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10:35 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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Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Cruz to introduce bill to bar Syrian refugees  —  CHARLESTON, S.C. — Sen. Ted Cruz, who has said that the United States should not allow Syrian Muslim refugees into the country but should provide safe haven to fleeing Christians, plans to introduce legislation that would bar Syrian refugees from entering the U.S.
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
No, State Governors Can't Refuse To Accept Syrian Refugees  —  More than half a dozen state governors have come out against President Obama's plans to relocate several thousand Syrian refugees within the United States.  Some have pledged to actively resist settlement of these refugees.
New York Times:
After Paris Attacks, Vilifying Refugees
The Hill:
Cruz to offer bill banning Syrian refugees
Matt Clinch / CNBC:
8 state governors oppose Syrian refugee relocation
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.
National Enquirer:
WORLD EXCLUSIVE! CHARLIE SHEEN IS HIV POSITIVE — INSIDE HIS SHOCKING DIAGNOSIS
Paul Taylor / Reuters:
France, Russia strike Islamic State in Syria, EU aid invoked  —  France and Russia both staged air strikes on Islamic State targets in northern Syria on Tuesday as Paris formally requested European Union assistance in its fight against the group behind last Friday's bloody attacks on the French capital.
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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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Paris Stadium Attacker Got to Europe Using Fake Syrian Passport  —  Man apparently posed as refugee, entered through Greek island of Leros  —  ATHENS—Mystery deepened over a Paris attacker who traveled to Europe via Greece and the Balkans, after French officials said Monday that the Syrian passport he had used was indeed a fake.
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Shaquille Brewster / MSNBC:
Carson: al Qaeda was not a threat in 2003  —  Dr. Ben Carson told supporters Sunday that he supports increased military involvement in Syria because ISIS is an existential threat to the United States, adding that al Qaeda — the group behind the 2001 September 11th attacks— was not.
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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 …
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
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
Jasper Jackson / Guardian:
FHM and Zoo magazines to suspend publication  —  Bauer Media to halt print and digital editions at end of year, saying 'men's media habits have moved towards mobile and social'  —  FHM and Zoo are to close by the end of the year, marking the end of the lads' mag era that dominated UK magazine publishing in the 90s.
Ari Soffer / Reuters:
Poll: Most Americans support escalating fight against ISIS  —  Support for war against jihadists, opposition to unrestricted immigration; but Americans oppose sending ground troops to Iraq, Syria.  —  French firefighters aid injured victim of Paris attacks
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The surprising reason why ISIS may be lashing out: because it's losing
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Jeff Wald / CBS Minnesota:
51 Black Lives Matter Protesters Arrested After Shutting Down I-94 In Minneapolis
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The Hill:
Day one promises pile up for GOP hopefuls
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Milo Yiannopoulos / Breitbart:
I'm a Gay Man and Mass Muslim Immigration Terrifies Me
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP campaigns tell RNC not to let Adelson stack the debate crowd
Star Tribune:
Top student body officers at University of Kansas face calls to resign over diversity demands
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