Obama Attempts Damage Control on IRS, Benghazi, AP Scandals -- PBS
To catch you up on the last 24 hours in politics: President Barack Obama canned the man at the helm of the Internal Revenue Service, released 100 pages of emails between intelligence analysts and State Department officials following the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, and asked a Senate Democrat to reintroduce a bill to help reporters protect the identity of their sources.
In other words: a whole lotta damage control.
"Americans are right to be angry about it, and I am angry about it," Mr. Obama said Wednesday evening in a four-minute statement from the East Room of the White House. He was referring to the swelling scandal at the IRS, which put extra layers of scrutiny on conservative organizations seeking tax-exempt status.
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MIDDLE EAST
Obama, Turkish PM to discuss Syria in White House talks.
Syrian troops repel rebel attack on Aleppo prison.
Islamist rebels execute 11 Syrian soldiers for "massacres": video. Executed as they waited on a pavement kerb: Terrifying assassination video of three men by 'Islamist rebels' shows new front in Syrian propaganda war.
Israel hints: We'll strike Syria again.
Israel to authorize four West Bank settler outposts.
Baghdad market attacks, shootings in north kill 17.
Austrian Yemen hostage says feared execution: report.
ASIA
Bomber in Afghanistan kills 15, including six Americans.
China cracks down on North Korea.
Cyclone Mahasen strikes Bangladeshi coast.
Japanese politicians scramble to distance themselves from 'comfort women' comments.
Before visit, China downplays frictions with India.
Pakistan's Sharif free to rule without unwieldy coalition.
Kim Jong-un had 'secret' daughter.
AFRICA
Jets join offensive in northeast Nigeria, opinion split.
UN envoy says CAR in 'state of anarchy'.
Mali offered more than €3bn in aid – with strings attached.
Egypt 'suffering worst economic crisis since 1930s'.
Security forces kidnapped in Egypt's Sinai.
Tensions continue to escalate in Tunisia.
UN 'deeply concerned' over Jonglei unrest.
EUROPE
Expulsion of US embassy official in espionage case was second such incident, Russian TV says.
Eurozone recession is now longest in currency bloc.
Germany tells France and Italy to 'just work harder' to solve their economic woes.
Cameron survives humbling EU revolt in parliament.
Bulgaria's leading party demands vote rerun after 'violation'. Main party in Bulgaria seeks to void election result.
Big business eyes Iceland's Arctic treasures.
Russian Orthodox and Polish Catholic churches sign reconciliation appeal.
AMERICAS
Obama fires IRS chief over 'inexcusable' tax targeting scandal.
White House releases Benghazi e-mails.
Obama juggles scandals.
Plot to kill Colombian journalists uncovered.
Venezuela hopes to wipe out toilet paper shortage by importing 50m rolls.
Argentina brokers 24 pct wage hikes for millions.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
Al Qaeda websites hacked.
Report: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev confessed to the Boston bombings in a note.
Bin Laden son-in-law: Warning issued by NY judge.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
UK lawmakers find Google misleading on tax.
Google launches streaming music service ahead of Apple.
Largest diamond ever sold at auction.
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