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Obama Promises To Veto Attempt To Defund Obamacare, Putin May Seek Fourth Term, CA Community College Stops Student From Handing Out Copies of the Constitution: P.M. Links

Matthew Feeney | 9.19.2013 4:30 PM

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  • Obama has promised to veto any effort to defund Obamacare.
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin, who insists that here is no discrimination against gay people in Russia, says that he could seek a fourth term in 2018. If he were to serve four terms Putin would be the longest serving leader of Russia since Stalin.
  • A California community college blocked a student from handing out copies of the Constitution outside the student center….on Constitution Day.
  • The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that a New Jersey judge cannot moonlight as a comedian and actor.
  • Most Americans do not think that tougher gun control would have prevented the recent shooting at the Washington Navy Yard.
  • The war on terror in Mali is over, says French President Francois Hollande.

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Matthew Feeney is a policy analyst at the Cato Institute.

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