The Note: Alright Already, We’ll All Drone On
By MICHAEL FALCONE (@michaelpfalcone) NOTABLES ‘OUR FIGHT ENTERS A NEW PHASE’: In a wide-ranging speech at the National Defense University, in Washington D.C., on Thursday, President Obama launched a spirited defense of his administration’s efforts to pursue terrorists overseas, even while he outlined a more… Read More »
EmailBudget Cuts Get Personal; Those Who Are Hurt, Holler
The federal budget sequester may be dampening a rise in economic optimism: Nearly four in 10 Americans now say sequestration has hurt them personally, up substantially since it began in March – and they’re far less sanguine than others about the economy’s prospects overall. Thirty-seven… Read More »
By Matthew Dowd
Truth, Justice: the American Way?
What happens in our relationships when we keep secrets? When we think telling the truth brings harm or that hiding something serves a broader purpose? It usually means trust doesn’t exist and the relationship is doomed to either failure or one that loses all sense… Read More »
The Note’s Must-Reads for Friday May 24, 2013
The Note’s Must-Reads are a round-up of today’s political headlines and stories from ABC News and the top U.S. newspapers. Posted Monday through Friday right here at www.abcnews.com Compiled by ABC News’ Carrie Halperin, Jayce Henderson, Amanda VanAllen and J.P. Lawrence DEFENSE ABC News’s Jonathan Karl:“Obama… Read More »
Vice President Joe Biden Makes ‘Jeopardy’ Cameo
Vice President Joe Biden made a cameo appearance on Thursday night’s episode of “Jeopardy” by providing video clues to a category about the vice presidency. “Since 1974, the official residence of the vice president has been on the grounds of this astronomical agency of the… Read More »
Anthony Weiner’s Very Bad, No Good First Campaign Day
Anthony Weiner’s nascent mayoral campaign is off to a rough start. Weiner made his candidacy for mayor of New York official in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, and since then there’s no indication that the process is going particularly well. The former rising star… Read More »
Lois Lerner Placed on Administrative Leave
Congressional and administration sources confirm that IRS director of Exempt Organizations Lois Lerner has been placed on administrative leave after she reportedly refused to resign. Lerner came under fire this week when she chose to invoke her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself rather… Read More »
PM Note: One Speech, Two Obamas; Drones vs. GTMO
Breaking – Congressional sources tell ABC News that embattled IRS director Lois Lerner has been placed on administrative leave. More to come. Watch video of Obama and the heckler here, but it was sort of beside the point – http://abcn.ws/12yUzYj One Speech. Two Obamas. Drones… Read More »
Obama Orders DOJ Review of Leak Investigations
President Obama is a little uneasy with the way journalists have been dragged into the Justice Department’s aggressive pursuit of national security leak investigations. In fact, he has ordered Attorney General Eric Holder to conduct a 45-day review of the department’s guidelines on the issue…. Read More »
Obama: ‘This War, Like All Wars, Must End’
The president’s confrontation with a Code Pink heckler in his speech today at National Defense University was quite a moment. But don’t lose sight of the big picture – the heckler was a side show. This was one of President Obama’s most significant speeches, an… Read More »
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