memeorandum: Suspect, devout Muslim from Va., wanted Army discharge, aunt said (Washington Post)

1:15 PM ET, November 6, 2009

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Robert A. George / NBC Chicago:

Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting — A bad week for Democrats compounded by an awful moment for Barack Obama. — TWITTER — President Obama didn't wait long after Tuesday's devastating elections to give critics another reason to question his leadership …

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James Dao / New York Times:

Suspect Was ‘Mortified’ About Deployment to War — WASHINGTON — Born and reared in Virginia, the son of immigrant parents from a small Palestinian town near Jerusalem, he joined the Army right out of high school, against his parents' wishes. The Army, in turn, put him through college …

Brian Kates / NY Daily News:

Police Sgt. Kimberly Munley credited with ending Fort Hood gunman Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's rampage — The hero cop who ended the bloody rampage at Fort Hood had been directing traffic moments before she confronted the gunman and pumped four bullets into him despite being shot herself.

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Emily Friedman / ABCNEWS:

12 Soldiers Killed and 31 Wounded in Fort Hood Shooting — Suspected Gunman Is Identified by ABC News as Major Malik Nadal Hasan — Twelve people have been killed and 31 wounded in a shooting spree at a Texas military base by what officials believe was possibly carried out by an Army officer.

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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:

Top GOP recruit says Ft. Hood shooting shows ‘enemy is infiltrating our military’ — A top Republican congressional recruit said on Friday that the shooting at Ft. Hood, Texas yesterday by a solider allegedly sympathetic to suicide bombers shows that the “enemy is infiltrating our military.”

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Washington Post:

Suspect, devout Muslim from Va., wanted Army discharge, aunt said — He prayed every day at the Muslim Community Center in Silver Spring, a devout Muslim who, despite asking to be discharged from the U.S. Army, was on the eve of his first deployment to war.

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Michelle Malkin:

The massacre at Fort Hood and Muslim soldiers with attitude — Scroll for updates...7:39am Eastern press conference...Ft. Hood officials disclose that the murder victims included 12 soldiers and 1 civilian... I was traveling to Wichita for a speaking event/fundraiser (which I'll tell you more about later) …

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Linda Chavez / Commentary:
Obama's Pet-Goat Moment

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Bruce Bawer / Pajamas Media:
Fort Hood Massacre: A Day of Courage and Cowardice

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The Huffington Post:
WND's Jerome Corsi Claims Fort Hood Shooter Advised Obama [UPDATE]

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Associated Press:
AP sources: Authorities had concerns about suspected Fort Hood …

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Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Suspect Was to Be Sent to Afghanistan

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Patterico's Pontifications:
Coverage of the Fort Hood Shooting: Hot Air vs. the L.A. Times …

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Jeff Carlton / Associated Press:
Ft. Hood suspect reportedly shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’

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Philip Sherwell / Telegraph:
Fort Hood shooting: Nidal Malik Hasan ‘said Muslims should rise up’

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John Nichols / The Nation:
Horror at Fort Hood Inspires Horribly Predictable Islamophobia

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CNN:
Store video shows suspect hours before Fort Hood rampage

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Pajamas Media:
Fort Hood—A now familiar horror

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USA Today:
Shooter praised God before Fort Hood massacre

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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:

No one said freedom was pretty — The call to arms went out last week. — Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), who made her name suggesting that Barack Obama and other Democrats have “anti-American” views, appeared on Fox News on Friday night and urged Americans to come to Washington to protest …

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The Politico: Bachmann's healthy prognosis

Javier C. Hernandez / New York Times:

U.S. Unemployment Rate Hits 10.2%, Highest in 26 Years — For Americans who wake up each morning thinking about their job hunt, Friday's unemployment report offered little reassurance that their search would soon pay off, even as the broader economy showed signs of strengthening.

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Christopher S. Rugaber / Associated Press:
Jobless rate tops 10 pct. for first time since '83

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Wall Street Journal:
October Jobless Rate Tops 10%

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Mark Silva / The Swamp:

White House: FOX off-limits — strategist — At least one Democratic political strategist has gotten a blunt warning from the White House to never appear on Fox News Channel, an outlet that presidential aides have depicted as not so much a news-gathering operation as a political opponent bent on damaging the Obama administration.

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Wall Street Journal: Hello, Tipping Point

Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama delays meeting with House Dems until Saturday

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Associated Press:

Hoyer: House vote may be pushed back — Planned Saturday vote on health bill could be delayed until Sunday or later — WASHINGTON - A House leader says Democrats haven't yet lined up enough votes to pass their health care overhaul bill. — Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland …

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The Hill:

Hoyer: Health debate could stretch past Saturday vote time — As House Democratic leaders labored to resolve last-minute disputes in their party about abortion and spending, the man who controls floor action suggested the healthcare debate could go into Sunday or next week.

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Chris Frates / The Politico:
White House backs House bill

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Byron York / Washington Examiner:

Democrat trap: Pelosi's wrath or voter backlash — The House is in the final rush toward passage of a national health care bill, and there's one thing Speaker Nancy Pelosi absolutely, positively does not want her Democratic lawmakers to do: Go home. — “You meet constituents and get an earful …

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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Pelosi Breaks Pledge to Put Final Health Care Bill Online for 72 Hours Before Vote

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Washington Post:
Abortion, immigration are factors in health-care reform vote

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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:

Charles Krauthammer on the realignment myth of 2008 — Sure, Election Day 2009 will scare moderate Democrats and make passage of Obamacare more difficult. Sure, it makes it easier for resurgent Republicans to raise money and recruit candidates for 2010. But the most important effect of Tuesday's elections is historical.

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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Michael Gerson on Obama ceding the center

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Wall Street Journal:

The Return of the Inflation Tax — The Pelosi tax surcharge applies to capital gains and dividends. — Printer — Friendly — All of those twentysomethings who voted for Barack Obama last year are about to experience the change they haven't been waiting for: the return of income tax bracket creep.

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Byron York / Washington Examiner:

Democratic civil war update: MoveOn raises $3.6 million to attack party moderates — A few days ago, the left-wing activist group MoveOn.org began sending out emails seeking contributions to fund primary challenges against any Democratic senator who does not fully support “health care reform with a public option.”

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:

Obama Faces His Anzio — Remember those Republican boasts that they would turn health care into President Obama's Waterloo? Well, exit polls suggest that to the extent that health care was an issue in Tuesday's elections, it worked in Democrats' favor. But while health care …

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Paul Krugman:

Why not a WPA? — A question I'm occasionally asked at public events is, why aren't we creating jobs with a WPA-type program? It's a very good question. — As it is, job-creation efforts are generally indirect. Tax cuts and transfers in the hope that people will spend them …