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9:35 AM ET, September 17, 2013

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Jonah Spangenthal-Lee / SPD Blotter:
Suspect In Navy Yard Attack Previously Arrested In Seattle For “Anger-Fueled” Shooting  —  Aaron Alexis, the man identified by Washington D.C. police as a suspect in this morning's tragic attack on a US Navy Yard, was previously arrested by Seattle police in 2004 for shooting out the tires …
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Deanna Boyd / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Fort Worth man, 34, accused of shootings in Navy Yard  —  FORT WORTH — The man suspected of killing 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard, identified as Aaron Alexis of Fort Worth, left the Navy in 2011.  —  Alexis, 34, was fatally shot after a gunbattle with police at the site …
Investigations:
Alleged Washington shooter served as Navy reservist, may have recently lost job  —  The man accused of killing 12 people in a gun rampage at the Washington Navy Yard was described by mystified friends and family as a Buddhist and Thai speaker who, in the words of one friend, “could not be the shooter.”
Washington Post:
Navy Yard massacre should move Americans to more than sorrow  —  FOR ALL the unknowns about Monday's mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, there was a nauseating familiarity to the unfolding events: the witness accounts of chaos and fear; the plea from officials for the public's help …
Ashley Halsey III / Washington Post:
D.C. Navy Yard gun attack kills 12, wounds 14; alleged shooter dead, ID'd as Aaron Alexis  —  A gunman killed a dozen people as the workday began at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday, creating an improbable moment of horror at a military facility with armed guards at every gate …
Zack Beauchamp / ThinkProgress:
One Conservative's Provocative Rules For Covering Mass Shootings  —  David Frum is a former Bush Administration speechwriter and one of the loudest conservative voices arguing in favor of new laws targeted at reducing gun violence.  When the news of the Navy Yard shooting broke Monday morning …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
After shooting, talk turns to gun control  —  President Barack Obama on Monday stepped onto a podium and lamented the deaths of a senseless mass shooting — just as he did after Aurora, Colo., and Newtown, Conn.  —  This time, his remarks came as office workers scrambled for cover …
Alicia A. Caldwell / Associated Press:
MAN ARRESTED IN FRONT OF WHITE HOUSE
Discussion: Mediaite, Associated Press and The Hill
Abby D. Phillip / ABC News:
D.C. Gun Laws Some of the Strictest in the U.S.
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Navy Yard shooting hits home
Daily Mail:
REVEALED: Gunman, 34, who murdered TWELVE in Washington Navy Yard rampage claimed he had 'anger issues …
NBCNews:
At least 12 killed in shooting rampage at Washington Navy Yard, chief says
Aimee Parnes / The Hill:
Obama phones Navy secretary to offer his condolences
New York Times:
Gunman and 12 Victims Killed in Shooting at D.C. Navy Yard
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
How Gun Laws Factor Into The Navy Yard Shooting
Discussion: Guardian, Politico and Associated Press
Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
This Time There Really Will Be a Government Shutdown  —  And that's not all bad  —  Suffice it to say, it's hard to do a deal when the only thing the other guy wants is the one thing you can't give him.  This null set scenario is, unfortunately, precisely where we find ourselves in the debate …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:   Obama blasts GOP ‘irresponsibility’ on budget, debt ceiling
Reuters:
Obama says he will not negotiate with Congress on debt ceiling
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Impolitic
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Public Backs Diplomatic Approach in Syria, But Distrusts Syria and Russia  —  Just 26% Think Syria Will Give up Chemical Arms  —  As U.S. and Russian diplomats reached an agreement over the weekend to dismantle Syria's chemical weapons stockpiles, the public expresses support for a diplomatic approach …
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Rick Pearson / Chicago Tribune:
Exclusive: Bill Daley drops bid for Illinois governor  —  In this raw Sept. 16, 2013 interview, Bill Daley explains to Chicago Tribune reporter Rick Pearson why he is dropping out of the Illniois governor's race.  (WGN-TV)  —  Bill Daley abruptly ended his bid for the Democratic nomination …
Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:
Obama waives ban on arming terrorists to allow aid to Syrian opposition  —  BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL BARACK OBAMA SYRIA TERRORISM ISLAMIC JIHAD AL QAEDA BOB CORKER BASHAR ASSAD  —  President Obama waived a provision of federal law designed to prevent the supply of arms to terrorist groups …
Fox News:
Fox News poll: 68 percent concerned about their health care under new law  —  Nearly 7 out of 10 voters are concerned about their personal health care under the Affordable Care Act and a majority wants to take the health care system back to 2009, according to the latest Fox News national poll.
Tal Kopan / Politico:
Alan Simpson: 'Don't use our names'  —  The bipartisan co-chairmen of the president's fiscal commission, former Sen. Alan Simpson and former White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles, said Tuesday they stand ready to help Congress figure out the nation's budget — but they don't have to attach their names to it.
New York Times:
Push for Yellen to Lead at Fed Gathers Steam  —  WASHINGTON — Janet L. Yellen told friends in recent weeks that she did not expect to be nominated as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve.  Although she had been the Fed's vice chairman since 2010 and would make history as the first woman to hold the job …
Discussion: AEIdeas and Booman Tribune
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
About That Other Debacle  —  For ObamaCare, it's only the end of the beginning.  —  If you're the kind of driver who can't help but gawk at the wreckage when you pass an accident—and honestly, who isn't?—you'll enjoy today's lengthy account in The Wall Street Journal of the runup to last week's Putin-Assad triumph.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Dianne Feinstein: Congress ‘shirking’ duty on guns  —  The fatal shootings at the Washington Navy Yard are evidence that Congress is “shirking its responsibility” on the gun debate, Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Monday.  —  The California Democrat said the type of guns allegedly used by the shooter …
Discussion: The Raw Story
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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Senate Officials Shut Complex While Shooter Sought
Discussion: Associated Press
 
 
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