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• Obama: Nationalization of GM to be short-term (AP)
• Analysis: Gov't firmly behind the wheel at GM (AP)
• Judge holds Bagram detainee cases pending appeal (AP)
• Sotomayor preps for Senate courtship (AP)
• Obama health plan takes shape (Politico)
• Mideast trip next step in Obama's Muslim outreach (AP)
• White House declines to say what NY trip cost (AP)
• Health industry delivers savings plan to Obama (AP)
• Burris is an outcast in clubby Senate (AP)
• Judge: Gitmo legal documents must be public (AP)
• Woman stole money from Kansas senator's PAC (AP)
• Cheney "wrong" on facts: Obama (Reuters)
• Fear of corruption — again — in mayoral race in NJ (AP)
• Feds spike voter citizenship checks in Georgia (AP)
• Health industry spells out cost saving to Obama (Reuters)
• Clinton tries to remake US image in Latin America (AP)
• Obama looks to Congress to push ahead reforms (AFP)
• Obama visits troops at Naval Hospital (AP)
• With election ahead, politics likely to enter GM decisions (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Health groups outline plan to cut costs (Politico)

Obama: Nationalization of GM to be short-term (AP) Posted: 01 Jun 2009 03:24 PM PDT AP - In a defining moment for American capitalism, President Barack Obama ushered General Motors Corp. into bankruptcy protection Monday and put the government behind the wheel of the company that once symbolized the nation's economic muscle.

Analysis: Gov't firmly behind the wheel at GM (AP) Posted: 01 Jun 2009 03:41 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama now owns General Motors, even though he insists he's taking it out only for a spin.

Judge holds Bagram detainee cases pending appeal (AP) Posted: 01 Jun 2009 04:07 PM PDT AP - A federal judge on Monday put a hold on his groundbreaking order allowing detainees at a U.S. air base in Afghanistan access to U.S. courts until an appeals court can rule on the case involving prisoners held in an active war zone.

Sotomayor preps for Senate courtship (AP) Posted: 01 Jun 2009 02:31 PM PDT AP - Venturing into a tradition of protocol and politics, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor prepared Monday to greet the senators who will decide her judicial future as control of her Supreme Court journey shifts to Capitol Hill.

Obama health plan takes shape (Politico) Posted: 01 Jun 2009 02:28 AM PDT Politico - If Congress were to take a vote on a health reform bill today, Democrats and Republicans would find a surprising level of agreement — so much so that the broad outlines of a consensus plan already are taking shape.

Mideast trip next step in Obama's Muslim outreach (AP) Posted: 01 Jun 2009 03:48 PM PDT AP - Barack Obama began on Day One of his presidency to "reboot" America's damaged relationship with the world's 1.5 billion Muslims. With this week's Mideast trip and long-promised speech in Cairo, he takes a perilous leap into the effort.

White House declines to say what NY trip cost (AP) Posted: 01 Jun 2009 04:55 PM PDT AP - White House spokesman Robert Gibbs is declining to say what it cost for President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, to eat dinner and take in a play in New York over the weekend.

Health industry delivers savings plan to Obama (AP) Posted: 01 Jun 2009 03:17 PM PDT AP - Health industry officials sought Monday to make good on a $2 trillion savings proposal announced with great fanfare at the White House, but they came up short by several hundred billion dollars.

Burris is an outcast in clubby Senate (AP) Posted: 01 Jun 2009 12:56 PM PDT AP - Even in a Senate club famous for how it ostracizes the unwanted, the shunning of Democratic Sen. Roland Burris is unprecedented.

Judge: Gitmo legal documents must be public (AP) Posted: 01 Jun 2009 01:03 PM PDT AP - A federal judge ordered the United States on Monday to publicly reveal unclassified versions of its allegations and evidence justifying the continued imprisonment of more than 100 detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay.

Woman stole money from Kansas senator's PAC (AP) Posted: 01 Jun 2009 04:46 PM PDT AP - A former employee of a fundraising firm has admitted stealing nearly $18,000 from a political action committee for Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts.

Cheney "wrong" on facts: Obama (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jun 2009 04:32 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama on Monday struck back at one of his toughest critics, saying former Vice President Dick Cheney was wrong when he criticized White House plans to close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay.

Fear of corruption — again — in mayoral race in NJ (AP) Posted: 01 Jun 2009 04:22 PM PDT AP - There's a certain sickness surrounding the latest ballot box scandal in this seaside gambling resort, where elections and allegations of corruption often go hand-in-hand.

Feds spike voter citizenship checks in Georgia (AP) Posted: 01 Jun 2009 04:09 PM PDT AP - The Justice Department has rejected Georgia's system of using Social Security numbers and driver's license data to check whether prospective voters are citizens, a process that was a subject of a federal lawsuit in the weeks leading up to November's election.

Health industry spells out cost saving to Obama (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jun 2009 03:32 PM PDT Reuters - A coalition of U.S. health industry groups on Monday outlined how they plan meet President Barack Obama's goal of cutting $2 trillion in costs industrywide over the next decade.

Clinton tries to remake US image in Latin America (AP) Posted: 01 Jun 2009 03:30 PM PDT AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is trying to ease long-standing resentment of U.S. policies in Latin America by showing up this week for events that highlight Washington's awkward history with the region.

Obama looks to Congress to push ahead reforms (AFP) Posted: 01 Jun 2009 03:04 PM PDT AFP - US lawmakers face a slew of key debates before the August recess, with President Barack Obama urging them to back his ambitious agenda with bills on healthcare reform and global warming, and the confirmation of a new Supreme Court judge.

Obama visits troops at Naval Hospital (AP) Posted: 01 Jun 2009 02:52 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama has visited wounded and recovering troops, awarding two Purple Hearts.

With election ahead, politics likely to enter GM decisions (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 01 Jun 2009 02:10 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The federal government, in a nearly unprecedented move, now has a stake in running General Motors, and that means politics is likely to creep into a lot of big decisions, despite President Barack Obama's vow that Washington won't get heavily involved.

Health groups outline plan to cut costs (Politico) Posted: 01 Jun 2009 01:12 PM PDT Politico - Six major health care organizations submitted a 28-page proposal Monday to President Barack Obama detailing how they could save $2 trillion over 10 years.

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