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Obama calls for understanding in Notre Dame speech (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 04:27 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama strode head-on Sunday into the stormy abortion debate and told graduates at America's leading Roman Catholic university that both sides must stop demonizing one another.

Obama taps aide to guide nominee for Supreme Court (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 03:12 PM PDT

AP - A seasoned Democratic political operative will guide President Barack Obama's eventual Supreme Court nominee on Capitol Hill, where the Senate's top Republican on Sunday refused to rule out a filibuster.

Scientists now trying to outflank HIV/AIDS virus (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 11:51 AM PDT

AP - Like a general whose direct attacks aren't working, scientists are now trying to outflank the HIV/AIDS virus.

Republicans: Obama may have to wait to close Gitmo (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 09:09 AM PDT

AP - Republican lawmakers said Sunday they expect President Barack Obama to extend his "arbitrary" January deadline for closing the Guantanamo military prison as he finds it difficult to relocate the suspected terrorists held there.

Obama calls for 'fair-minded words' (Politico)

Posted: 17 May 2009 01:06 PM PDT

Politico - SOUTH BEND, Indiana—President Barack Obama confronted the abortion debate head-on Sunday at Notre Dame, acknowledging that differences over the issue are largely irreconcilable but appealing to both sides to search for “common ground.”

Obama budget chief: Economy almost bottomed out (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 09:21 AM PDT

AP - The worst seems to be over, President Barack Obama's budget director said Sunday. But he also warned against taking signs of economic recovery as a reason to celebrate or delay changes in health care policy.

Finding clues in Obama's Senate record on justices (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 10:07 AM PDT

AP - As a senator, Barack Obama said President George W. Bush's Supreme Court nominees John Roberts and Sam Alito were clearly qualified. He voted against them anyway.

Israeli PM, Obama have different views of conflict (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 04:56 PM PDT

AP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads into his first visit with President Barack Obama worried by U.S. overtures to Iran and Syria and under pressure to support a Palestinian state.

Obama chief of staff to grads: Learn from failing (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 09:49 AM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama's chief of staff says that his path in life was determined more by his failures than his successes.

Boehner: Pelosi needs to come clean on accusations (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 06:51 AM PDT

AP - The top House Republican says Speaker Nancy Pelosi should provide evidence the CIA misled her about harsh interrogation techniques or apologize for her accusation.

India's Congress cements power (Reuters)

Posted: 17 May 2009 04:55 PM PDT

Reuters - India's Congress-led coalition is eyeing possible new allies after its general election victory, with the Indian stock market expected to surge on Monday on hopes of a strong and stable government.

Gates looks for 'momentum shifting' in Afghanistan (Politico)

Posted: 17 May 2009 04:00 PM PDT

Politico - Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Katie Couric of CBS News for a “60 Minutes” profile aired Sunday night that it will take at least two to four years before Afghan forces begins to the take the lead in military operations in Afghanistan.

Obama urges "fair-minded" U.S. abortion debate (Reuters)

Posted: 17 May 2009 03:40 PM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama urged both sides in the abortion debate on Sunday to pursue a "fair-minded" discussion as he sought to quell a firestorm over his invitation to speak at Notre Dame, a premier U.S. Catholic university.

Text of Obama's Notre Dame speech (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 02:10 PM PDT

AP - Text of President Barack Obama's commencement address Sunday as the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., as delivered, as transcribed by the White House. The Rev. John Jenkins is the school's president. The Rev. Theodore Hesburgh is Jenkins' predecessor. Brennan Bollman is the class valedictorian.

Battle looms as Obama nears Supreme Court pick (Reuters)

Posted: 17 May 2009 11:16 AM PDT

Reuters - President Barack Obama hopes to tone down the partisan warfare that often surrounds selections to the Supreme Court, but that won't be easy with interest groups bracing for a fight over issues like abortion.

Obama seeks 'common ground' on abortion (AFP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 02:09 PM PDT

AFP - President Barack Obama sought "common ground" in the culture war over abortion, in a politically thorny address Sunday at one of the top Catholic universities in the United States.

Cutter to coordinate Court fight (Politico)

Posted: 17 May 2009 09:54 AM PDT

Politico - Stephanie Cutter, counselor to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, will be moving over to the White House in coming weeks to coordinate the confirmation campaign for President Barack Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court, administration officials said Sunday.

Kuwaiti women win first parliamentary seats (AP)

Posted: 17 May 2009 09:11 AM PDT

AP - Kuwaitis elected female parliament members for the first time and rejected a number of Islamic fundamentalist candidates in a weekend vote that many hoped would bring stability to the country's rocky political scene.

Kuwait women enter parliament, deadlock may not end (Reuters)

Posted: 17 May 2009 08:13 AM PDT

Reuters - Women won four seats in Kuwait's parliament, a first in the Gulf Arab state's history, but with many of the same faces back, Saturday's election is unlikely to end a political deadlock that has delayed economic reforms.