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10:40 AM ET, March 21, 2013

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Politico:
Netanyahu on Obama: This guy, I need  —  JERUSALEM — Benjamin Netanyahu has never been Barack Obama's biggest fan — and for four years, he's eagerly scored political points picking fights with the president.  —  But two paradigm-shifting elections — one in the U.S., one in Israel …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh, The Dish, CNN and The Week
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Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Secret report raises alarms on intelligence blind spots because of AQ focus  —  A panel of White House advisers warned President Obama in a secret report that U.S. spy agencies were paying inadequate attention to China, the Middle East and other national security flash points because they had become …
ThinkProgress:
National Security Brief: Obama Says Israeli Settlements Are An Obstacle To Peace  —  President Obama said on Thursday in a joint press conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that illegal Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank is an obstacle to a permanent peace agreement with the Palestinians.
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Document Shows Abbas's Desire to Resume Israeli Talks  —  CAIRO — President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority is so eager to return to peace talks with the Israelis that he may soften his demand that Israel's president publicly pledge to halt construction of new settlements …
Associated Press:
Rockets hit Israel as Obama meets Palestinians  —  RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — U.S. President Barack Obama is meeting Palestinian officials on the second day of his Mideast tour to emphasize the importance of reaching an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, a message underscored Thursday …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Dems force GOP to vote down RSC budget  —  Democrats voted present to force more Republicans to vote against the Republican Study Committee's (RSC) budget.  Democrats hoped that by getting their members to vote present instead of against the budget, it might be approved by the House.
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Jesse Helfrich / The Hill:
Unified House Republicans poised to pass Ryan budget blueprint  —  Republican leaders are poised to pass Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) budget on Thursday, having convinced centrists and conservatives to back the blueprint that Democrats believe is their road map back to the House majority.
Discussion: msnbc.com
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House rejects budget from Senate Democrats  —  The House on Wednesday rejected the Senate Democratic budget in a 154-261 vote, with 35 Democrats voting against the blueprint from their upper chamber colleagues.  —  The Senate Democratic budget was one of three budgets cast aside in a series …
Discussion: Hot Air and Weasel Zippers
New York Times:
Senate Approves Spending; House Debates Next Budget
Discussion: First Read and The Caucus
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Vulnerable House Democrats vote against Senate budget proposal
Manu Raju / Politico:
Saxby Chambliss: 'I'm not gay.  So I'm not going to marry one'  —  Support for gay marriage is picking up steam all over the country — except on Capitol Hill.  —  Take Sen. Saxby Chambliss.  When asked if his views had changed on gay marriage, the Georgia Republican quipped: “I'm not gay.
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Politico:
Politicians and gay marriage: Profiles in calculation  —  When historians write the story of America's cultural revolution on gay marriage, March of 2013 may well get its own chapter — the month when the political balance on this issue shifted unmistakably from risky to safe.
Discussion: msnbc.com and TheBlaze.com
Catherine Saint Louis / New York Times:
Pediatrics Group Backs Gay Marriage, Saying It Helps Children  —  The American Academy of Pediatrics declared its support for same-sex marriage for the first time on Thursday, saying that allowing gay and lesbian parents to marry if they so choose is in the best interests of their children.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail  —  March 21, 2013 - Clinton Tops Florida Favorite Sons In 2016 Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; 91% Back Universal Gun Background Checks  —  Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has double-digit leads over either of Florida's favorite sons, former Gov. Jeb Bush …
David Weigel / Slate:
The Tea Party Caucus is Dead and That's Okay  —  Two-odd months ago, I asked a Republican Hill staffer what had happened to the Tea Party Caucus.  Launched with great fanfare in 2011, it was often cited in Michele Bachmann's introductions on the presidential campaign trail — “she's the founder of the Tea Party Caucus!”
