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First Thoughts: A consequential next two months 27 Aug 2013 | 06:04 pm
A consequential next two months for Obama and Washington… Latest on Syria: White House works to build international coalition, reaches out to Congress… Obama’s tightrope to walk on Syria… Napolitano’s...
Programming notes 27 Aug 2013 | 06:02 pm
*** Tuesday’s “Daily Rundown” line-up: NBC’s Richard Engel and Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) on the latest developments regarding Syria… Historian Taylor Branch and the Smithsonian’s Lonnie Bunch on tomorrow...
Obama agenda: Banging the drums 27 Aug 2013 | 06:02 pm
NBC News: "The diplomatic push ahead of a possible U.S.-led military strike on Syria intensified Tuesday as the White House prepared to release intelligence evidence alleging the use of chemical weapo...
Congress: Time to raise the debt limit 27 Aug 2013 | 06:01 pm
CNBC: "Treasury Secretary Jack Lew pressed Congress on Monday to allow the government to borrow more money, saying that it could default on its obligations if lawmakers do not act by mid-October. 'Con...
Off to the races: 'Bachmannistan' 27 Aug 2013 | 05:58 pm
Tweet of the day, from Iowa GOP chairman AJ Spiker: “My daughter is 10 and America has been at war since before she was born, now drums beating for more war n Syria. I am praying for Peace!” (H/T: NB...
First Thoughts: Military action is coming 26 Aug 2013 | 06:01 pm
U.S. military action in Syria appears to be coming… But will it work?... Why 2013 isn’t 2009… Cuccinelli’s defensive TV ad… A key difference between Ted Cruz and Rand Paul: Paul is backing his home-st...
Programming notes 26 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
*** Monday’s “Daily Rundown” line-up: NBC’s Richard Engel with the latest on Syria and The Atlantic’s Steve Clemons on the administration’s options… NYC mayoral candidate Joe Lhota on his hope that th...
Obama agenda: Focused on Syria 26 Aug 2013 | 05:59 pm
AP’s Julie Pace: “Nearly five years into his presidency, Barack Obama confronts a world far different from what he envisioned when he first took office. U.S. influence is declining in the Middle East ...
Congress: To dream the impossible dream 26 Aug 2013 | 05:57 pm
The New York Times: “Representative Kerry Bentivolio, a freshman Republican from Michigan, has a legislative dream. It is not to balance the federal budget, or find a way to help his ailing state or e...
Off to the races: VA GOV race remains in the mud 26 Aug 2013 | 05:56 pm
Bobby Jindal in Politico on race relations 50 years after the March on Washington: “There is no more shallow, hollow, or soulless way to think about human beings than in terms of their skin color. It ...
