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Why Obama's 'we don't have a strategy' gaffe stings — By now, President Obama's remark that “we don't have a strategy yet” has made the rounds. Republicans were quick to pounce on it, as well they should have. — But while the White House went into damage-control mode …
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Politico, Hot Air, Washington Free Beacon and Instapundit
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As New Dangers Loom, More Think the U.S. Does ‘Too Little’ to Solve World Problems — 54% Say Obama Approach on Foreign Policy Is ‘Not Tough Enough’ — A large majority of Americans think the world is a more dangerous place than it was several years ago.
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Lawfare, The Daily Caller, Informed Comment, Israel Matzav, Taylor Marsh, Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon

White House does damage control
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Politico, Fox News, Washington Examiner, The Moderate Voice, Hit & Run, BizPac Review, Taylor Marsh and BuzzFeed


Obama suggests he'll need more time on immigration policy
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Washington Monthly

Morning Plum: Why top Dems are worried about politics of deportations
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Courier-Journal, National Review, Bloomberg and Daily Kos


Chelsea Clinton Is Leaving NBC News — Chelsea Clinton says she's stepping out of her correspondent job as she looks forward to taking on mom duties — After not quite three years as a special correspondent for NBC News - and with just a little while until she and husband Marc Mezvinsky …
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Politico, BizPac Review, NewsBusters, Hot Air, The PJ Tatler and FishbowlDC, more at Mediagazer »
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Thank You — When I joined the NBC family in 2011, I had long respected NBC's commitment to telling the stories of “ordinary people doing extraordinary things.” I loved watching the “Making a Difference” stories about remarkable people and organizations making a profound difference in our country and our world.
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CNN and The Huffington Post


Another government shutdown? Not gonna happen — BARACK OBAMA PAUL RYAN JOHN BOEHNER MITCH MCCONNELL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN — A few weeks ago Washington was buzzing with predictions that Republicans will impeach President Obama. — Now, Washington is buzzing with predictions that Republicans will shut down the government.
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Found: The Islamic State's Terror Laptop of Doom — Buried in a Dell computer captured in Syria are lessons for making bubonic plague bombs and missives on using weapons of mass destruction. — GOOGLE +
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The Daily Caller and Hot Air


Ukraine to seek Nato membership, says PM Yatsenyuk — Ukraine's prime minister has said he will ask parliament to put the country on a path towards Nato membership. — Arseny Yatsenyuk said the government was sending a bill to MPs urging that Ukraine's non-bloc status be cancelled.
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Firedoglake and Telegraph
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Putin Will Never, Ever Admit That Russia Has Invaded Ukraine
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The Dish, BuzzFeed, New York Times, Bloomberg View, The Daily Caller and Outside the Beltway


Why Obama Backed Off More ISIS Strikes: His Own Team Couldn't Agree on a Syria Strategy — After lots of bluster about striking ISIS on Syria, President Obama threw cold water on the idea, disappointing those who wanted him to broaden the war. — After a week of talk of eliminating the …
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Wall Street Journal, Vox, Hot Air, The Dish and Guardian


The Subsidy Show — Colbert, Fallon and the crony capitalism of the creative class — Modern “progressives” are not, as some economic conservatives would say, socialists. In fact, today's so-called progressives are not even particularly progressive, at least in the usual sense of seeking to redistribute wealth from rich to poor.


Haslam may submit Medicaid expansion plan in fall — In a move that could mean health coverage for thousands of Tennesseans, Gov. Bill Haslam said Thursday that the state may soon submit a proposal to Washington to expand Tennessee's Medicaid program but did not release any new details on how it might work.
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Talking Points Memo and Washington Post
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Another big boost for Obamacare
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The Reaction, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Hullabaloo, Talking Points Memo, ThinkProgress and Vox


Charlie Baker catches Martha Coakley, new poll shows — Slim lead is first in possible matchup — Republican Charlie Baker has edged ahead of Democrat Martha Coakley in the race for governor, taking the lead by the slimmest of margins for the first time in the Globe's weekly poll.
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Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Hot Air and National Review


Code/red: Apple Wearable Won't Ship Until Next Year — // HAPPENING TODAY — The 30th anniversary of Ghostbusters. — Beloved cryptographer Hal Finney is being cryopreserved following his recent, tragic death from ALS. — Look Daddy! Santa Gave Me an iWatch Raincheck.
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The Verge, CBS Chicago, VentureBeat, Computerworld and New York Times


The one fight to have before your wedding — Betrothed women of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your husbands' names. — I'm getting married in a few days, and — as I'm told happens with most weddings — lots of exhausting fights over minuscule details have broken out along the long, treacherous road to the altar.
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Jezebel


Police lobby fights to keep gear — Police associations are beginning a major lobbying push to protect their access to the military equipment that was used against demonstrators in Ferguson, Mo. — Law enforcement groups argue a Pentagon program that provides surplus military gear helps protect …
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Washington Monthly

Treasury Targets Networks Linked to Iran — WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced actions targeting a diverse set of entities and individuals under various Iran-related authorities, targeting Iran's missile and nuclear programs, sanctions evasion efforts, and support for terrorism.
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Politico and Washington Free Beacon

Public Higher Education: Another Casualty of the Great Recession — Over last weekend we published a Ten Miles Square piece by Janet Napolitano, the former Arizona governor and Secretary of Homeland Security who is now president of the University of California system.
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Hullabaloo


Democrats Wary of Benghazi Inquiry Stretching Into '16 Election Season — WASHINGTON — A House Republican-led investigation of the 2012 terrorist attack on an American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, will extend well into next year, and possibly beyond, raising concerns among Democrats …
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Daily Kos, NewsBusters and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times


Obama's “Strong Disapproval” Double His “Strong Approval” — Republicans are more likely to strongly disapprove now than in 2010 — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans are more than twice as likely to say they “strongly disapprove” (39%) of President Barack Obama's job performance as they are to say they “strongly approve” (17%).
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Scared Monkeys and Power Line

A ‘Poor Door’ on a Planned New York Apartment Tower With Affordable Housing Gets a Makeover — Developer Silverstein and City Officials Have Found Way to Soften Criticism of Arrangement on Upper West Side — Developer Larry Silverstein's planned 42-story apartment tower on the Upper West Side …
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ThinkProgress