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Saturday, January 5, 2013

Cheat Sheet - Debt Ceiling Showdown: How Obama Can Win

Today: Tsunami Warning Canceled for Alaska , Chuck Hagel's Experience as a Soldier Uniquely Qualifies Him to Head Defense , Obama Warns 'Dangerous Game'
Cheat Sheet: Morning

January 05, 2013
LINE IN THE SAND

In his weekly Saturday radio and Internet address, Obama called Republicans' uncompromising approach to the debt ceiling a "dangerous game." The Daily Beast's Michael Tomasky on the tough negotiating line the president must draw to win.

FALSE ALARM

Alaska may not be the first place that comes to mind when someone mentions tsunamis, but Saturday morning it came close to being the latest coastal area to be struck by one. An earthquake rated at 7.5 struck the state about 60 miles west of the coastal town of Craig around 1 a.m. Friday morning, triggering a tsunami warning that extended all the way up to Vancouver Island, Canada. The area under watch spanned over 700 miles. Luckily, the ocean had other plans and the warning was canceled later Saturday morning.

WARY OF WAR

Chuck Hagel's experience as a twice-wounded combat veteran makes him uniquely qualified to head the Defense Department. At a time when U.S. power is no longer at its pinnacle, war veteran Matt Pottinger says Hagel is the best—and safest—man for the job.

LISTEN UP

The fiscal-cliff has been averted, the holidays come and gone, and it's No More Mr. Nice Guy Obama. On Saturday the president berated Congress in a rare primetime radio and Internet address calling Republicans' unyielding approach to the debt ceiling a "dangerous game." The president pointed to Republican clashes over national debt in 2011—which ultimately resulted in a downgrading of the country's credit rating—as proof of the severity of their actions. "Our families and our businesses cannot afford that dangerous game again," he said. This week's fiscal cliff deal did not cover the debt ceiling.

RARE RELEASE

The Afghan government released 80 detainees on Friday, part of a continuing effort to assert its sovereignty over the treatment of its prisoners. The mass release precedes Afghani President Hamid Karzai's visit to Washington. America has long been uneasy with what they consider the premature release of prisoners in Afghanistan. Officials there counter the argument by claiming that detaining suspects without enough evidence is illegal. The rare release—which stemmed from an agreement to transfer control of the Parwan Detention Facility to the Afghan government in March—was televised.


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VANISHED
Missoni Heir Disappears
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