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7:45 AM ET, September 9, 2015

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Liz Kreutz / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton on Private Email: 'That Was a Mistake.  I'm Sorry'  —  Hillary Clinton on Tuesday told ABC News' David Muir that using a personal email account while Secretary of State was a “mistake” and that she is “sorry” for it.  —  “That was a mistake.  I'm sorry about that.
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Hillary Clinton / Facebook:
I wanted you to hear this directly from me:  —  Yes, I should have used two email addresses, one for personal matters and one for my work at the State Department.  Not doing so was a mistake.  I'm sorry about it, and I take full responsibility.  —  It's important for you to know a few key facts.
Liz Kreutz / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Set to Address ‘Skeptics’ of Iran Deal as Trump Rallies Against It  —  Hillary Clinton told ABC News' David Muir that the Iran nuclear agreement is the “best deal” the United States could reach, given the circumstances, and that she will be “addressing the skeptics” of it during her speech on Iran Wednesday.
Discussion: Politico and abc7ny.com
ABC News:
Hillary Clinton on Private Email: 'That Was a Mistake. I'm Sorry'
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and abc7ny.com
ABC News:   Transcript for Hillary Clinton ‘Sorry’ Her Use Of Private E-Mail Has Raised Questions
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Kerry names State Department email and transparency czar
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Lawyers vow Kim Davis will violate court order and halt marriage licenses after release from jail  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Just minutes after a judge ordered Kim Davis released from jail on Tuesday, her lawyers told CNN that she would violate a court order by forcing …
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Huckabee Aide Physically Blocked Cruz From Getting Into Kim Davis Money Shot  —  The first Republican primary is months away, but in the race to see which GOP candidate could make the most of the legal battle over a clerk in Kentucky's refusal to grant same-sex marriage licenses …
Discussion: American Spectator and Towleroad
New York Times:
Kim Davis, Released From Kentucky Jail, Won't Say if She Will Keep Defying Court
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Shep Smith Rails Against Anti-Gay ‘Haters’ During Kim Davis Presser
Discussion: BarbWire.com and The Daily Banter
Kyle Mantyla / Right Wing Watch:
Staver: Requiring Kim Davis To Do Her Job Is Like Forcing Her ‘To Grant A License To Sodomize Children’
Discussion: Addicting Info and Towleroad
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Mike Huckabee offers to go to jail for Kim Davis
Griff Witte / Washington Post:
Hungarian bishop says pope is wrong about refugees  —  BUDAPEST — Pope Francis's message Sunday couldn't have been clearer: With hundreds of thousands of refugees flowing into Europe, Catholics across the continent had a moral duty to help by opening their churches, monasteries and homes as sanctuaries.
Discussion: BREITBART.COM, Pamela Geller and Index
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Jamie Self / The State:
EXCLUSIVE: SC GOP voters prefer Trump, Carson; most say Graham should drop out  —  S.C. GOP voters favor political newcomers in new Public Policy Polling survey  —  Only Ben Carson could beat Donald Trump in a hypothetical face-off, polls says  —  Eighty percent of S.C. GOP voters say U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham should drop out of race
Discussion: Political Wire
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Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
698K Native-Born Americans Lost Their Job In August: Why This Suddenly Is The Most Important Jobs Chart  —  After the Fed admitted over a year ago that the US unemployment rate (which in 2012 was supposed to be a rate hike “threshold” once it hit 6.5% and is now at 5.1%) …
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Obama secures 41 votes in support of Iran deal  —  <p>President Barack Obama won decisively on the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday.  But the Senate's war over the agreement is just beginning. </p> <p>While the accord will survive Republican attempts to derail it, the Senate still faces …
Discussion: The Hill and NPR
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CNN:
First on CNN: John Kerry appoints email ‘czar’ for State Department  —  Clinton: I wish I had made a different choice  —  (CNN)Secretary of State John Kerry has tapped a former career diplomat as an “email czar” to coordinate the State Department response to the myriad of document requests mostly related …
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Kerry taps ‘transparency’ czar for State Dept.
Discussion: ABC News and Hot Air
Jeb Bush / Wall Street Journal:
My Tax Overhaul to Unleash 4% Growth  —  Three income-tax rates: 10%, 25% and 28%, plus a 20% corporate rate and immediate expensing on new investment.
Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Software pioneer McAfee files paperwork to run for president  —  The antivirus software pioneer John McAfee on Tuesday filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to run for president.  —  The paperwork was confirmed as authentic by Kyle Sandler, who is identified …
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Why does Germany want so many refugees?  —  German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that Germany will take 800,000 refugees this year and 500,000 annually over the next several years.  Merkel no doubt will receive acclaim for humanitarianism, while nations that balk at taking refugees will be denounced.
Discussion: Hot Air and Guardian
Elizabeth Landers / CNN:
Rick Perry loses South Carolina headquarter offices  —  (CNN)Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry has shuttered his South Carolina campaign headquarters in the capital city of Columbia, his state chairman Katon Dawson confirmed Tuesday.  —  This comes almost a month after the Perry campaign announced …
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Private group seeks minority actors for Trump ‘smear video’  —  The anti-Donald Trump effort is in production.  —  According to an e-mail obtained Tuesday by The Washington Post, an undisclosed private group will film a “smear video” Wednesday about the Republican presidential front-runner featuring actors …
Discussion: The Last Refuge
Sarah Kaplan / Washington Post:
A white guy named Michael couldn't get his poem published.  Then he became Yi-Fen Chou.  —  Sherman Alexie read hundreds, maybe thousands, of poems last year while editing the 2015 edition of Best American Poetry, an annual anthology that comes out Tuesday.
 
 
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Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
Hillary Clinton to Visit Jimmy Fallon on ‘Tonight Show’
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Washington Post:
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Greg Toppo / USA Today:
Muslim flight attendant suspended for not serving alcohol
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Joey Garrison / Tennessean.com:
Barry accused in ad of omitting ‘under God’ during Pledge of Allegiance
Discussion: Friendly Atheist and Raw Story
Karen Mansfield / Observer-Reporter:
Barber shop fined for not cutting woman's hair
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Jonathan Haidt / The Righteous Mind:
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
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