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“Did you see that Jon Karl, um, exclusive?”

President Obama and Attorney General Holder attend the 32nd annual National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service at the West Front Lawn at the U.S. Capitol, May 15

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Two Bush-appointees, the IRS commissioner and deputy commissioner, are gone. Next, Lois Lerner, the Bush-appt’d head of 501c4 division.

— roadkillrefugee (@rkref) May 15, 2013

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@anamariecox No one at the IRS would have done anything wrong if Obama had just taken the House leadership to Camp David for a drink. Duh.

— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) May 15, 2013

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You gotta love the media: In the 18th paragraph……

Steve Benen: USA Today had an item today on the IRS controversy, which seemed to reinforce much of what we already know: conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status faced unfair and unreasonable scrutiny. But deep in the article, in the 18th paragraph, USA Today added seven unexpected words: “Some liberal groups did get additional scrutiny.”

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Mind you, plenty of places didn’t mention this at all today

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Can’t stand Wiegel, but liked this….

“Obama needs to fire somebody.” “Okay, I fired somebody.” “Obama needs to stop looking for scapegoats.”

— daveweigel (@daveweigel) May 15, 2013

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NPR: The Justice Department’s subpoena of Associated Press phone records as part of an investigation into what Attorney General Eric Holder has called “a very grave leak” to the news agency has set off a political firestorm on Capitol Hill, but there’s a lot to the AP story published a year ago that started it all.

….. as NPR’s Dina Temple-Raston reports, there’s much more to the story:

“As we understood it then and still understand it, that suicide bomber that AP refers to in its story was actually a double agent working with western intelligence agencies,” Dina says.

Although the double-agent did hand the new underwear bomb technology to U.S. officials, “they had hoped the agent could do more [and] … one consequence of the story is that this agent’s identity was blown,” she says.

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So, when can we see the WH emails regarding Iraq WMD?

— BWD (@theonlyadult) May 15, 2013

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Heads up: VP Biden addresses National Association of Police Organizations

11.0: Vice President Biden addresses the National Association of Police Organizations’ annual convention in Manalapan

C-Span

CNN

Comforter-in-Chief … and more

President Obama comforts family members of law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty during the National Peace Officers Memorial on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 15

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President Obama poses with a souvenir jersey as he is flanked by members of the LA Galaxy, Major League Soccer’s Championship team, at the White House

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First Lady Michelle Obama smiles at David Beckham during a ‘Let’s Move’ soccer event with players from the Los Angeles Galaxy

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Heads up: PBO speaks at National Peace Officers Memorial Service (10:55 ET)

White House live

CNN live streaming

CBS live streaming

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And don’t forget The View, if you can bear to listen to Barbara Walters.

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Marine One, carrying President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, approaches for a landing on lower Manhattan September 19, in New York City. The President was heading to New York to attend the annual United Nations General Assembly

….. greeting Port Authority Police Officers at JFK International Airport

President Barack Obama will headline two fundraisers while he is in Manhattan for the U.N. General Assembly this week.

He will attend a $71,600-per-couple “small dinner” tonight at the Park Avenue home of prominent Democratic bundlers Jane Hartley and Ralph Schlosstein.

President Obama and the First Lady will host a gala event, complete with a performance by Alicia Keys, Tuesday night at Gotham Hall.

The first lady will also attend an event hosted by the Women for Obama finance committee. Co-hosted by DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the event will feature some of the biggest names in women’s rights, including feminist author Gloria Steinem, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards, Emily’s List President Stephanie Schirock, and leading pro-choice activist Nancy Keenan.

man in a hurry

President Barack Obama passes staff from the White House Military Office as he jogs along the Colonnade of the White House following an event that ran late in the State Dining Room, March 1, 2011. The departing officers and members of their families were lined up to take departure pictures with the President in Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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President Barack Obama at the National Peace Officers’ Memorial at the U.S. Capitol in Washington May 15, 2010.

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