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9:50 AM ET, November 16, 2015

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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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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 …
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Terror and the Campaign Trail  —  NOTABLES  —WHITE HOUSE: ‘WE ABSOLUTELY AGREE’ PARIS ATTACKS WERE AN ACT OF WAR.  A top White House official said there is agreement in the Obama Administration with French President Francois Hollande that the Friday attacks on Paris amount to an “act of war.”
Discussion: Business Insider, The Week and Mashable
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 …
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Clinton tells GOP how to defeat her
Discussion: Erick on the Radio and USA Today
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
In Presidential Campaign, It's Now Terrorism, Not Taxes
Fox News:
Alabama governor refuses to relocate Syrian refugees in state
Discussion: BizPac Review and The PJ Tatler
Danny Monteverde / WWL-TV:
Officials: 14 Syrian refugees get access to Louisiana this year
Discussion: New York Times and The Hayride
Reuters:
Islamic State threatens attack on Washington, other countries  —  Islamic State warned in a new video on Monday that countries taking part in air strikes against Syria would suffer the same fate as France, and threatened to attack in Washington.  —  The video, which appeared on a site used …
Discussion: Politico, Truth Revolt, CBS DC and Towleroad
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New York Times:
What Will Come After Paris  —  The terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday, along with twin bombings in Beirut on the day before and the downing of a Russian jetliner over the Sinai Peninsula on Oct. 31, show a new phase in the Islamic State's war against the West, a readiness to strike far beyond areas …
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 …
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
McCain: Obama's failed leadership led to rise of ISIS
Discussion: Liberaland
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
It's time for Obama to make a choice: Lead us or resign
Discussion: The Daily Beast and PoliticusUSA
Anne Barnard / New York Times:
Beirut, Also the Site of Deadly Attacks, Feels Forgotten
CNN:
How Bernie Sanders has already won  —  13 photos:  —  Bernie Sanders' political career  —  Sanders participates in a “Don't Trade Our Future” march organized by the group Campaign for America's Future on April 20 in Washington.  Click through for other photos from his career.  —  Hide Caption 1 of 13
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Clinton's debate performance leaves trail of fodder for political adversaries
Discussion: New Yorker, The Week and Power Line
New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Botches Wall Street Questions
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Fearing Fear Itself  —  Like millions of people, I've been obsessively following the news from Paris, putting aside other things to focus on the horror.  It's the natural human reaction.  But let's be clear: it's also the reaction the terrorists want.  And that's something not everyone seems to understand.
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 …
Discussion: Politico and New York Times
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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.
Discussion: Liberaland and Raw Story
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Ben Domenech / The Daily Beast:
Why Can't the Dems Say ‘Radical Islam’?  —  How Saturday night's debate displayed a party both at odds with reality and the popular will when it comes to terrorism.  —  Saturday night's Democratic presidential debate offered the country a moment of clarity that exposes just how brittle …
Stephen BattaglioContact / Los Angeles Times:
John Dickerson keeps Democratic debate on track despite last-minute shuffle  —  CBS News political director John Dickerson had just finished his first rehearsal Friday for the Democratic primary debate when the words “this just in” came through his earpiece.
Discussion: Althouse, Mediaite and Algemeiner.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 …
Discussion: Washington Post
Justin Wm / Washington Post:
Aaron Rodgers praised for criticizing fan's anti-Muslim comments  —  It was not a red-letter day for Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers.  Though he led a late rally, many of his passes went wide, and the Packers were trounced by the Detroit Lions, giving that team just its second victory of the season.
 
 
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Carol Rosenberg / miamiherald:
U.S. sends 5 Guantánamo detainees to the United Arab Emirates
Paul Sperry / New York Post:
How Obama is bankrolling a non-stop protest against invented outrage
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Democrats divided on Middle East
Norman Jean Roy / New York Magazine:
Patrick Hardison's face was not always his own.
Discussion: myfox8.com and Raw Story
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William Wan / Washington Post:
Inside small-town Louisiana feud that led to a 6-year-old boy's police killing
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Bryan Bender / Politico:
Attacks in France put NATO on the spot
Discussion: Opinio Juris and Washington Post
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Tennessee pastor lashes out after Paris attacks: ‘There is no such thing as a good Muslim’
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Jason Cowley, the editor-in-chief of UK magazine the New Statesman, is stepping down from the position at the end of December after 16 years

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The New York Times names Dick Stevenson as Washington bureau chief; Stevenson has been at the paper for nearly 40 years and Washington editor since 2021

Ayodeji Rotinwa / Columbia Journalism Review:
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