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• Sotomayor sidesteps on abortion, guns in grilling (AP)
• Police shoot and kill armed man near US Capitol (AP)
• Clinton acts to retake foreign policy center stage (AP)
• THE INFLUENCE GAME: NFL players tackle lawmakers (AP)
• Sotomayor retreats more under queries (Politico)
• Clinton warns Iran on engagement (AP)
• Sotomayor hearing has winners, losers (AP)
• AP sources: Tenet canceled secret CIA hit teams (AP)
• Senator holds up EPA nominee over climate study (AP)
• Pentagon won't ban war-zone smoking, despite study (AP)
• Obama prods Congress on healthcare; Senate panel acts (Reuters)
• Senate panel OKs plan to revamp health care system (AP)
• Bill would spend more to make college affordable (AP)
• Richer portrait of Sotomayor emerges in hearing (AP)
• Obama, Lawmakers Fight Over F-22 Cuts in Funding Battle (Time.com)
• DEA weighs new limits on drug eyed in Jackson case (AP)
• Clinton speech sounds familiar themes (Politico)
• Sotomayor hearing: Testing, testing ... hello? (AP)
• House plan boosts taxes on rich to 20-year high (AP)
• Congress gets Obama hedge funds disclosure bill (Reuters)

Sotomayor sidesteps on abortion, guns in grilling (AP) Posted: 15 Jul 2009 04:38 PM PDT AP - Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor determinedly sidestepped volleys of Republican questions on abortion and gun rights Wednesday, keeping her demeanor cool and her opinions mostly private as she neared the end of a marathon Senate grilling on the road to all but sure confirmation.

Police shoot and kill armed man near US Capitol (AP) Posted: 15 Jul 2009 05:05 PM PDT AP - A chaotic scene unfolded near the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday after police shot and killed an armed man in what authorities described as a routine rush hour traffic stop that turned deadly.

Clinton acts to retake foreign policy center stage (AP) Posted: 15 Jul 2009 04:29 PM PDT AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton bounded back into the public arena in a choreographed event Wednesday aimed at reasserting her position as the Obama administration's top diplomat.

THE INFLUENCE GAME: NFL players tackle lawmakers (AP) Posted: 15 Jul 2009 04:08 PM PDT AP - Pro football players swept across Capitol Hill on Wednesday and asked lawmakers to take a tough look at owners' profits as the two sides prepare to decide how to divide their big pot of TV money and other revenues.

Sotomayor retreats more under queries (Politico) Posted: 15 Jul 2009 11:27 AM PDT Politico - Republicans failed to push Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor off what appears to be her steady stride towards confirmation Wednesday, though in a series of low-key exchanges she did retreat further on some of her controversial past statements.

Clinton warns Iran on engagement (AP) Posted: 15 Jul 2009 04:46 PM PDT AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday warned Iran it has only a limited time to accept the Obama administration's offer for engagement. She also urged Arab nations to take immediate steps to improve ties with Israel to bolster Mideast peace hopes.

Sotomayor hearing has winners, losers (AP) Posted: 15 Jul 2009 03:26 PM PDT AP - Judge Sonia Sotomayor is likely headed to the Supreme Court, but not unscathed. A Republican inquisitor at her confirmation hearings, Sen. Jeff Sessions, took advantage of the national spotlight but got singed by it, too. There are political winners and losers in every nomination fight, and some people, like Sotomayor and Sessions, know both gain and pain.

AP sources: Tenet canceled secret CIA hit teams (AP) Posted: 15 Jul 2009 04:07 PM PDT AP - As CIA director in 2004, George Tenet terminated a secret program to develop hit teams to kill al-Qaida leaders, but his successors resurrected the plan, according to former intelligence officials.

Senator holds up EPA nominee over climate study (AP) Posted: 15 Jul 2009 05:17 PM PDT AP - A Republican senator is blocking the nomination of a top Environmental Protection Agency official over what he calls a flawed study of the climate bill recently passed in the House.

Pentagon won't ban war-zone smoking, despite study (AP) Posted: 15 Jul 2009 05:41 PM PDT AP - Smoke 'em if you got 'em. The Pentagon reassured troops Wednesday that it won't ban tobacco products in war zones.

Obama prods Congress on healthcare; Senate panel acts (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jul 2009 05:40 PM PDT Reuters - Saying it was "time to get this done," President Barack Obama pressed on Wednesday for swift congressional action on healthcare after a Senate panel approved a bill to overhaul the $2.5 trillion industry.

Senate panel OKs plan to revamp health care system (AP) Posted: 15 Jul 2009 05:26 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama achieved a milestone Wednesday when a Senate committee approved a plan to revamp the U.S. health care system. The Senate panel's action, which attracted no Republican votes, came as the president's campaign organization rolled out television ads to build support for his top domestic priority.

Bill would spend more to make college affordable (AP) Posted: 15 Jul 2009 05:18 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's plan to dramatically increase college student aid took its first step Wednesday on what could be a rocky path through Congress.

Richer portrait of Sotomayor emerges in hearing (AP) Posted: 15 Jul 2009 04:27 PM PDT AP - From her early days as a lawyer, Sonia Sotomayor never was content to be what she calls the "fifth guy on the totem pole."

Obama, Lawmakers Fight Over F-22 Cuts in Funding Battle (Time.com) Posted: 15 Jul 2009 04:10 PM PDT Time.com - Viewpoint: A looming vote over funding for more F-22s pits the Administration and Pentagon against lawmakers trying to save jobs

DEA weighs new limits on drug eyed in Jackson case (AP) Posted: 15 Jul 2009 03:05 PM PDT AP - Federal authorities are considering making the potent anesthetic propofol — one of the drugs found in Michael Jackson's home — a controlled substance, which would put new limits on its distribution.

Clinton speech sounds familiar themes (Politico) Posted: 15 Jul 2009 02:36 PM PDT Politico - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s first major policy address Wednesday was a tour of American foreign policy that also served to highlight her stature inside the Obama administration.

Sotomayor hearing: Testing, testing ... hello? (AP) Posted: 15 Jul 2009 02:23 PM PDT AP - Al Franken is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee — only a week into office? Well, Franken was, briefly.

House plan boosts taxes on rich to 20-year high (AP) Posted: 15 Jul 2009 04:07 PM PDT AP - House Democrats scrambling for ways to pay for overhauling health care would raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans to levels not seen since the 1980s, breaking one of President Barack Obama's campaign pledges.

Congress gets Obama hedge funds disclosure bill (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jul 2009 02:16 PM PDT Reuters - The U.S. Treasury on Wednesday submitted legislation to Congress that would require hedge funds with more than $30 million under management to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission and greatly increase disclosures to investors and regulators.

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