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Bush.</p> <p>"I believe we compromised our basic values by using torture to interrogate our enemies and detaining individuals in a way that ran counter to the rule of law," said Obama at National Defense University, referring to the Bush administration's national security policy.</p> <p>But Donald Rumsfeld, who served as defense secretary under Bush from 2001-2006, said Obama has “blamed the Bush administration for practically everything since he took office."</p> <p>Rumsfeld said that people “kind of conflated” the Defense Department with the CIA during the Bush years.</p> <p>“The Department of Defense at Guantanamo water boarded no one,” he said of the detention facility in Cuba and harsh treatment of certain terror suspects.<br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/23/rumsfeld-i-give-the-bush-administration-a-d-obama-gets-an-f/" class="more-link">FULL POST</a></p> </div> <div class="cnnPostFooter"> <table> <tr> <td> <div class="cnn_mugshot"> </div> </td> <td valign="top" class="cnn_padb20 cnn_author_info"> <span class="cnnBlogFiledBy">Posted by</span> <span class="cnn_author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/tag/jake-tapper/" rel="tag">Jake Tapper</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/tag/jessica-metzger/" rel="tag">Jessica Metzger</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/tag/sherisse-pham/" rel="tag">Sherisse Pham</a></span> <br/><span class="cnnBlogFiledBy cnn_categories">Filed under: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/category/national-lead/" title="View all posts in National Lead" rel="category tag">National Lead</a></span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> <div class="cnn-large-embed "></div></div> </div> <div class="cnn_post_separator"><div class="cnn_gap"></div><div class="cnn_gap cnn_gap_right"></div></div>   <div class="cnnPostWrap cnn_wh1600_post_separator"> <div class="cnnWideImage"> <div data-video-height="406" data-video-width="640" id="cnnCVP2" class="cnn_video cnn_video_large" data-video-class="cnn_video_large" data-video-url="bestoftv/2013/05/23/lead-politics-panel-anthony-weiner-irs.cnn" data-ssid="cnn.com_blogs_jaketapper" data-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049oe_/http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2013/05/23/lead-politics-panel-anthony-weiner-irs.cnn" data-context="640x406_stop_embed_onsite" data-image-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130523184150-lead-politics-panel-anthony-weiner-irs-00011623-horizontal-gallery.jpg" data-preset="blog_large" data-source="CNN" data-source-url="" data-video-headline="Analysis: Weiner's got nothing to lose " data-actual-vid-height="391"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2013/05/23/lead-politics-panel-anthony-weiner-irs.cnn">Click to watch video</a></div> </div> <div class="post-4058 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-politics-lead tag-jake-tapper tag-jessica-metzger cnn_ie7_background_fix"> <div class="category-highlight cnn-cat-highlight-politics-lead"><p>politics lead</p></div> <div class="cnnLeftPost"> <div class="cnnFcIcon"></div> <div class="cnnBlogContentDateHead"> May 23rd, 2013 </div> <div class="cnnGryTmeStmp">06:45 PM ET</div> <div class="cnn_share_links"> <div class="cnnOverlayMenuContainer"> <div id="cnnShare4058" class="cnnOverlayMenu"> <div class="cnnShareThisBox"> <div class="cnnShareBoxHeader"><div class="cnnShareBoxHeaderTL"></div><div class="cnnShareBoxHeaderTR"></div></div> <div class="cnnShareBoxContent"> <div class="cnnShareContent"> <div class="cnn_share_this_content"> <div class="cnnShareThisTitle"> <a href="javascript:cnnHideOverlay('cnnShare4058');"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/global/icons/btn_close.gif" alt="Close" title="Close" width="12" height="12"/></a><span>Share this on:</span> </div> <div class="cnnShareThisItem"> <a class="cnnShareFacebook" title="Share Analysis: Weiner's apology tour? 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He's got nothing to lose</a></h2> <div class="cnnBlogContentPost"> <p class="cnn_first">There used to be a time when former U.S. congressman Anthony Weiner did not want to give interviews, especially when a picture of his underwear was thrown in his face.</p> <p>But now he is back, running for mayor of New York, and ready to open up to reporters. He <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/2013/may/23/anthony-weiner-candidate-mayor/">gave an interview to radio station WNYC</a>, and he is acutely aware that his scandal is not going away soon.