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11:00 AM ET, March 26, 2015

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Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: Germanwings co-pilot DELIBERATELY crashed Flight 4U9525 into mountain to ‘destroy the plane’ after locking his captain out of cockpit, reveals French prosecutor  —  The co-pilot of the doomed Germanwings Airbus A320 locked his captain out of the cockpit before deliberately crashing …
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Stephanie Kirchner / Washington Post:
French prosecutor: Co-pilot of doomed flight sought to ‘destroy the plane’ … DÜSSELDORF, Germany — A French prosecutor said Thursday that the co-pilot of the doomed Germanwing flight appeared to want to “destroy the plane,” in a stunning twist to the investigation that shifted attention …
New York Times:
Germanwings Co-Pilot Deliberately Crashed Airbus Jet, French Prosecutor Says  —  PARIS — The chief Marseille prosecutor handling the investigation into the crash of a Germanwings jetliner said on Thursday that evidence from the cockpit voice recorder indicated that the co-pilot had deliberately locked …
Asoleycerro / KTLA:
Germanwings Co-Pilot Deliberately ‘Accelerated the Descent’ of Plane That Crashed: Prosecutor  —  Breaking updates:  —  • There was screaming on the doomed Germanwings flight only in the last few minutes, and death was instantaneous when the plane crashed, Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin said Thursday.
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Mark Tran / Guardian:
Germanwings co-pilot intended to destroy plane, says French prosecutor - live updates  —  Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin: co-pilot appears to have deliberately sent the plane into accelerated decent  —  Here are the main points of the press conference held by the Marseille public prosecutor, Brice Robin.
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John R. Bolton / New York Times:
To Stop Iran's Bomb, Bomb Iran  —  FOR years, experts worried that the Middle East would face an uncontrollable nuclear-arms race if Iran ever acquired weapons capability.  Given the region's political, religious and ethnic conflicts, the logic is straightforward.
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Adam Baron / Politico:   What we get wrong about Yemen
Al Jazeera English:
Saudi and Arab allies bomb Houthi positions in Yemen
Discussion: Israpundit
New York Times:
Saudi Arabia Leads Air Assault in Yemen
Washington Post:
U.S. forces begin airstrikes in Tikrit, where Iran-backed militias are in lead … BAGHDAD — U.S. warplanes began striking Islamic State forces in and around the Iraqi city of Tikrit on Wednesday, drawing the United States directly into a battle that has pitted the militants against Iraqi forces dominated by Iranian-backed militias.
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New York Times:
Opening New Iraq Front, U.S. Strikes ISIS in Tikrit
Reuters:   U.S.-led coalition, Iraqis pound Islamic State in Tikrit
Nancy A. Youssef / The Daily Beast:
Everything The White House Told You About Bowe Bergdahl Was Wrong  —  His release was supposed to be the political masterstroke in the last days of the war.  But the war is still going, and Bergdahl is going to court.  —  In the space of nine months, he went from being heralded at the White House to facing prison for life.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Bowe Bergdahl, once missing U.S. soldier, charged with desertion
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Tucker Carlson's Brother: De Blasio Spokesperson A “Self-Righteous Bitch”  —  Accidental reply-all: Buckley Carlson says mayor's spokesperson has “extreme dick-fright” in email she received.  —  Brendan Hoffman / Getty  —  WASHINGTON — Daily Caller founder Tucker Carlson's brother Buckley Carlson referred …
Rebecca Cantrell / KFOR-TV:
Watch: KFOR captures Moore tornado touching down live … MOORE, Okla. — KFOR Chief Meteorologist Mike Morgan and Bob Moore Chopper 4 pilot Jon Welsh were on the air as a tornado formed and touched down in Moore, Oklahoma on Wednesday, capturing the storm's path of destruction live on KFOR.
Discussion: FOX31 Denver, WGN-TV and Fox 59
A.B. Stoddard / The Hill:
Israel a trap for Clinton  —  As Hillary Clinton prepares to sell herself as the next leader of the free world, she will want to find balance herself somewhere between the Obama administration, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the U.S. Congress on a nuclear arms deal with Iran …
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Ted Cruz Is Just Like Reagan In 1980, Except People Actually Liked Reagan  —  Let's dispose of this myth once and for all.  Every presidential election cycle we hear it: “Well, they said Ronald Reagan could never be elected.”  —  We're hearing this chestnut again in the wake …
Gregory Korte / OnPolitics:
Here's the new White House briefing room seating chart  —  The seating chart for the White House Press Briefing Room.  (Gregory Korte / USA TODAY)  —  There are hundreds — maybe thousands — of reporters in Washington who cover the White House from time to time, but only 49 seats in the White House briefing room.
Discussion: TVNewser, Washington Post and Politico
Alex Rogers / TIME:
Rand Paul Proposes Boosting Defense Spending  —  His amendment would add $76.5 billion to the defense budget  —  Just weeks before announcing his 2016 presidential bid, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is completing an about-face on a longstanding pledge to curb the growth in defense spending.
Discussion: FOX News Radio and Political Wire
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Christopher / Sacramento Bee:
Capitol Alert  —  California Attorney General Kamala Harris asked a court Wednesday to intervene and allow her to block an incendiary proposed ballot measure authorizing the killing of gays and lesbians.  —  Huntington Beach attorney Matt McLaughlin paid $200 to file the “Sodomite Suppression Act.”
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Walter Frick / The Atlantic Online:
Welfare Makes America More Entrepreneurial  —  A man wearing a U.S. flag necktie stands in line at the National Capital Region Job Fair (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters )  —  In 1988, Ronald Reagan traveled to the Soviet Union and gave a speech at Moscow State University, making the case for capitalism.
Discussion: Washington Post
John Bresnahan / Politico:
DEA agents had ‘sex parties’ with prostitutes, watchdog says  —  Agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration reportedly had “sex parties” with prostitutes hired by drug cartels in Colombia, according to a new inspector general report released by the Justice Department on Thursday.
Discussion: Business Insider
 
 
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