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U.S. Army Spc. Charles Atkins instructs a man entering Afghanistan to open his eyes wide for a retina scan while recording biometric data at the border crossing with Pakistan in Torkham, Afghanistan. The port of entry is the busiest in Afghanistan, and the most important for the U.S. military, which imports more than 30 percent [...]

(Reuters) — Turkey said on Thursday it would escort aid ships to Gaza and would not allow a repetition of last year’s Israeli raid that killed nine Turks, setting the stage for a potential naval confrontation with its former ally. Raising the stakes in Turkey’s row with Israel over its refusal to apologize for the [...]

Weekly Standard: Barack Obama has said that raising taxes in a struggling economy is “the last thing you want to do,” but for some Democrats on Capitol Hill raising taxes is a top priority. A proposal from Democratic members of the House Ways and Means Committee obtained by THE WEEKLY STANDARD favors raising top marginal [...]

Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) said Thursday he told congressional leaders he would not serve on the debt supercommittee if it planned to consider further Pentagon budget cuts. Kyl made clear during a luncheon speech on Capitol Hill that the military-industrial complex has a major ally on the high-level committee. Kyl, the Senate minority whip, told [...]

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John Brennan Politico: The Obama administration has ruled out sending any new war-on-terror prisoners to Guantanamo Bay, President Barack Obama’s top counterterrorism adviser said Thursday. “We’re not going to bring people to Guantanamo,” Deputy National Security Adviser John Brennan told reporters. “It’s this administration’s policy to close Guantanamo and, despite some congressional hurdles that have [...]

Guardian: Not many men belong to a stitching group, but Tony Casdagli picked up his enthusiasm for the craft from his father, who kept himself sane by fashioning subversive messages as a PoW After six months held by the Nazis in a prisoner of war camp, Major Alexis Casdagli was handed a piece of canvas [...]

Fortune: Here is what Carol Bartz thinks of the Yahoo (YHOO) board that fired her: “These people f-d me over,” she says, in her first interview since her dismissal from the CEO role late Tuesday. Last evening, barely 24 hours after Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock called Bartz on her cell phone to tell her the [...]

CBS News: On Wednesday, CBS News learned that the president’s jobs and growth package now could top $400 billion. That’s a big number, and CBS News correspondent Norah O’Donnell reports that the size of this plan has grown over recent days. Advisors claim this plan will have bipartisan appeal and will be paid for with [...]

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Swiss MP Oskar Freysinger asks, “Have we all gone mad?” h/t Bare Naked Islam

Rasmussen: As President Obama prepares to address the nation on creating jobs, voters are divided on whether his views are best described as being mainstream or extreme. Voters also give mixed opinions about the Republicans vying for his job. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely Voters shows that 44% say it is [...]

The Hill: Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) might be attending President Obama’s job speech after all. Vitter, who had previously said that he would be skipping the speech to attend a party to watch the New Orleans Saints’ kickoff game, tweeted Thursday morning that Senate scheduling might force him to attend. “Typical Harry Reid. He’s now [...]

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NBC: FBI agents armed with search warrants descended this morning on bankrupt solar company Solynrda this morning. The investigation comes after a request by the Department of Energy’s inspector general, FBI spokesman Peter Lee told NBC Bay Area News. Agents arrived at 7a.m. and are examining the factory. Solynrda has a skeleton crew of 100 [...]