</p> <p>"I made very big mistakes. I compounded it immeasurably by being dishonest about it," he told WNYC. "I have apologized many, many times to my wife, and frankly I know that part of this process is going to be doing a lot of apologizing."<br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/23/analysis-weiners-apology-tour-hes-got-nothing-to-lose/" class="more-link">FULL POST</a></p> </div> <div class="cnnPostFooter"> <table> <tr> <td> <div class="cnn_mugshot"> </div> </td> <td valign="top" class="cnn_padb20 cnn_author_info"> <span class="cnnBlogFiledBy">Posted by</span> <span class="cnn_author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/tag/jake-tapper/" rel="tag">Jake Tapper</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/tag/jessica-metzger/" rel="tag">Jessica Metzger</a></span> <br/><span class="cnnBlogFiledBy cnn_categories">Filed under: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/category/politics-lead/" title="View all posts in Politics Lead" rel="category tag">Politics Lead</a></span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> <div class="cnn-large-embed "></div></div> </div> <div class="cnn_post_separator"><div class="cnn_gap"></div><div class="cnn_gap cnn_gap_right"></div></div>   <div class="cnnPostWrap cnn_wh1600_post_separator"> <div class="cnnWideImage"> <div data-video-height="406" data-video-width="640" id="cnnCVP3" class="cnn_video cnn_video_large" data-video-class="cnn_video_large" data-video-url="us/2013/05/23/lead-who-the-tornado-took-from-us.cnn" data-ssid="cnn.com_blogs_jaketapper" data-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049oe_/http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2013/05/23/lead-who-the-tornado-took-from-us.cnn" data-context="640x406_stop_embed_onsite" data-image-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130523175446-lead-who-the-tornado-took-from-us-00000417-horizontal-gallery.jpg" data-preset="blog_large" data-source="CNN" data-source-url="" data-video-headline="Who the tornado took from us" data-actual-vid-height="391"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2013/05/23/lead-who-the-tornado-took-from-us.cnn">Click to watch video</a></div> </div> <div class="post-4040 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-national-lead tag-ashley-fantz cnn_ie7_background_fix"> <div class="category-highlight cnn-cat-highlight-national-lead"><p>national lead</p></div> <div class="cnnLeftPost"> <div class="cnnFcIcon"></div> <div class="cnnBlogContentDateHead"> May 23rd, 2013 </div> <div class="cnnGryTmeStmp">06:36 PM ET</div> <div class="cnn_share_links"> <div class="cnnOverlayMenuContainer"> <div id="cnnShare4040" class="cnnOverlayMenu"> <div class="cnnShareThisBox"> <div class="cnnShareBoxHeader"><div class="cnnShareBoxHeaderTL"></div><div class="cnnShareBoxHeaderTR"></div></div> <div class="cnnShareBoxContent"> <div class="cnnShareContent"> <div class="cnn_share_this_content"> <div class="cnnShareThisTitle"> <a href="javascript:cnnHideOverlay('cnnShare4040');"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/global/icons/btn_close.gif" alt="Close" title="Close" width="12" height="12"/></a><span>Share this on:</span> </div> <div class="cnnShareThisItem"> <a class="cnnShareFacebook" title="Share Families remember Oklahoma tornado victims on Facebook" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fthelead.blogs.cnn.com%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Ffamilies-remember-oklahoma-tornado-victims%2F" target="_blank">Facebook</a> </div> <div class="cnnShareThisItem"> <a class="cnnShareTwitter" title="Share Families remember Oklahoma tornado victims on Twitter" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Fthelead.blogs.cnn.com%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Ffamilies-remember-oklahoma-tornado-victims%2F&text=Families%20remember%20Oklahoma%20tornado%20victims&hashtags=cnn" target="_blank">Twitter</a> </div> <div class="cnnShareThisItem"> <a class="cnnShareDigg" title="Share Families remember Oklahoma tornado victims on Digg" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthelead.blogs.cnn.com%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Ffamilies-remember-oklahoma-tornado-victims%2F" target="_blank">Digg</a> </div> <div class="cnnShareThisItem"> <a class="cnnShareDelicious" title="Share Families remember Oklahoma tornado victims on del.icio.us" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://del.icio.us/post" onclick="window.open('https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://del.icio.us/post?v=4&partner=cnn&noui&jump=close&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthelead.blogs.cnn.com%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Ffamilies-remember-oklahoma-tornado-victims%2F','toolbar=no,width=700,height=400'); 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He loved going with his grandpa to see Monster Trucks, and would hoot and clap whenever one of those giant things would roll over and crush a smaller car. Because he was a good kid and got A's and B's, his family would sometimes reward him with a trip to the lake and let him ride his four-wheeler around.