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What’s Brewing: Obama kicks off 2012 re-election campaign; police raid gay bar in Shanghai
1. President Barack Obama formally launched his 2012 re-election campaign this morning. Above is the video sent via email to supporters.
2. Police in Shanghai, China, raided a popular gay bar over the weekend and took more than 60 people into custody. Customers and staff members from Q Bar reportedly were detained for up to 12 hours in cold rooms with no food or water.
3. The military will be ready to implement the repeal “don’t ask don’t tell” by mid-summer, a Pentagon official told a House committee on Friday.
