A.M. Links: 007 Obama, Gore Vidal Dead at 86, Panetta Threatens Iran
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Congress wants to know why the White house thinks the president has the legal authority to order the assassination of Americans overseas.
- Media-wise, Mit Romney's trip overseas hasn't really gone so well.
- Gore Vidal, a literary juggernaut who wrote 25 novels, including historical works such as "Lincoln" and "Burr" and satires such as "Myra Breckinridge" and "Duluth," is dead at 86.
- We just might bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran if the country doesn't accept limits on its nuclear program, says U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta,
- India's massive blackouts in recent days may be a sign the country isn't quite ready to assume the coming economic superpower status some observers want to grant it.
- Texas Tea Party favorite Ted Cruz sewed up a big win over Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in the GOP Senate primary.
- A 12-year-old girl was tased by a police officer inside a Victoria's Secret in St. Louis. Officers were there to arrest her mother for outstanding traffic tickets, and the girl started crying and, police say, didn't back away quickly enough.
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