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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
GOP field takes new shape after Paris attacks — It took just 48 hours, but the tragic terror attacks on Paris have quickly cleaved the 2016 Republican primary into a contest between those with serious foreign policy experience and those without, shifting the race, at least for now …
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
McCain: Obama's failed leadership led to rise of ISIS — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) says President Obama's “failed policies” and lack of leadership have led to the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). — “It's because of the president of the United States' failed policies …
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
It's time for Obama to make a choice: Lead us or resign — In any time and place, war is fiendishly simple. It is the ultimate zero-sum contest — you win or you lose. — That eternal truth is so obvious that it should not need to be said. Yet even after the horrific slaughter in Paris …
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New York Times:
French Warplanes Strike Islamic State Militants in Syria
French Warplanes Strike Islamic State Militants in Syria
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Reuters:
Iraq says it shared information that France, U.S., Iran were targets
Iraq says it shared information that France, U.S., Iran were targets
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Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
U.S. Warplanes Strike ISIS Oil Trucks in Syria
U.S. Warplanes Strike ISIS Oil Trucks in Syria
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Bryan Bender / Politico:
Attacks in France put NATO on the spot
Attacks in France put NATO on the spot
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Opinio Juris, Washington Post and Outside the Beltway
Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
Bush urges U.S. declaration of war against ISIL
Bush urges U.S. declaration of war against ISIL
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Obama adviser: Refugee plan proceeding despite Paris attacks — President Obama still plans to allow 10,000 Syrian refugees into the country over the next year, despite terrorist attacks in Paris, at top aide said Sunday. — “We're still planning on taking in Syrian refugees,” …
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Paul Egan / Detroit Free Press:
Snyder suspends efforts to settle Syrian refugees — LANSING — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder says he is suspending efforts to bring Syrian refugees to Michigan in light of the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday. — “Given the terrible situation in Paris, I've directed that we put …
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
In Presidential Campaign, It's Now Terrorism, Not Taxes — WASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders dispensed with the threat from the Islamic State in two sentences at the start of the Democratic debate before abruptly pivoting to the dangers of a “rigged economy.” Ben Carson struggled to answer …
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Jennifer Ardis / Office of the Governor of Alabama:
Governor Bentley Refuses Syrian Refugees Relocating to Alabama — MONTGOMERY—Governor Robert Bentley on Sunday announced he is refusing Syrian refugees relocating to Alabama. — “After full consideration of this weekend's attacks of terror on innocent citizens in Paris …
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Kyle Blaine / BuzzFeed:
Governor Of Alabama Says His State Will Refuse Syrian Refugees — Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley announced in a statement on Sunday night that he will opposes any effort to relocate Syrian refugees to his state after the attacks in Paris. — “After full consideration of this weekend's attacks …
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Danny Monteverde / WWL-TV:
Officials: 14 Syrian refugees get access to Louisiana this year
Officials: 14 Syrian refugees get access to Louisiana this year
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Politico:
The Belgian radicals' den — Paris investigation leads to run-down Brussels neighborhood notorious for jihadi recruitment. … “We don't have a grip on the situation in Molenbeek.” — A confession — a mea culpa almost — summed up the Belgian government's reaction to the links discovered between …
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BBC:
Paris attacks: Police seek ‘dangerous’ Salah Abdeslam
Paris attacks: Police seek ‘dangerous’ Salah Abdeslam
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Jason Silverstein / New York Daily News:
Minnesota House candidate drops campaign after tweeting defense of ISIS — Surprise: Defending ISIS isn't good politics. — A Minnesota state House candidate abruptly ended his campaign Sunday just one day after tweeting a tone-deaf defense of ISIS just after the deadly terror acts in Paris.
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Aaron Short / New York Post:
Columbia student activists: Protest with us, or else! — Either you're with us or you're against us. — Columbia student activists are pestering peers to attend campus protests and walk-outs in solidarity with college students at Missouri and Yale or risk social isolation, students say.
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The Gateway Pundit, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Truth Revolt and twitchy.com
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Rival campaigns starting to fear Ted Cruz — He has more cash than any other Republican candidate. He is organized in every county in the first four voting states. And he has served up one strong debate performance after the next. — Now, not three months from primary season …
Norman Jean Roy / New York Magazine:
Patrick Hardison's face was not always his own. — Three months ago, it belonged to a young Brooklyn bike mechanic. … For the moment, the face belongs to no one. It floats in a bowl of icy, hemodynamic preserving solution, paused midway on its journey from one operating room to another …
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Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
Bill Clinton Defends Hillary's Wall Street Ties — The former president said that attacks from Hillary Clinton's Democratic rivals were “a stretch.” — jeneps — Former President Bill Clinton insisted Sunday that his wife doesn't deserve to be attacked by her fellow Democratic candidates …
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