: GOP letter to Iran deepens White House ire (Washington Post)

10:50 AM ET, March 10, 2015

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A war of Obama's making — The White House and some Democrats are livid over congressional Republican attempts to circumvent President Obama's authority to make a nuclear arms deal with Iran. They have a right to be angry — but not to be surprised. — There's a war going on between …

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Iran Primer / New Articles:

Part II: Iran Responds to GOP Letter — On Mach 9, Iran's U.N. mission circulated the following press release detailing Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's reaction to the GOP letter on a nuclear deal. — Asked about the open letter of 47 US Senators to Iranian leaders …

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Dr. Zarif's Response to the Letter of US Senators — Asked about the open letter of 47 US Senators to Iranian leaders, the Iranian Foreign Minister, Dr. Javad Zarif, responded that “in our view, this letter has no legal value and is mostly a propaganda ploy.

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Washington Post:

GOP letter to Iran deepens White House ire — An already heated battle between the White House and Republicans over negotiations to curtail Iran's nuclear program grew more tense Monday when 47 Republican senators sent a letter to Iran designed to kill any potential deal.

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Peter Baker / New York Times:
White House Faults G.O.P. Senators' Letter to Iran's Leaders

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Senator Tom Cotton:
Search form — Washington, D.C.— Senator Tom Cotton …

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The Hill:
Outrage over GOP's letter to Iran

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BooMan / Booman Tribune:
How Slowly Did Obama Administration Learn?

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Mark Murray / NBC News:

Poll: Nearly 60% Looking For Change in '16. Will They Get It? — As for Bush, he finds himself swimming upstream on the issues of Common Core and immigration reform. — In the poll, 52 percent of potential GOP primary voters unfavorably view a candidate who supports the Common Core education standards - as Bush does.

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Patrick O'Connor / Wall Street Journal:

Poll Finds Big 2016 Field Divides GOP — While Democrats Back Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush Faces More Resistance From His Party — The two most recognizable figures in the 2016 presidential race start off in very different positions within their own parties, and with Americans overall feeling …

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Ben Kamisar / The Hill: Voters see Hillary and Jeb as old hat

Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton Has Broad Democratic Support, but GOP Field Splintered — WSJ/NBC News Poll

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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Excited for Jeb and Hillary? Just wait for Chelsea vs. George P.

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CBS News:

Hillary Clinton to respond to email controversy Tuesday — Shares - — A source close to Hillary Clinton tells CBS News that the former secretary of state will speak publicly about her use of a private email account, rather than a government address while she was secretary of state.

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Politico:

Hillary Clinton to address email controversy — Press conference likely, three sources close to the former secretary of state confirm. — Hillary Rodham Clinton will soon address the controversy over her use of a private email account at the State Department, and is likely to hold …

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Washington Post:
The public deserves answers, not stonewalling, from Hillary Clinton

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Ben Jacobs / Guardian:
Hillary Clinton eyes campaign launch in early April with plans to staff up in Iowa

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Sarah Palin / Fox News:
Gov. Palin: I faced tough questions over email, so should Hillary Clinton

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Kendall Breitman / Politico:
Earnest: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton corresponded via her personal email

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Wikimedia blog:

Wikimedia v. NSA: Wikimedia Foundation files suit against NSA to challenge upstream mass surveillance — Justice presides with her scale and sword at Frankfurt am Main. — Photo by Roland Meinecke, licensed under a Free Art license. — Today, the Wikimedia Foundation is filing suit …

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New York Times:

Stop Spying on Wikipedia Users — SAN FRANCISCO — TODAY, we're filing a lawsuit against the National Security Agency to protect the rights of the 500 million people who use Wikipedia every month. We're doing so because a fundamental pillar of democracy is at stake: the free exchange of knowledge and ideas.

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Jennifer Mann / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

Missouri Supreme Court takes over cases in Ferguson; judge resigns — FERGUSON • The Missouri Supreme Court announced Monday that it will take the “extraordinary action” of reassigning all Ferguson municipal court cases to the circuit court, starting next week.

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New York Times:
Missouri Court Assigns a State Judge to Handle Ferguson Cases

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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:

‘TRAITORS’: NY Daily News Slams GOP Senators Who Signed Iran Letter (PHOTO) — The New York Daily News on Tuesday used its front page to condemn Republican senators for signing an open letter to Iran warning that a potential nuclear deal could be null once President Barack Obama is out of office.

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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Reid: GOP ‘empowering the ayatollahs’

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Jeremy Scahill / The Intercept:

The CIA Campaign to Steal Apple's Secrets — RESEARCHERS WORKING with the Central Intelligence Agency have conducted a multi-year, sustained effort to break the security of Apple's iPhones and iPads, according to top-secret documents obtained by The Intercept.

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Deirdre Shesgreen / Cincinnati.com:

Sittenfeld touts Ohio tour after Brown endorses Strickland — WASHINGTON — Ohio's top Democrat, Sen. Sherrod Brown, threw his support behind Ted Strickland Sunday, endorsing the former Ohio governor over Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld in the 2016 Senate campaign.

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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:

Sedition in the Name of Patriotism — On many occasions during the last few years, as I heard talk of secession and nullification, and of defiance of the courts, and of duly enacted statutes representing slavery and tyranny, and of Higher Laws and a Right to Revolution, and most recently …

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