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Foes ready to test Obama overseas (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2008 03:08 AM CST AP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev chose the day after Barack Obama's election victory to brandish a threat of ballistic missiles. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said of the president-elect: "I hope he doesn't end up being one more imperialist."

Republicans criticize Obama aides' silence (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2008 02:52 AM CST AP - Republicans are criticizing President-elect Barack Obama's silence over contacts his aides may have had with disgraced Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, saying he is breaking promises to bring openness to government.

Gates asks Middle East to help fight terror spread (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2008 02:34 AM CST AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged Middle East nations Saturday to help fight the spread of violent extremism by funding and training Afghan security forces and reaching out more aggressively to the fledgling government in Iraq.

Anti-smoking groups hope Obama will be role model (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2008 02:50 AM CST AP - Of all the things President-elect Barack Obama needs right now, one of them surely isn't a new set of lofty expectations on his well-burdened shoulders.

Big donors to get tickets to swearing-in (Politico) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 06:43 PM CST Politico - President-elect Obama’s inaugural committee is inviting supporters to give as much as $50,000 or raise as much as $300,000 to underwrite the festivities, and is offering incentives that include tough-to-get spots at the swearing-in ceremony.

Navy commander questions land attacks on pirates (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2008 02:51 AM CST AP - Days before Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is to ask the United Nations to authorize "all necessary measures" against piracy from Somalia, a leader of the U.S. military, which would help carry out that policy, said in effect: Not so fast.

Fundraiser emerges as key event in Illinois probe (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 11:23 PM CST AP - A fundraiser held by Indian-American businessmen three days before Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested on corruption charges emerged Friday as a potentially key event in the federal investigation into whether he tried to sell President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat.

Al Franken gets boosts in Minnesota Senate recount (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 11:01 PM CST AP - Democrat Al Franken won a pair of victories Friday before the state board overseeing the Senate recount, including a decision that as many as 1,500 incorrectly rejected absentee ballots should be included.

For a mere 50K, you get a 4-day inauguration trip (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2008 02:25 AM CST AP - The inauguration committee of President-elect Barack Obama, who ran on a platform to change the way business is done in Washington, is selling four-day packages of four tickets to his historic swearing-in ceremony and parade plus some extras in exchange for $50,000.

Administration unwilling to see automakers fail (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2008 02:53 AM CST AP - The Bush administration simply wasn't willing to stand by and watch the American auto industry financially collapse — the stakes were too huge.

Gates warns US adversaries not to test Obama (AFP) Posted: 13 Dec 2008 01:59 AM CST AFP - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates warned on Saturday that US adversaries would be "sorely mistaken" to test president-elect Barack Obama in the Gulf and called for regional pressure to change Iran's behaviour.

Republicans: Don't blame us, blame the UAW (Politico) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 06:49 PM CST Politico - As General Motors announced the temporary closure of 20 plants Friday, Republicans who fought a White House-backed bailout plan want Americans to blame the United Auto Workers and think about Rod Blagojevich.

Emanuel not a target of investigation (Politico) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 06:20 PM CST Politico - Incoming White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is not a target of the federal corruption probe into Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a source who has been briefed on the investigation said.

Obama Has Raised $10 million for Inaugural Activities (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 05:41 PM CST CQPolitics.com - President-elect Barack Obama has already raised at least $10 million from 243 contributors for his inauguration and related activities, his inaugural committee revealed today.

Obama, Democrats agree to $500 billion stimulus package (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 05:19 PM CST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — While an auto bailout is on life support, President-elect Barack Obama and Democratic congressional leaders have agreed to a $500 billion economic-stimulus package that they want to move next month even before Obama takes office.

Shift in Cuba policy anticipated under Obama (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 05:15 PM CST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Throughout his campaign, President-elect Barack Obama said that he'd loosen some restrictions on travel and remittances to Cuba and rebuild the already slight ties to the communist nation cut by the Bush administration.

Stevens loses law license (Politico) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 05:07 PM CST Politico - Ted Stevens can't catch a break. It's the least of his concerns at the moment, but, from the AP...

Obama seeks early January move to Washington (Reuters) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 04:47 PM CST Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama explored moving into a guest house run by the White House in early January so his daughters can start school on January 5, but the house was booked up with events, aides said on Friday.

Ill. scandal puts spotlight on vacant seat in NY (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 04:30 PM CST AP - The corruption scandal engulfing Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich puts a spotlight on the nation's only other vacant Senate seat — that of Hillary Rodham Clinton in New York.

Darfur groups pin high hopes on Obama team (AP) Posted: 12 Dec 2008 04:30 PM CST AP - Human rights activists waging a high-profile campaign to end the violence in Sudan's western Darfur region are pushing President-elect Barack Obama and his team to re-energize efforts to end the nearly six-year conflict.

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