Diplomat: U.S. Special Forces told “you can’t go” to Benghazi during attacks

(CBS News – Sharyl Attkisson) *Lead Story*

Heritage Report Details How Four ‘Phases’ of Amnesty Cost $6.3 Trillion

(Breitbart – Matthew Boyle) *Must Read*

Tea Party Troika rivals GOP leadership in Senate

(Washington Examiner – Timothy P. Carney)

Brown vs. Green: Texas Thumping California

(American Interest – Walter Russell Mead)

CBS Devotes Two Straight Days of Coverage to ‘Possible Cover-Up’ on Benghazi; ABC, NBC Out to Lunch

(NewsBusters – Matthew Balan) *Must Read*

Treasury prepares to unload last of GM bailout stock

(Washington Times – Tim Devaney)

China expanding submarine, missile forces with advanced systems, Pentagon annual report says

(Washington Free Beacon – Bill Gertz)

3rd AF commander victim of politically-correct witch hunt

(Human Events – Jarrett Stepman)

China’s Myanmar Pipeline Drama Continues to Unfold

(Energy Tribune – Tim Daiss)

Senate Passes Internet Sales Tax

(Townhall – Kevin Glass)

Cloning Silicon Valley: Do governments know how to create entrepreneur and innovation clusters?

(AEI Ideas – James Pethokoukis)

Syria civil war: This week could be decisive for US involvement

(Christian Science Monitor – Howard LaFranchi)

Billionaires Battle Over Media Influence: Koch Bros./Murdoch Vs. Soros/Buffett/GE

(Forbes – Larry Bell)

How the OPEC Cartel Undermines American Consumers and Business Operations

(American Spectator – Kevin Mooney)

Rise of the Republican Governors

(City Journal – Steven Malanga)

Propagandizing the Plebs: The Common Core Curriculum Meets The GED

(American Thinker – Larisson Atbashian)

First 3D-printed gun fired

(Daily Telegraph UK – Jon Swaine)

San Francisco’s City Attorney Pitching a Fit over Monster Energy Drinks

(Reason – Scott Shackford)

Independents Abandon Obama Over Budget, ObamaCare

(Investor’s Business Daily – Ed Carson)

Swatting at Flies

(Tenth Amendment Center – Ben Lewis) *Must Read*