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Perry for President:
Thank you. It is such an honor to speak to the patriots of Eagle Forum. In case you didn't know, we have a pretty vibrant chapter in Texas. They have long lived up to the standard set by your outstanding founder, whom I am proud to recognize today, Phyllis Schlafly.
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Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Rick Perry drops out of presidential race — 13 photos: — Moments from Rick Perry's career — Former Texas Governor Rick Perry addresses the 42nd annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) February 27 in National Harbor, Maryland. — 13 photos: — Moments from Rick Perry's career
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John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Rick Perry Drops Out of Presidential Race — Former Texas governor takes a parting shot at Donald Trump — Rick Perry on Friday became the first presidential candidate to drop out of the unprecedentedly crowded 2016 presidential field, in the latest indication of how devalued political experience …
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Jim O'Sullivan GLOBE / BostonGlobe.com:
New mission for Team Romney: Stop Trump — Some of them go back to 2002, the win. Others slogged through Iowa, twice, and rode aboard the Mitt Mobile. In 2012, they were so close to the White House they could taste it. — Now, the Mitt Romney diaspora — an army of former aides …
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Heather Haddon / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Says Immigrant Deportations Done in Two Years — Donald Trump estimated that it will take 18 months to two years to get the roughly 11 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally to leave the country, and that he would then build a wall running along the border with Mexico.
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Gilmore Winnowed; Fiorina Promoted
Gilmore Winnowed; Fiorina Promoted
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RT:
107 dead after crane collapses at world's holiest mosque in Mecca — At least 107 people died and 238 more were injured when a crane collapsed at the Grand Mosque of Mecca ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage, the Saudi Interior Ministry said on Friday. — The Kingdom's General Directorate …
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Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Scores Killed in Mecca as Crane Crashes Into Grand Mosque
Scores Killed in Mecca as Crane Crashes Into Grand Mosque
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Kentucky Clerk Asks For Order Allowing All Couples To Marry To Be Put On Hold — On Sept. 3, Judge David Bunning expanded his order that Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis end her “no marriage licenses” policy to cover all couples — not just the plaintiffs in the case.
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New York Times:
Hillary Clinton's Long Road to ‘Sorry’ Over Email Use — Hillary Rodham Clinton did not want to apologize. — For months, when advisers or friends gently suggested she say she was sorry for using a private email address and server while at the State Department, Mrs. Clinton would reply …
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John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
O'KEEFE STRIKES AGAIN: Undercover Video Purports to Show Hillary Campaign Violating Election Law
O'KEEFE STRIKES AGAIN: Undercover Video Purports to Show Hillary Campaign Violating Election Law
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Clinton: Scott Walker is a tool of the Koch brothers
Clinton: Scott Walker is a tool of the Koch brothers
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump's ‘haters and losers’ Sept. 11 tweet vanishes — A 2-year-old tweet from Donald Trump's Twitter account vanished Friday morning, one in which the current Republican presidential candidate commemorated the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks by offering “best wishes to all, even the haters and losers.”
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Joe Biden insiders see a campaign taking shape — Donor meetings, adviser sessions, staff lists — everyday looks more like a campaign. — NEW YORK — People around Joe Biden are increasingly convinced he'll run for president — and Thursday, he took the next step forward …
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
The amazing honesty of Joe Biden
The amazing honesty of Joe Biden
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Joe Biden, in Colbert Interview, Expresses Doubts About Bid for President
Joe Biden, in Colbert Interview, Expresses Doubts About Bid for President
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Eugene Volokh / Washington Post:
University of California considering recognizing a “right” to be “free from ... expressions of intolerance” — Here is a proposed policy that the Regents of the University of California's Committee on Education Policy will be discussing next Thursday: … So let's look closely at this:
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Justice Department Lawyers: Clinton Had Authority To Delete Personal Emails — In a little noticed brief, filed on Wednesday to a federal court, Department of Justice lawyers outlined a comprehensive defense of the contentious decision by Hillary Clinton to wipe the private email server …
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Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Pro-Clinton group: Maybe private server was actually safer
Pro-Clinton group: Maybe private server was actually safer
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Kristina Wong / The Hill:
Navy chief rejects report showing female Marines less capable — Navy Secretary Ray Mabus on Friday criticized a Marine Corps study that showed that female Marines in a mixed unit did not perform as well as men in several key areas. — “They started out with a fairly largely component …
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Rebecca Kheel / The Hill:
Study: All-male Marine units outperform squads with women
Study: All-male Marine units outperform squads with women
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Kevin Sullivan / Washington Post:
A new 9/11 memorial to Flight 93: ‘Our loved ones left a legacy for all of us’ … SHANKSVILLE, Pa.—Debby Borza stood before a wall of photos of 40 people who died here Sept. 11, 2001, and gently tapped her daughter's face on a computer touch screen, not knowing exactly what to expect.
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Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
U.S. Drops Charges That Professor Shared Technology With China — WASHINGTON — When the Justice Department arrested the chairman of Temple University's physics department this spring and accused him of sharing sensitive American-made technology with China, prosecutors had what seemed …
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The Daily Caller
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Here Are The Jokes From A 1994 “Suggested HRC Humor Material” Memo — Hillarious. — The New York Times reported earlier this week that Hillary Clinton plans to “show more humor and heart” while campaigning for president, writing, “There will be new efforts to bring spontaneity to a candidacy …
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