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7:35 PM ET, August 31, 2013

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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama Will Seek Syria Vote in Congress  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama stunned the world and paused his march to war on Saturday by asking Congress to give him authorization before he launches a limited military strike against the Syrian government in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack.
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Some see Syria as edge for Obama in fiscal showdown  —  U.S. military action in Syria could give the White House an advantage in the looming fiscal showdown with congressional Republicans, according to defense and budget experts.  —  They said the Syria crisis could boost calls by President Obama …
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
President Obama's Big Syria Power Giveaway  —  But now Congress is the “dog that caught the car,” Axelrod gloats.  —  President Obama speaks at the Rose Garden of the White House Saturday.  —  Mike Theiler / Reuters  —  President Barack Obama's abrupt decision to hand over the choice …
Discussion: WorldViews and ABC News
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Rep. Peter King: Obama ‘abdicating responsibility as commander in chief’  —  President Obama is abdicating his responsibility as commander in chief by seeking authorization from Congress to attack Syria, Rep. Peter King said Saturday.  —  In a scathing statement that differed sharply …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
New York Times:
Experts Fear That U.S. Plan to Strike Syria Overlooks Risks  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon — President Obama says he is considering a “limited, narrow” military strike against Syria — an aim that many Middle East experts fear overlooks the potential to worsen the violence in Syria and intensify a fight …
BBC:
Russia's Vladimir Putin challenges US on Syria claims  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin has challenged the US to present to the UN evidence that Syria was responsible for chemical weapons attacks.  —  Mr Putin said it would be “utter nonsense” for Syria's government to provoke opponents …
CNN:
Obama asks Congress to vote to authorize strike on Syria  —  President Barack Obama said that the United States “should take military action against Syrian targets” in a Rose Garden address Saturday.  However, he said he would seek congressional authorization when federal lawmakers return from recess.
Discussion: Global Public Square
Ernesto Londoño / Washington Post:
Obama says U.S. will take military action against Syria, pending Congress's approval
Discussion: Wonkblog, WorldViews, Daily Kos and Corrente
Matthew Larotonda / ABC News:
President Obama Announces Next Steps on Syria, Heads to Golf Course
Discussion: Gawker and Mediaite
Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
Kerry to appear on all five Sunday shows
Discussion: Politico
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Breaking: Obama says he will seek Congressional authorization for strikes
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Fox News:
President Obama turns to Congress to OK strike against Syria
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Vox Popoli
Ben Geman / The Hill:
Obama to seek congressional approval for Syrian military strike (Video)
Michael Graham / Boston Herald:   U.S. needed Iraqi foothold that prez abandoned
Jonathan Martin / The Caucus:
Mary Cheney Criticizes Her Sister on Same-Sex Marriage  —  Mary Cheney, the younger sister of Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Senate candidate, sharply criticized her sister's stance on same-sex marriage and urged her own Facebook friends to share the message.  —  Posting on Facebook on Friday evening …
Karoli / Crooks and Liars:
IRS Scandal Didn't Happen To The Tea Party; It Was Invented By The Tea Party  —  JennyBeth Martin rallies the troops on May 16, 2013  —  Yesterday the Wall Street Journal published an amazingly dishonest profile of Jenny Beth Martin, head of the national Tea Party Patriots organization.
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
G.O.P. Senators Fail to Head Off Primary Challenges by Tea Party Rivals
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Brett Taylor / Twitchy:
Washington Post's ‘second look at statutory rape’ click-trolling inspires #WaPoPitches  —  If this headline in the Washington Post — “Sex between students and teachers should not be a crime” — doesn't set off alarm bells, this should: it only takes one paragraph for the writer to suggest …
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Kevin Collier / Salon:
The parody shirt the NSA doesn't want you to wear  —  The politically themed T-shirt company Liberty Maniacs is in hot water for its latest spoof design  —  Two days after the world learned the National Security Agency logs practically every American phone call, the agency had started cracking down on entrepreneurs who made fun of it.
Daily Mail:
To pee or not to pee: Women sell positive pregnancy tests on Craigslist for $25 each. . . and there is no shortage of motivated buyers  — One seller writes ‘Wanna get your boyfriend to pop the question?’, while some buyers are motivated by revenge  —  A number of women across the country …
Jessica McWilliams / CBS Philly:
Police: 2 Women Gang Raped By Juveniles In Wilmington Park  —  WILMINGTON, Del. (CBS) — Neighbors near Kosciuszko Park in Wilmington expressed anger and outrage Friday, after learning the details of a brutal gang-rape that happened in the park Thursday.  —  Police say two women, ages 32 and 24 …
Hanna Rosin / Slate:
You know that “women make 77 cents to every man's dollar” line you've heard a hundred times?  It's not true.  —  How many times have you heard that “women are paid 77 cents on the dollar for doing the same work as men”?  Barack Obama said it during his last campaign.
 
 
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