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9:45 PM ET, September 8, 2013

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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Fox News Pundit Shuts Down Network's Hysteria Over Benghazi: 'It's Gone, Baby.  It's In Your Head'  —  Fox News' Juan Williams tersely dismissed the GOP's year-long effort to implicate the Obama administration in a so-called “cover-up” of the attack on a U.S. consulate in Benghazi …
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Chris Wallace / Fox News:
Denis McDonough makes administration's case for action in Syria; will Sen. Rand Paul filibuster vote?  —  Special Guests: Denis McDonough, Sen. Rand Paul  —  This is a rush transcript from “Fox News Sunday,” September 8, 2013.  This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
Discussion: BizzyBlog and Althouse
Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
McKeon says he would vote for Syria action if sequestration fixed  —  House Armed Services Chairman (R-Calif.) said that he would likely vote to authorize military strikes in Syria if President Obama would address sequestration cuts to the military.  —  McKeon said on CNN's “State of the Union” …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Politico and CNN
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Rand Paul lays out demands ahead of potential Syria filibuster  —  (CNN) - Sen. Rand Paul, who's already said he opposes the limited U.S. military strikes in Syria being pushed by President Barack Obama, said Sunday he was still weighing his options for stalling a vote in the full Senate on the use of force resolution.
Discussion: Politico
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Sen. Tom Udall: ‘My heart is broken’ by Syrian videos
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and The Hill
Politico:
Denis McDonough confronts Syria skepticism
Discussion: CNN and Firedoglake
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:   McGovern urges Obama to withdraw authorization request
Hayley Dixon / Telegraph:
Global warming?  No, actually we're cooling, claim scientists  —  A cold Arctic summer has led to a record increase in the ice cap, leading experts to predict a period of global cooling.
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David Rose / Daily Mail:
And now it's global COOLING!  Record return of Arctic ice cap as it grows by 60% in a year  — Publication of UN climate change report suggesting global warming caused by humans pushed back to later this month  —  A chilly Arctic summer has left nearly a million more square miles …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Charlie Rose interviews Bashar Assad  —  Charlie Rose interviewed Syrian President Bashar Assad at the presidential palace in Damascus on Sunday morning.  —  The interview, Assad's first with an American television network in nearly two years, will air in its entirety on PBS's “Charlie Rose” …
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Reuters:
Syrian President Assad says no evidence of chemical attack: CBS
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Arshad Mohammed / Reuters:
U.S. undecided on seeking new Syria U.N. vote
Michael Sallah / Washington Post:
LEFT WITH NOTHING.  —  On the day Bennie Coleman lost his house, the day armed U.S. marshals came to his door and ordered him off the property, he slumped in a folding chair across the street and watched the vestiges of his 76 years hauled to the curb.  —  Movers carted out his easy chair, his clothes, his television.
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Obama administration had restrictions on NSA reversed in 2011  —  The Obama administration secretly won permission from a surveillance court in 2011 to reverse restrictions on the National Security Agency's use of intercepted phone calls and e-mails, permitting the agency to search deliberately …
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Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Monthly:
Surveillance and Arrogance  —  There is plenty to read about the National Security Agency's success in co-opting most commercial encryption technology (see these summaries by Ryan Cooper and Matt Buchanan).  I have just one thing to add.  —  President Obama has said that he welcomes a debate …
Melanie Eversley / USA Today:
NAACP chief Ben Jealous to resign, cites family reasons  —  NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous says he wants to spend more time with his wife and children.  —  CONNECT  —  The man who has become the face of the NAACP — from marches protesting the death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin …
Jason Clayworth / USA Today:
Iowa grants gun permits to the blind  —  No one questions the legality of the permits, but some officials worry about public safety.  —  CONNECT  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — Here's some news that has law enforcement officials and lawmakers scratching their heads:
Andrew Johnson / National Review:
Benghazi Whistleblower: I've Been ‘Punished’ for Speaking Out  —  Gregory Hicks, the former Deputy Chief of Mission in Libya who testified before Congress about the 9/11 attacks on an American diplomatic facility earlier this year, believes he has been “punished” for speaking …
Discussion: Power Line
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Benjamin Bell / ABC News:
Gregory Hicks: Hearing of Death of Christopher Stevens ‘Saddest Moment’ in My Career
Discussion: BizPac Review
Spiegel Online:
NSA Can Spy on Smart Phone Data  —  SPIEGEL has learned from internal NSA documents that the US intelligence agency has the capability of tapping user data from the iPhone, devices using Android as well as BlackBerry, a system previously believed to be highly secure.
Zack Beauchamp / ThinkProgress:
Cruz: Deaths In Syria Are A Distraction From Benghazi Scandal  —  Figuring out what to do about a tyrant slaughtering thousands of his own people is less important than pursuing the discredited Benghazi attack investigation, according to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX).
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
 
 
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David S. Cloud / Los Angeles Times:
Pentagon adjusts plans for more intense attacks on Syria
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Dan Friedman / NY Daily News:
Rep. Pete King of Long Island: I am running for President
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Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Jarrett pledges administration support to finish silica rule
Discussion: Politico
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Israel deploys Iron Dome near Jerusalem
Ariel Ben Solomon / Jerusalem Post:
Report: Iran, Syria and Hezbollah planning response to attack on Syria
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Barry's War Within
Discussion: Hot Air and Hullabaloo
Max Fisher / WorldViews:
Here's Michele Bachmann thanking the Egyptian military for the coup and crackdowns
Discussion: Business Insider
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
With the World Watching, Syria Amassed Nerve Gas
Max Ehrenfreund / Washington Monthly:
It's the Economy, Mate
Discussion: The Age, Crikey and Eschaton
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Syria resolution could stall Congress's work on divisive domestic issues
Sam Tanenhaus / New York Times:
The Hands-Tied Presidency
Dustin Weaver / The Hill:
Fears of wounding Obama weigh heavily on Democrats ahead of vote
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Politico