A.M. Links: Hagel Calls for Military Health Care Review, De Blasio Wants to Legalize Ferrets, Oldest-Ever House Member Ousted

  • Defense Secretary Chuck

    Hagel is calling for
    a widespread review of the military health
    care system in the wake of recent troubling revelations about U.S.
    veterans’ medical care. 
  • Edward Snowden
    told Nightly News
    anchor Brian Williams that he “never
    intended” to wind up in Russia, but the U.S. State Department
    “trapped” him there. Secretary of State John Kerry called it “a
    pretty dumb answer, frankly.” 
  • A high school in Long Island
    is the latest to ban backpacks
    , forcing students to carry books
    and belongings in clear plastic bags. 
  • The De Blasio administration is
    considering legalizing ferrets
     in New York City. They were
    banned there by Rudy Giuliani in 1998. 
  • Wisconsin abortion providers
    testified in federal court
    Tuesday that requiring clinic
    doctors to have hospital admitting privileges creates unnecessary
    bureaucratic hurdles; state attorneys present witnesses
    today. 
  • Ninety-one year-old Republican Rep. Ralph Hall—the oldest-ever
    member of the U.S. House (he once had a brush with Bonnie and
    Clyde
    )—lost
    a primary runoff
     against a little-known challenger in
    Texas. 

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