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11:30 AM ET, December 14, 2012

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Susan Rice / Washington Post:
Why I made the right call  —  View Photo Gallery — What you need to know about Susan Rice: The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has withdrawn from consideration for secretary of state  —  On Thursday I asked that President Obama no longer consider me for the job of secretary of state.
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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Barack Obama avoids fight over Susan Rice  —  President Barack Obama was prepared to battle for Susan Rice, but her withdrawal from consideration to be the next secretary of state means he won't get a fight — over this.  —  Rice's decision pre-empts what was expected to be an intense confirmation battle …
Tracy Connor / Rock Center with Brian Williams:
EXCLUSIVE: Susan Rice drops out of running for secretary of state; saddened by partisan politics
Washington Post:
Susan Rice withdraws as candidate for secretary of state
Tracy Connor / Rock Center with Brian Williams:
EXCLUSIVE: Susan Rice drops out of running for secretary of state, cites ‘very politicized’ confirmation process
Discussion: Wake up America
Hans Nichols / Bloomberg:
Hagel Said to Top Obama's List to Take Over at Pentagon
Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
Marijuana Not High Obama Priority  —  President Obama says recreational users of marijuana in states that have legalized the substance should not be a “top priority” of federal law enforcement officials prosecuting the war on drugs.  —  “We've got bigger fish to fry,” Obama said of pot users …
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Elizabeth Hartfield / ABCNEWS:
Counting Their (Mixed) Blessings.  (The Note)  —  By AMY WALTER (@amyewalter), Elizabeth Hartfield (@LizHartfield) and Chris Good (@c_good)  — ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE: PRESIDENT OBAMA SAYS POT USERS NOT ‘TOP PRIORITY’ IN DRUG WAR.  President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama sat …
Bobby Jindal / Wall Street Journal:
The End of Birth-Control Politics  —  Over-the-counter sales of oral contraceptives will cut off a disingenuous attack line.  —  The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists announced its support last month for selling oral contraceptives over the counter without a prescription in the United States.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The G.O.P.'s Existential Crisis  —  We are not having a debt crisis.  —  It's important to make this point, because I keep seeing articles about the “fiscal cliff” that do, in fact, describe it — often in the headline — as a debt crisis.  But it isn't.  The U.S. government is having no trouble borrowing to cover its deficit.
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
House GOP Secretly Authorized $500,000 To Defend Unconstitutional Anti-Gay Law  —  It has come to light that House Administration Committee Chairman Dan Lungren (R-CA) secretly approved a $500,000 increase to a contract with a private law firm to defend the unconstitutional Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in federal court.
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Megan Ruyle / The Hill:
House Republicans made scarce during ‘fiscal cliff’ talks
Discussion: Politico
John Gramlich / Roll Call:
House GOP Boosts Funds for DOMA Legal Defense
Pat Collins / nbcwashington.com:
Man in Apparent Mitt Romney Mask Robs Sterling Bank  —  Robber took cash from all five tellers  —  A man who appeared to be wearing a Mitt Romney mask held up a bank in Sterling, Va., Thursday morning, and that's not all that had the FBI calling the robbery “unusual.”  News4's Pat Collins reports.
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
With Gap Wide and Time Short, Obama and Boehner Meet  —  WASHINGTON — With time running short to work out a deal to avert a year-end fiscal crisis, Speaker John A. Boehner met with President Obama at the White House on Thursday evening to try to bridge a vast gap between the parties on taxes …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Sen. Durbin: White House has taken Medicare eligibility age hike off the table
Discussion: Daily Kos
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Promise vs. Reality in Newark on Mayor's Watch  —  NEWARK — When snow blanketed this city two Christmases ago, Mayor Cory A. Booker was celebrated around the nation for personally shoveling out residents who had appealed for help on Twitter.  But here, his administration was scorned …
Kieren McCarthy / news.dot-nxt.com:
Internet humbles UN telecoms agency  —  ITU forced to face modern realities as WCIT conference implodes  —  Having turned industries and governments upside down, the Internet has claimed its first organizational scalp, subjecting the United Nations' International Telecommunication Union …
Discussion: BBC, Guardian and Crooked Timber
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Jennifer Martinez / The Hill:
US says it won't ratify UN telecom treaty
David Morgan / CNBC:
Only 15 States Opt to Run Obamacare Exchanges  —  Only 15 states have told the federal government they plan to operate health insurance exchanges under President Barack Obama's reform law, leaving Washington with the daunting task of creating online marketplaces for two-thirds of the country.
Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
The Hagel Haters  —  Why Israel's supporters can't stand the man who might be the next secretary of defense.  Eli Lake reports.  —  Chuck Hagel, who is reportedly the frontrunner to be the next Pentagon chief, has made a lot of friends in the U.S. foreign-policy establishment and at the top levels of Obama's inner circle.
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Carlo Muñoz / The Hill:
Report: Hagel likely top White House pick for Department of Defense chief
Discussion: Booman Tribune and The Agonist
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Inouye is pressed to give up his gavel  —  Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) is coming under pressure to relinquish his chairmanship of the Appropriations Committee.  —  Critics say the Senate panel has lost power in recent years under the 88-year-old Inouye, who took over the committee …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Paul Mozur / China Real Time Report:
A Frigid Launch for iPhone 5 in Beijing … Apple's flagship store in Beijing's upscale Sanlitun shopping district began selling the iPhone 5 for the first time on Friday in what was arguably the least eventful launch of an Apple device in the company's four-year history in the Chinese capital.
Discussion: Mashable! and Business Insider
Ben Brumfield / CNN:
U.S. to send troops, Patriot missiles to Turkey  —  A member of the Syrian opposition's Al-Buraq Brigade stands guard on a main road in the northern Syrian town of Ain Dakna near the Turkish border on Monday, December 10.  Click through to view images of the fighting from December, or see photos of the conflict from November.
CNN:
Knife attack at Chinese school wounds 22 children  —  Beijing (CNN) — Twenty-two primary school children were wounded in a knife attack Friday in central China, authorities said.  —  The attack took place at the entrance to the Chenpeng Village Primary School in Henan province …
Discussion: The Reaction
 
 
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Suzy Khimm / Wonkblog:
New language, same findings: Tax hikes on the rich won't cripple the economy
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Discussion: Guardian and The PJ Tatler
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Judson Berger / Fox News:
Medical companies brace for ‘devastating’ ObamaCare tax, prepare for layoffs
Brendan Sasso / The Hill:
Senate panel approves Franken's location privacy bill
Discussion: BBC and The Verge
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In truth, Ravi Shankar couldn't stand the hippies
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Joe Romm / ThinkProgress:
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
More staffers recount confrontational elevator rides with Rep. Foxx
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Neil Cavuto cuts off Rep. E.B. Johnson
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