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11:10 AM ET, November 17, 2015

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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Candidates Confront The Refugee Question  —  NOTABLES  —TRUMP PROMISES TO DEPORT SYRIAN MIGRANTS: Donald Trump said he would deport all Syrian refugees who settle in the U.S. if elected president.  “Anybody that's brought into this country from the migration is going to be out …
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Louisiana's race for governor is set to end on November 21, one week after the Paris bombings.  Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), the struggling Republican nominee, is trying to make the race turn on one issue: Whether to let Syrian refugees settle in the United States.
The Hill:
Cruz to offer bill banning Syrian refugees  —  Sen. Ted Cruz has struck back at President Obama's implication that his rejection of Syrian refugees is “shameful,” telling CNN he will be introducing legislation banning Muslim Syrian refugees from entering the United States.
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump: I'll ‘go to war’ with Cruz if he rises higher  —  Donald Trump said Monday he is capable of turning on Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in their competition for the GOP's 2016 presidential nomination.  —  “If he catches on, I guess we'll have to go to war,” he told host Joe Kernen on CNBC's “Squawk Box.”
Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Cruz to introduce bill to bar Syrian refugees
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
No, State Governors Can't Refuse To Accept Syrian Refugees
New York Times:
After Paris Attacks, Vilifying Refugees
The Hill:
Pressure builds to block refugees
Discussion: RedState and Washington Post
Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
Charlie Sheen reveals he's HIV positive in TODAY Show exclusive  —  Charlie Sheen revealed he is HIV positive Tuesday in an exclusive TODAY interview with Matt Lauer.  —  “It's a hard three letters to absorb.  It's a turning point in one's life,” the 50-year-old actor said.
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Lanford Beard / People.com:
Source: Charlie Sheen Is HIV-Positive  —  Charlie Sheen is going on the Today show to discuss being HIV-positive, sources tell PEOPLE.  —  According to top Hollywood publicist and crisis manager Howard Bragman, he was approached by people close to Sheen six months ago to deal with the crisis, but never dealt with him directly.
Andrew Roth / Washington Post:
Russia confirms Sinai plane crash was the work of terrorists  —  MOSCOW —The mid-air explosion of a Russian jetliner over the Sinai desert last month that killed all 224 people on board was the result of a terrorist attack, Russia's chief intelligence officer said Tuesday.
Discussion: Hot Air
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Paul Taylor / Reuters:   France, Russia strike Islamic State in Syria, EU aid invoked
New York Times:
Could Paris Happen Here?  —  Hanover, N.H. — SURVEYING …
Discussion: Truth Revolt and Associated Press
Matthew Dalton / Wall Street Journal:
Paris Attacks Suspect Was Monitored by Western Allies Seeking to Kill Him
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Why Al Gore won't endorse Hillary Clinton  —  At least four times in the past year, Al Gore has passed up opportunities to endorse Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, brushing off questions from People magazine and other media outlets with the admonition that it's still too early …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Clinton ‘often confused’ says staffer in email  —  Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was “often confused,” according to a 2013 email from her longtime aide Huma Abedin.  —  The comment, which is likely to attract attention from Clinton's critics on the presidential campaign trail …
Oxford Dictionaries / OxfordWords blog:
Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2015 is...  That's right - for the first time ever, the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year is a pictograph: , officially called the ‘Face with Tears of Joy’ emoji, though you may know it by other names.  There were other strong contenders from a range of fields …
Pamela Engel / Business Insider:
‘Idiots’: ISIS responds to Anonymous threatening its ‘biggest operation ever’ against it  —  An ISIS-affiliated account on the messaging app Telegram has sent out a message about Anonymous' threat to launch its “biggest operation ever” against the terrorist group.
Discussion: Guardian, Infowars, BGR and KFOR-TV
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Ryan aims to address refugee situation this week  —  Speaker Paul Ryan announced to a closed meeting of Republicans Tuesday morning that he hopes the House will take action this week to address refugees from Syria, according to a source in the room.  —  Ryan (R-Wis.) said he's not sure …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
Jack Shafer / Politico:
The Myth of the Terrorist Mastermind  —  Now that French authorities have named a suspected chief planner of the Paris attacks—27-year-old Belgian ISIS veteran Abdelhamid Abaaoud—the press is building him up as if he's 100 feet tall.  Abaaoud isn't just another opportunist butcher of innocent flesh …
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Sanders hesitates on socialism speech  —  Bernie Sanders' ballyhooed speech on socialism is now on indefinite hold.  —  Details about how Sanders would pay for his proposed single-payer national health insurance program to provide Medicare for all Americans have yet to be fleshed out …
Discussion: Bloomberg.com news
KEYE-TV:
Mosque vandalized with feces, torn Quran  —  The Pflugerville Police Department is searching for the vandal(s) responsible for vandalism at the Islamic Center of Pflugerville on Windermere Drive.  Investigators say a member of the center arrived just before 6 a.m. Monday to find a torn apart Quran …
Daily Mail:
Obama is LATE for moment of silence as the rest of the G20 leaders hold somber observance to mourn Paris attacks  — President Barack Obama arrived at the G20 summit's first working session after the silent observance was already underway  — Later in the day Obama insisted …
 
 
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Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
FHM and Zoo magazines to suspend publication
Jeff Wald / CBS Minnesota:
51 Black Lives Matter Protesters Arrested After Shutting Down I-94 In Minneapolis
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Poll: Most Americans support escalating fight against ISIS
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Carson: al Qaeda was not a threat in 2003
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Star Tribune:
Top student body officers at University of Kansas face calls to resign over diversity demands
Discussion: Power Line and National Review
 

 
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