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12:45 AM ET, June 16, 2014

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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
5 Principles for Iraq  —  THE disintegration of Iraq and Syria is upending an order that has defined the Middle East for a century.  It is a huge event, and we as a country need to think very carefully about how to respond.  Having just returned from Iraq two weeks ago …
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New York Times:
Militants Claim Mass Execution of Iraqi Forces  —  BAGHDAD — Wielding the threat of sectarian slaughter, Sunni Islamist militants claimed on Sunday that they had massacred hundreds of captive Shiite members of Iraq's security forces, posting grisly pictures of a mass execution in Tikrit as evidence and warning of more killing to come.
David Atkins / Washington Monthly:
The brutal neoconservative legacy in Iraq  —  When we take stock of American policy in Iraq and its effects over the last decade, reasonable and humane people tend to focus on the devastating toll in blood, treasure and reputation.  Hundreds of thousands dead, even more injured …
Mark Townsend / Guardian:
Tony Blair: west must intervene in Iraq  —  Ex-PM says allies should consider military options short of sending troops after denying 2003 invasion led to Isis crisis  —  Tony Blair has urged western governments to recognise that it needs to take an active role in the Middle East …
Yahoo! News:
US to evacuate Baghdad embassy staff  —  The US embassy in Baghdad is evacuating personnel and increasing military security after militants captured vast swathes of territory and advanced toward the capital, officials said Sunday.  State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the staff would only be …
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New York Times:
U.S. Plans to Evacuate Many Embassy Workers  —  ERBIL, Iraq — The American Embassy in Baghdad plans to evacuate a substantial number of its personnel this week in the face of a militant advance that rapidly swept from the north toward the capital, the State Department announced on Sunday.
Todd Leopold / CNN:
Legendary radio personality Casey Kasem dies at 82  —  Legendary radio personality Casey Kasem has passed away.  Share your tributes, memories and stories with CNN iReport.  —  (CNN) — Casey Kasem, who entertained radio listeners for almost four decades as the host of countdown shows such as …
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Variety:
Casey Kasem, Shaggy on ‘Scooby-Doo,’ Voice of ‘American Top 40,’ Dies at 82  —  Casey Kasem, the resonant voice of Top 40 radio and a vocal fixture on cartoon programs for the past 40 years, has died, according to his daughter.  He was 82.  —  Kasem died Sunday of Lewy body disease, a common form of progressive dementia.
David Hinckley / NY Daily News:
Casey Kasem dead at 82
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Paul: Clinton not fit to be president  —  Previewing a possible 2016 presidential matchup, Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.), a leading Republican White House contender, blasted Hillary Clinton as unfit to serve as the nation's commander in chief.  —  Speaking at the Iowa Republican convention on Saturday …
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Des Moines Register:
Last Slide  —  Rand Paul told Iowans today that change is needed …
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
How enthusiastic are Democrats about Clinton as nominee?
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Dana Davidsen / CNN:   Cantor reflects on primary loss, says ‘of course’ he'll vote for Brat in November
Rick Klein / ABC News:
Five Stories You'll Care About In Politics This Week
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Joe Biden to discuss child migrants in Latin America  —  Vice President Joe Biden is extending a planned trip to Latin America this week in order to convene a high-level meeting in the region to address a massive surge in children crossing the border into the U.S. through Mexico.
Discussion: CNN
Spokesman.com:
Idaho's GOP convention adjourns without electing chairman, setting platform  —  Idaho's state Republican Party convention degenerated into a fiasco Saturday after attempts to disqualify up to a third of the delegates attending appeared to be succeeding - and the convention adjourned without electing …
Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Starbucks to Provide Free College Education to Thousands of Workers  —  Starbucks will provide a free online college education to thousands of its workers, without requiring that they remain with the company, through an unusual arrangement with Arizona State University, the company and the university will announce on Monday.
Discussion: The Week and Gawker
New York Times:
Tim Cook, Making Apple His Own  —  Tim Cook, Apple's chief executive, was an adolescent boy in a small Alabama town in the early 1970s when he saw something he couldn't forget.  —  Bicycling home on a new 10-speed, he passed a large cross in flames in front of a house — one that he knew belonged to a black family.
Discussion: The Verge
New York Times:
A Cantor Effect for Businesses and the G.O.P.  —  WASHINGTON — The day after Representative Eric Cantor became the first congressional leader in modern times to lose his seat in a primary, one of the biggest aftershocks occurred not on Capitol Hill or in the sprawling Richmond suburbs …
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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Eric Cantor loss gives Republicans chance to become people's party
 
 
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Austin Wright / Politico:
Walden: Immigration ‘played a role’ in Cantor loss
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Thomas Fuller / New York Times:
Cambodian Activist's Fall Exposes Broad Deception
James Hohmann / Politico:
Iowa GOP takeover: The implications for 2016
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Michael Steele: ‘Lot Of Interest’ In Eric Cantor Serving As RNC Chairman
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Obama pinched by crises abroad
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Washington Post:
Republicans come out of the 2014 primary season with little to guide them forward
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Greg Miller / Washington Post:
U.S. officials scrambled to nab Snowden, hoping he would take a wrong step. He didn't.
 

 
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