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9:20 AM ET, November 10, 2009

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Dana Priest / Washington Post:
Fort Hood suspect warned of threats within the ranks  —  Cited stress facing Muslims Hasan spoke at Walter Reed in 2007  —  The Army psychiatrist believed to have killed 13 people at Fort Hood warned a roomful of senior Army physicians a year and a half ago that to avoid “adverse events,” …
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New York Times:
Fort Hood Suspect Communicated With Radical Cleric, Authorities Say  —  WASHINGTON — Intelligence agencies intercepted communications last year and this year between Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who is accused of shooting to death 13 people at Fort Hood, Tex., and a radical cleric in Yemen known for his incendiary anti-American teachings.
Washington Post:
Fort Hood suspect alert, talking to medical personnel  —  Army Criminal Investigation Command, FBI waiting to question Nidal Hasan  —  FORT HOOD, Tex. — Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army psychiatrist who allegedly gunned down dozens of people at Fort Hood last week before being wounded by police …
David Warren / Real Clear Politics:
Fort Hood: Let's Drop the Political Correctness  —  For a person with old-fashioned values, and an old-fashioned sense of English word meanings, the reports of the Fort Hood massacre were almost as provoking as what happened there.  In the larger view of things, they may be more consequential.
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Failing the troops at Fort Hood
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Commentary
ABCNEWS:
Obama: This Is a Health Care Bill, Not an Abortion Bill  —  President Says Still More Work to be Done on Legislation Passed by House  —  President Obama said today that Congress needs to change abortion-related language in the health care bill passed by the House of Representatives this weekend.
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Obtained: In Letter To Pelosi, 41 House Dems Pledge To Vote …
Ezra Klein:
Rep. Jim Cooper: House health care bill was ‘one of the best votes I ever cast’
Discussion: Firedoglake and TalkLeft
Robin Marty / RHRealityCheck.org:
Will the Stupak Amendment Affect Insurance Coverage for Miscarriages?
Discussion: Daily Kos, Taylor Marsh and Wonk Room
The Huffington Post:
Gibbs Won't Offer Position On Abortion Amendment
Discussion: The Hill and The Plum Line
CNN:
WH denies Afghan decision made, as tensions flare with Pentagon  —  Washington (CNN) - White House National Security Adviser Retired Gen. Jim Jones issued a rare public statement Monday vehemently denying media reports suggesting President Obama has privately decided to send close to 40,000 …
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David Martin / CBS News:
Obama's Afghan Plan: About 40K More Troops  —  CBS Exclusive: Sources Say Force Will Grow to 100,000 - Nearly Filling Gen. McChrystal's Request; Long-Term Stay Planned  —  (CBS) Tonight, after months of conferences with top advisors, President Obama has settled on a new strategy for Afghanistan.
Vodpod:
Obama's Surprise Video Address to Berlin on Anniversary of Fall of Berlin Wall  —  collect this video  —  recent videos from  —  what people are saying  —  I was waiting for a stunning announcement that “Luke I am Your Father”.  His pointing out that he is the first African-American president …
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New York Post:
Berlin Wall blunder
Discussion: Doug Ross
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Obama Seeks Revision of Plan's Abortion Limits  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama suggested Monday that he was not comfortable with abortion restrictions inserted into the House version of major health care legislation, and he prodded Congress to revise them.
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Jason Horowitz / Washington Post:
Political eyes on Republican Scozzafava after conservatives urge her to quit  —  It's a Grand Old Purging as moderate's ouster spotlights Republican dysfunction  —  GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. — Over Halloween weekend, Dede Scozzafava morphed from a rosy-cheeked Republican mom to a political figure of speech.
Derrick Henry / New York Times:
Connecticut Governor Won't Seek Re-election  —  Gov. M. Jodi Rell of Connecticut, who rose to the state's highest office five years ago after her predecessor resigned amid a corruption scandal, said on Monday that she would not seek re-election.  —  In a surprising announcement, Mrs. Rell …
Discussion: Outside The Beltway, MyDD and The Page
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Jon Lender / Hartford Courant:
Rell Will Not Seek Re-Election
Discussion: Swing State Project and TPMDC
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Pfizer abandons site of infamous Kelo eminent domain taking  —  The private homes that New London, Conn., took away from Suzette Kelo and her neighbors have been torn down.  Their former site is a wasteland of fields of weeds, a monument to the power of eminent domain.
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Carrie Prejean confirms ‘sex tape,’ but...  Carrie Prejean, some might remember, is the California beauty queen who gained instant ignominy in some circles by agreeing with President Obama's ridiculous notion that marriage is a union between one man and one woman.
Josh Gerstein / Josh Gerstein's Blog:
Despite ban, Holder to speak to CAIR-linked group  —  Attorney General Eric Holder has agreed to give a keynote speech next week to a Michigan group which includes the local branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations even though the FBI has formally severed contacts with the controversial Muslim civil rights organization.
The Politico:
Dems brace for another recess  —  The last time Congress returned home for an extended break in August, health care reform proponents lost ground that took weeks to regain — but not again, Democrats insist as they head into the Veterans Day recess.  —  The landscape is a bit different this time.
Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:
Unreal... Wash U Shuts Down Freedom Memorial on 20 Year Anniversary of End of Communism- It Was Too Offensive (Video)  —  The gulag was too offensive.  —  (Twitpics)  —  The students of Young Americans for Liberty hosted a rally to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Pajamas Media
Big Government:
Obama Ally Code Pink Targets Children of Military Families for Psychological Abuse  —  Dressed as ‘zombie soldiers’ killed in combat, ‘ghosts of war victims,’ witches and healthcare fairies, members of Code Pink menacingly paraded in front of a captive audience of children one block from the White House …
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Ethan Bronner / New York Times:
Future of Palestinian Authority Is in Question  —  RAMALLAH, West Bank — The collapse of the Palestinian Authority, Israel's negotiating partner, was raised as a possibility on Monday, as several aides to its president, Mahmoud Abbas, said that he intended to resign and forecast that others would follow.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Steele: White Republicans are scared of me  —  Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman Michael Steele, who is known for making controversial statements, on Sunday said that white Republicans are afraid of him.  —  Steele also took aim at some in his own party last week as well …
 
 
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Surprise: Obama addresses Berlin on the fall of the Wall
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New York Times “Celebrates” the Fall of the Berlin Wall
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Lefties complain that conservatives sell too many books
Bloomberg:
South Korea Fires on North Korean Warship Near Border
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Terry Macalister / Guardian:
US pressure ‘distorted oil figures’
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