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12:45 PM ET, June 14, 2015

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Jim Cole / ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Gov. Chris Christie  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT  —  ANNOUNCER: Starting right now on ABC's THIS WEEK...  UNIDENTIFIED SUPPORTERS: Hillary!  Hillary!  —  ANNOUNCER: Hillary's relaunch.  —  HILLARY CLINTON (D-NY), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Thank you.  —  Thank you.
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
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ABC News:
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Says Hillary Clinton Doesn't Know Concerns of ‘Real Americans’  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie took a swipe at Hillary Clinton today, saying he doubts whether the Democratic presidential candidate knows the concerns of “real Americans.”
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton, in Roosevelt Island Speech, Pledges to Close Income Gap  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton, in a speech that was at times sweeping and times policy laden, on Saturday delivered a pointed repudiation of Republican economic policies and a populist promise to reverse the gaping gulf between …
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
How Hillary Clinton launched her campaign's latest phase
Discussion: The Nation and Politico
Judith Berdy / Politico:
The rocky history of Roosevelt Island
Discussion: ABC News
Robin McKie / Observer:
Tim Hunt: 'I've been hung out to dry.  They haven't even bothered to ask for my side of affairs'  —  In an exclusive interview Tim Hunt and his wife Professor Mary Collins tell how their lives fell apart after his quip about women in science went viral on Twitter
Dante Chinni / Wall Street Journal:
Why Hillary Clinton Will Be Hard to Beat  —  Hillary Clinton is often at the center of controversy.  But it would be a mistake to think this has undermined her candidacy, at least based on polling so far.  As a political figure, she has a strong foundation.
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Washington Post
New York Times:
U.S. Is Poised to Put Heavy Weaponry in Eastern Europe  —  RIGA, Latvia — In a significant move to deter possible Russian aggression in Europe, the Pentagon is poised to store battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and other heavy weapons for as many as 5,000 American troops in several Baltic …
Discussion: Reuters, Business Insider, Guardian and NPR
Bloomberg Business:
Obama Beseeches Dissenting House Dems on Trade Bill  —  President Barack Obama is scrambling to persuade almost 100 fellow Democrats to support a landmark trade bill, a centerpiece of his second-term agenda, that most of them sought to block.  —  In his weekly radio address …
Discussion: Politico, whitehouse.gov and Daily Kos
Catherine McIntyre / National Post:
New ad campaign touts the value of professional journalism: ‘More important than ever’  —  Journalist Chantal Hebert, left, former Chair of the Canadian Association of Journalists Mary Agnes Welch and Atlantic Regional Director for Unifor Lana Payne comprise the panel at the JournalismIs campaign launch …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Jeff Guo / Washington Post:
Gun killings fell by 40 percent after Connecticut passed this law  —  In the early '90s, gang shootings gripped Connecticut.  Bystanders, including a 7-year-old girl, were getting gunned down in drive-bys.  “The state is becoming a shooting gallery, and the public wants action,” an editorial in the Hartford Courant said at the time.
Joshua Green / Bloomberg Business:
Favorite Son or Total Stranger?  Nearly Three-Quarters of Florida's Voters Have Never Seen Jeb Bush on a Ballot  —  Jeb Bush's big political credential, and his presumed strength in the presidential campaign he'll launch on Monday, is the broad appeal he demonstrated over two terms as Florida governor …
Discussion: Washington Post and NBC News
Emily / Rosetta:
Rosetta's lander Philae wakes up from hibernation  —  Rosetta's lander Philae is out of hibernation!  —  The signals were received at ESA's European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt at 22:28 CEST on 13 June.  More than 300 data packets have been analysed by the teams at the Lander Control Center …
Washington Post:
Mitt Romney gives a brutal PowerPoint critique of Obama's foreign policy  —  PARK CITY, Utah — Ever since Mitt Romney's humiliating loss to President Obama in 2012, it has become a mantra in the Republican Party that on foreign policy especially, “Romney was right.”
Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed:
Rachel Dolezal's Brother Says She Warned: “Don't Blow My Cover”  —  Ezra Dolezal told BuzzFeed News that his adopted sister warned him to not tell anyone in Spokane that she wasn't really black as she started a new life for herself.  —  It was 2012, and Rachel Dolezal had a warning …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Bernie Sanders wants Elizabeth Warren supporters on board campaign
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Transcript: Hillary Clinton's official campaign launch speech
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