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• Obama to lay out his case on Libya to nation (AP)
• Time short, tempers flare in budget showdown (AP)
• The Fast Fix: Farewell Clintons? (The Newsroom)
• Obama says too much testing makes education boring (AP)
• Are environmentalists an obstacle to clean energy production? (Daily Caller)
• Many go from D.C. to Silicon Valley (Politico)
• Dems blast Issa's FCC claim (Politico)
• Emails: Insiders worried over political 'meddling' (AP)
• Court doesn't say if it will hear NJ man's appeal (AP)
• Pirates seize Kuwaiti oil tanker off Oman: EU (AFP)
• Auditor: Financial overhaul law cost $1B per year (AP)
• Should Facebook hire Robert Gibbs? (The Week)
• NPR cans search plans for news executive until it hires new CEO (Daily Caller)
• Anti-war left has trouble convincing Obama followers to protest Libya involvement (Daily Caller)
• LAST TICKET: What Obama will say about Libya; Rand Paul and Michele Bachmann are frenemies (The Ticket)
• John McCain won’t watch HBO’s ‘Game Change’ (The Ticket)

Obama to lay out his case on Libya to nation (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 01:45 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is striving to explain why the U.S. is at war again — on a third front — as he resolutely defends the military campaign in Libya. His message in a speech to the nation Monday night: U.S. involvement this time is shrinking and isn't a precedent for further action as violence flows across the Middle East.

Time short, tempers flare in budget showdown (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 02:53 PM PDT AP - With the clock ticking toward a possible government shutdown, spending-cut talks between Senate Democrats and the Republicans controlling the House have broken off in a whom-do-you-trust battle over legislation to keep operations running for another six months.

The Fast Fix: Farewell Clintons? (The Newsroom) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 05:33 AM PDT The Newsroom - Is Hillary hanging it up? To watch more episodes of "The Fast Fix", click here. Get The Fix in your e-mail inbox! Click here to sign-up for the Morning Fix newsletter. Click here for the Afternoon Fix newsletter. Follow The …

Obama says too much testing makes education boring (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 02:29 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama said Monday that students should take fewer standardized tests and school performance should be measured in other ways than just exam results. Too much testing makes education boring for kids, he said.

Are environmentalists an obstacle to clean energy production? (Daily Caller) Posted: 27 Mar 2011 11:04 PM PDT Daily Caller - The Obama administration has set a target of having 80 percent of America's electricity come from "clean energy sources" by 2035, but ironically one of the biggest obstacles to this goal could come from within the environmental movement itself.

Many go from D.C. to Silicon Valley (Politico) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 01:06 PM PDT Politico - The ranks of politicos are growing at Facebook, Google, Twitter and the like.

Dems blast Issa's FCC claim (Politico) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 10:02 AM PDT Politico - Their analysis finds that Genachowski only visited the W.H. 34 times during writing of net rules.

Emails: Insiders worried over political 'meddling' (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 10:14 AM PDT AP - The Homeland Security Department official in charge of submitting sensitive government files to political advisers for secretive reviews before they could be released to citizens, journalists and watchdog groups complained in emails that the unusual scrutiny was "crazy" and hoped someone outside the Obama administration would discover the practice, The Associated Press has learned.

Court doesn't say if it will hear NJ man's appeal (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 07:38 AM PDT AP - Albert Florence was strip-searched twice in seven days in two New Jersey jails after he was arrested on a warrant for a traffic fine he had already paid.

Pirates seize Kuwaiti oil tanker off Oman: EU (AFP) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 10:04 AM PDT AFP - Pirates armed with rocket-propelled grenades on Monday hijacked a Kuwaiti oil tanker carrying 29 sailors including 17 Pakistanis southeast of Oman, the European Union's naval forces said.

Auditor: Financial overhaul law cost $1B per year (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 03:00 PM PDT AP - Congress' chief auditor is telling lawmakers that the financial overhaul law that Congress and President Barack Obama enacted last year will cost almost $1 billion to implement this year. Very little of that is coming directly from taxpayers.

Should Facebook hire Robert Gibbs? (The Week) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 09:43 AM PDT The Week - The tech giant reportedly wants to enlist Obama's former press secretary to help it communicate better

NPR cans search plans for news executive until it hires new CEO (Daily Caller) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 02:33 PM PDT Daily Caller - National Public Radio’s interim CEO Joyce Slocum announced the taxpayer-subsidized radio network will stop searching for a senior vice president for News until it finds a new permanent CEO.

Anti-war left has trouble convincing Obama followers to protest Libya involvement (Daily Caller) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 01:54 PM PDT Daily Caller - Life ain’t easy for an anti-war liberal.

LAST TICKET: What Obama will say about Libya; Rand Paul and Michele Bachmann are frenemies (The Ticket) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 02:06 PM PDT The Ticket - Here are the stories we took note of today but didn't give the full blog treatment: • What will President Obama say about Libya tonight? (National Journal) • Mitt Romney gave $25,000 to the New Jersey GOP. (The Hill) • Mike Huckabee insists he has broad appeal in 2012. (GOP 12) • Obama has been [...]

John McCain won’t watch HBO’s ‘Game Change’ (The Ticket) Posted: 28 Mar 2011 08:04 AM PDT The Ticket - Sarah Palin isn't the only one unhappy about HBO's upcoming film adaptation of "Game Change." In an appearance on Fox News Sunday, John McCain offered his first public comments about the upcoming film, based, in part, on his tumultuous 2008 presidential bid. Last week, HBO tapped Academy Award nominee Ed Harris to play the Arizona [...]

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