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“The administration said the fiscal 2013 deficit is $680 billion, which is $409 billion less than the fiscal 2012 deficit and $293 billion less than forecast in Obama’s April budget.” (Politico)
The president will pitch to foreign investors Thursday (AP)
America’s new hunger crisis: on Nov. 1, we go off the “Hunger Cliff” (MSNBC)
As talks open, Democrats are starting to show some signs of division (NY Times)
Forbes’ annual list of the world’s most powerful people has Vladmir Putin as number one, with President Obama in second place (USA Today)
Sen. Mike Lee wants conservatives to get wonky (BuzzFeed)
How Washington’s crucifixion of Sen. Ted Cruz made him a Tea Party saint in Iowa (BuzzFeed)
New NBC/WSJ poll shows the president’s approval rating, along with that of Republicans, sinking to a new low (NBC First Read)
Syria has destroyed its chemical weapons making ability, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons says (CBS News)
Sesame Street muppets flex their muscles with the first lady (YouTube)
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) October 30, 2013
