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Democrats promise boost for road building (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2009 02:11 AM CST AP - Top Democrats plan to add a big increase in highway and mass transit funding to President Barack Obama's economic recovery program Tuesday, even as others in the president's party hope to rein in the plan's almost $1 trillion cost to taxpayers.

PROMISES, PROMISES: No lobbyists except ... (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2009 02:15 AM CST AP - Barack Obama promised a "clean break from business as usual" in Washington. It hasn't quite worked out that way.

Obama: FDA too slow in tracking tainted food (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2009 10:52 PM CST AP - President Barack Obama, whose daughter eats peanut butter several days a week, wants the nation's food safety agency to keep children safe from contaminated foods such as the salmonella-laced peanut products that have sickened 550 people.

Mullen: Afghanistan is no Vietnam (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2009 05:34 PM CST AP - The top U.S. military officer cautioned Monday against comparing the Pentagon's renewed focus on Afghanistan to the Vietnam War, citing terrorism and a non-occupation strategy as "dramatic differences" between the two conflicts.

Obama picks Gregg for Commerce (Politico) Posted: 02 Feb 2009 06:36 PM CST Politico - Sen. Judd Gregg will be nominated as the new Commerce secretary Tuesday morning, giving President Obama a fresh independent voice in his Cabinet but at a huge cost to Republicans and the larger Senate.

McCain drops objection to Lynn appointment (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2009 05:32 PM CST AP - Sen. John McCain will no longer hold up the nomination of William Lynn, whose appointment to become deputy defense secretary ran counter to President Barack Obama's own rule against "revolving door" lobbyists.

AP NewsBreak: Sailor electrocuted (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2009 10:04 PM CST AP - A third U.S. service member has been determined to have been electrocuted in a shower in Iraq, and Navy criminal investigators are investigating, The Associated Press has learned.

Lead negotiator in NKorea to be next envoy to Iraq (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2009 06:35 PM CST AP - Christopher Hill, the Bush administration's lead negotiator with North Korea, is the leading candidate to become the next U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, officials said Monday.

Officials say Obama to nominate Gregg for Cabinet (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2009 10:49 PM CST AP - President Barack Obama plans to nominate Sen. Judd Gregg as commerce secretary on Tuesday, the White House confirmed on the eve of the announcement as the New Hampshire Republican disclosed an apparent deal that would keep his seat out of Democratic hands.

Waste, fraud in Iraq being repeated in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2009 01:58 PM CST AP - Waste and corruption that marred Iraq's reconstruction will be repeated in Afghanistan unless the U.S. transforms the unwieldy bureaucracy managing tens of billions of dollars in infrastructure projects, government watchdogs warned Monday.

Obama working out spending and limits for bailout (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2009 02:16 AM CST AP - The Obama administration is tackling the bailout of the battered financial sector on two tracks: overhauling how the government spends the money while devising new executive compensation restrictions for banks that get it.

EU warns Obama on protectionism in stimulus bill (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2009 02:12 AM CST AP - The European Union's top diplomat in Washington is warning the Obama administration and Congress that protectionist measures under consideration in a massive U.S. economic stimulus bill would backfire if enacted.

Reid is GOP target in 2010 election (AP) Posted: 03 Feb 2009 02:10 AM CST AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is among Republicans' biggest targets in 2010, but a GOP takedown is hardly a guarantee.

Networks get face time with Obama in Oval Office (Reuters) Posted: 03 Feb 2009 12:50 AM CST Reuters - Two days after a Super Bowl exclusive with "Today" host Matt Lauer, President Barack Obama is extending his media profile with sit-downs with all the major networks.

Clinton expected to visit Japan, South Korea, China (Reuters) Posted: 02 Feb 2009 10:43 PM CST Reuters - Hillary Clinton is expected to travel to Japan, South Korea, China and possibly Indonesia in mid-February on her first trip as U.S. secretary of state, diplomats said on Monday.

White House still seeking GOP votes (Politico) Posted: 02 Feb 2009 09:37 PM CST Politico - Looking for Republican votes, the White House is showing a greater affection for infrastructure spending even as it prepares to scale back new education and social service appropriations in its economic recovery plan before Congress.

Obama picks Republican senator for commerce job (Reuters) Posted: 02 Feb 2009 09:22 PM CST Reuters - President Barack Obama will name a third prominent Republican to his cabinet on Tuesday, nominating Senator Judd Gregg of New Hampshire as commerce secretary, a White House official said on Monday.

Obama calls Iraqi leaders, South Korean president (AP) Posted: 02 Feb 2009 09:07 PM CST AP - President Barack Obama telephoned Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Monday to congratulate them on the provincial elections held over the weekend. Obama also spoke with South Korea's president.

Fourth NY man pleads guilty to anti-Obama racist attacks (AFP) Posted: 02 Feb 2009 09:06 PM CST AFP - A New York man pleaded guilty Monday to a series of racist assaults allegedly meant to protest the election of President Barack Obama that left one victim in a coma, the US Department of Justice said.

Senate Democrats back Obama health pick Daschle (Reuters) Posted: 02 Feb 2009 07:48 PM CST Reuters - Senate Democrats rallied behind Tom Daschle, President Barack Obama's choice to lead reforms of the costly U.S. health-care system, on Monday after he apologized for tax issues that raised questions about his nomination.

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