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Friday's Mini-Report

Today's edition of quick hits:* President Obama delivered the commencement address at the U.S. Naval Academy this morning, which was especially noteworthy because he addressed the ongoing problem of sexual assaults in the military. Obama said, "We have to be determined to stop these crimes. They've got no place in the greatest military on earth."* Afghanistan: "Taliban insurgents blasted their way
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Today's edition of quick hits:

* President Obama delivered the commencement address at the U.S. Naval Academy this morning, which was especially noteworthy because he addressed the ongoing problem of sexual assaults in the military. Obama said, "We have to be determined to stop these crimes. They've got no place in the greatest military on earth."

* Afghanistan: "Taliban insurgents blasted their way into the compound of an international organization on Friday, killing at least two people, and starting a gun battle that continued into the night, Afghan officials said."

* Here's hoping North Korea listens: "The Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, bluntly told a North Korean envoy Friday that his country should return to diplomatic talks designed to rid North Korea of its nuclear weapons, according to a state-run Chinese news agency."

* Mount Vernon: "Federal officials were searching the country for a possible temporary replacement for a bridge that collapsed along the crucial Interstate 5 corridor, but Washington Gov. Jay Inslee cautioned Friday that major disruptions will last for weeks, if not months."

* Have Democrats completely given up hope on working cooperatively with Republicans? Not just yet.

* Not at all what I was expecting from John McCain and Lindsey Graham: "Two of the strongest Republican critics of the Obama administration's handling of the attack on the diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, offered strong support nonetheless on Friday for the nomination of Victoria Nuland, who played a role in editing the much-disputed talking points about the incident."

* Hey look, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R) found one Latino staffer after all.

* The right's freak out over gay Boy Scouts really is a sight to behold.

* Fox's Andrea Tantaros told her audience today, in reference to a majority of American voters who elected President Obama, "If you see any of those people today, punch them in the face." Stay classy, Andrea.

* Saying goodbye to one of the greats, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Haynes Johnson, who died today. He was 81.

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