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12:50 PM ET, October 22, 2015

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Select Committee on Benghazi:
Chairman Gowdy's Opening Statement  —  Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods served our country with courage and with honor.  They were killed under circumstances most of us could never imagine.  Under cover of darkness, terrorists poured through the front gate of our facility …
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Test of Will and Patience Follows Days of Preparation for Hillary Clinton  —  For days, Hillary Rodham Clinton has been sequestered inside her red brick home in Washington, poring over events that happened more than three years ago and half a world away.  —  Her preparations for the hearing …
Lanny Davis / The Hill:
Three questions Benghazi Republicans should ask — and why they probably won't  —  South Carolina Congressman Trey Gowdy's Special Committee on Benghazi has been now thoroughly outed — not by Democrats but by his fellow Republicans.  —  First House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) …
Discussion: Politico and Bloomberg.com news
Washington Post:
Transcript: Clinton testifies before House committee on Benghazi  —  A House committee has begun its long-anticipated hearing in which former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is testifying about the attacks that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya.
Discussion: Mother Jones and Power Line
Politico:
Hillary Clinton Benghazi hearing transcript (full text)  —  <p><b>The full transcript of Hillary Clinton's opening statement to the House Benghazi committee, provided by Hillary for America: </b></p><p> Thank you Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Cummings, members of the committee.
Discussion: Bloomberg.com news
Politico:
Trey Gowdy Benghazi hearing with Hillary Clinton transcript (full text)
Discussion: Bloomberg.com news and Hot Air
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Clinton enters Benghazi showdown on offense
Discussion: Washington Monthly
CNN:
Poll: 3-in-4 say Benghazi panel politically motivated
Discussion: Washington Post, Daily Kos and Latest
Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:
Proof That The Benghazi Investigation Is Totally Unlike Any Other, In Two Charts
Justin Fishel / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton's Long-Awaited Benghazi Hearing Begins
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
U.S. and Kurdish Commandos Said to Raid ISIS Prison in North Iraq  —  BAGHDAD — American and Kurdish commandos raided an Islamic State outpost near the northern Iraqi town of Hawija, freeing prisoners there and capturing some of the militants themselves, Iraqi officials said on Thursday.
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Fox News:
One US soldier killed in Iraq during rescue of more than 70 ISIS hostages  —  One U.S. soldier was killed in an operation that freed as many as 70 ISIS hostages in Iraq, the Pentagon confirmed.  —  The Arab hostages were freed from an ISIS prison in northern Iraq near Hawijah.
Discussion: Daily Mail and The Jawa Report
CNN:
First on CNN: American killed as hostages rescued in Iraq, sources say
Discussion: WSAV-TV
Holly Bailey / Yahoo:
What becomes of Joe Biden now?  —  Long before Vice President Joe Biden walked into the Rose Garden Wednesday and gave up his dream of one day being president, he knew he was at a crossroads.  Friends and associates of his say Biden had been grappling with the question of his future for more than a year.
Discussion: NPR
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Clinton-Sanders Fight Gathers Strength in Iowa: Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register Poll
Discussion: RedState, Politico and ABC News
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
‘Supermajority’ of House Freedom Caucus to back Paul Ryan's speaker bid  —  Hard-line conservatives cleared a path late Wednesday for Rep. Paul Ryan to become House speaker, heralding a possible end to weeks of Republican leadership turmoil.  —  The decision to support Ryan …
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Ann Coulter / Official:
SAVE US FROM PAUL RYAN AND THE KEMP BOYS
Discussion: Liberaland and Vox Popoli
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Carson surges past Trump in Iowa poll  —  <p>Ben Carson has surged past Donald Trump in Iowa, according to a Quinnipiac University poll of likely Republican caucus participants out Thursday. </p><p>The retired neurosurgeon leads the Republican field with 28 percent, while Trump has fallen behind with 20 percent.
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why Trump Is So Different From Carson and Fiorina
Discussion: Booman Tribune and FiveThirtyEight
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Jeb Bush: Supergirl is ‘pretty hot’  —  North Las Vegas, Nevada (CNN)After nearly an hourlong discussion on serious policy, Jeb Bush was thrown a softball Wednesday night while speaking at an event in Las Vegas:  —  Who is your favorite Marvel superhero?  —  25 photos: Badass women of sci-fi
Julia Marsh / New York Post:
Subordinate seduced me — then got me fired: executive  —  A lawsuit claims that Tila Azeem (main) set Citi's Head of Global Prime Finance, David James Murphy (inset) by telling her bosses that he sexually harassed her.  —  A former Citigroup executive says a young female underling set …
Discussion: Daily Mail
Fox News:
Police say suspect confesses to road rage shooting that killed New Mexico 4-year-old  —  Albuquerque police said late Wednesday that a suspect had confessed to a road rage shooting that killed a four-year-old girl on Interstate 40.  —  Authorities said Tony Torrez, 32, had been charged with murder …
Pew Research Center / Pew Internet:
Religion and Science  —  Are science and religion at odds with each other?  A majority of the public says science and religion often conflict, with nearly six-in-ten adults (59%) expressing this view in newly released findings from a Pew Research Center survey.
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Poll: More Americans oppose stricter gun control  —  The religious case for gun control in America  — About seven in 10 Americans believe it is important for most Americans to support proposed changes to gun laws before those changes are implemented  —  Washington (CNN) …
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Majority Say More Concealed Weapons Would Make U.S. Safer
 
 
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Taegan Goddard / Political Wire:
Watch the House Benghazi Hearing
Discussion: Daily Kos
Hillary Clinton / Quartz:
Being pro-business doesn't mean hanging consumers out to dry
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
The Only Global Warming Chart You Need from Now On
Discussion: Shot in the Dark
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Why Aren't There More Black Scientists?
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How Texas Teaches History
Matt Gelb / Philly.com:
Phila. woman gets 25 years for offering daughter, 6, for sex
Discussion: Independent Journal and Daily Mail
WikiLeaks:
CIA Director John Brennan emails
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Germany in response to Netanyahu: We are responsible for Holocaust
 

 
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads
 
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