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Obama signs stimulus bill, readies homeowner plan (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2009 11:32 PM CST AP - Racing to reverse the country's economic spiral, President Barack Obama signed the mammoth stimulus package into law Tuesday and readied a new $50 billion foreclosure rescue for legions of Americans who are in danger of losing their homes.

Obama OKs about 17,000 more troops for Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2009 11:33 PM CST AP - President Barack Obama approved adding some 17,000 U.S. troops for the flagging war in Afghanistan, his first significant move to change the course of a conflict that his closest military advisers have warned the United States is not winning.

Obama signs huge stimulus, readies foreclosure aid (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2009 11:23 PM CST AP - Racing to reverse the country's economic spiral, President Barack Obama signed the mammoth stimulus package into law Tuesday and readied a new $50 billion foreclosure rescue for legions of Americans who are in danger of losing their homes.

Clinton seeks to improve US image with Muslims (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2009 01:46 AM CST AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is continuing the Obama administration's efforts to rehabilitate America's image abroad, especially with Muslims, during a visit to Indonesia that began Wednesday.

The White House's missing documents (Politico) Posted: 17 Feb 2009 07:46 PM CST Politico - In his first weeks in office, President Barack Obama shut down his predecessor’s system for reviewing regulations, realigned and expanded two key White House policymaking bodies and extended economic sanctions against parties to the conflict in the African nation of Cote D’Ivoire.

AP Interview: EPA near ruling on greenhouse gases (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2009 07:34 PM CST AP - EPA administrator Lisa Jackson says the agency is moving toward regulating the gases blamed for global warming.

Obama taking pro-trade message to Canada (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2009 08:15 PM CST AP - President Barack Obama heads to Canada on Thursday with a decidedly pro-trade message, hoping to reassure a valuable partner that the U.S. is not pulling back even as it enforces new "Buy American" language and considers renegotiating the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement.

Shaq's shoe makes a big impression on Obama (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2009 08:53 PM CST AP - What's the ideal gift for a basketball-obsessed president? Try a size 23 sneaker personally autographed by Shaquille O'Neal.

PROMISES, PROMISES: Web site likely to fall short (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2009 02:29 PM CST AP - President Barack Obama promised taxpayers they could track each of the billions and billions of dollars in spending Congress has approved to stimulate the nation's flailing economy and save its banks. It's a promise that's going to be difficult, if not impossible, to keep.

Obama wants stimulus to transform schools (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2009 04:57 PM CST AP - President Barack Obama wants to do more than save teachers' jobs or renovate classrooms with his economic recovery bill. He wants to transform the federal government's role in education.

Obama to unveil plan for troubled housing market (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2009 12:32 AM CST Reuters - President Barack Obama was set on Wednesday to unveil a plan to stabilize the troubled housing market, a main cause of the economy's deepening slump.

Obama shifts focus to Afghanistan (Politico) Posted: 17 Feb 2009 08:54 PM CST Politico - But by redeploying troops so early in his presidency, he is committing himself even more firmly to quick withdrawals of American forces in Iraq — and that carries risk.

Obama wants to reopen NAFTA but keep trade flowing (Reuters) Posted: 17 Feb 2009 08:01 PM CST Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he still wants to reopen the North American Free Trade Agreement, despite a warning from Canada that this would be a mistake, but he said he did not want to end up curbing trade.

Greenspan: Fix system before stimulus (Politico) Posted: 17 Feb 2009 07:33 PM CST Politico - NEW YORK - The famously inscrutable Alan Greenspan used some uncharacteristically candid language to describe the dire plight of the American economy Tuesday night.

2 top Ohio Democrats running for US Senate (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2009 07:23 PM CST AP - Two of Ohio's most prominent Democrats said Tuesday they intend to run in 2010 for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Republican Sen. George Voinovich.

Obama Orders More Troops to Afghanistan, but New Strategy Will Wait (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 17 Feb 2009 06:25 PM CST CQPolitics.com - President Obama announced on Tuesday a significant increase in U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan, eliciting support in Congress but also hard questions about the president's strategy for using the troops.

U.S. to decide in weeks, "not months" on Iraq troop cuts (Reuters) Posted: 17 Feb 2009 05:41 PM CST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama will make a decision in weeks, not "days or months," on cutting U.S. troop levels in Iraq, a senior administration official said on Tuesday.

Bad news Burris (Politico) Posted: 17 Feb 2009 05:27 PM CST Politico - Poor Roland Burris. He never signed on for this.

Senate Ethics may investigate Burris (Politico) Posted: 17 Feb 2009 04:59 PM CST Politico - Embattled Sen. Roland W. Burris' legal and political problems deepened Tuesday as Democrats in Washington and Illinois signaled that they would support an investigation into whether the senator lied under oath about his appointment to the Illinois Senate seat.

Citing Al Qaeda, Obama ups troops (Politico) Posted: 17 Feb 2009 04:03 PM CST Politico - President Barack Obama announced Tuesday night that as many as 17,000 additional troops are headed to Afghanistan in the coming months, administration officials said.

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