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11:25 AM ET, August 10, 2014

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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Obama on America and the World  —  President Obama's hair is definitely grayer these days, and no doubt trying to manage foreign policy in a world of increasing disorder accounts for at least half of those gray hairs.  (The Tea Party can claim the other half.)
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Fox News:
Islamic militants advance despite 2 rounds of US airstrikes  —  The Islamic militants reportedly expanded their drive near Iraqi Kurdistan Saturday despite two U.S. airstrikes aimed at mortar positions and a seven-vehicle convoy to stop the advance on Kurdish capital of Irbil.
New York Times:
Fear of ‘Another Benghazi’ Drove White House to Airstrikes in Iraq  —  WASHINGTON — On Wednesday evening, moments after finishing a summit meeting with African leaders at the State Department, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff delivered a stark message to President Obama as they rode …
Martin Matishak / The Hill:
Feinstein: ‘It takes an army to defeat an army’  —  The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Friday said the extremist group the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS or ISIL) must be confronted forcefully by the U.S., though she stopped short of calling for boots on the ground.
Discussion: Politico and CANNONFIRE
CNN:
Obama: No timetable for Iraq airstrikes
Washington Post:
Obama's authorization of Iraq airstrikes isn't connected to a coherent strategy
Kristina Wong / The Hill:
Left frets over Iraq mission creep
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Anger, confrontation after shooting of teen by Ferguson police officer  —  • By Leah Thorsen lthorsen@post-dispatch.com 636.937.6249 and Steve Giegerich sgiegerich@post-dispatch.com 314.725.6758  —  FERGUSON  • The fatal shooting of a teen Saturday afternoon by a Ferguson police officer outside …
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KMOV-TV:
Tensions high in Ferguson after teen shot and killed by police officer  —  FERGUSON, Mo. (KMOV.com) - Tensions are high in Ferguson, Missouri and a large police presence is on hand after a teenager was shot to death by a police officer.  —  Police are asking the community to stay calm and allow the investigation to proceed.
Discussion: CNN, Mediaite and The Raw Story
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Hillary Clinton: ‘Failure’ to Help Syrian Rebels Led to the Rise of ISIS  —  The former secretary of state, and probable candidate for president, outlines her foreign-policy doctrine.  She says this about President Obama's: “Great nations need organizing principles, and 'Don't do stupid stuff' is not an organizing principle.”
Ian Lovett / New York Times:
In Surprising Defeat, Hawaii Governor Loses Primary  —  HONOLULU — After nearly four decades in elected office in Hawaii, Gov. Neil Abercrombie was dealt a stunning defeat in his bid for re-election over the weekend, becoming the first incumbent governor in the state's history to lose in his party's primary.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Vox Popoli
New York Times:
Mr. Obama, Your Move  —  Sometime in late summer, if predictions are right, President Obama will use his executive authority to protect many unauthorized immigrants from deportation.  —  We don't know the details.  Mr. Obama and the Department of Homeland Security have not yet supplied the who …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Daily Kos
Ann Choi / MiamiHerald.com:
Two men sought in fatal shooting of Orthodox rabbi in Northeast Miami-Dade  —  The victim was from Brooklyn, N.Y., and was in South Florida visiting family.  One Jewish community group said it was “a robbery that went badly.”  —  A 60-year-old Orthodox rabbi from Brooklyn …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Monte Reel / New York Times:
The Brazilian Bus Magnate Who's Buying Up All the World's Vinyl Records  —  Paul Mawhinney, a former music-store owner in Pittsburgh, spent more than 40 years amassing a collection of some three million LPs and 45s, many of them bargain-bin rejects that had been thoroughly forgotten.
 
 
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Economist:
A Chechnya in the making  —  An iron fist in Xinjiang is fuelling an insurrection.
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Court Rejects Deal on Hiring in Silicon Valley
Discussion: Business Insider
Nicholas P. Fandos / Politico:
Watergate? What's that?
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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Ben Chapman / NY Daily News:
Michael Mulgrew defends Common Core: ‘You sick people need to deal with us and the children that we teach’
Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
Obama Outlines His Post-Presidency
 

 
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