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6:00 PM ET, May 12, 2013

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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” …
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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 …
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.
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Rep. Rogers: Expect more whistleblowers to testify on Benghazi  —  Congress is hearing from more whistleblowers who wish to testify on the terrorist attack in Benghazi, according to House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.).  —  Rogers told “Fox News Sunday” …
Discussion: CNN and Politico
Candice M. Giove / New York Post:
Smitten teen girls stir up #FreeJahar mania for Boston Marathon bombings suspect  —  This love is terrifying.  —  Thousands of American teen girls are crushing on Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar “Jahar” Tsarnaev, 19 — and leading a social-media movement to exonerate him.
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
The Coming Attempt to Impeach Obama  —  The idea of impeaching Obama is industrial-strength insane.  Republicans will probably try anyway, predicts Michael Tomasky.  —  When the histories of this administration are written, I hope fervently that last Friday, May 10, does not figure prominently in them.
Discussion: Althouse and The Daily Caller
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 and Politico
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Fox News:
House Republicans swiftly announce hearing on IRS targeting conservative groups
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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 …
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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:   Issa: IRS apology for targeting Tea Party groups not sincere
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.
John Kartch / Americans for Tax Reform RSS:
Obamacare: Taxpayers Must Report Personal Health ID Info to IRS  —  When Obamacare's individual mandate takes effect in 2014, all Americans who file income tax returns must complete an additional IRS tax form.  —  The new form will require disclosure of a taxpayer's personal identifying health information …
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
‘Geography of Hate’ maps racism and homophobia on Twitter  —  Twitter, even more than many other social media tools, can feel disconnected from the real world.  But a group of students and professors at research site Floating Sheep have built a comprehensive map of some of Twitter's most distasteful content …
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
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.
 
 
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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Obama hails Pakistan election as ‘significant milestone’ for nation
Discussion: Politico and BBC
Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
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Discussion: Weekly Standard and Atlas Shrugs
Nicholas Crafts / VoxEU.org:
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Discussion: Brad DeLong and Paul Krugman
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Sanford: No hard feelings with GOP
Discussion: CNN and Politico
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