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11:55 AM ET, June 14, 2013

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New York Times:
Syria Has Used Chemical Arms on Rebels, U.S. and Allies Find  —  By MARK MAZZETTI, MICHAEL R. GORDON and MARK LANDLER  —  WASHINGTON — American and European intelligence analysts now believe that President Bashar al-Assad's troops have used chemical weapons against rebel forces in the civil war in Syria …
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USA Today:
Syrian rebels pledge loyalty to al-Qaeda … BEIRUT — A Syrian rebel group's April pledge of allegiance to al-Qaeda's replacement for Osama bin Laden suggests that the terrorist group's influence is not waning and that it may take a greater role in the Western-backed fight to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Politico:
Syria chemical weapons: President Obama's forced hand
Discussion: Hot Air, Reuters and CNN
Associated Press:
Obama steps up military aid to Syrian rebels
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Military Proposal to Arm Rebels Includes No-Fly Zone in Syria
Dorsey Shaw / BuzzFeed:
John McCain Jumps The Gun By Announcing That Obama Will Arm The Syrian Rebels
Discussion: New Republic and National Review
James Hohmann / Politico:
Santorum: Why Romney didn't win  —  Rick Santorum ripped Mitt Romney's campaign Thursday for mishandling President Barack Obama's “you didn't build that” gaffe last summer.  —  The former Pennsylvania senator recalled all the business owners who spoke at the Republican National Convention.
Keith Bradsher / New York Times:
Snowden's Leaks on China Could Affect Its Role in His Fate  —  HONG KONG — The decision by a former National Security Agency contractor to divulge classified data about the U.S. government's surveillance of computers in mainland China and Hong Kong has complicated his legal position …
Discussion: Althouse
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Wall Street Journal:
Leaker's Ties to China Probed
Ken Dilanian / Los Angeles Times:
Officials: Edward Snowden took NSA secrets on thumb drive
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Four States Pushing Through Last-Minute Abortion Restrictions Before Lawmakers Break For The Summer  —  (Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)  —  Across the country, states' legislative sessions are drawing to a close.  Over the past several months, lawmakers have been busy enacting …
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Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Ohio Republicans Introduce One Of The Nation's All-Time Worst Abortion Bills
Tal Kopan / Politico:
Bill Clinton: Gun groups try to ‘terrify’  —  Former President Bill Clinton said Friday that gun groups are trying to “terrify” people into believing the federal government wants to take away their firearms.  —  “What's going on is that these organized interest groups don't want anything done …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Sympathy for the Luddites  —  In 1786, the cloth workers of Leeds, a wool-industry center in northern England, issued a protest against the growing use of “scribbling” machines, which were taking over a task formerly performed by skilled labor.  “How are those men, thus thrown out of employ …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:
Secret Court Ruling Put Tech Companies in Data Bind  —  SAN FRANCISCO — In a secret court in Washington, Yahoo's top lawyers made their case.  The government had sought help in spying on certain foreign users, without a warrant, and Yahoo had refused, saying the broad requests were unconstitutional.
Michael Riley / Bloomberg:
U.S. Agencies Said to Swap Data With Thousands of Firms  —  Thousands of technology, finance and manufacturing companies are working closely with U.S. national security agencies, providing sensitive information and in return receiving benefits that include access to classified intelligence, four people familiar with the process said.
Eric W. Dolan / The Raw Story:
Reps. King, Bachmann and Gohmert beg Glenn Beck's viewers for support: We're losing badly  —  Three of the most controversial Republican members of Congress appeared on Glenn Beck's program Thursday to beg his viewers for support.  —  Reps. Steve King (IA), Michele Bachmann (MN) …
Discussion: Mediaite and Right Wing Watch
Lisa Lerer / Bloomberg:
Obama Tells Keystone Foes He Will Unveil Climate Measures  —  With his administration under pressure from environmentalists to reject the Keystone XL pipeline project, President Barack Obama plans to unveil a package of separate actions next month focused on curbing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
Josh Margolin / ABCNEWS:
Christie, Bill Clinton Warm to Latest Bipartisan Presidential ‘Bromance’  —  What is it with Chris Christie and Democratic presidents?  —  First, the Republican governor from New Jersey surprised his party by embracing — both figuratively and literally — President Obama.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Birthday Song's Copyright Leads to a Lawsuit for the Ages  —  The song “Happy Birthday to You” is widely credited for being the most performed song in the world.  But one of its latest venues may be the federal courthouse in Manhattan, where the only parties may be the litigants to a new legal battle.
Discussion: Techdirt, The Verge and The Week
David Brooks / New York Times:
Religion and Inequality  —  About a century ago, Walter Judd was a 17-year-old boy hoping to go to college at the University of Nebraska.  His father pulled him aside and told him that, though the family had happily paid for Judd's two sisters to go to college, Judd himself would get no money for tuition or room and board.
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Jeb Bush touts ‘fertile,’ pro-family immigrants  —  Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) on Friday said the United States needs immigration reform because immigrants are more ‘fertile,’ have strong family values and will keep the nation young.  —  Speaking to an audience of religious conservatives …
Discussion: CNN
Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
Why Obama's Approval Rating Isn't Higher  —  Constant controversies could prevent the president from getting much credit for the improving economy.  —  The good news for President Obama and his administration is that all the controversies swirling around the White House have not had a significant impact on his job-approval ratings.
Discussion: Yahoo! News
Beth Reinhard / NationalJournal.com:
Strange Bedfellows: Why Marco Rubio and Rand Paul Need Each Other  —  Rubio desperately needs a conservative partner.  Paul needs to moderate his image.  A look inside the delicate alliance.  —  Marco Rubio and Rand Paul may be future rivals, but it's in their mutual interest to be allies on immigration.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Fix
Vince Coglianese / The Daily Caller:
FBI hasn't contacted a single tea party group in IRS probe, groups say  —  There is no evidence that the FBI has contacted a single tea party group in its criminal investigation of the Internal Revenue Service, according to the groups the IRS abused.  —  “We have not been contacted …
 
 
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