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Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Business:
Bloomberg Poll: Most Americans Oppose Syrian Refugee Resettlement — Americans agree with Republican presidential candidates on refugees, but are divided on whether to send U.S. troops to Iraq and Syria to fight the Islamic State, according to the poll. — margarettalev
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Gustavo Palencia / Reuters:
Honduras detains five Syrians said headed to U.S. with stolen Greek passports — Honduran authorities have detained five Syrian nationals who were trying to reach the United States using stolen Greek passports, but there are no signs of any links to last week's attacks in Paris, police said.
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Daily Mail:
The Syrian passports to terror: EIGHT migrants have got into Europe with same papers as those found …
The Syrian passports to terror: EIGHT migrants have got into Europe with same papers as those found …
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The Hill:
Speaker Ryan: Syrian refugee bill does not have a ‘religious test’
Speaker Ryan: Syrian refugee bill does not have a ‘religious test’
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Sarah / addictinginfo.org:
Oregon Governor Kate Brown WELCOMES Refugees In Passionate Facebook Post
Oregon Governor Kate Brown WELCOMES Refugees In Passionate Facebook Post
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David Giambusso / Politico:
De Blasio escalates attack on Christie's refugee stance
De Blasio escalates attack on Christie's refugee stance
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Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
Were Syrian refugees involved in the Paris attacks? What we know and don't know
Were Syrian refugees involved in the Paris attacks? What we know and don't know
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CNN:
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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Daily Mail:
FIRST TWO ATTACKS: STADE DE FRANCE
FIRST TWO ATTACKS: STADE DE FRANCE
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Hanna Ingber / New York Times:
France Unsure if Raid Killed Top Suspect in Paris Attacks
France Unsure if Raid Killed Top Suspect in Paris Attacks
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Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
Ted Cruz Challenges President Obama to ‘Come Back and Insult Me to My Face’ — A fired-up Sen. Ted Cruz this morning challenged President Obama to a debate over Syrian refugees, lashing out at Obama over his Tuesday comments in the Philippines. — “I want to encourage you, Mr. President …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
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 …
Andy Cush / Gawker:
Ted Cruz Would Like to Know Why Obama Won't Insult Him to His Face — Standing outside of a private club for fancy men this morning, senator and presidential hopeful Ted Cruz made it clear that he is ready to buck with Barack Obama. “If you want to insult me, you can do it overseas …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump names Cruz when asked about VP spot
Trump names Cruz when asked about VP spot
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Fred Bever / WBUR:
WBUR Poll: Trump More Firmly On Top In N.H.; Voters Split On Middle East Military Policy — Donald Trump is holding on to his lead in the latest WBUR poll of likely voters in New Hampshire's Republican presidential primary, while his closest rival, Dr. Ben Carson, appears to be fading.
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Bobby Jindal's presidential campaign was unrecognizable from the Bobby Jindal I knew
Bobby Jindal's presidential campaign was unrecognizable from the Bobby Jindal I knew
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Marco Rubio scores megadonor Frank VanderSloot
Marco Rubio scores megadonor Frank VanderSloot
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Jerusalem Post:
Jewish teacher stabbed in Marseilles by purported ISIS supporters — France retaliates to Paris terror attacks, hits ISIS command center, training camp in Syria - Two dead, including suicide bomber, in police raid for mastermind behind Paris attacks — Educator's condition not life-threatening …
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Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Ben Carson Can't Place New England On A Map (PHOTO) — Retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson on Tuesday expressed his support for a growing contingent of governors who are against allowing Syrian refugees into the United States — but he shared an incorrect graphic of the lower 48 states in the process.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
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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Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Doubles Down On Closing Mosques: 'We're Gonna Have No Choice' (VIDEO)
Trump Doubles Down On Closing Mosques: 'We're Gonna Have No Choice' (VIDEO)
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Peter Wehner / Commentary Magazine:
Our Bitter and Graceless President — We all know people of towering arrogance and we all know people of staggering incompetence, but Barack Obama is quite possibly the perfect package. No one on the scene today combines these two qualities in quite the same way as Mr. Obama.
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
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.
Andrew McCarthy / National Review:
Refugee ‘Religious Test’ Is ‘Shameful’ and ‘Not American’ ... Except that Federal Law Requires It — As I argued in Faithless Execution, the principal constitutional duty of the chief executive is to execute the laws faithfully. President Obama, by contrast, sees his principal task as imposing …
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Our two Americas, in 1 map — Want to understand the bifurcated nature of our politics? Try this map, released Tuesday by the Federal Election Commission, that documents which party controls a majority of seats in each state's congressional delegation. — Pretty remarkable no?
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Dave Boucher / Tennessean.com:
Tennessee GOP leader: Round up Syrian refugees, remove from state — Glen Casada: “We need to ... take them back to the ICE center and say, 'They're not coming to Tennessee, they're yours.' ” — A top Tennessee Republican lawmaker believes the time has come for the National Guard to round …
New York Daily News:
NRA, Republicans block proposed law to stop suspected terrorists from buying guns in U.S. — The NRA — and their gun-loving Republican cohorts — are refusing once more to stop terrorists intent on getting armed in the U.S.A. — A legal loophole allows suspected terrorists on the government's …
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Leda Reynolds / Daily Express:
ISIS suspects posing as refugees arrested at airport clutching hand-drawn MAP to Germany — EIGHT people have been arrested at Istanbul's main airport amid fears they are Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists posing as refugees after they were found clutching a hand-drawn map plotting the route to Germany.
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Ben Ashford For / Daily Mail:
America's ‘enemies within’: How nearly SEVENTY have been arrested in America over ISIS plots in last 18 months - including refugees who had been given safe haven but ‘turned to terror’ — Increasing pressure from Republicans not to accept refugees from Syria on scale demanded by White House
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WATE-TV:
Maryville toddler survives alone for several days after grandmother's death — MARYVILLE (WATE) - A Maryville toddler was taken to the hospital after police say she survived alone for several days after her grandmother died. — According to a Maryville Police Department report …
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