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12:40 PM ET, March 26, 2015

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Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: Germanwings co-pilot DELIBERATELY crashed Flight 4U9525 into mountain to ‘destroy the plane’ after locking his captain out of cockpit, reveals French prosecutor  —  The co-pilot of the doomed Germanwings Airbus A320 locked his captain out of the cockpit before deliberately crashing …
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Stephanie Kirchner / Washington Post:
French prosecutor: Co-pilot of doomed flight sought to ‘destroy the plane’ … DÜSSELDORF, Germany — A French prosecutor said Thursday that the co-pilot of the doomed Germanwing flight appeared to want to “destroy the plane,” in a stunning twist to the investigation that shifted attention …
Raziye Akkoc / Telegraph:
Andreas Lubitz: First picture of Germanwings pilot and what we know about him  —  Marseille prosecutor says co-pilot Andreas Lubitz probably crashed plane ‘deliberately’ - both he and pilot Patrick S trained at Lufthansa Flight Training School in Bremen  —  The Marseille prosecutor …
Wall Street Journal:
Germanwings Co-Pilot Named as Andreas Lubitz  —  Flying club that he joined as a youth issues notice of death  —  FRANKFURT—Andreas Lubitz, the 28-year-old co-pilot who authorities say appeared to fly Germanwings Flight 9525 intentionally into the French Alps, had passed all flight training …
BBC:
Germanwings plane crash: Co-pilot ‘wanted to destroy plane’  —  Andreas Lubitz, 28, seen here on his Facebook profile, is said to have been happy with his job  —  The co-pilot of the Germanwings flight that crashed in the French Alps, named as Andreas Lubitz, appeared to want to “destroy the plane”, officials said.
Mark Tran / Guardian:
Germanwings co-pilot intended to destroy plane, says French prosecutor - live updates
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Asoleycerro / KTLA:
Germanwings Co-Pilot Deliberately ‘Accelerated the Descent’ of Plane That Crashed: Prosecutor
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Shane Harris / The Daily Beast:
Welcome to the New Terror Heartland  —  America's ally in Yemen is gone.  Its special forces have been evacuated.  A country touted by the president as a counterterror ‘model’ is poised to be an ISIS and al Qaeda playland.  —  Now that U.S. forces have left Yemen and the country's president …
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Adam Baron / Politico:
What we get wrong about Yemen
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Al Jazeera English:
Saudi and Arab allies bomb Houthi positions in Yemen
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Arutz Sheva:
US Declassifies Document Revealing Israel's Nuclear Program  —  Obama revenge for Netanyahu's Congress talk?  1987 report on Israel's top secret nuclear program released in unprecedented move.  —  Dimona nuclear reactor circa 1960s  —  National Security Archive/Flash 90
John R. Bolton / New York Times:
To Stop Iran's Bomb, Bomb Iran  —  FOR years, experts worried that the Middle East would face an uncontrollable nuclear-arms race if Iran ever acquired weapons capability.  Given the region's political, religious and ethnic conflicts, the logic is straightforward.
Nancy A. Youssef / The Daily Beast:
Everything The White House Told You About Bowe Bergdahl Was Wrong  —  His release was supposed to be the political masterstroke in the last days of the war.  But the war is still going, and Bergdahl is going to court.  —  In the space of nine months, he went from being heralded at the White House to facing prison for life.
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Bowe Bergdahl, once missing U.S. soldier, charged with desertion
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Walker says he'd reject deal with Iran ‘on day one’  —  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) said Wednesday that if he's elected president, on his first day in office he'll reject any deal the White House strikes with Iran over its nuclear program if it continues to allow the country to enrich uranium.
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Governor Scott Walker Talks Foreign Policy
A.B. Stoddard / The Hill:
Israel a trap for Clinton  —  As Hillary Clinton prepares to sell herself as the next leader of the free world, she will want to find balance herself somewhere between the Obama administration, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the U.S. Congress on a nuclear arms deal with Iran …
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Washington Post:
U.S. forces begin airstrikes in Tikrit, where Iran-backed militias are in lead … BAGHDAD — U.S. warplanes began striking Islamic State forces in and around the Iraqi city of Tikrit on Wednesday, drawing the United States directly into a battle that has pitted the militants against Iraqi forces dominated by Iranian-backed militias.
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Reuters:   U.S.-led coalition, Iraqis pound Islamic State in Tikrit
Rebecca Cantrell / KFOR-TV:
Watch: KFOR captures Moore tornado touching down live … MOORE, Okla. — KFOR Chief Meteorologist Mike Morgan and Bob Moore Chopper 4 pilot Jon Welsh were on the air as a tornado formed and touched down in Moore, Oklahoma on Wednesday, capturing the storm's path of destruction live on KFOR.
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Pete Kasperowicz / TheBlaze.com:
House Dem: Global Warming Could Force Women to Trade Sex for Food  —  A senior House Democrat has once again issued an apocalyptic warning that climate change will hit women harder than men, and that it could drive millions of poor women to engage in “transactional sex” in order to provide food and water for their families.
John Bresnahan / Politico:
DEA agents had ‘sex parties’ with prostitutes, watchdog says  —  Agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration reportedly had “sex parties” with prostitutes hired by drug cartels in Colombia, according to a new inspector general report released by the Justice Department on Thursday.
Discussion: Business Insider
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Black business owners backing GOP estate tax repeal bid  —  Republicans seeking to repeal the estate tax have rolled out the endorsements of black business advocates who argue the levy is especially painful for minority entrepreneurs.  —  Harry Alford of the National Black Chamber of Commerce …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Christopher / Sacramento Bee:
Capitol Alert  —  California Attorney General Kamala Harris asked a court Wednesday to intervene and allow her to block an incendiary proposed ballot measure authorizing the killing of gays and lesbians.  —  Huntington Beach attorney Matt McLaughlin paid $200 to file the “Sodomite Suppression Act.”
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