Obama signals he will confront Netanyahu . . . The U.S. stance toward Israel is going to become confrontational, and the United States will join other countries in steps that provide some kind of recognition of a Palestinian state, whether the Israelis like it or not. Here’s the new Obama twist: Instead of a policy of benign neglect and support for Israel’s right to makes its own policies, Obama is about to do what no president has done, namely, start taking the side of the Arabs. White House Dossier

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McDonough: An Occupation that has lasted 50 years must end . . . White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough received wild applause during remarks Monday from the leftist Jewish group “J Street,” a rapturous, standing ovation for a statement that could have been made by the leader of Hamas: "An occupation that has lasted for almost 50 years must end, and the Palestinian people must have there right and live in, and govern themselves in their own sovereign state." White House Dossier

Veteran reporter to become Obama consigliere . . . President Obama will name Shailagh Murray, a former Washington Post and Wall Street Journal reporter, to serve as his new senior adviser, and has tapped Jason Goldman, a Silicon Valley veteran, to become the White House’s first-ever chief digital officer. Murray replaces Dan Pfeiffer as a member of the president’s core team of advisers. Politico

Obama snubs NATO chief . . . President Barack Obama has yet to meet with the new head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and won't see Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg this week, even though he is in Washington for three days.  Stoltenberg’s office requested a meeting with Obama well in advance of the visit, but never heard anything from the White House. Bloomberg

House moves against White House secrecy habit . . . The White House's reluctance to open itself up to any scrutiny has been a major source of frustration for Republicans. It's getting on the nerves of some Democrats, too, as evidenced by the fact that a bill to expand the Freedom of Information of Act has generated a rare show of bipartisan support. Washington Examiner

White House florist was escorted from the premises . . . Peremptorily fired, that is. Laura Dowling had a very specific look, pointedly French, which lent itself to loose garden-style arrangements that were still quite formal. “She wanted to create a look,” said the source, “and that’s the look she’s had for the past six years.” But recently the first lady has debuted a different aesthetic at the executive mansion. Washington Post 

Looks like things got a little hot in the East Room greenhouse.

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Experts: Iran could cheat . . . Experts are saying that the reported outlines of a proposed nuclear deal with Iran aren't sufficient to guarantee Tehran won't be able to develop a weapon, posing a serious credibility problem for the Obama administration just days before the deadline for international negotiators to reach agreement. Washington Examiner

Arab media lash out at Obama over Iran . . . Unlike Israelis, who are focused on the danger of nuclear weapons in the hands of a regime calling for their country’s elimination, citizens of Arab states are concerned about Iran’s imperial ambitions. The nuclear threat is seen as a tool to further those ambitions rather than a direct threat. Washington Free Beacon

Yemen chaos leaves U.S. in dark on AQAP . . . While some Obama administration critics see the military triumphs of Shiite Muslim Houthi rebels in Yemen as a victory by the region’s Shiite powerhouse, Iran, others say the more dangerous fallout will be the loss of real-time intelligence and on-the-ground assets following the withdrawal of U.S. special forces from a Yemeni air base that has long played a key role in the battle against Sunni extremist al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). Washington Times

Gingrich: America losing to radical terrorism . . . Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich told his former colleagues on Tuesday that America and its allies are losing both the military and the cultural war against radical Islam, in large part because the Obama administration has refused to identify the enemy, and has purposefully tried to downplay the movement’s growing strength. The Blaze

Obama to maintain force levels in Afghanistan . . . President Obama announced today that he will keep U.S. forces in Afghanistan at the current level of about 10,000 troops until the end of the year, delaying a planned drawdown in response to requests from Afghan leaders and U.S. military officials. White House Dossier

Homeland Security provided favors for Hillary's brother . . . A Department of Homeland Security watchdog report issued Tuesday blasted the agency’s No. 2 official for repeatedly intervening on behalf of well-connected participants in an investor-visa program, including Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D-Va.) and Tony Rodham, a brother of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Politico

Jeb Bush's nightmare scenario . . .  He's underperforming in early public polls and is receiving a frosty reception from Republican focus groups. His entitled biography is at odds with the Republican Party's increasing energy from working-class voters, who relate best with candidates who have struggled to make ends meet. The Bush name is a reminder of the past at a time when GOP voters are desperate for new faces. National Journal

Grassley pushes for probe of Clinton, aides' emails . . . Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley is concerned that the private email allowed Clinton, Huma Abedin and other high-ranking State Department officials to conduct official business without archiving them for government record-keeping purposes as required by federal laws and regulations. Washington Examiner

Senate rejects Obama budget plan 98-1 . . . The Senate on Tuesday destroyed any lingering hope President Barack Obama might have had for passing his budget plan through Congress this year, by voting down Obama’s plan 1-98. The only senator to vote for the plan was Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.). The Blaze

Cruz signs up for Obamacare . . . "We'll be getting new health insurance and we'll presumably do it through my job with the Senate, and so we'll be on the federal exchange with millions of others on the federal exchange," Cruz said. CNN

Carson: Obama is a "psychopath" . . . "He looks good," Armstrong Williams said. "He looks clean. Shirt's white. The tie. He looks elegant." "Like most psychopaths," Carson grumbled. "That's why they're successful. That's the way they look. They all look great." GQ 

Charlie Kirk, 21-year old GOP player . . . GOP donors, strategists, and even presidential candidates are awed by his composure, his intellect, his passion for politics that most don't associate with the millennial generation. And it's raising him and his organization lots of money. National Journal

CBS "research department" apparently located in West Wing . . . CBS News Monday helped celebrate the fifth anniversary of Obamacare by citing a statistic it said its "research department" had uncovered. The citation in small print for the news that 16 million Americans had been insured under the law: "Source: The White House." White House Dossier​

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