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10:50 AM ET, May 11, 2015

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Seymour M. Hersh / London Review of Books:
The Killing of Osama bin Laden  —  It's been four years since a group of US Navy Seals assassinated Osama bin Laden in a night raid on a high-walled compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.  The killing was the high point of Obama's first term, and a major factor in his re-election.
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Report: Obama lied about bin Laden raid  —  An expose published on Sunday alleges that President Obama deceived Americans with his narrative of the 2011 assassination of Osama bin Laden.  —  Author Seymour M. Hersh accuses Obama of rushing to take credit for the al Qaeda leader's death.
Discussion: Mediaite
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Dems to GOP: We're ready to fix ObamaCare, why aren't you?  —  Democrats are chiding Republican leaders in Congress as standing in the way of improvements to ObamaCare that enjoy bipartisan support.  —  More than a half-dozen proposed changes to the law boast approval from at least some Democrats …
Discussion: Politico
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Jonathan Cohn / The Huffington Post:
The Clock Is Ticking And Republicans Still Have No Serious Obamacare Alternative
Discussion: Political Wire and Bloomberg View
THE / Los Angeles Times:   Editorial Tightening up on super PACs
Politico:   Trade bill fate in doubt as debate kicks off
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
The Clinton Foundation's Behind-the-Scenes Battle With a Charity Watchdog Group  —  After landing on a high-profile watch list, the Clinton group is fighting to recover its good name.  —  Shares  —  Last Wednesday, Bill Clinton ratcheted up Clintonworld's counter assault on Clinton Cash …
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Jonathan Allen / Reuters:
Full picture of Clinton charities' foreign government funding remains elusive  —  The Clinton Foundation has acknowledged that the government funding totals omitted from their tax returns cannot be found on their website either, despite the foundation's acting chief executive officer earlier suggesting they were available there.
Discussion: Political Wire
Juan Williams / The Hill:
The GOP's festival of flip-flopping  —  Do Republicans care that their presidential primary is turning into an exhibition of cartwheel-size political flip-flops?  —  Politicians have every right to change their mind as the facts and pressures change.  But politically expedient flip-flopping …
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Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Hopefuls Talk Tough on National Security
Albert R. Hunt / Bloomberg View:
Why Huckabee, Carson and Fiorina Will Matter
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Saudi Arabia Says King Won't Attend Meetings in U.S.  —  WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday that its new monarch, King Salman, would not be attending meetings at the White House with President Obama or a summit gathering at Camp David this week, in an apparent signal …
Discussion: The Week and NPR
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Ahmed Al Omran / Wall Street Journal:
Rulers Snub Arab Summit, Clouding U.S. Bid for Iran Deal
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Wall Street Vampires  —  Last year the vampires of finance bought themselves a Congress.  I know it's not nice to call them that, but I have my reasons, which I'll explain in a bit.  For now, however, let's just note that these days Wall Street, which used to split its support between the parties …
Discussion: Horizons and Daily Kos
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Of Museums and Racial Relics  —  Recently, Rush Limbaugh lambasted the first lady, Michelle Obama, for bringing up the idea of diversity among museum visitors at the opening of the new Whitney Museum in New York.  —  According to Limbaugh, the first lady said: “Museums and concert halls …
Discussion: Pirate's Cove
Mark Lagerkvist / Watchdog.org:
Big appetite: Christie buys $300K of food & booze with NJ expense account  —  GRILLED: Chris Christie's state-paid grocery bills shrank after Barbara Walters asked if he was too heavy to be president  —  Chris Christie's expense account tells a story of appetite and ambition …
Discussion: Politico and New York Times
Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
ABC News Has No Idea What Alex Jones' Deal Is  —  Conspiratorial radio host Alex Jones and ABC News are at loggerheads over how Jones managed to miss his appearance on This Week Sunday morning.  —  Before a segment about Jade Helm, the military training operation Jones suspects is a dry run …
Discussion: Liberaland
Fox News:
Exclusive: Jeb Bush says he would have backed Iraq invasion  —  Former Florida GOP Gov. Jeb Bush says that he would have authorized the 2003 invasion of Iraq but acknowledges that mistakes were made after Saddam Hussein had been removed from power, in an exclusive interview with Fox News' Megyn Kelly.
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Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Jeb Bush: I Would Have Invaded Iraq
Discussion: Horizons
Glenn Thrush / Politico:   Waiting for Jeb to jump
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
McConnell: NSA program an important anti-terrorism tool  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is defending his support for the Patriot Act as well as the part of the legislation used to justify the National Security Agency's bulk collection of phone data from Americans.
Discussion: Reuters, Hot Air and msnbc.com
Steve Eder / New York Times:
Tony Rodham's Ties Invite Scrutiny for Hillary and Bill Clinton  —  The heavyset 60-year-old man who walked with a cane seemed an unlikely speaker at the glamorous launch party for a cosmetics company held in Santa Monica, Calif., in March.  —  But Tony Rodham appeared at ease among …
 
 
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Elizabeth Corey / The Atlantic:
Two Sisters, Two Views of Gay Marriage
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Clinton campaign's dilemma: What to do with Bill?
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Discussion: The Atlantic and New York Times
Sean Kelly / OpposingViews.com:
Handgun Found In Prisoner's ‘Butt Cheeks’ During Search
Discussion: Liberaland
New York Times:
Obama's Pacific Trade Push Faces a Senate Vote This Week
The Seattle Times:
Anti-government resistance now the beating heart of GOP
 

 
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