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Seymour M. Hersh / London Review of Books:
The Killing of Osama bin Laden — It's been four years since a group of US Navy Seals assassinated Osama bin Laden in a night raid on a high-walled compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The killing was the high point of Obama's first term, and a major factor in his re-election.
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Report: Obama lied about bin Laden raid — An expose published on Sunday alleges that President Obama deceived Americans with his narrative of the 2011 assassination of Osama bin Laden. — Author Seymour M. Hersh accuses Obama of rushing to take credit for the al Qaeda leader's death.
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Jonathan Cohn / The Huffington Post:
The Clock Is Ticking And Republicans Still Have No Serious Obamacare Alternative — Republicans keep saying they'll be ready to act if the Supreme Court upholds the big legal challenge to Obamacare, thereby wiping out financial assistance for millions of people in two-thirds of the states.
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Washington Monthly, Liberaland, Political Wire and Bloomberg View
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Dems to GOP: We're ready to fix ObamaCare, why aren't you? — Democrats are chiding Republican leaders in Congress as standing in the way of improvements to ObamaCare that enjoy bipartisan support. — More than a half-dozen proposed changes to the law boast approval from at least some Democrats …
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Politico
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Saudi Arabia Says King Won't Attend Meetings in U.S. — WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday that its new monarch, King Salman, would not be attending meetings at the White House with President Obama or a summit gathering at Camp David this week, in an apparent signal …
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Ahmed Al Omran / Wall Street Journal:
Rulers Snub Arab Summit, Clouding U.S. Bid for Iran Deal
Rulers Snub Arab Summit, Clouding U.S. Bid for Iran Deal
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Christian Science Monitor, Business Insider and Instapundit
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
The Clinton Foundation's Behind-the-Scenes Battle With a Charity Watchdog Group — After landing on a high-profile watch list, the Clinton group is fighting to recover its good name. — Shares — Last Wednesday, Bill Clinton ratcheted up Clintonworld's counter assault on Clinton Cash …
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The Daily Caller, Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon
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Jonathan Allen / Reuters:
Full picture of Clinton charities' foreign government funding remains elusive
Full picture of Clinton charities' foreign government funding remains elusive
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Political Wire
Juan Williams / The Hill:
The GOP's festival of flip-flopping — Do Republicans care that their presidential primary is turning into an exhibition of cartwheel-size political flip-flops? — Politicians have every right to change their mind as the facts and pressures change. But politically expedient flip-flopping …
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Albert R. Hunt / Bloomberg View:
Why Huckabee, Carson and Fiorina Will Matter
Why Huckabee, Carson and Fiorina Will Matter
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Washington Monthly, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post
Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Hopefuls Talk Tough on National Security
GOP Hopefuls Talk Tough on National Security
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The Moderate Voice and The American Conservative
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Wall Street Vampires — Last year the vampires of finance bought themselves a Congress. I know it's not nice to call them that, but I have my reasons, which I'll explain in a bit. For now, however, let's just note that these days Wall Street, which used to split its support between the parties …
Mark Lagerkvist / Watchdog.org:
Big appetite: Christie buys $300K of food & booze with NJ expense account — GRILLED: Chris Christie's state-paid grocery bills shrank after Barbara Walters asked if he was too heavy to be president — Chris Christie's expense account tells a story of appetite and ambition …
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Politico, Talking Points Memo and New York Times
Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
ABC News Has No Idea What Alex Jones' Deal Is — Conspiratorial radio host Alex Jones and ABC News are at loggerheads over how Jones managed to miss his appearance on This Week Sunday morning. — Before a segment about Jade Helm, the military training operation Jones suspects is a dry run …
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Talking Points Memo and Liberaland
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Of Museums and Racial Relics — Recently, Rush Limbaugh lambasted the first lady, Michelle Obama, for bringing up the idea of diversity among museum visitors at the opening of the new Whitney Museum in New York. — According to Limbaugh, the first lady said: “Museums and concert halls …
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Pirate's Cove
Rebecca Kaplan / CBS News:
Huckabee: “I don't have to defend everything that I've ever done” — Shares - — Asked about his role promoting a dietary supplement that claims to cure diabetes, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said, “I don't have to defend everything that I've ever done.”
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Business Insider, Hot Air, FishbowlDC, Political Wire, New York Times and Raw Story
Dennis Wagner / Arizona Republic:
Lawsuit blames Phoenix VA hospital for veteran's suicide — The lawsuit says U.S. Army veteran Gene Spencer was at the Phoenix VA Medical Center on Oct. 5, 2012, when a physician told him cancer had metastasized in his lungs and he should go home to prepare for the end.
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The Daily Caller
Fox News:
Exclusive: Jeb Bush says he would have backed Iraq invasion — Former Florida GOP Gov. Jeb Bush says that he would have authorized the 2003 invasion of Iraq but acknowledges that mistakes were made after Saddam Hussein had been removed from power, in an exclusive interview with Fox News' Megyn Kelly.
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Waiting for Jeb to jump