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• Emotion, few details, in Obama's health care pitch (AP)
• Major military operation under way in Afghanistan (AP)
• Lawmakers' not-so-secret Capitol Hill sanctuary (AP)
• US suspends military relations with Honduras (AP)
• Obama vows health bill by year's end (Politico)
• Rangel: Drug firms have been stealing (AP)
• Mississippi the fattest, Alabama closing the gap (AP)
• 12 hospitalized in connection with E. coli in beef (AP)
• Inouye's office inquired about bank's aid request (AP)
• Gitmo detainee seeks to suppress interrogations (AP)
• White House: Niger's actions worrisome (AP)
• Obama pushes ahead with transport fund rescue (Reuters)
• Emotion, few details, in Obama's health care pitch (AP)
• Analysis: Franken doesn't guarantee Dems success (AP)
• Adviser: Maloney to take on Gillibrand in primary (AP)
• Administration launches immigration crackdown (AP)
• Legal group's records tell little about Sotomayor (AP)
• S.C. GOP: Sanford must go (Politico)
• Settlement to require animal labs to post data (AP)
• Strategists Worry Obama's Popularity is Dropping (U.S. News & World Report)

Emotion, few details, in Obama's health care pitch (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2009 02:23 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama wanted to put a human face on his plans to overhaul health care, and a Virginia supporter did just that Wednesday.

Major military operation under way in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2009 11:17 PM PDT AP - U.S. Marines and Afghan security forces moved into Taliban-infested villages Wednesday evening in one of the Obama administration's first major military operations in the previously forgotten war in Afghanistan.

Lawmakers' not-so-secret Capitol Hill sanctuary (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2009 03:11 PM PDT AP - For years, the brick facade of a three-story house near the Capitol has functioned as a shield for the lawmakers who live and pray there, offering sanctuary from the temptations of political life — and discretion for those who succumbed.

US suspends military relations with Honduras (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2009 02:48 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration said Wednesday it has suspended joint military operations with Honduras to protest a coup that forced President Manuel Zelaya into exile. The U.S. withheld stronger action in hopes of negotiating a peaceful return of the country's elected leader.

Obama vows health bill by year's end (Politico) Posted: 01 Jul 2009 01:45 PM PDT Politico - ANNANDALE, Va. – After receiving hundreds of questions through the White House website and social networking sites, President Barack Obama took up just seven of them Wednesday at a health care town hall.

Rangel: Drug firms have been stealing (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2009 03:02 PM PDT AP - One of the principal authors of health care legislation taking shape in the House accused drug companies and other medical providers Wednesday of stealing, and said they are now offering concessions in the hopes the bill that emerges will not demand too much of them.

Mississippi the fattest, Alabama closing the gap (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2009 03:07 PM PDT AP - Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers.

12 hospitalized in connection with E. coli in beef (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2009 03:52 PM PDT AP - Federal health officials say at least 12 people have been hospitalized in connection with a possible E.coli outbreak in beef and two of them suffered kidney failure.

Inouye's office inquired about bank's aid request (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2009 04:17 PM PDT AP - Hardly a bank bailout hearing goes by in Congress without a lawmaker raising a question on behalf of constituent banks that have applied for federal assistance from the government's financial bailout fund.

Gitmo detainee seeks to suppress interrogations (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2009 03:29 PM PDT AP - Attorneys for a Guantanamo Bay prisoner asked a federal judge Wednesday to exclude as evidence against him the statements he made during at least 57 interrogations since his capture, saying they were the result of torture and other coercion.

White House: Niger's actions worrisome (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2009 04:26 PM PDT AP - The White House says it's worried about Niger President Mamadou Tandja's decision to dissolve his nation's top court in an apparent effort to extend power.

Obama pushes ahead with transport fund rescue (Reuters) Posted: 01 Jul 2009 04:15 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama is pushing ahead with plans to shore up dwindling federal reserves for highway construction and establish a government-run bank to pay for future transportation projects.

Emotion, few details, in Obama's health care pitch (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2009 04:08 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama wanted to put a human face on his plans to overhaul health care, and a Virginia supporter did just that Wednesday. Fighting back tears, Debby Smith, 53, told Obama of her kidney cancer and her inability to obtain health insurance or hold a job.

Analysis: Franken doesn't guarantee Dems success (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2009 03:57 PM PDT AP - Al Franken's victory in the marathon Minnesota Senate race gives Democrats control of 60 seats, the number needed to overcome any Republican filibuster aimed at blocking elements of President Barack Obama's ambitious agenda.

Adviser: Maloney to take on Gillibrand in primary (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2009 03:42 PM PDT AP - New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney has decided to challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in the state's Democratic primary, setting the stage for a potentially costly and contentious fight that other congressional Democrats have avoided.

Administration launches immigration crackdown (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2009 03:25 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration launched investigations of hundreds of businesses around the country Wednesday as part of its strategy to focus immigration enforcement on the employers who hire illegal workers.

Legal group's records tell little about Sotomayor (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2009 04:09 PM PDT AP - A Puerto Rican civil rights organization advised by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor campaigned against seating conservative Robert Bork on the high court in the late 1980s, according to new documents that shed light on the group that's become a key focus of Republicans questioning Sotomayor's fitness to be a justice.

S.C. GOP: Sanford must go (Politico) Posted: 01 Jul 2009 03:12 PM PDT Politico - Gov. Mark Sanford's long and emotional interview with The Associated Press Tuesday appears to have been the final straw for South Carolina's Republican establishment, much of which is now actively seeking his resignation.

Settlement to require animal labs to post data (AP) Posted: 01 Jul 2009 03:02 PM PDT AP - Animal research facilities will be required to disclosee more information online about their experiments under a court settlement signed Wednesday by the Humane Society of the United States and the Agriculture Department.

Strategists Worry Obama's Popularity is Dropping (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 01 Jul 2009 02:58 PM PDT U.S. News & World Report - President Obama is heading into stormy waters. His healthcare plans have stalled on Capitol Hill; he is being faulted for a shaky response to the post-election violence in Iran; his job-approval ratings are dropping; and confidence in his handling of the economy is ebbing. The warning signs are enough to worry Democratic strategists that Obama may be sinking into a trough that will sap his influence just when he needs it most. [See photos of Obama abroad]

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