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Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon:
Michele Bachmann runs away from reporter
Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite:
Rep. Michele Bachmann ‘Goes Rogue,’ Literally Races Away From CNN Reporter
Discussion: msnbc.com and The Moderate Voice
Tessa Stuart / BuzzFeed:
Michelle Shocked Responds To Anti-Gay Rant Reports  —  The singer pens an open letter to fans.  “I'm very sorry: I don't always express myself as clearly as I should.”  —  Michelle Shocked performs on April 25, 2011, in Byron Bay, Australia.  Image by Mark Metcalfe / Getty Images
Matt Sledge / The Huffington Post:
CIA's Gus Hunt On Big Data: We ‘Try To Collect Everything And Hang On To It Forever’  —  NEW YORK — The CIA's chief technology officer outlined the agency's endless appetite for data in a far-ranging speech on Wednesday.  —  Speaking before a crowd of tech geeks at GigaOM's Structure:Data conference …
Kathryn Haake / Talking Points Memo:
Montana Looks at Allowing Roadkill for Dinner  —  HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Elk, deer, antelope and moose: If Montana residents can scrape it up, they can eat it.  —  State lawmakers are poised to say just that after the Senate gave its initial backing Wednesday to a bill that would allow people to salvage roadkill for food.
Washington Times:
Senate votes to keep White House tours closed  —  Senators voted Wednesday to keep the White House closed to public tours, turning back a GOP-led effort to free up money to open the building back up after the sequesters.  —  The vote was just one of a series of high-profile votes the Senate …
Emmanuel Touhey / Judicial:
Paul-Leahy sentencing bill will ensure time fits the crime  —  Even before the sequester took effect, the Obama administration's Department of Justice was warning that federal prison spending had become “unsustainable” and was forcing cuts in other anti-crime initiatives.
Discussion: Hit & Run and Hullabaloo
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Peter Wallsten / Washington Post:
Visas for high-skilled workers could double under bipartisan Senate plan  —  A Senate immigration plan would dramatically increase the number of high-skilled foreign workers allowed into the country and give permanent legal status to an unlimited number of students who earn graduate degrees …
Discussion: The Hill
Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Young Opponents of Same-Sex Marriage Undaunted  —  WASHINGTON — They hear that their cause is lost, that demographics and the march of history have doomed their campaign to keep marriage only between a man and a woman.  But the young conservatives who oppose same-sex marriage — unlike most of their generation — remain undaunted.
Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
Surprise U.S. Housing Demand Catches Industry Off-Guard  —  SACRAMENTO — After six years of waiting on the sidelines, newly eager home buyers across the country are discovering that there are not enough houses for sale to accommodate the recent flush of demand.
Discussion: Jared Bernstein and Mother Jones
Hingeapp / rate friends of friends:
Hingesights: Hottest Workforces in DC  —  Why does everyone in DC always ask where you work when they meet you?  Depending on your place of business, there's a good chance it's to scope out dates with your coworkers.  Hinge users have accumulated more than one million ratings …
Discussion: Politico and DCist
FBI:
Alleged al Qaeda Operative Charged in New York for Terrorism Offenses Against Americans Overseas … BROOKLYN—A six-count indictment was unsealed today in United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging Ibrahim Suleiman Adnan Adam Harun, also known as “Spin Ghul …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and emptywheel
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Blame Benen  —  I first noticed this story at the blog of the Poynter Institute, a journalism education outfit, and figured they were reflecting special solicitude for the work-load of their charges: … Now amazement at WaPo's insane expectations seems to be spreading elsewhere in the blogosphere.
 
 
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Andrew Taylor / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Top Senate Democrat Durbin proposes commission to offer Social Security fixes
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Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
South Korean Banks and Broadcasters Hit by Possible Cyberattack
Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Democrats Come Up Short In Sequestration Standoff
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Claire McCaskill writing book about 2012 Senate race against Akin
Noemie Emery / Washington Examiner:
Excuses, excuses from the conservative wing
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Yahoo! News:
Scotland may allow Jedi to perform marriage ceremonies
pennbpc.org:
Three New Tax Breaks Would Come at the Expense of Pa. Schools and Services
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