--- description: In the news: Mosul, "the hub of northern Iraq," falls to al-Qaeda-linked militants; House Majority Leader Eric Cantor loses primary; Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) cruises; Defense Sec Chuck Hagel to testify publicly about the controversial Bergdahl-Taliban prisoner swap title: Morning Must Reads: June 11 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Morning Must Reads](/tag/morning-must-reads/) ## Morning Must Reads Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Morning Must Reads: June 11 by [Alex Rogers](/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 11, 2014 12:36 PM CUT  The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC. The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC.Mark Wilson—Getty Images by [Alex Rogers](/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 11, 2014 12:36 PM CUT * After Capture of Mosul, Militants Extend Control in Iraq \[[NYT](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/12/world/middleeast/iraq.html?hp&assetType=nyt%5Fnow "undefined")\] * Iraq’s Terrorists Are Becoming a Full-Blown Army \[[Daily Beast](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/11/iraq-s-terrorists-are-becoming-a-full-blown-army.html "undefined")\] * “The capture Tuesday of Mosul, the hub of northern Iraq, by al-Qaeda-linked militants is an alarm bell that violent extremists are on the rise again in the Middle East. And it’s a good time for President Obama to explain more about how he plans to fight this menace without making the mistakes of the past.” \[[David Ignatius/WashPost](http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-the-return-of-al-qaeda/2014/06/10/4a82eaaa-f0ea-11e3-bf76-447a5df6411f%5Fstory.html "undefined")\] * “Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will face angry lawmakers as he becomes the first Obama administration official to testify publicly about the controversial prisoner swap with the Taliban.” \[[AP](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/hagel-testifies-wednesday-taliban-prisoner-swap-24083273 "undefined")\] * How Eric Cantor Lost \[[TIME](http://time.com/2854761/eric-cantor-dave-brat-virginia/ "undefined")\] * “The bespectacled college professor who toppled House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a Republican primary Tuesday earned a masters of divinity from Princeton with a thesis on the philosophical doctrine of logical positivism. He was a rare breed of giant slayer: the kind that nobody saw coming.” \[[TIME](http://time.com/2854650/who-is-dave-brat-eric-cantor/ "undefined")\] * “When Election Day came, the turnout was high: About 65,000 people voted, which was up from 47,037 two years ago (when Cantor captured 79 percent of the vote).” \[[WashPost](http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/eric-cantor-faces-tea-party-challenge-tuesday/2014/06/10/17da5d20-f092-11e3-bf76-447a5df6411f%5Fstory.html "undefined")\] * “Since the beginning of last year, Mr. Cantor’s campaign had spent about $168,637 at steakhouses compared with the $200,000 his challenger, David Brat, had spent on his entire campaign.” \[[NYT](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/11/us/politics/cantors-loss-a-bad-omen-for-moderates.html?hp&%5Fr=0 "undefined")\] * “Immigration reform is almost certainly dead on Capitol Hill this year.” \[[Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/2014-virginia-primary-eric-cantor-loss-immigration-reform-107697.html?hp=f3 "undefined")\] * Ryan Lizza’s March 2013 profile of Cantor \[[New Yorker](http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/03/04/130304fa%5Ffact%5Flizza?currentPage=all "undefined")\] * “Kicking the crap out of the Tea Party is the most fun Senator Lindsey Graham has ever had.” \[[Atlantic](http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/06/how-lindsey-graham-stomped-the-tea-party/372521/ "undefined")\] * Iraq’s Terrorists Are Becoming a Full-Blown Army \[[Daily Beast](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/11/iraq-s-terrorists-are-becoming-a-full-blown-army.html "undefined")\] * “The capture Tuesday of Mosul, the hub of northern Iraq, by al-Qaeda-linked militants is an alarm bell that violent extremists are on the rise again in the Middle East. And it’s a good time for President Obama to explain more about how he plans to fight this menace without making the mistakes of the past.” \[[David Ignatius/WashPost](http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/david-ignatius-the-return-of-al-qaeda/2014/06/10/4a82eaaa-f0ea-11e3-bf76-447a5df6411f%5Fstory.html "undefined")\] * “The bespectacled college professor who toppled House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a Republican primary Tuesday earned a masters of divinity from Princeton with a thesis on the philosophical doctrine of logical positivism. He was a rare breed of giant slayer: the kind that nobody saw coming.” \[[TIME](http://time.com/2854650/who-is-dave-brat-eric-cantor/ "undefined")\] * “When Election Day came, the turnout was high: About 65,000 people voted, which was up from 47,037 two years ago (when Cantor captured 79 percent of the vote).” \[[WashPost](http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/eric-cantor-faces-tea-party-challenge-tuesday/2014/06/10/17da5d20-f092-11e3-bf76-447a5df6411f%5Fstory.html "undefined")\] * “Since the beginning of last year, Mr. Cantor’s campaign had spent about $168,637 at steakhouses compared with the $200,000 his challenger, David Brat, had spent on his entire campaign.” \[[NYT](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/11/us/politics/cantors-loss-a-bad-omen-for-moderates.html?hp&%5Fr=0 "undefined")\] * “Immigration reform is almost certainly dead on Capitol Hill this year.” \[[Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/2014-virginia-primary-eric-cantor-loss-immigration-reform-107697.html?hp=f3 "undefined")\] * Ryan Lizza’s March 2013 profile of Cantor \[[New Yorker](http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/03/04/130304fa%5Ffact%5Flizza?currentPage=all "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2856968/morning-must-reads-june-11/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2856968/morning-must-reads-june-11/"},"headline":"Morning Must Reads: June 11","datePublished":"2014-06-11T12:36:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:20:48.868Z","description":"In the news: Mosul, \"the hub of northern Iraq,\" falls to al-Qaeda-linked militants; House Majority Leader Eric Cantor loses primary; Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) cruises; Defense Sec Chuck Hagel to testify publicly about the controversial Bergdahl-Taliban prisoner swap","url":"https://time.com/2856968/morning-must-reads-june-11/","keywords":["Morning Must Reads","Iraq","Taliban","Bowe Bergdahl","Eric Cantor"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Rogers","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alex-rogers/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb24c27fcf0ec0da8/6986837dcd6848a30809364f/morning-must-reads1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Morning Must Reads","caption":"Capitol","creditText":"Mark Wilson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/morning-must-reads/","name":"Morning Must Reads"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2856968/morning-must-reads-june-11/","name":"Morning Must Reads: June 11"}}]}] ```