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6:10 PM ET, September 14, 2012

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Martin H. Simon / ABCNEWS:
Full Transcript: George Stephanopoulos and Mitt Romney  —  The following is a full transcript of my interview with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.  —  GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Governor, thank you for doing this.  —  MITT ROMNEY: Thank you, George.  —  STEPHANOPOULOS: Boy …
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Martin H. Simon / ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE - Romney on Debates: Obama Will 'Say Things That Aren't True'  —  With the first presidential debate less than three weeks away, Mitt Romney is spending lots of time getting ready behind closed doors.  In his first comments on that debate prep, he told me that Sen. Rob Portman …
Katie Glueck / Reuters:
Mitt Romney: Barack Obama may lie in debates
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Obama campaign pushes back on Romney over China
Discussion: Politico and Ballot Box
Jillian Rayfield / Salon:
Romney defines “middle income” as $200,000-$250,000 and less
Los Angeles Times:
Christian charity, ex-con linked to film on Islam  —  Joseph Nassralla Abdelmasih of Media for Christ in Duarte and Nakoula Basseley Nakoula of Cerritos emerge as forces behind ‘Innocence of Muslims,’ the film whose trailer has incited violence across the Arab world.
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Dawn C. Chmielewski / Los Angeles Times:
‘Innocence of Muslims’: Administration asks YouTube to review video  —  Bangladeshi Muslims burn a U.S. flag in protest against the movie “Innocence of Muslims” in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Thursday.  —  Administration officials have asked YouTube to review a controversial video that many blame …
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
White House asked YouTube to review anti-Muslim film
Nick Allen / Telegraph:
Film maker behind anti-Muslim video ‘could be sent back to jail’
Jesse Walker / Hit & Run:
The Obama Administration Pressures YouTube to Remove Video
Benjy Sarlin / Talking Points Memo:
Bryan Fischer: Today's GOP Will Be ‘Dead’ If Romney Loses  —  A Barack Obama win in November will lead to a meltdown within the Republican Party, said Bryan Fischer, an influential official at the American Family Association.  And he isn't too optimistic about Mitt Romney's chances.
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
At Least Three Republican Electoral College Candidates May Refuse To Vote For Mitt Romney  —  One of the most basic tasks the two political parties must perform every four years is identifying 538 people loyal to their nominee, who will cast the only votes that truly matter in the presidential election …
Juana Summers / Politico:   Paul Ryan slams White House foreign policy
John Hudson / The Atlantic Wire:
A Map of Muslim Protests Around the World  —  If you can't keep track of all the Muslim protests erupting across the globe, you're not alone.  The uproar over a 14-minute anti-Islam YouTube video has sparked furious protests from Somalia to Egypt to Sudan to Tunisia to Libya to Bangladesh to Indonesia to Pakistan.
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New York Times:
Anti-American Protests Over Film Enter 4th Day
Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
State Department sets up 24-hour monitoring team for embassy crisis  —  The State Department has gone into full-blown crisis mode, organizing a round-the-clock effort to coordinate the U.S. government's response to the expanding attacks on U.S. embassies in the Middle East and North Africa.
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David Gordon Smith / Spiegel Online:
'Obama's Middle East Policy Is in Ruins'  —  US embassies in the Muslim world were on high alert Friday following days of violent protests against an anti-Islam film.  Germany, too, closed several embassies in fear of attacks.  Some German commentators argue that the violence shows that Obama's Middle East policies have failed.
Fox News:
Marines arrive in Yemen after embassy attack, protests spread
Discussion: CNN, Newsy and Pundit & Pundette
The Numbers / ABCNEWS:
THOUSAND  —  Campaign sources say they had expected between 2,000 and 4,000 volunteers to dial into the video conference from around the country, but ended up with 6,000 .  Most of them were “team leaders” in the Obama organization, tasked with organizing volunteers and building the organization, an official said.
