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This is a wonderful chance to sit down with two of the smartest colleagues in the country and, you know, just kind of compare notes.

No, that's so true because, first of all, we are actually friends in real life, but I can't wait until Fridays to hear what you guys think.

Everybody sees the headlines, but you guys fill in the gaps.

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Pushkin. Previously on Fiasco,

A number of conservative media outlets were particularly ginned up.

This is a political cover-up of some kind.

Intelligence officials acknowledge they originally got it wrong.

I know the Benghazi annex chief personally, and he's a decent man.

The House Foreign Affairs Committee on Benghazi kicks off at the top of the hour.

Hillary Clinton fainted, apparently hit her head and had that concussion.

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