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Obama seeks $83.4 billion in special war money (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 04:59 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama asked Congress on Thursday for $83.4 billion for U.S. military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, pressing for special troop funding that he opposed two years ago when he was senator and George W. Bush was president.

Analysis: Pirates put Obama in 21st-century bind (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 04:57 PM PDT AP - A ragtag band of pirates has put President Barack Obama in a bind: He commands overwhelming firepower in the form of a growing flotilla of U.S. warships, but he doesn't want to use it.

At last, economy leveling off — but bumps not over (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 04:40 PM PDT AP - At last, after a nerve-racking six-month descent, the economy appears to be leveling off.

VIDEO: Protesters crash Summers talk (Politico) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 12:41 PM PDT Politico - Two protesters from the activist group Code Pink jumped on stage during a speech by White House National Economic Council Director Larry Summers on Thursday, calling Summers a “toxic mess” and demanding his resignation.

Obama hosts friends, aides at Seder dinner (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 04:19 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama hosted close friends and staff at a private White House meal Thursday evening to mark Passover. It's part of the new president's effort to reach out to Jewish voters.

CIA abandons use of contract interrogators (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 04:13 PM PDT AP - The CIA has stopped using contractors to interrogate prisoners and fired private security guards at the CIA's now-shuttered secret overseas prisons, agency Director Leon Panetta said Thursday.

Australian FM: No Afghanistan request yet from US (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 03:37 PM PDT AP - Australia's foreign minister said Thursday that the United States did not ask for more troops for Afghanistan during annual talks among the foreign and defense ministers from the two countries.

US dealings with Iran remain on a slippery path (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 03:13 PM PDT AP - Efforts by the Obama administration to engage with Iran lurched ahead and back this week, underscoring the difficulties the new president faces as he tries to improve U.S. relations with its longtime foe. First, administration officials said U.S. diplomats would attend group talks with Iran over its suspect nuclear program. That would be a major departure from President George W. Bush's policy of isolation from a nation he once deemed to be evil.

Obama announces new record system for vets (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 11:47 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama on Thursday promised a more efficient record system to ease delays in health care for wounded veterans, as the government copes with more than 33,000 military personnel injured in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Obama, Clinton take Oval Office talk outdoors (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 04:55 PM PDT AP - It was such a gorgeous spring day Thursday in the nation's capital, with blue skies, plenty of sunshine and 60-degree temperatures, that President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton decided to move an Oval Office chat outdoors.

Obama plans meeting Friday on bank stress tests (Reuters) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 04:46 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama plans to meet on Friday with top financial regulators to discuss the "stress tests" being conducted at the 19 biggest U.S. banks, a White House spokesman said on Thursday.

Government to buy 17,600 U.S. cars: Obama (Reuters) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 04:13 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama, saying he was committed to a strong U.S. auto industry, announced on Thursday the government would buy 17,600 new fuel-efficient vehicles from ailing American automakers by June 1.

Obama congratulates UConn women's hoops team (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 03:30 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is offering congratulations to the Connecticut women's basketball team for capping a perfect season by winning a national championship.

How Obama voted on war funding bills in Congress (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 02:10 PM PDT AP - Major war-funding legislation while Barack Obama was in the Senate, and how he voted:

Obama's Journey from Charismatic to Polarizing (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 02:00 PM PDT U.S. News & World Report - When he ran for president, Barack Obama was one of the most inspirational candidates in a long time, able to draw huge numbers of new voters to the polls by engaging them with a message of change and hope.

Summers: Economic 'free-fall' ending (Politico) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 01:32 PM PDT Politico - White House economic adviser Lawrence Summers predicted on Thursday that the U.S. economy would end its “free fall” in a few months.

Obama seeks $83.4 billion more in 2009 war funds: source (Reuters) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 01:29 PM PDT Reuters - The Obama administration is seeking $83.4 billion in funding for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, including $75.8 billion for the Pentagon, for the rest of the 2009 fiscal year, a government official said Thursday.

Obama sending advisers heading to US-Mexico border (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 01:11 PM PDT AP - The White House says President Barack Obama is dispatching a Cabinet member and a top Homeland Security adviser to visit communities on the U.S. border with Mexico.

White House: Obama is apprised of piracy situation (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 12:28 PM PDT AP - The White House says aides are keeping President Barack Obama apprised of the standoff involving Somali pirates and the captain of a U.S. cargo ship near the Horn of Africa.

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