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3:30 PM ET, September 15, 2013

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Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Obama Rejects Criticism of Shifting Syria Policy: 'I'm Less Concerned About Style Points'  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama says a tumultuous month as commander in chief, when his policy toward Syria took a number of unexpected turns, may not have looked “smooth and disciplined and linear,” but it's working.
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Margaret Wente / Globe and Mail:
Barack Obama, the 98-pound weakling  —  So, let me get this straight.  Some red lines cannot be crossed, and gassing Syrian children is one of them.  That's what Barack Obama told us Tuesday evening.  “The images from this massacre are sickening,” he said.
Discussion: Power Line and Connecting.the.Dots
Jason Easley / PoliticusUSA:
Obama Obliterates The Republican Myth That Putin Saved Him on Syria  —  On ABC's This Week, President Obama destroyed the Republican created myth that Putin saved him on Syria, and obliterated the GOP talking points on the issue.  —  Transcript via This Week:
Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Obama Calls GOP Debt Ceiling Demands an Assault on US ‘Constitutional Structure’  —  WASHINGTON — On the eve of another fiscal showdown with congressional Republicans, President Obama is outright refusing to negotiate over an increase to the nation's debt limit, saying doing so would alter …
ABC News:
Full Transcript: President Obama Speaks Exclusively to George Stephanopoulos on ‘This Week’  —  Alexander Vilf/Host Photo Agency via Getty Images … GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS:  —  Mr. President, thank you for doing this.  —  PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA:  —  Great to see you.  —  GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS:
Discussion: Hullabaloo, PoliticusUSA and Guardian
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Obama on Syria criticism: Washington grades on style, not substance
Sy Mukherjee / ThinkProgress:
Police Fatally Shoot Unarmed Former Football Player Who May Have Been Seeking Help After A Car Crash  —  The wreckage of the car that Jonathan Ferrell, 24, had pulled himself out of before seeking help, only to be shot fatally by police.  —  Officer Randall Kerrick, 27 …
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The Charlotte Observer:
CMPD officer charged in fatal shooting  —  lruebens@charlotteobserver.com htrenda@charlotteobserver.com  —  A Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer who was involved in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man early Saturday has been charged with voluntary manslaughter and is in custody …
Pamela Falk / CBS News:
Syrian chemical weapons agreement bound for United Nations Security Council  —  PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO  —  The U.S. and Russia shook hands on a groundbreaking framework agreement Saturday to identify Syria's chemical weapons, place them under control of the Chemical Weapons Convention and its compliance body …
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Carlo Muñoz / The Hill:
Russia deal opens door to end Syrian civil war, says Rep. Cummings
Discussion: CNN and Politico
David Rose / Daily Mail:
Global warming is just HALF what we said: World's top climate scientists admit computers got the effects of greenhouse gases wrong  —  A leaked copy of the world's most authoritative climate study reveals scientific forecasts of imminent doom were drastically wrong.
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Angry House Republicans want better communication from leaders  —  Republican lawmakers are growing increasingly frustrated with what they say is a lack of communication from their leaders.  —  Both centrist and conservative members in the House believe that Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) …
Spiegel Online:
NSA Spies on International Payments  —  The United States' NSA intelligence agency is interested in international payments processed by companies including Visa, SPIEGEL has learned.  It has even set up its own financial database to track money flows through a “tailored access operations” division.
Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:
Big U.S. banks keeping door open to another financial crisis  —  Big banks have watered down rules aimed at keeping them from fobbing bad loans off on investors and ensured loopholes in transparency rules.  ‘Fundamentally not that much has changed,’ an analyst says.
Discussion: Hot Air
Frank Phillips / The Boston Globe:
Coakley's entry will add to crowded gubernatorial field  —  Attorney General Martha Coakley, who only three years ago appeared to be finished politically, will join the race for governor with an announcement in her home town of Medford on Monday followed by an 18-city barnstorming tour for the next three days, a top political aide said.
 
 
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Mary Pilon / New York Times:
Russia Is Persuaded to Alter Statement to Call for Inclusion
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Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
Secret Society Dips Toe in City Politics, Prompting Lawsuit
Discussion: Gawker
Jeremy W. Peters / The Caucus:
3 Democrats Say They Will Oppose Summers for Fed
Richard Sisk / Military.com:
Securing Syria's Weapons May Require US Troops
New York Times:
Wall St. Exploits Ethanol Credits, and Prices Spike
Discussion: JustOneMinute and E2-Wire
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Richard Dawkins / New York Times:
By the Book  —  What's the best book you've read so far this year?
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Bjørn Lomborg / Washington Post:
Don't blame climate change for extreme weather
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