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2:25 PM ET, June 23, 2010

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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
McChrystal to Administration Official: 'I've Compromised the Mission'  —  During his round of phone calls to top officials of the Obama administration whom he and his team disparaged to a Rolling Stone reporter, Gen. Stanley McChrystal said, “I've compromised the mission,” a senior administration source tells ABC News.
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New York Times:
McChrystal's Fate Unclear After Brief Meeting With Obama  —  WASHINGTON — Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal left the White House after meeting with President Obama for about 20 minutes, departing ahead of a meeting on the war in Afghanistan later Wednesday morning, but there was no immediate word …
Eliot A. Cohen / Wall Street Journal:
Why McChrystal Has to Go  —  It is intolerable for military officers to mock senior political officials, including ambassadors and the vice president.  —  Gen. Stanley McChrystal is a hero—a selfless, fearless and inspiring soldier.  He is also something of a military genius.
msnbc.com:
Obama relieves McChrystal of command  —  Gen. David Petraeus replaces him as top Afghan commander  —  General Stanley McChrystal arrives at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.  —  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Wednesday relieved Gen. Stanley McChrystal of his command …
Peter Beinart / The Daily Beast:
Gen. McChrystal's Firing Offense  —  Blogs and Stories  —  The press is turning a story about policy into a story about penises.  What matters isn't what McChrystal said about Obama—it's what he believes about Afghanistan.  —  It's not the insubordination, stupid.  It's the war.
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
What's Second Prize?  —  Gen. Stanley McChrystal's trashing of his civilian colleagues was unprofessional and may cost him his job.  If so, it will be a sad end to a fine career.  But no general is indispensable.  What is indispensable is that when taking America surging deeper into war in Afghanistan …
Discussion: Ezra Klein and ABCNEWS
ABCNEWS:
McChrystal's Fate Remains Uncertain After Obama Meeting
msnbc.com:
Obama to relieve McChrystal of command
Discussion: Associated Press
David Weigel / Right Now:
‘Joe Barton was right,’ Joe Barton tweets  —  Hours after getting a respite from House Republicans, Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.) has cheekily responded to criticism over his “apology to BP” by tweeting a link to an American Spectator article titled “Joe Barton was right.”
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Texans Down on Barton  —  Texans think that Barack Obama's right …
Peter Hannaford / American Spectator:
Joe Barton Was Right
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:   Boehner report claims health reform failed on promises after three months
WDSU-TV:
Federal Gov't Halts Sand Berm Dredging  —  Nungesser Pleads With President To Allow Work To Continue  —  NEW ORLEANS — The federal government is shutting down the dredging that was being done to create protective sand berms in the Gulf of Mexico.  —  The berms are meant to protect the Louisiana coastline from oil.
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ABCNews.com:
Vitter Aide Resigns After ABC News Disclosures About Past  —  Drunk Driving, Attack on Girlfriend, Open Warrant Detailed in ABC News Report  —  A trusted aide to Louisiana Sen. David Vitter resigned Wednesday morning after ABC News reported that he had been arrested for attacking his ex-girlfriend …
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ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: Meet Senator Vitter's Trusted Aide …
Associated Press:
Vitter aide resigns amid report of run-in with law
Discussion: Mediaite and TPMMuckraker
CNN:
Spitzer, Parker to host primetime CNN show  —  CNN announced Wednesday that Kathleen Parker and Eliot Spitzer will host its new 8 p.m. program.  —  Washington (CNN) - Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and 2010 Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Kathleen Parker will co-host …
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David Freddoso / Beltway Confidential:
Last night's elections: A good night for conservatives  —  Last night's primaries had a theme, it was a theme of victory for conservative candidates.  It was also a night in which establishment endorsements and old party names were no help.  — In Utah, Mike Lee narrowly won the GOP nomination …
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Jennifer Rubin / Commentary:
Nikki Fever
Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog and sisu
Michelle Malkin:
The threat of illegal alien amnesty-by-executive order  —  NumbersUSA posted a letter on Monday from GOP Sen. Grassley and seven other Republican Senators challenging the White House on rumors of illegal alien-amnesty-by-executive order.  The gist of it:
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Ezra Klein:
Health-care reform getting more, not less, popular  —  I got an e-mail from the House minority leader's office this morning linking me to their new report, “Obamacare: Three Months of Broken Promises.”  “Three things are abundantly clear about President Obama's new health care law three months …
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Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu / Arutz Sheva:
Reports: IAF Landed at Saudi Base, US Troops near Iran Border  —  Follow Israel news on and .  —  The Israeli Air Force recently unloaded military equipment at a Saudi Arabia base, a semi-official Iranian news agency claimed Wednesday, while a large American force has massed in Azerbaijan, which is on the northwest border of Iran.
Discussion: Israel Matzav and Blogcritics
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Reza Kahlili / Forbes:
There Will Be War  —  Last week, Iran's opposition leaders Mir …
Discussion: Israel Matzav
John / Power Line:
Sharia Comes to Michigan  —  Under Sharia law, it is forbidden to proselytize to Muslims, and no Muslim can leave the faith.  Dearborn, Michigan, is home to a substantial Muslim population, and there is strong evidence that local authorities now enforce sharia in preference to the Constitution of the United States.
Discussion: Wake up America
Sean J. Miller / The Hill:
Arizona Democrats urge Obama not to sue over controversial immigration law  —  Arizona Democrats facing tough reelection races are distancing themselves from the Obama administration as it prepares to file a lawsuit against the state over its controversial immigration law.
Associated Press:
More Oil Gushing Into Gulf After Problem With Cap  —  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Coast Guard says BP has been forced to remove a cap that was containing some of the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico.  —  Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen says an underwater robot bumped into the venting system.
Discussion: Runnin' Scared and The Page
Todd Starnes / Fox News:
Graphic Sex Ed Class Under Fire  —  Parents are outraged after young teenagers were instructed on graphic sexual acts during a Planned Parenthood sex education class at the local high school in Shenandoah, Iowa.  —  “It was horribly inappropriate,” Colleen Dostal told Fox News Radio.
 
 
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Karen Davis / The Commonwealth Fund:
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: How the Performance of the U.S. Health …
Wall Street Journal:
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Discussion: The New Republic and Commentary
Harold Meyerson / Washington Post:
Centrist and clueless
Discussion: Open Left and Grasping Reality …
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Another rhetorical strikeout from Al Franken
Discussion: The New Republic
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