GOP USA MIDDAY REPORT 06/10/2014

Strange bedfellows: Chaplain and LGBT pride The U.S. Air Force chief of chaplains recently delivered the opening prayer at the Pentagon's observance of "LGBT Pride Month" – an annual proclamation from the Obama White House. At last week's ceremony, Major General Howard Stendahl asked God to "open our minds" and "help us set aside limitations of prejudice of any kind."

Hillary: Benghazi Inquiries 'Minor League Ball' Hillary Clinton has hit back at Republican criticism of her handling of the deadly terrorist attacks in Benghazi by suggesting it has emboldened her to run for president. Clinton abandoned her previously defensive stance on the Benghazi attack in which US ambassador Chris Stevens was killed. She used a baseball metaphor to belittle the inquiries as "minor league ball".

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Prisoner Swap a Clear Winner Seen Through Obama's Eyes People are arguing about what the United States got out of the deal that swapped five top level terrorist leaders for one American soldier who was, at best, absent from his post in a war zone. Soldiers who served in the same unit with him call him a deserter. The key to this deal, however, is less likely to be what the United States got out of the deal than it is about what Barack Obama got out of the deal.

Controversy swirls over FDR's historic prayer The legislative proposal – the World War II Memorial Prayer Act of 2013 (HR 2175 / S 1044) – would place a plaque at the site containing President Franklin D. Roosevelt's D-Day prayer on June 6, 1944. But a group of organizations that oppose placement of the plaque are fearful it would set a precedent for adding "controversial" elements to existing monuments, effectively "politicizing the process for designing monuments."

CA voters satisfied with Gov. Brown Brown got 54 percent of the vote in Tuesday's primary, even though he didn't campaign at all -- no mailers, no TV or radio ads, no political events. He held onto all but a smidgen of his $20.7 million campaign war chest.

Make Them Bake Cake! The Colorado Civil Rights Commission has ordered a suburban Denver baker named Jack Phillips to make wedding cakes for same-sex couples, finding that his religious objections do not supersede the state's anti-discrimination statutes. Because if the Constitution should be subordinate to anything, it's the local thought police, hurt feelings and nuptial pastries.