</p> <p>The 8-year-old was a force on the soccer field. His stocky build earned him a nickname: "The Wall."</p> <p>"Kids just bounced off of him," Davis' grandfather Marvin Dixon said Wednesday. "He just loved being with his Pawpaw and I loved being with him. I'm just going to miss him."</p> <p>Kyle was among 24 people who lost their lives Monday when a massive tornado hit Moore, Oklahoma, just outside Oklahoma City.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/22/us/oklahoma-tornado-victims/index.html?hpt=hp_t2">FULL POST</a></p> </div> <div class="cnnPostFooter"> <table> <tr> <td> <div class="cnn_mugshot"> </div> </td> <td valign="top" class="cnn_padb20 cnn_author_info"> <span class="cnnBlogFiledBy">Posted by</span> <span class="cnn_author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/tag/ashley-fantz/" rel="tag">Ashley Fantz</a></span> <br/><span class="cnnBlogFiledBy cnn_categories">Filed under: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/category/national-lead/" title="View all posts in National Lead" rel="category tag">National Lead</a></span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> <div class="cnn-large-embed "></div></div> </div> <div class="cnn_post_separator"><div class="cnn_gap"></div><div class="cnn_gap cnn_gap_right"></div></div>   <div class="cnnPostWrap cnn_wh1600_post_separator"> <div class="cnnWideImage"> <div data-video-height="406" data-video-width="640" id="cnnCVP4" class="cnn_video cnn_video_large" data-video-class="cnn_video_large" data-video-url="bestoftv/2013/05/23/lead-jeremy-scahill-dirty-wars-drones.cnn" data-ssid="cnn.com_blogs_jaketapper" data-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049oe_/http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2013/05/23/lead-jeremy-scahill-dirty-wars-drones.cnn" data-context="640x406_stop_embed_onsite" data-image-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130523175705-lead-jeremy-scahill-dirty-wars-drones-00020207-horizontal-gallery.jpg" data-preset="blog_large" data-source="CNN" data-source-url="" data-video-headline="Reporter: Obama made world a battlefield" data-actual-vid-height="391"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2013/05/23/lead-jeremy-scahill-dirty-wars-drones.cnn">Click to watch video</a></div> </div> <div class="post-4038 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-world-lead tag-jake-tapper tag-jessica-metzger tag-sherisse-pham cnn_ie7_background_fix"> <div class="category-highlight cnn-cat-highlight-world-lead"><p>world lead</p></div> <div class="cnnLeftPost"> <div class="cnnFcIcon"></div> <div class="cnnBlogContentDateHead"> May 23rd, 2013 </div> <div class="cnnGryTmeStmp">06:33 PM ET</div> <div class="cnn_share_links"> <div class="cnnOverlayMenuContainer"> <div id="cnnShare4038" class="cnnOverlayMenu"> <div class="cnnShareThisBox"> <div class="cnnShareBoxHeader"><div class="cnnShareBoxHeaderTL"></div><div class="cnnShareBoxHeaderTR"></div></div> <div class="cnnShareBoxContent"> <div class="cnnShareContent"> <div class="cnn_share_this_content"> <div class="cnnShareThisTitle"> <a href="javascript:cnnHideOverlay('cnnShare4038');"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/global/icons/btn_close.gif" alt="Close" title="Close" width="12" height="12"/></a><span>Share this on:</span> </div> <div class="cnnShareThisItem"> <a class="cnnShareFacebook" title="Share Reporter: Obama has declared the world a battlefield on Facebook" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fthelead.blogs.cnn.com%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Freporter-obama-has-declared-the-world-a-battlefield%2F" target="_blank">Facebook</a> </div> <div class="cnnShareThisItem"> <a class="cnnShareTwitter" title="Share Reporter: Obama has declared the world a battlefield on Twitter" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Fthelead.blogs.cnn.com%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Freporter-obama-has-declared-the-world-a-battlefield%2F&text=Reporter:%20Obama%20has%20declared%20the%20world%20a%20battlefield&hashtags=cnn" target="_blank">Twitter</a> </div> <div class="cnnShareThisItem"> <a