GOP Reversal on Debt Ceiling Vote a “Disappointing Moment,” Karl Rove Defends Bill Clinton From Rand Paul, Washington Redskins Respond to Lawmakers’ Letter: P.M. Links

House Speaker John Boehner said his decision to
offer a clean vote on raising the debt ceiling was a “disappointing
moment.” The House is
expected to vote on hiking the debt limit tonight.
President Obama
welcomed the French president Francois Hollande for a state
visit, claiming the relationship between the two countries was
“unimaginable” a decade ago.
An appeals court
rejected a challenge to the force feeding of detainees at
Guantanamo Bay, but attorneys for the detainees say the ruling
clears the way to take the case back to district court.
Karl Rove doesn’t like that Rand Paul is targeting Bill Clinton
for criticism,
saying he didn’t think it was a good strategy for running for
president.
A “Dumb Starbucks” in Los Angeles was
shut down not because of any potential trademark infringement,
but because health inspectors found the store, a comic’s gimmick,
didn’t have the proper paperwork.
The Washington Redskins
responded to a letter from two lawmakers demanding they change
their name by pointing out that one of them, the chair of the
Senate Indian Affairs Committee, had better things to do to improve
the life of Native Americans than attack a team they support.