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October Issue 3 2012

White House told of Libyan attack claim Sept. 11

Two hours after the U.S. Consulate came under attack in Benghazi, Libya, the White House was told that a militant group was claiming responsibility for the violence that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.

LARRY MARGASAK, Associated Press

October Issue 3 2012

CIA found militant links a day after Libya attack

The CIA station chief in Libya reported to Washington within 24 hours of last month's deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate that there was evidence it was carried out by militants, not a spontaneous mob upset about an American-made video ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad, U.S. officials have told The Associated Press.

KIMBERLY DOZIER, AP Intelligence Writer

October Issue 3 2012

Editorial: Romney gets in Obama’s face over lies on energy

Back in September 2008 during the good ol’ days of Hopenchange, then-candidate Barack Obama gave the following instructions to one of his adoring crowds in Nevada.

Andrew Jensen, Alaska Journal of Commerce

October Issue 2 2012

Begich part of delegation in Israel

U.S. Sen. Mark Begich is in Israel on a fact-finding trip.

Associated Press

October Issue 2 2012

Analysis: VP debate feisty, unlike Obama-Romney

Fierce and focused, Vice President Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan gave voters the kind of substantive showdown that was everything the presidential debate was not. Abandoning his boss' caution, Biden uncorked a combative repair job.

BEN FELLER,AP White House Correspondent

October Issue 2 2012

As election nears, Dems on edge after Obama debate fallout

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s more than President Barack Obama’s lackluster debate performance that has some Democrats on edge a month from Election Day.

Julie Pace, Associated Press

Group backing Senate bipartisan majority raises, spends big October Issue 2 2012

Group backing Senate bipartisan majority raises, spends big

A labor-backed group running ads in support of members of the Senate’s bipartisan majority raised about $284,000 in the latest reporting period.

Becky Bohrer, Associated Press

October Issue 1 2012

Team Obama hopes veep debate halts GOP momentum

Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan pull up a couple of chairs for a vice presidential debate that has mushroomed in importance since Mitt Romney's strong showing in the first presidential faceoff.

PHILIP ELLIOTT and NANCY BENAC, Associated Press

October Issue 1 2012

US official in Libya said he wanted more security

A top State Department security official in Libya told a congressional investigator that he had argued unsuccessfully for more security in the weeks before Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed.

LARRY MARGASAK, Associated Press

October Issue 1 2012

WH race contested in far fewer states than in past

So much for Mitt Romney's plans to compete for Democratic-trending Michigan or Pennsylvania. And what about President Barack Obama's early hopes of fighting it out for Republican-tilting Arizona, Georgia or Texas? Forget them.

THOMAS BEAUMONT, Associated Press

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