class="cnnShareDigg" title="Share Reporter: Obama has declared the world a battlefield on Digg" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthelead.blogs.cnn.com%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Freporter-obama-has-declared-the-world-a-battlefield%2F" target="_blank">Digg</a> </div> <div class="cnnShareThisItem"> <a class="cnnShareDelicious" title="Share Reporter: Obama has declared the world a battlefield on del.icio.us" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://del.icio.us/post" onclick="window.open('https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://del.icio.us/post?v=4&partner=cnn&noui&jump=close&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthelead.blogs.cnn.com%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Freporter-obama-has-declared-the-world-a-battlefield%2F','toolbar=no,width=700,height=400'); 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He used the example of Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen and al Qaeda propagandist killed by a drone strike in Yemen almost two years ago.</p> <p>"I would have detained and prosecuted Awlaki if we captured him before he carried out a plot. But we couldn't. And as President, I would have been derelict in my duty had I not authorized the strike that took out Awlaki," Obama said Thursday.</p> <p>"The president said that he would have detained and prosecuted Anwar [al]-Awlaki, if that's the case, why did he never seek an indictment against Awlaki?" asked Jeremy Scahill, author of "Dirty Wars," a book on the United States' covert wars. Scahill is also the national security correspondent for "The Nation."<br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/23/reporter-obama-has-declared-the-world-a-battlefield/" class="more-link">FULL POST</a></p> </div> <div class="cnnPostFooter"> <table> <tr> <td> <div class="cnn_mugshot"> </div> </td> <td valign="top" class="cnn_padb20 cnn_author_info"> <span class="cnnBlogFiledBy">Posted by</span> <span class="cnn_author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/tag/jake-tapper/" rel="tag">Jake Tapper</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/tag/jessica-metzger/" rel="tag">Jessica Metzger</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/tag/sherisse-pham/" rel="tag">Sherisse Pham</a></span> <br/><span class="cnnBlogFiledBy cnn_categories">Filed under: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/category/world-lead/" title="View all posts in World Lead" rel="category tag">World Lead</a></span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> <div class="cnn-large-embed "></div></div> </div> <div class="cnn_post_separator"><div class="cnn_gap"></div><div class="cnn_gap cnn_gap_right"></div></div>   <div class="cnnPostWrap cnn_wh1600_post_separator"> <div class="cnnWideImage"> <div data-video-height="406" data-video-width="640" id="cnnCVP5" class="cnn_video cnn_video_large" data-video-class="cnn_video_large" data-video-url="bestoftv/2013/05/23/lead-analysis-obama-drones-speech.cnn" data-ssid="cnn.com_blogs_jaketapper" data-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049oe_/http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2013/05/23/lead-analysis-obama-drones-speech.cnn" data-context="640x406_stop_embed_onsite" data-image-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049im_/http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130208033709-pkg-starr-iran-us-drone-data-00004104-horizontal-gallery.jpg" data-preset="blog_large" data-source="CNN" data-source-url="" data-video-headline="Obama defends secret drone program" data-actual-vid-height="391"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2013/05/23/lead-analysis-obama-drones-speech.cnn">Click to watch video</a></div> </div> <div class="post-4045 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-national-lead tag-dan-donahue tag-jake-tapper cnn_ie7_background_fix"> <div class="category-highlight cnn-cat-highlight-national-lead"><p>national lead</p></div> <div class="cnnLeftPost"> <div class="cnnFcIcon"></div> <div class="cnnBlogContentDateHead"> May 23rd, 2013 </div> <div class="cnnGryTmeStmp">04:48 PM ET</div> <div class="cnn_share_links"> <div class="cnnOverlayMenuContainer"> <div id="cnnShare4045" class="cnnOverlayMenu"> <div class="cnnShareThisBox"> <div class="cnnShareBoxHeader"><div class="cnnShareBoxHeaderTL"></div><div class="cnnShareBoxHeaderTR"></div></div> <div class="cnnShareBoxContent"> <div class="cnnShareContent"> <div class="cnn_share_this_content"> <div class="cnnShareThisTitle"> <a