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

  • firstSpeaker 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.

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