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CNN debunks ABC’s Benghazi ‘scoop’ with new email evidence
CNN’s Jake Tapper has obtained an email from one of President Obama’s top advisors which formed the onus of ABC News’ “scoop” on the purported mishandling of the Benghazi attack. The email, which CNN reprinted in full Tuesday, was characterized by ABC’s Jonathan Karl as a smoking gun in the…
CNN’s Jake Tapper to Mark Sanford: Who are you to deny love between two men?
CNN host Jake Tapper on Wednesday questioned former Gov. Mark Sanford regarding views on same sex marriage in light of his own affair. Tapper wondered why people should respect the Republican South Carolina congressional candidate’s opposition to same sex marriage when he himself “did not lead an exemplary life as…
Stephen Colbert: My sister is fair game on my show
Comedian Stephen Colbert said Monday he had no qualms about mocking his sister Elizabeth Colbert-Busch, though he plans to support her candidacy for a U.S. House seat in South Carolina. “I’m willing to break the jewel of my creation to try to do something for her,” he told CNN’s Jake…
Tapper: Romney ‘most conservative’ nominee on immigration in 30 years
ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper says that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has a harsher stance on immigration than any Republican presidential nominee in decades. Conservative columnist George Will on Sunday told Tapper that Romney was at a disadvantage with Latino voters because “he has to unring…
Carney dodges questions about indefinite detention
ABC News reporter Jake Tapper questioned White House Press Secretary Jay Carney on Tuesday about controversial provisions in the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act. The $662 billion defense spending bill contained controversial sections that required terrorism suspects to be detained by the military without trial, regardless of where they were…
Ron Paul: Racist newsletters had ‘some very bad sentences’
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul on Sunday admitted that racist and homophobic newsletters published in his name called into question his management style, but insisted there were only eight offensive sentences. “I wrote a lot of part of the letter,” Paul told ABC’s Jake Tapper. “And I’ve never said I…
Geithner: Book bears ‘no resemblance’ to reality
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said Monday that claims made in a new books “bear no resemblance” to what actually happened in the Obama administration. In “Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President,” by Pulitzer-winning journalist Ron Suskind, a picture of tension is painted between the president…
U.S. said to be bracing for debt rating downgrade
Update: Rating agency said to be ‘reconsidering’ plan to lower U.S. debt rating According to ABC White House correspondent Jake Tapper, an anonymous government official has told ABC News that the Obama administration is “expecting and preparing for” a downgrade of its debt rating from AAA to AA or AA+…
Rove’s ‘shadow RNC’ benefits from Supremes’ Citizens United decision
A recent Supreme Court decision hailed by Republicans but condemned by most Democrats may be helping to stuff the coffers of conservative political groups founded by Karl Rove. President George W. Bush’s former senior adviser admitted to Fox News Tuesday that his American Crossroads 527 and Crossroads GPS groups have…
McCain questions Steele’s future as GOP head
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) cast doubt Sunday on the future of the head of the Republican Party following controversial comments about the war in Afghanistan. At a Thursday fundraiser, RNC Chairman Michael Steele was caught on video saying that the Afghanistan war was a “war of Obama’s choosing” and probably…
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