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September 03, 2012 | | CONVENTION Clinton will be there for Obama at the convention, but the big-tent wing of the party 42 built is long gone. In Newsweek, Peter J. Boyer on how that could be a major hurdle for the president this fall. WARNING A car strapped with explosives rammed into a U.S. consular vehicle in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Monday morning, injuring two Pakistanis and two Americans. There were reports, however, that the two Americans had died. The attack happened in the northwestern city of Peshawar, a key post that links the tribal regions of Afghanistan to Pakistan’s border. The blast left a large crater in the road, and police said there were 200 pounds of explosives in the car. The Taliban is suspected to have perpetrated the suicide assault. HOLIDAY Responsibility. Pride. More than just a paycheck. To mark a holiday whose meaning is often obscured, D.W. Gibson asked the unemployed what the word "labor" means to them. SECRETS ARE NO FUN What does it take to break a code of silence? Just some “bad blood,” according to an e-book written by former Special Ops soldiers. The e-book, No Easy Op, says that Matt Bissonnette—the former Navy SEAL who wrote No Easy Day, the book about the Osama bin Laden raid—was annoyed that he was forced out of the unit after hinting that he’d want to head home and start a small business. The e-book, which tends to sympathize with Bissonnette, was based on anonymous interviews with current SEAL Team 6 members and says it’s unlikely that No Easy Day disclosed any classified information. ‘Didn't Build That’ As Obama heads to the Democratic National Convention, he faces questions of how he’ll respond to allegations that he’s against free enterprise—stemming from his businesses “didn’t build that” comment. Senior advisers hinted that the president will point to the Romney camp’s “tripod of lies” and say that the “didn’t build that” remark was taken out of context, and that the president has always had a clear faith in private enterprise. While many RNC speeches mentioned the soundbite, the president hasn’t said the words in six weeks. The original quote: “If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help ... If you’ve got a business—you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.” | | 
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