Discussion: Mediaite and nation.foxnews.com
Chicago Tribune:
Tentative deal reached with striking Chicago teachers  —  ‘If the delegates so vote, we will suspend the strike’ … Chicago Public Schools and the teachers union have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract and classes could resume for 350,000 students on Monday, according to school and union officials.
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Après Rahm, Le Déluge  —  Modern nations …
New York Times:
In Chicago, Outline for a Deal on Teacher's Contract
ABCNEWS:
Jennifer Granholm, DNC Firebrand, ‘Cute’ on '78 ‘Dating Game’  —  Here's Jennifer Granholm like you've never seen her.  The former Michigan governor and current liberal talkshow host, who gave the single most-fiery speech at the Democratic convention, was a contestant on “The Dating Game” in 1978.
Discussion: Hotline On Call
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Detroit Free Press:
Granholm gets a laugh out of 1978 video of her ‘Dating Game’ appearance
Matt Blake / Daily Mail:
Black flag of Islam flies over U.S. embassy in Tunisia as America is targeted by angry mobs across the globe in day of chaos  — 10,000 Muslims stage a noisy protest in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, burning and trampling American flags while chanting anti-US slogans
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Tarek Amara / Reuters:
Three dead as protesters attack U.S. embassy in Tunisia
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Stephanie Cutter Uses Communist Propaganda Outlet to Hit Romney (Updated: DNC Too)  —  This morning, President Obama's deputy campaign manager, Stephanie Cutter, tweeted: … China's Xinhua is the state's Communist propaganda outlet.  —  “Xinhua is subordinate to the State Council and reports …
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Tara Palmeri / New York Post:
Samuel's prez ad: Wake the f@#k up!  —  They picked the perfect actor for a political ad loaded with f-bombs.  —  Samuel L. Jackson will film a provocative spot supporting President Obama's re-election bid as early as tomorrow — telling voters to “Wake the f—k up, Vote for Obama.”
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Bloody Hand Prints at Consulate Reveal Americans Were Dragged From Building Before Their Death  —  The attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi came in two waves on the night of 9-11.  —  Four Americans were murdered in a coordinated attack by reportedly 400 Islamists.  —  It was a highly coordinated attack.
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BREITBART.COM:
OBAMA FLASHBACK: THE DAY I'M INAUGURATED MUSLIM HOSTILITY WILL EASE  —  Then-Senator Barack Obama makes the case for an Obama Presidency on November 21, 2007 by saying he is uniquely qualified to bring stability to America's relationships in the Muslim world because he lived in an Islamic country during …
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Romney owes an apology  —  To a certain extent, no one should be surprised by Mitt Romney's decision to seize on — actually, make that exploit — the attack on U.S. diplomatic outposts in Egypt and Libya as ammunition in the presidential campaign.  —  After all, the Republican presidential nominee wrote …
CNBC:
US Credit Rating Cut by Egan-Jones ... Again  —  Ratings firm Egan-Jones cut its credit rating on the U.S. government to “AA-” from “AA,” citing its opinion that quantitative easing from the Federal Reserve would hurt the U.S. economy and the country's credit quality.
ThinkProgress:
Group At Conservative Conference Urge Women To ‘Go Home And Put Some Clothes On’  —  WASHINGTON, DC — Literature being handed out at the Values Voter Summit on Friday attacks women for being “immodest” and extolled them to “go home and put some clothes on!”
 
 
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John Fund / National Review:
Gay-Marriage Backers Face Consequences in N.Y. Primaries
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Ariana Eunjung Cha / Washington Post:
Financially troubled parts of Europe consider taxing church properties
Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
How A Bunch Of Republicans Accidentally Voted To End Welfare-To-Work Requirements
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
Obama's a Good Bet  —  Mitt Romney could still win …
Scott Lemieux / American Prospect:
Arbitrary Detention Suffers First of Perhaps Many Blows
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Brian Doherty / Hit & Run:
The Badgering of Bob Dylan, Or, Tell Us You Love Obama, Bob! Please!
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
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