16
— Number of American babies born in 2012 who were named Romney, according to data released today by the Social Security Administration
“Our relationship has improved dramatically in the last 10 years … But when information is out there that affects the safety of my community, I need to know that.”
— Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis, responding to a question at a House hearing today about whether the FBI shares enough information with local police, particularly when there's a potential terrorist threat
Morning Must Reads: May 9
In the news: Benghazi, Syria, Wall Street, 2014, Timelapse pictures, and what’s prettier in print this week
Top White House Aide Has A Secret Beer With Rep. Paul Ryan
White House Chief of Staff Dennis McDonough and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan discussed the budget over beers at Brasserie Beck
Immigration Bill Faces First Major Test
Republicans will try to kill momentum for an immigration overhaul by drowning it in a flood of amendments
The Politics Of The Millennial Generation
To an extent there is a divide among millenials — the Obama generation that rejected President George W. Bush and the younger cohort who came of age in the recession
66.2%
— Turnout rate for blacks in the 2012 presidential election according to new figures from the Census Bureau, beating white electoral turnout for the first time in American history.
Syria: Intervention Will Only Make it Worse
The various schemes that have been proposed for a kind of tiddlywinks intervention from around the edges of the conflict—no-fly zones, bombing Damascus and so forth—would simply make the situation worse.
Syria: Intervention is in Our Interest
The question for another President today, and for all Americans, is whether we will again answer the desperate pleas for rescue that are made uniquely to us, the USA.
Terror, Security, and Hillary 2016: Making Sense of the Benghazi Hearings
A breakdown of the five key Benghazi plot lines, from the military response to Hillary’s role.
Campaign Insider Book Argues Mitt Romney Lost Because Of Benghazi
New book presents the least convincing case for Romney loss: Benghazi
In the ArenaVeterans
The Mission Continues
I spent last weekend watching 73 recent veterans, most of them wounded, begin a 6-month public service fellowship, sponsored by The Mission Continues, the excellent program run by former Navy SEAL, Rhodes Scholar and Time 100 …
Lindsey Graham on Today’s Benghazi Hearings
“The light footprint approach to the Mideast at a time of turmoil is not working.”