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Schumer: Refugee pause may be necessary — Sen. Charles Schumer (N.Y.), the third ranking member of the Senate Democratic leadership, on Tuesday said it may be necessary to halt the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the United States. — Republicans immediately seized on Schumer's comment …
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Obama: GOP refugee opponents ‘scared of widows and orphans’ — President Obama is lashing out at Republican politicians who oppose allowing Syrian refugees into the U.S., accusing them of being “scared of widows and orphans.” — Speaking to reporters Wednesday morning in the Philippines …


Paris attacks: police hunt ‘ninth suspect’ as Germany on alert after Hanover bomb threat - live — And a bit more from Obama: … People did not “resort to fear and panic” after the Boston marathon bombing, he said: … Share — November 17, 2015 — 21:29
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Governors Press White House for Refugee Information — In a call with senior Obama administration officials Tuesday evening, several governors demanded they be given access to information about Syrian refugees about to be resettled by the federal government in their states. Top White House officials refused.
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Kasich Proposes New Government Agency To Promote Judeo-Christian Values — As part of a broad national security plan to defeat ISIS, Republican Presidential candidate John Kasich proposed creating a new government agency to push Judeo-Christian values around the world.
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The Obama administration is fighting a growing national backlash …
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What Americans thought of Jewish refugees on the eve of World War II
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McCain slams Cruz's call for religious test for refugees
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Here's a map of every state refusing to accept Syrian refugees
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Liberals Should Knock Off the Mockery Over Calls to Limit Syrian Refugees
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Jeb Bush Splits With Republicans Over Syrian Refugees
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3 terrorist suspects killed, others held in raid in Saint-Denis, officials say — Saint-Denis, France (CNN)Three terrorist suspects have been killed in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis during an ongoing security operation linked to the deadly attacks that rocked the French capital five days ago, a police source said.
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FIRST TWO ATTACKS: STADE DE FRANCE — The attacks began at 9.20pm at the Stade de France where the French football team was hosting Germany in an international friendly. — The game was being watched by 80,000 spectators, among them was President Francois Hollande who had to be evacuated from the stadium.
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'If you don't like this country, why the f*** did you come here?' Muslim man's impassioned speech decrying ISIS for trying to impose Sharia law on the West takes social media by storm — Video has emerged of an impassioned speech by a Muslim decrying ISIS terrorists for trying to impose Sharia law on the West.
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Paris attacks: Police in deadly swoop on apartment in northern suburb — Two people were killed as police carried out a seven-hour raid on a flat suspected of housing the alleged mastermind of Friday's attacks. — A woman blew herself up with a suicide belt and another suspect was killed by gunfire.
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Sick taunts of the Paris mastermind: Abdelhamid Abaaoud boasted of freely crossing Europe's borders …
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Police injured in St-Denis shootout amid hunt for ninth Paris attacker
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Ben Carson Is Struggling to Grasp Foreign Policy, Advisers Say — Ben Carson's remarks on foreign policy have repeatedly raised questions about his grasp of the subject, but never more seriously than in the past week, when he wrongly asserted that China had intervened militarily in Syria and then failed …
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Ben Carson's campaign slams bombshell New York Times report as ‘affront to good journalistic practices’
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Carson camp: New York Times took advantage of ‘elderly gentleman’
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Trump on Jindal dropping out: I'm not unhappy to see them go — Despite Bobby Jindal's constant barbs at him throughout the course of his now-kaput campaign, Donald Trump said Wednesday that “ultimately,” the Louisiana governor was “very nice” to him. — “Well, he was, you know, a little nasty with me.
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Bobby Jindal drops out of White House race
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I cannot tell you what an honor it has been to run for President …
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Louisiana Gov. Jindal ends bid for GOP nomination in 2016
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Bobby Jindal Quits Republican Presidential Race
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Dartmouth's disgrace, Hanlon edition — My first term at Dartmouth I took a great freshman seminar with Professor Peter Bien on Politics and the Novel. We read A Passage to India, Under Western Eyes, The Secret Agent, Guard of Honor, Freedom or Death, The Trial, and a few others.
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A Creepy, Coercive Turn For Campus Protests
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Trump takes 9-point lead over Carson — Donald Trump has nearly a double-digit lead over Ben Carson in the race for the GOP's presidential nomination, a new poll says. — Trump is ahead of Carson by 9 points as the top pick among likely Republican primary voters next year, according to the University of Massachusetts survey.
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WBUR Poll: Trump More Firmly On Top In N.H.; Voters Split On Middle East Military Policy
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Exclusive: After Paris, Americans see Trump, Clinton as most able to address terrorism - poll
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John Kerry's Freudian slip — John Kerry said this today: … (Emphasis added) — You don't have to be a psychiatrist to detect a Freudian slip in Kerry's statement that there was “perhaps even a legitimacy” to the Charlie Hebdo attack. Charles Krauthammer was a psychiatrist and he detects it.
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Remarks to the Staff and Families of U.S. Embassy, Paris
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Kerry sees ‘rationale’ in Charlie Hebdo murders, unlike Friday's attacks in Paris
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The Koch intelligence agency — The political network helmed by Charles and David Koch has quietly built a secretive operation that conducts surveillance and intelligence gathering on its liberal opponents, viewing it as a key strategic tool in its efforts to reshape American public life.
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Two U.S. flights to Paris diverted by bomb threats; innocent Muslims ejected from Baltimore plane for ‘watching the news’; bomb squad in Chicago and ‘firebomber racist’ targets mosque — Two Air France flights headed to Paris were diverted after bomb threats - both flights landed safely
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2 Air France flights diverted due to bomb threats
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Trump names Cruz when asked about VP spot — Donald Trump on Tuesday named Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) when asked about his possible running mate in 2016. — “Ted Cruz is now agreeing with me 100 percent,” he said when asked about his vice presidential pick, according to Lifezette.

Trump: ‘Absolutely no choice’ but to close mosques — The United States will have “absolutely no choice” but to close down some mosques where “some bad things are happening,” Donald Trump said in a recent interview, explaining his rationale for doing so. — “Nobody wants to say this and nobody wants …
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