href="javascript:cnnHideOverlay('cnnShare4045');"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/global/icons/btn_close.gif" alt="Close" title="Close" width="12" height="12"/></a><span>Share this on:</span> </div> <div class="cnnShareThisItem"> <a class="cnnShareFacebook" title="Share Obama defends secret drone strikes on Facebook" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fthelead.blogs.cnn.com%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Fobama-defends-secret-drone-strikes%2F" target="_blank">Facebook</a> </div> <div class="cnnShareThisItem"> <a class="cnnShareTwitter" title="Share Obama defends secret drone strikes on Twitter" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Fthelead.blogs.cnn.com%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Fobama-defends-secret-drone-strikes%2F&text=Obama%20defends%20secret%20drone%20strikes&hashtags=cnn" target="_blank">Twitter</a> </div> <div class="cnnShareThisItem"> <a class="cnnShareDigg" title="Share Obama defends secret drone strikes on Digg" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthelead.blogs.cnn.com%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Fobama-defends-secret-drone-strikes%2F" target="_blank">Digg</a> </div> <div class="cnnShareThisItem"> <a class="cnnShareDelicious" title="Share Obama defends secret drone strikes on del.icio.us" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://del.icio.us/post" onclick="window.open('https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://del.icio.us/post?v=4&partner=cnn&noui&jump=close&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthelead.blogs.cnn.com%2F2013%2F05%2F23%2Fobama-defends-secret-drone-strikes%2F','toolbar=no,width=700,height=400'); 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The president admitted publicly, for the first time and in his own words, that he approved the 2011 drone killing of American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, the suspected face of al Qaeda in Yemen.</p> <p>"I do not believe it would be constitutional for the government to target and kill any U.S. citizen – with a drone, or a shotgun – without due process," Obama said Thursday. "But when a U.S. citizen goes abroad to wage war against America ... his citizenship should no more serve as a shield, than a sniper shooting down on an innocent crowd should be protected from a SWAT team."<br/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/23/obama-defends-secret-drone-strikes/" class="more-link">FULL POST</a></p> </div> <div class="cnnPostFooter"> <table> <tr> <td> <div class="cnn_mugshot"> </div> </td> <td valign="top" class="cnn_padb20 cnn_author_info"> <span class="cnnBlogFiledBy">Posted by</span> <span class="cnn_author"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/tag/dan-donahue/" rel="tag">Dan Donahue</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/tag/jake-tapper/" rel="tag">Jake Tapper</a></span> <br/><span class="cnnBlogFiledBy cnn_categories">Filed under: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/category/national-lead/" title="View all posts in National Lead" rel="category tag">National Lead</a></span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div class="cnn_clear"></div> <div class="cnn-large-embed "></div></div> </div> <div class="cnn_post_separator"><div class="cnn_gap"></div><div class="cnn_gap cnn_gap_right"></div></div>  <div class="cnnPostNavigation cnn_post_navigation cnn_post_navigation_home"> <span class="cnn_post_navigation_prev"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049/http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/page/2/?hpt=hp_tvvideo">« older posts</a></span> <span class="cnn_post_navigation_next"></span> <div class="cnn_clear"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/3.0/1px.gif" alt=""/></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cnn_right_column"> <div id="cnnRightCol" class="cnn_right_col"> <div class="cnnRRBox"><div class="cnnRRBoxHeader"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130524052049im_/http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/right_rail/grey_corner_TL.gif" width="4" height="4" alt=""></div><div class="cnnRRBoxContent"><div class="cnn_pksz_tp_hck"></div> <div id="sidebar" class="cnn_sidebar"> <div id="cnn_text-2" class="widget-1 cnn_widget_first cnn_widget cnn_widget_text"><h3 class="cnn_widget_title">About This Show</h3> <div class="textwidget"><p>The Lead with Jake Tapper will draw not only on Tapper’s deep knowledge of politics and national issues, but also seek to examine and advance stories across a wide range of topics that demonstrate his own curiosities and interests. 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