A.M. Links: John Boehner Signs Up For Obamacare, All US Troops Could Leave Afghanistan Next Year After All, Bitcoin Black Friday a Thing

Speaker John Boehner signed
up for Obamacare; he’ll see his monthly premium double even
with a federal contribution. A special election for a vacant House
seat in Florida
could provide an example of how voters will react to
Obamacare.
All US troops could be
leaving Afghanistan next year after all, as the Afghan president is
declining to sign a security agreement that would keep some of them
there after the planned combat troop withdrawal in 2014.
A group of bipartisan senators is
drafting legislation on new sanctions against Iran, just in
case.
An actress from Texas accused of sending ricin to President
Obama and other public figures in an attempt to frame her husband
will
take a plea deal from prosecutors.
The commander of the Free Syrian Army
says the rebel group will not join January peace talks in
Geneva. He wants weapons for his fighters instead.
Anti-government protesters in Bangkok have
seized portions of several state buildings in month-long
demonstrations against Thailand’s prime minister.
A UN deputy secretary general
warned that the Central African Republic is descending into
“complete chaos.” France will
send 1,000 troops for a planned UN mission in the country.
Bitcoin Black Friday is a
thing this year.