| | June 24, 2012 | | ESCALATION Turkey on Sunday called for a NATO meeting to discuss Syria after that country shot down one of Turkey’s warplanes Friday. Turkey’s foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, said Sunday that the warplane had entered Syrian airspace, but left quickly for international airspace after being warned. Davutoglu said the plane was clearly marked as Turkish, dismissing Syria’s earlier statements that it had not known the plane was Turkish. Davutoglu said the plane had just been conducting routine training exercises and had not been part of any covert mission. A NATO spokesman said the council will meet Tuesday. BATTLE PLAN If the Supreme Court overturns the health-care law, Democrats will be tempted to sulk and feel sorry for themselves. But that’s the last thing they should do, writes Michael Tomasky. REVOLUTION Egypt will announced the winner of its first presidential election Sunday as extra security was sent into Cairo’s Tahrir Square to deal with any violence after thousands have protested for days. Former prime minister—and ally of former president Hosni Mubarak—Ahmed Shafiq announced on his Facebook page that he had won, although the Muslim Brotherhood said it would stage a long-term protest if Shafiq wins the election. His opponent Mohamed Morsi, who represents the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood party, also declared victory Sunday morning. Interior spokesman Gen. Marwan Mustapha said they have issued a “shoot to kill” order if any violence breaks out. PLAYING POLITICS Mitt Romney defended his former company Bain Capital after a Washington Post report claimed that the venture-capitalist firm invested in companies that outsourced jobs. Calling the report “fundamentally flawed,” Romney insisted that the “outsourcing” does not necessarily mean that jobs were sent overseas, which is known as “offshoring.” A super PAC supporting President Obama launched an attack on Romney’s record at Bain this weekend, which features a plant employee building a stage to announce layoffs proposed by Bain who said it was like “building my own coffin.” | |
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