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12:25 PM ET, August 14, 2015

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Nick Gass / Politico:
Joe Biden said to be considering one-term presidency  —  If Vice President Joe Biden makes the leap into the Democratic presidential race, he could promise that he would serve just one term in the White House, journalist and author Carl Bernstein said Friday.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Al Gore Insiders “Figuring Out If There's A Path” For Him To Run  —  Supporters of Al Gore have begun a round of conversations among themselves and with the former vice president about his running for president in 2016, the latest sign that top Democrats have serious doubts that Hillary Clinton is a sure thing.
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Bush: Dems in ‘disarray’ with possible Gore bid  —  Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush is weighing in on rumors that former Vice President Al Gore is in talks about a potential 2016 White House bid, saying it was evidence that Democrats are in “disarray.”
Discussion: ABC News, Daily Kos and Rush Limbaugh
New York Times:
Joe Biden Wades Further Into '16 Bid
Politico:
Al Gore not planning to run against Hillary, advisers say
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Is Hillary Clinton Really in Danger of Losing the Primary?
Rick Klein / ABC News:
Al Gore's Friends and Former Aides Eyeing 2016 Race
Discussion: Unqualified Offerings
Erica Ritz / TheBlaze.com:
Beck Shocked by This ‘Disturbing’ John Kerry Quote: ‘Where the Hell Is the Press!’  —  Glenn Beck is shocked that Secretary of State John Kerry said if the Iran nuclear deal doesn't go through, the American dollar may cease to be the reserve currency of the world.
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Sergio Bustos / Associated Press:
In Speech, Rubio Slams Obama's Outreach to Iran and Cuba
Reuters:
In symbol of restored ties, Kerry to raise U.S. flag at Havana embassy
Discussion: BillMoyers.com
Ron Fournier / National Journal:
Parsing Clinton: Deflection, Deception, and Untruths  —  Breaking down the campaign's talking points on her email fiasco.  —  Having covered Bill and Hillary Clinton since the mid-1980s in Arkansas, it's not hard for me to imagine this conversation taking place at her campaign headquarters.
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Associated Press:
‘Top secret’ emails on Clinton server discussed drone program, may reference classified info  —  WASHINGTON - The two emails on Hillary Rodham Clinton's private server that an auditor deemed “top secret” include a discussion of a news article detailing a U.S. drone operation and a separate conversation …
Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:
Intelligence community wants Clinton's security clearance suspended  —  Security experts say that if Hillary Rodham Clinton retained her government security clearance when she left the State Department, as is normal practice, it should be suspended now that it is known her unprotected private email server contained top secret material.
Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Jeb Bush: ‘Taking Out Saddam Hussein Turned Out To Be A Pretty Good Deal’  —  Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) said on Thursday during a campaign stop in Iowa that “taking out Saddam Hussein turned out to be a pretty good deal,” according to multiple reports.  —  From the Wall Street Journal's Reid Epstein:
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Jeb Bush and the dangers of refighting the Iraq war  —  Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More  —  Jeb Bush based his first major foreign policy address, delivered this week at the Reagan Library, on the classic Republican interpretation of the war in Iraq.
Discussion: Washington Post
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Iran battle heats up in Senate  —  President Obama and his allies are working overtime to kill a resolution disapproving the Iran nuclear deal in the Senate, in what would be a major victory for the White House.  —  The measure, which is certain to be approved in September by the GOP-led House …
Discussion: Liberaland
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Tom Harkin / Des Moines Register:
Clinton shares my values on social and economic justice  —  We all know Iowans have a sincere responsibility in nominating our next president.  This year, that responsibility is as important as it's ever been.  —  As Iowans and as a nation we fought back from a terrible recession, but we are making progress.
Patrick J. Buchanan / WND:
GOP elites plot to purge Trump  —  Pat Buchanan: If GOP has no room for The Donald's followers, it has no future  —  Pat Buchanan was twice a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination and the Reform Party's candidate in 2000.  He is also a founder and editor of The American Conservative.
Discussion: Liberaland and The Gateway Pundit
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Katie Glueck / Politico:   Iowa has an anger issue
Kristen McQueary / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago, New Orleans, and rebirth  —  StatehouseChickIf you read the piece, it's about finances and government.  I would never diminish the tragedy of thousands of lives lost.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Disqualified  —  Fareed Zakaria had a column out yesterday dissecting and demolishing New York Senator Chuck Schumer's argument for opposition to the Iran nuclear deal.  I won't try to duplicate his arguments on the merits.  I don't think I can improve on them.  But I have wanted for the last week to address Schumer's decision.
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Just 1 in 3 approves of Obama's handling of Iran  —  Just one in three Americans supports President Obama's handling of the situation in Iran, lower approval than several other issues measured in a Gallup poll released Thursday.  —  While 33 percent surveyed in the poll approve Obama's handling …
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Ramin Setoodeh / Variety:
‘The View’: Nicolle Wallace on Getting Fired and Other Hot Topics (EXCLUSIVE)  —  When Nicolle Wallace was hired as a co-host of “The View” last September, ABC executives told her they wanted an intelligent, measured Republican at the Hot Topics table opposite Whoopi Goldberg, Rosie O'Donnell and Rosie Perez.
Discussion: Daily Mail, TVNewser and Jezebel
Scott Wise / WTVR-TV:
Henrico mom goes missing after sending bizarre text to worried husband  —  HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — Henrico mother Connie Ditto is missing.  Her husband Mark said no one has seen or heard from his wife since Tuesday night when she checked into Patient First in Short Pump complaining of head pains.
Discussion: FOX6Now.com and FOX2now.com
 
 
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ABC News:
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Megan McArdle / Bloomberg View:
Sheltered Students Go to College, Avoid Education
Discussion: Washington Post and Joanne Jacobs
Chris Strohm / Bloomberg Business:
FBI Said to Examine Whether Hillary Clinton E-Mail Was Backed Up
Discussion: Fox News and Hot Air
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
John Kasich's Appeal to Moderates Gains Traction in New Hampshire
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Armed Black Panthers March in Texas: ‘Off the Pigs’ (VIDEO)
Adam Entous / Wall Street Journal:
Islamic State Suspected of Using Chemical Weapon, U.S. Says
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Jesse Ventura accuses Jeb of Cuban cigar cover-up
 

 
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