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10:05 AM ET, March 25, 2013

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Senator Claire McCaskill:
And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.  I Corinthians 13  —  The question of marriage equality is a great American debate.  Many people, some with strong religious faith, believe that marriage can only exist between a man and a woman.
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George Stephanopoulos / ABCNEWS:
Karl Rove: ‘I Could’ Imagine A GOP Presidential Candidate Supporting Gay Marriage  —  Fox News contributor and former Bush deputy chief of staff Karl Rove said this morning on “This Week” that he can imagine a future Republican presidential candidate supporting gay marriage.
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Claire McCaskill backs gay marriage
Discussion: msnbc.com and Joe. My. God.
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Gay Rights Set For Blockbuster Week In Supreme Court
Juana Summers / Politico:
Navarro: Genie out of bottle
Discussion: CNN
Maura Dolan / Los Angeles Times:
Chief justice's lesbian cousin will attend Prop. 8 hearing  —  The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for a group portrait in 2010.  Seated from left are Associate Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., Associate Justices Anthony M. Kennedy and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Paul Ryan's disappearing act  —  He seems to have fallen entirely off the radar of early state Republicans.  Democrats bring up his name with more zeal than his own party.  And his footprint at CPAC was so faint that his being an afterthought was itself an afterthought.  —  What the heck has happened to Paul Ryan?
Erik Ortiz / NY Daily News:
Unconfirmed reports of Syrian President Bashar Assad's shooting highlight chaos in country  —  Assad was supposedly shot by his Iranian bodyguard Saturday night, with at least one website saying he had been ‘assassinated.’ But other online updates by Arab and Israeli media say the report was untrue.
Discussion: Israel Matzav
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Breaking Report: Assad Shot By Bodyguard - Hospitalized in Damascus
Will Portman / Yale Daily News:
Coming out  —  I came to Yale as a freshman in the fall of 2010 with two big uncertainties hanging over my head: whether my dad would get elected to the Senate in November, and whether I'd ever work up the courage to come out of the closet.  —  I made some good friends that first semester …
Discussion: CNN, Post Politics and TheBlaze.com
Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
As Obama signs sequestration cuts, his economic goals are at risk  —  With his signature this week, President Obama will lock into place deep spending cuts that threaten to undermine his second-term economic vision just four months after he won reelection.  —  Obama has repeatedly championed …
Discussion: NewsBusters
Arshad Mohammed / Reuters:
Secretary of State Kerry makes unannounced visit to Afghanistan  —  KABUL (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry paid an unannounced visit to Afghanistan on Monday for talks with President Hamid Karzai, a official said, with both sides hoping to stabilize the country before most foreign troops leave by the end of 2014.
Discussion: Hot Air
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Paul Richter / Los Angeles Times:
Maliki resists Kerry's call to halt flow of Iranian arms to Syria
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Kerry asks Iraq to stop Syria arms flow
Discussion: ParaPundit
Gallup:
In U.S., 65% Support Drone Attacks on Terrorists Abroad  —  Less than half of Americans are closely following news on drones  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nearly two-thirds of Americans (65%) think the U.S. government should use drones to launch airstrikes in other countries against suspected terrorists.
Freeman Klopott / Bloomberg:
Cuomo's 7-Bullet Limit to Be Suspended Indefinitely, Skelos Says  —  Governor Andrew Cuomo's seven-round limit on magazines sold in New York will be suspended “indefinitely” by a measure in his $136.5 billion budget set to be passed this week, Dean Skelos, a Senate majority leader said.
Discussion: Betsy's Page and BizPac Review
Elisabeth Rosenthal / New York Times:
Life After Oil and Gas  —  WE will need fossil fuels like oil and gas for the foreseeable future.  So there's really little choice (sigh).  We have to press ahead with fracking for natural gas.  We must approve the Keystone XL pipeline to get Canadian oil.
Martin Hickman / The Independent:
Exclusive: Michael Heseltine fears British people are ‘too rich to push’ for economic recovery  —  Lord Heseltine believes Britain lacks drive but senior government adviser points to rising employment and house prices as signs the economy was recovering  —  British people may be so wealthy …
Discussion: BBC and Telegraph
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Organizing for Action Group Joins Immigration Fray  —  WASHINGTON — Organizing for Action, the political group that grew out of President Obama's successful re-election campaign machinery, will jump into the immigration debate this week with an aggressive online effort to highlight the personal stories of immigrants.
Discussion: First Read
Chris Wallace / Fox News:
Sen. Rand Paul on top congressional issues; pivotal moment in the battle over gay marriage  —  Special Guests: Sen. Rand Paul, Nicolle Wallace, Gary Bauer  —  The following is a rush transcript of the March 24, 2013, edition of “Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace.”  This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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Wall Street Journal:
Cyprus Gets New Bailout Deal
Rich / GLAAD:
GLAAD affirms commitment to trans people, LGBT community and allies on Melissa Harris-Perry Show
Todd J. Gillman / Trail Blazers Blog:
Q&A with Sen. Ted Cruz  —  Sen. Ted Cruz at the Senate ahead …
Discussion: Politico
Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Congress Set to Alter Focus After Passing Two Budgets
Discussion: ABCNEWS
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Associated Press:
DE LA RENTA: DRESSING FIRST LADY NOT TOP PRIORITY
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Politico
Nick Bilton / NYT Bits:
Disruptions: F.A.A. May Loosen Curbs on Fliers' Use of Electronics