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Source: James Clapper tapped as intelligence chief
Julie Pace, Kimberly Dozier
Obama's choice, a retired Air Force general and Pentagon official, has critics in Congress
Liz Cheney demands Obama reverse position that unnecessary death is “tragic”
Alex Pareene
Why isn't the president thrilled that an American citizen and 8 others were killed in a botched raid?
U.S. general: Most al-Qaida leaders in Iraq killed
Associated Press
Top American commander is confident that he can safely reduce U.S. troops to 50,000 by the end of August
Kagan files show pragmatic streak in tobacco talks
Julie Hirschfeld Davis
Records released today show determination to strike a deal that could both be enacted and stand up in court
BP: cap gets some Gulf oil, crude still spews
Greg Bluestein
Jake Knotts, “raghead” and the nature of GOP racism
Gabriel Winant
By calling Nikki Haley a "raghead," a state senator gives us a chance to think about what racism is
Is this the week Israel became a real political issue?
Steve Kornacki
The Democratic base is increasingly uncomfortable with its leadership's unflinching support for Israel
Feds send BP $69M bill as Obama plans trip to Gulf
Matthew Daly
Meanwhile, confusion reigns over permits for further drilling
BP spill forces choice between ecology and economy
Matt Sedensky, Jay Reeves
Emergency workers can save coastline or save marshlands, but not both
Doubling down in Afghanistan
William Astore
Why the U.S. government stubbornly refuses to fold a losing hand
White House gives benefits to fed workers same-sex partners
Associated Press
Full coverage still needs legislative action
Effort to contain Gulf oil stalls with stuck saw
KEVIN McGILL
A saw became stuck while cutting through a pipe on a busted well in the most recent effort to control the BP spill
A new threat to the GOP’s Senate chances
Gabriel Winant
Illinois Republican's fibbing about military record catches up with him, possibly costing the party a key race
A fitting end for Artur Davis
Steve Kornacki
His bid to become Alabama's first black governor ends in disaster
Obama expresses regret over loss of lives to Turkish P.M.
Associated Press
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, unofficial sponsor of flotilla, calls raid "bloody massacre," demands U.S. condemnation
Feds open criminal probe of Gulf oil spill
Michael Kunzelman
Attorney General Holder doesn't say which companies or people might be investigated
BP doing 1st cut in effort to contain Gulf oil
Ben Nuckols, Jane Wardell
New attempt is only temporary; permanent solution still a couple months off
Obama pledges changes to avert future spills
Associated Press
Independent commission to ensure that nation never faces such a disaster again
Browner won’t guess prospects of plugging oil leak
Associated Press
Top Obama advisor won't pick odds on whether BP will manage to fix the spill this time around
Netanyahu: Attack was self defense
Rob Gillies
Israel's Prime Minister claims aid ship passengers beat, clubbed and stabbed Israeli soldiers
Israel imprisons 16 of the Gaza helpers, deports more
Amy Teibel, Tia Goldenberg
After violently storming a boat filled with Gaza bound aid, Israeli police jail, expel passengers
Pure Kafka
Glenn Greenwald
An Obama administration report explains detainees will continue to be imprisoned despite a lack of evidence
This week in pundits mistaking their assumptions for the national mood
Alex Pareene
What do Peggy Noonan, Cokie Roberts, and Chris Cillizza have in common? They invent their own "mainstream opinions"
House vote advances “DADT” repeal to Senate
Jim Abrams
229-186 vote on defense bill that includes amendment overturning 1993 law on gays in the military
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