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Ghazala Khan / Washington Post:
Trump criticized my silence. He knows nothing about true sacrifice. — Ghazala Khan's son, U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, was killed in Iraq in 2004. — CHARLOTTESVILLE — Donald Trump has asked why I did not speak at the Democratic convention. He said he would like to hear from me.
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SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT — Trump Campaign Releases Full Transcript of Khizr Khan Answer Ahead of Mr. Trump's ABC This Week Sunday Interview With George Stephanopoulos; — Trump Calls Captain Humayun Khan A “Hero,” Urges Vigilance In Defeating Radical Islamic Terrorism …
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German Lopez / Vox:
Donald Trump proves he hasn't read the Constitution in statement claiming he has — In their searing speech against Donald Trump this week, the parents of deceased US Army Captain Humayun Khan suggested that Trump has not read the US Constitution — citing as exhibit one Trump's plan …
Stephanie McCrummen / Washington Post:
Khizr Khan responds to the latest from Trump: ‘Typical of a person without a soul’ — Two days after delivering one of the most memorable speeches of the 2016 campaign season — a moment one commentator described as the ‘fulcrum’ of the election — Khizr Khan was checking into a D.C. hotel …
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New York Times:
Donald Trump's Confrontation With Muslim Soldier's Parents Emerges as Unexpected Flash Point — Donald J. Trump reeled on Sunday amid a sustained campaign of criticism by the parents of a Muslim American soldier killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq and a rising outcry within his own party …
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
McConnell offers rebuke on Khan comments — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Sunday waded into the controversy surrounding Donald Trump and his dismissive comments toward a Muslim-American couple whose son was killed during the Iraq War. — Without mentioning the GOP nominee's name …
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Hillary Called Benghazi Mom a Liar, But Media Freak Out over Trump on Muslim Parents — Donald Trump is embroiled in another media controversy, this time over his reaction when asked about the emotional speech at the Democratic National Convention by the bereaved parents of Capt. Humayun Khan …
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ABC News:
Muslim Family of Fallen Army Captain Responds to Trump: ‘Shame on Him’
Muslim Family of Fallen Army Captain Responds to Trump: ‘Shame on Him’
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Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Mother of soldier killed in Iraq: I was too ‘in pain’ to speak at convention
Mother of soldier killed in Iraq: I was too ‘in pain’ to speak at convention
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ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Donald Trump, Vice President Joe Biden, and Ret. Gen. John Allen — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ ON July 31, 2016 and it will be updated. — GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Let's talk about the Democratic Convention. So you won the rating war in the last night.
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Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
Trump Appears To Be Ignorant Of A Major International Conflict — Two years ago, Russia's incursions into Ukraine — including the controversial annexation of Crimea — was front page news on numerous occasions. Roughly 10,000 lives have been lost as a result of the ongoing violence.
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Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
Ret. Gen. John Allen Says Donald Trump Could Cause ‘Civil Military Crisis’
Ret. Gen. John Allen Says Donald Trump Could Cause ‘Civil Military Crisis’
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Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Poll: Clinton Rides Convention Bump Past Trump — Hillary Clinton is once again leading Donald Trump in the presidential race after her party's Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. — The former secretary of State leads the brash businessman, 43 percent to 40 percent …
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Isabel Vincent / New York Post:
Melania Trump like you've never seen her before — Donald Trump thinks his wife will be a model first lady — and here's the proof. — Decades before she was sporting designer dresses on the stage of the Republican National Convention as Mrs. Trump, Melania Knauss posed nude in a photo spread …
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
If You Are Not Nervous About The Upcoming Election... If you are not nervous about the impending Presidential election I envy and applaud you. — But for the rest of us (the Trembling Majority?), David Sanger of the Times presents a new concern that should easily crack anyone's Top 100 list of potential electoral disasters.
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
U.S. Wrestles With How to Fight Back Against Cyberattacks
Denver Post:
Donald Trump rescued from stuck elevator by Colorado Springs firefighters. Then he called out the fire marshal. — Donald Trump was stuck in an elevator with 10 other people for 30 minutes, the fire department said — The fire marshal that Donald Trump criticized for capping attendance …
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Katie Pelton / KKTV-TV:
Fire marshal responds after being called out by Trump at UCCS rally
Fire marshal responds after being called out by Trump at UCCS rally
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