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September 15, 2012 | | RESPONSE 1. Inside the State Department During the Benghazi Attacks The deaths of four Americans in Libya this week tested the resolve of Hillary Clinton and her employees. The Daily Beast’s Daniel Klaidman on what happened inside the State Department as the events unfolded. Read it at The Daily Beast SURVEY SAYS 2. Obama Pulls Ahead on Economy Another day, another poll. The latest one, conducted by The New York Times and CBS News, reveals that voters are more confident in Obama's ability to fix the economy and make jobs, taking away Romney's longstanding lead on economic issues. The president is also ahead in issues relating to foreign policy, Medicare, and the middle class. In fact, the only category in which voters say he falls decidedly short of Romney is handling the federal deficit. But don’t get too excited, Dems: The poll also puts Obama ahead of Romney in a vote, though his three-point lead still falls within the poll's margin of error. Read it at The New York Times FURy 3. America on Alert Protests across the Muslim world are posing an enormous test to U.S. diplomacy efforts—and stoking fears of a terrorist attack. The Daily Beast’s Dan Ephron on the brewing crisis. Read it at The Daily Beast CENTER OF IT ALL 4. Alleged Filmmaker Interviewed by Police A California man widely believed to be Nakoula Basseley Nakoula was taken in by police shortly after midnight Saturday to be interviewed about his involvement in an anti-Muslim film, Innocence of Muslims, that has sparked widespread violence throughout the Middle East. He was not arrested or detained, but taken in voluntarily to speak with police. Nakoula, who claims to have been the film's logistics manager but not its director, has in the past been convicted on bank fraud charges and may have violated his probation in uploading the controversial movie to YouTube. Read it at Los Angeles Times Asylum 5. Assange Given Aboriginal Passport In a show of solidarity on Saturday, the Indigenous Social Justice Association, an Australian activist group, held a ceremony in Sydney offering Australian Julian Assange an Aboriginal passport. The WikiLeaks founder's father, who says his son has been "abandoned" by Australian authorities, was on hand to accept the passport, which will be sent to Assange in the Ecuadorean embassy in London. The group that issued the passport is an activist association pushing for the recognition of Aboriginal sovereignty, a cause Assange backs. But the passport is merely symbolic: the current Australian government has still made no moves. Read it at Sydney Morning Herald  
LOOMING
Billions in Cuts for Military
If Congress doesn’t make a budget compromise. Power Struggle
Japan to End Nuclear Power by 2030s.
Move inspired by Fukushima disaster. NOT SO FAST
Kansas Birther Ballot Initiative Nixed
President will not be removed from election ballot Wish Upon a Bar
Disney World to Sell Wine and Beer
Booze served in the Magic Kingdom for the first time. BARING IT ALL
Mag May Have Royal Sex Pics
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