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12:30 PM ET, July 29, 2012

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Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
Dick Cheney: Picking Sarah Palin for VP Was ‘A Mistake’  —  Dick Cheney has some advice for Mitt Romney on choosing a running mate: Don't pick another Sarah Palin.  —  In his first interview since receiving a heart transplant in March, Cheney told ABC News, that John McCain's decision …
Richard A. Muller / New York Times:
The Conversion of a Climate-Change Skeptic  —  CALL me a converted skeptic.  Three years ago I identified problems in previous climate studies that, in my mind, threw doubt on the very existence of global warming.  Last year, following an intensive research effort involving a dozen scientists …
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Washington Post:
Romney would ‘respect the decision’ of Israel to attack Iran to stop nuclear weapon capability, adviser says  —  View Photo Gallery — Romney continues overseas tour: The Republican presidential candidate began his week-long overseas tour with a stop in London, praising …
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Fox News:
Romney would back Israeli strike against Iran, senior adviser says  —  July 29, 2012: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney meet at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem.AP  —  July 28, 2012: Republican presidential candidate …
Benjamin Netanyahu / CNN:
Romney would ‘respect’ Israeli strike against Iran, campaign adviser says  —  Jerusalem (CNN) - Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney would “respect” a unilateral Israeli strike on Iran should the Islamic republic develop nuclear weapons, Romney's foreign policy adviser told reporters Sunday.
Discussion: BuzzFeed and The Hill
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Romney to allow press into Israel fundraiser after all  —  JERUSALEM — Mitt Romney's campaign has reversed a decision to not allow the media into a fundraiser here Monday morning, bowing to reporters' demand that they be allowed to record the Republican's address to some of his top donors.
Discussion: New York Magazine
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Romney Breaks Agreement with Media: Bans Media From Covering Jerusalem Fundraiser UPDATE: Abruptly Changes Its Mind
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Romney bans media from Jerusalem fundraiser, violating pre-established protocol
CNN:
Romney campaign changes mind, allows press into fund-raiser
CNN:
Rubio phones into campaign event after plane makes emergency landing
Discussion: Politico
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
R.I.P. Inkblot  —  I hate to write this post, but all of you have been part of Inkblot's life for so long that I can hardly not do it.  One of our neighbors saw the flyers we posted around the neighborhood and called a few minutes ago to tell us that she had seen the body of a cat nearby.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Romney's problem?  Americans don't like him as much as Obama, polls say.  —  View Photo Gallery — Romney begins his overseas tour: The Republican presidential candidate made his first stop on the week-long tour in London, praising the U.S.-British relationship and stirring up several minor controversies along the way.
Emily Friedman / ABCNEWS:
Romney and Wife Go to Jerusalem's Western Wall  —  JERUSALEM — Mitt and Ann Romney visited one of the holiest sites in the Jewish faith today, arriving at the Western Wall on a sacred day of mourning in Israel.  —  The Romneys arrived via motorcade at the site of prayer and spent …
Associated Press:
Lake Delton dyed a tourist-pleasing blue  —  River Alliance calls dye job ‘foolish’  —  The lake that's home to the long-running Tommy Bartlett ski show has gone from pea green to a more aesthetically-pleasing color.  —  Five-hundred gallons of dye bought with nearly $30,000 in taxpayers' money …
Discussion: Daily Pundit
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Political Memo: Obama Campaign Takes Gamble in Going Negative  —  CHICAGO — As President Obama pushes Mitt Romney to release more of his tax returns, a television commercial from his campaign bluntly says, “Makes you wonder if some years he's paid any taxes at all.”
ABCNEWS:
Sunday on ‘This Week’: Robert Gibbs and Kevin Madden  —  This Sunday, Obama campaign senior adviser Robert Gibbs squares off with Romney campaign senior adviser Kevin Madden in an exclusive “This Week” debate on the latest in the 2012 presidential contest.  —  As presumptive Republican …
Discussion: CNN and The Political Carnival
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Obama blamed for failure of international arms-trade treaty  —  The United Nations indefinitely suspended action on an international arms trade treaty Friday after the United States and several other countries asked for more time.  —  The decision sparked angry reactions …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:   Arms-trade treaty talks collapse, supporters rip Obama
 
 
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