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3:10 PM ET, May 12, 2013

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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Congressman Tears Into Fox News Host For Obsessing Over Benghazi Talking Points  —  Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) tore into Fox News' Chris Wallace and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-MI) for obsessing over the talking points U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice used when talking to the media …
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Jake Miller / CBS News:
Gates: Some Benghazi critics have “cartoonish” view of military capability  —  Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates forcefully defended the Obama administration on Sunday against charges that it did not do enough to prevent the tragedy in Benghazi, telling CBS' “Face the Nation” …
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Pickering defends Benghazi report, says criticisms not based in fact  —  (CNN) - The leader of a panel charged with reviewing September's attack in Benghazi, Libya, said Sunday that criticism of his report was unfounded and did not accurately reflect how his review was carried out.
Discussion: Politico
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Rep. Rogers: Expect more whistleblowers to testify on Benghazi
Discussion: Politico
TIME:
IRS Mess  —  The Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups is outrageous.  Those who did this should be fired immediately.  That's obvious.  —  It continues a slovenly week for Barack Obama.  The President has been very proud of the absence of scandal in his administration, and rightly so.
Discussion: Post Politics
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Taxman vs. the Tea Party  —  AS a taxpayer and a conservative who hopes to remain on good terms with the Internal Revenue Service for many April 15ths to come, I don't want to speculate too freely about the motives of the “low level” I.R.S. employees who decided to single out Tea Party groups …
Discussion: TIME and Daily Kos
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Issa: IRS apology for targeting Tea Party groups not sincere  —  The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is not being sincere in its apology for targeting Tea Party Groups, according to House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)  —  Issa accused the IRS of leaking a watchdog report examining …
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Pro-Israel Group Sees “Same Conduct” In IRS's Tea Party Campaign
Discussion: Politico and The Gateway Pundit
Fox News:
House Republicans swiftly announce hearing on IRS targeting conservative groups
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Stephen Ohlemacher / bigstory.ap.org:
AP EXCLUSIVE: IRS KNEW TEA PARTY TARGETED IN 2011
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
IRS anti-Tea Party scandal gets real …
Kristin Wartman / New York Times:
Pay People to Cook at Home  —  THE home-cooked family meal is often lauded as the solution for problems ranging from obesity to deteriorating health to a decline in civility and morals.  Using whole foods to prepare meals without additives and chemicals is the holy grail for today's advocates of better eating.
Discussion: Althouse
Washington Post:
Will Obama suffer the ‘second-term curse’?  —  Recent events suggest that the 44th president may not be immune to the phenomenon that historians call the “second-term curse.”  —  Not four months after his ambitious inaugural address, President Obama finds himself struggling to move his legislative agenda through an unbudging Congress.
Nicholas Crafts / VoxEU.org:
Escaping liquidity traps: Lessons from the UK's 1930s escape  —  The UK escaped a liquidity trap in the 1930s and enjoyed a strong economic recovery.  This column argues that what drove this recovery was ‘unconventional’ monetary policy implemented not by the Bank of England but by the Treasury.
Discussion: Paul Krugman and Brad DeLong
Sam Baker / The Hill:
Dem veteran: Military ‘incapable’ of fixing sexual assault problem  —  Rep. Tammy Duckworth, a veteran of the Iraq war, said Sunday that the Pentagon has shown it can't be trusted to handle the problem of sexual assault in the military.  —  Duckworth (D-Ill.) said on CNN's “State of the Union” …
Discussion: Politico and CNN
Katharine Lackey / Associated Press:
Castro's brother: ‘If I knew, I would have reported it’  —  Both brothers say they are hiding in an undisclosed location.  —  In an interview to be aired Monday, the brothers of the Ohio kidnapping and rape suspect tell CNN they were unaware of what police say was happening in their brother's home.
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Collins says IRS revelations will fuel government distrust  —  (CNN) - President Barack Obama should personally condemn the Internal Revenue Service for putting extra scrutiny on conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status, Sen. Susan Collins said Sunday.
BuzzFeed:
Bloomberg Execs Knew Journalists Were Tracking Clients In 2011  —  An anchor made on-air comments about tracking log in information more than a year ago.  A big deal internally — but handled quietly.  —  Executives at the financial information company Bloomberg have known about journalists using …
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
The Coming Attempt to Impeach Obama
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
3 Arrested in Plot to Bomb Egyptian Cities and Embassy
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Sanford: No hard feelings with GOP
Discussion: Politico
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Mrs. Obama: Seek out those with different beliefs
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