memeorandum: Watch: President Obama explains what “all lives matter” gets wrong (German Lopez/Vox)

10:25 AM ET, October 23, 2015

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Benghazi bust — Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More — There's a reason Benghazi Committee chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy offered Hillary Clinton the chance to testify in a private, closed hearing. And there's a reason Clinton wanted to appear in an open setting, with the whole world watching.

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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:

The Conservative Reviews Are In: Benghazi Hearing a Bust — Some of Hillary Clinton's top critics say she won the day. — To hear Republicans tell it, a series of unfortunate events culminated in a rough day Thursday for the House Benghazi committee, leaving conservatives to wonder …

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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:

Conservative pundits were not impressed with the GOP's disastrous Benghazi hearing — Hillary Clinton is a top-tier politician who's been the subject of nearly constant national media scrutiny for more than 20 years. She also happens to have worked at the House Judiciary Committee during …

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Annie Karni / Politico:

Clinton emerges stronger for next phase of campaign — After a difficult summer slog, Hillary Clinton appears to be back on top.The week began with Bernie Sanders, her chief Democratic rival, getting devastatingly lampooned by Larry David on "Saturday Night Live …

Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:

Trey Gowdy Says His 11-Hour Benghazi Hearing Didn't Reveal Anything New — Hillary Clinton had nothing better to do anyway.

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New York Times:

Benghazi Panel Engages Clinton in Tense Session — WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers spent more than eight hours aggressively questioning Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday, seeking to build a case that the former secretary of state had been derelict in her duty to secure the American diplomatic mission …

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RealClearPolitics:
Rep. Jim Jordan vs. Hillary Clinton: Why Did You Tell Egyptians Benghazi Was a Terrorist Attack …

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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
5 takeaways from Clinton's marathon Benghazi testimony

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Elizabeth Harrington / Washington Free Beacon:
Feds Have Spent More on Origami Condoms, Fat Lesbian Studies Than on Benghazi Committee

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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
GOP lands no solid punches while sparring with Clinton over Benghazi

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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
GOPer Mocks ‘Clinton Doctrine,’ Accuses Her Of Hogging Limelight On Libya

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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Hillary Told Daughter Chelsea That Terrorists Were Behind Benghazi Attack The Night It Happened [VIDEO]

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Gail Collins / New York Times:
Hillary and Benghazi — When Americans are killed in a terror attack …

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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:

Lincoln Chafee ends quixotic presidential bid — Democratic presidential candidate Lincoln Chafee, always a long shot, dropped out of the race for his party's nomination on Friday morning. "As you know I have been campaigning on a platform of Prosperity Through Peace," …

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Lincoln Chafee for President 2016:

CHAFEE WITHDRAWS FROM 2016 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL RACE — Washington, DC - Governor Lincoln Chafee announced today he is withdrawing from the 2016 Democratic Presidential race during a speech delivered at the 22nd Annual National Issues Conference of the Women's Leadership Forum.

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CNN:

Lincoln Chafee drops out of Democratic primary race — (CNN)Former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee ended his long-shot bid for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, he announced at a Washington event Friday. — “As you know I have been campaigning on a platform of Prosperity Through Peace …

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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Lincoln Chafee Plans Update to His Campaign

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Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:

Iowa Poll: Carson surges to 9-point lead; Trump slides — Donald Trump is the biggest loser in the new Iowa Poll. — The pious Ben Carson has plowed past the braggadocious New York businessman to take the front-runner crown, unseating Trump as the most popular choice for president among …

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John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:

Carson Surges Past Trump in Latest Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register Iowa Poll — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson has moved into a dominant position in Iowa, surpassing former front-runner Donald Trump as evangelical Christians begin to coalesce around him in the state that will cast the first 2016 nomination ballots.

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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Angered by Trump and Cruz, Hispanic conservatives plan ‘unprecedented’ meeting

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Lauren French / Politico:

The fragile marriage of Ryan and the Freedom Caucus — One of Rep. Paul Ryan's conditions for running for House speaker was that he wanted to reform the "motion to vacate," a rarely-invoked legislative tool that's essentially a way to boot the speaker from his job.His pitch …

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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Ryan offers concession to House Freedom Caucus

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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Ryan: I'm ‘ready and eager’ to be House speaker

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Lauren French / Politico:
GOP women will vote for Ryan

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Anna Palmer / Politico:

McConnell presses Paul to focus on Senate bid — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his allies are quietly ratcheting up pressure on Rand Paul to pay more attention to his Senate reelection next year — and less to his flagging 2016 presidential candidacy. So far …

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Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
Obama vetoes $612 billion defense bill in rebuke to GOP

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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama to hold photo op to veto defense bill

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Gregory Korte / USA Today:
Obama to veto defense bill in high-stakes showdown over spending

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German Lopez / Vox:

Watch: President Obama explains what “all lives matter” gets wrong — President Barack Obama on Thursday gave a strong defense of Black Lives Matter, arguing that the movement's concerns about racial disparities in the criminal justice system are legitimate.

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New York Times:

Conservative PACs Attack Republicans, and It Pays — WASHINGTON — The petitions that started surfacing online over a year ago were as incendiary as they were urgent, begging recipients to sign up to “Boot Boehner,” “Dump McConnell,” “Drop a Truth-Bomb on Kevin McCarthy” and “Fire Paul Ryan.”

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Eli Stokols / Politico:

Pro-Trump super PAC shuts down — The main super PAC backing Donald Trump is shutting down amidst increasing scrutiny of its ties to Trump's campaign. Trump, who has made his independence from wealthy donors a cornerstone of his anti-establishment presidential campaign …

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