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9:30 AM ET, September 12, 2013

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Vladimir V. Putin / New York Times:
What Putin Has to Say to Americans About Syria  —  MOSCOW — RECENT events surrounding Syria have prompted me to speak directly to the American people and their political leaders.  It is important to do so at a time of insufficient communication between our societies.
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Jake Tapper / The Lead with Jake Tapper:
Sen. Menendez reacts to Putin's op-ed: I wanted to vomit  —  The night before a high stakes diplomatic meeting in Geneva, where Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart will talk over a plan for stripping Syria of chemical weapons, The New York Times published an op-ed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Politico:
Exclusive: The Koch brothers' secret bank  —  An Arlington, Va.-based conservative group, whose existence until now was unknown to almost everyone in politics, raised and spent $250 million in 2012 to shape political and policy debate nationwide.  —  The group, Freedom Partners …
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Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
A revolt by tea party conservatives forced House GOP leaders …
Discussion: Associated Press
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
House GOP to delay vote on government funding measure
Brian Beutler / Salon:
The right's Obamacare obsession is destroying the Republican Party
Washington Post:
U.S. weapons reaching Syrian rebels  —  The CIA has begun delivering weapons to rebels in Syria, ending months of delay in lethal aid that had been promised by the Obama administration, according to U.S. officials and Syrian figures.  The shipments began streaming into the country over the past two weeks …
New York Times:
U.N. Leader Admits Failure to Halt Syrian Atrocities  —  Ban Ki-moon, the secretary general of the United Nations, said Wednesday that the organization was responsible for a “collective failure” to halt more than two years of atrocious violence in Syria, and he expressed hope that the crisis …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
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Edith M. Lederer / Associated Press:
DIPLOMATS MOVE ON 2 FRONTS ON SYRIA WEAPONS
Discussion: Daily Kos
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama signals shift back to economic focus  —  The White House is signaling it wants to shift back to the economy after two weeks in which the Syrian crisis has dominated President Obama's schedule and workload.  —  Obama will be “focusing” on issues related to the economy in the coming weeks …
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Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
White House calling union leaders ahead of vote on ObamaCare resolution
Discussion: Politico, Weasel Zippers and Hot Air
Desiree Stennett / Orlando Sentinel:
Pastor Terry Jones arrested with thousands of kerosene-soaked Qurans, deputies say  —  Controversial Gainesville Pastor Terry Jones, known for his plans to publicly burn copies of the Muslim holy book, was arrested Wednesday with thousands of kerosene-soaked Qurans, authorities said.
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Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
Reports: Terry Jones arrested with 2,998 kerosene-soaked Korans
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
WATCH: College Students Chase David Petraeus and Shout at Him on First Day of Class  —  Recent video shows former CIA director David Petraeus being chased down a New York City street by student activists at the City University of New York.  —  As BusinessInsider reported …
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
CNN Poll: Who would get blamed for government shutdown?  —  Washington (CNN) - With the clock ticking towards two crucial deadlines, a new national poll indicates congressional Republicans would shoulder more blame than President Barack Obama for a possible government shutdown.
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Dave Jamieson / The Huffington Post:
Trader Joe's To Drop Health Coverage For Part-Time Workers Under Obamacare: Memo
TIME:
Obama and Syria: Stumbling Toward Damascus  —  The President's uneven Syria response has damaged his office and weakened the nation.  It's time for one more pivot  —  By Joe Klein @JoeKleinTIMESept.  11, 2013  —  On the eve of the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks …
Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Sen. Corker: Obama ‘uncomfortable’ as Commander in Chief  —  Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) said President Obama is a “diminished” leader on Capitol Hill and “uncomfortable” being commander in chief.  —  Corker —the ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee who helped write …
Discussion: Politico
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Dana Bash / CNN:
Sen. Corker slams Obama on credibility
Daily Kos:
War criminal architect of the other September 11 meeting with John Kerry this afternoon  —  As I pointed out Tuesday—in The other September 11 is 40 years old.  Joyce Horman thanks those who sought justice in Chile—one key person responsible for the torture, exile and death of so many Chileans …
Discussion: The Agonist and Hullabaloo
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Christina Wilkie / The Huffington Post:
Kerry To Host Henry Kissinger, Foreign Affairs Experts As Syria Deal Looms
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Reflecting on the Colorado recalls  —  We did a poll last weekend in Colorado Senate District 3 and found that voters intended to recall Angela Giron by a 12 point margin, 54/42.  In a district that Barack Obama won by almost 20 points I figured there was no way that could be right and made a rare decision not to release the poll.
Washington Post:
D.C. executive linked to secret 2008 aid to Hillary Clinton  —  The D.C. businessman at the center of an ongoing city corruption investigation secretly spent more than a half-million dollars on get-out-the-vote efforts for Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign, according to interviews and court documents filed Wednesday.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
National Review to get Wazn Miller docs  —  James Allen, a spokesperson for Newark Mayor Cory Booker, says in an email that the National Review will receive the records related to the Wazn Miller case, the young man Booker claims to have held in his arms as he was dying from gunshot wounds in 2004.
Discussion: National Review
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Barbara Buono / CNN:
Christie releases first ad, spends $1.5 million  —  (CNN) - Gov. Chris Christie's re-election team released its first television ad of the general campaign Thursday, highlighting the New Jersey Republican's record as a bipartisan leader.  —  “They said it couldn't be done.  New Jersey was too broken, too partisan.
Discussion: Politico
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Companies lay off thousands, then demand immigration reform for new labor  —  BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL CONGRESS IMMIGRATION LABOR JOHN BOEHNER NANCY PELOSI  —  On Tuesday, the chief human resources officers of more than 100 large corporations sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner …
New York Times:
Democrats Press Thompson to Forsake a Runoff  —  Mayoral Election: What Happens Next?:  Bill de Blasio has a commanding lead over William C. Thompson Jr. after the Democratic primary in New York City.  The winner will face Joseph J. Lhota, the Republican candidate.
Discussion: Politicker and Daily Kos
 
 
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BBC:
Kenya discovers huge water source
Sandhya Somashekhar / Washington Post:
Health-care ‘data hub’ is ready, White House officials say
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans' Approval of Congress Up to 19% in September
Discussion: Right Turn, Politico, The Hill and msnbc.com
Wall Street Journal:
Lois Lerner's Own Words
Daniel Henninger / Wall Street Journal:
The Laurel and Hardy Presidency
Sue Palmer / Telegraph:
The Government should stop intervening in early education
Discussion: blogs.telegraph.co.uk, Guardian and BBC
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Conservatives use Sept. 11 to attack Obama
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Jonathan S. Tobin / Commentary Magazine:
The Gun Control Moment Passes
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
Harvard's Gender Bender
Discussion: DealBook
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Tea Party Increasingly Unhappy with GOP Leadership
Discussion: Politico and The Fix
Meredith Somers / Washington Times:
‘2 Million Bikers’ roar into D.C. to honor 9/11, protest Muslim rally
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Jawa Report
Peter Lauria / BuzzFeed:
Exclusive: IAC And Daily Beast Editor Tina Brown To Part Ways
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
WSJ op-ed writer Elizabeth O'Bagy fired for resume lie
 

 
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