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Obama treads lightly in meeting with Canada's PM (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 10:18 PM CST AP - President Barack Obama courted warmer relations with America's snowy northern neighbor Thursday, declining to ask war-weary Canada to do more in Afghanistan, promising he won't allow a protectionist creep into U.S. trade policy and talking reassuringly around thorny energy issues.

Clinton names special NKorea envoy (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2009 12:43 AM CST AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton named a special envoy for North Korea on Friday but warned the communist nation that ties with the United States will not improve unless it stops threatening South Korea.

SC Rep: Opposition to stimulus is slap in face (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 10:26 PM CST AP - The highest-ranking black congressman said Thursday that opposition to the federal stimulus package by southern GOP governors is "a slap in the face of African-Americans."

Reid: Senate to take up climate change this year (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 10:27 PM CST AP - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he wants to take up a bill to tackle global warming by the end of the summer.

NRCC blasts Dems in robocalls (Politico) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 07:13 PM CST Politico - House Republicans continue to target Democrats across the country for their support of the economic stimulus package.

FBI tracks down Texas financier in fraud case (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 07:58 PM CST AP - Texas financier R. Allen Stanford was tracked down Thursday in Virginia, where FBI agents served him with legal papers in a multibillion-dollar fraud case.

Burris' support in black community begins to waver (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 08:36 PM CST AP - A group of black ministers who supported U.S. Sen. Roland Burris as he fought to get his job now plan to ask for his resignation following revelations that he tried to raise money for the disgraced governor who appointed him, one of the ministers told The Associated Press on Thursday.

Obama aide outlines stimulus requirements (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 05:59 PM CST AP - President Barack Obama's top budget aides are putting in place strict reporting requirements for all federal agencies that will be involved in spending parts of the $787 billion economic stimulus package.

Billionaire in fraud case always saw bright future (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 05:51 PM CST AP - On paper, it looked like R. Allen Stanford was making all the right moves.

GOP considers ex-NY Gov. Pataki for Senate in 2010 (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 04:40 PM CST AP - The head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee has approached former New York Gov. George Pataki about running for the U.S. Senate in 2010, according to a person who spoke to Pataki about the private meeting.

New York Times, lobbyist settle libel suit (Reuters) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 10:35 PM CST Reuters - A Washington lobbyist who sued The New York Times for an article she said suggested she once had a romantic relationship with 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCain has settled with the newspaper, the two sides said on Thursday.

Post apologizes (Politico) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 07:25 PM CST Politico - Or at least, this editorial is as close to an apology as I've ever seen from the New York Post:

Obama's drive-by diplomacy (Politico) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 06:50 PM CST Politico - OTTAWA – Berlin, it was not.

Obama reassures Canada on open trade (Reuters) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 06:24 PM CST Reuters - President Barack Obama on Thursday assured Canada, his country's biggest trading partner, that he would not pursue protectionist policies, and the two neighbors agreed to cooperate on cleaner energy technology.

US steps up pressure on UBS in bank secrets case (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 06:06 PM CST AP - A government lawsuit Thursday seeks the identities of tens of thousands of possible U.S. tax cheats who hid billions of dollars in assets at the Swiss-based bank UBS AG. A defiant Swiss president pledged to maintain his country's bank secrecy laws.

Iseman claims win; NYT stands ground (Politico) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 06:03 PM CST Politico - As soon as the New York Times and lobbyist Vicki Iseman settled her lawsuit against the paper, both sides claimed victory.

Panetta promises honesty as CIA director (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 05:41 PM CST AP - CIA Director Leon Panetta promised honest leadership as he took the helm Thursday of an agency with a public image tarnished by allegations of torture and faulty intelligence estimates.

Spending on preventing homelessness to soar (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 05:31 PM CST AP - In the coming months, the Housing and Urban Development Department will oversee at least a tenfold increase in spending on programs designed to prevent homelessness, officials said Thursday.

Energy secretary predicts higher demand for oil (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 05:07 PM CST AP - Energy Secretary Steven Chu, a champion of renewable energy and biofuels, has no delusions about the future of oil. Global demand for it will increase over the next two decades even with more efficiency and alternative fuels, he says, and prices will again go higher.

Estimates released of stimulus dollars (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 04:44 PM CST AP - Education Secretary Arne Duncan said the economic stimulus plan will help avert thousands of teacher layoffs, and he released the first estimates of where the money will go.

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Obama throws $75 billion lifeline to homeowners (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2009 10:55 PM CST AP - President Barack Obama threw a $75 billion lifeline to millions of Americans on the brink of foreclosure Wednesday, declaring an urgent need for drastic action — not only to save their homes but to keep the housing crisis "from wreaking even greater havoc" on the broader national economy.

US commander: Troops 'stalemated' in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2009 08:36 PM CST AP - The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan offered a grim view Wednesday of military efforts in southern Afghanistan, warning that 17,000 new troops will take on emboldened Taliban insurgents who have "stalemated" U.S. and allied forces.

Clinton hammers home Obama message in Asia (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 12:29 AM CST AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham on Thursday relentlessly hammered home the Obama administration's message that America is under new management and ready to listen and engage the world.

Billionaire's bank customers denied their deposits (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2009 07:39 PM CST AP - Panicky depositors were turned away from Stanford International Bank and some of its Latin American affiliates Wednesday, unable to withdraw their money after U.S. regulators accused Texas financier R. Allen Stanford of perpetrating an $8 billion fraud against his companies' investors.

McKiernan: 'Tough year' in Afghanistan (Politico) Posted: 18 Feb 2009 06:03 PM CST Politico - The United States will have to remain “heavily engaged” in Afghanistan for the next three to four years, the senior U.S. commander said Wednesday, suggesting that the insurgency may not be contained until the end of President Barack Obama’s first term.

Feds cite poor information-sharing in ship crash (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2009 08:15 PM CST AP - A medically unfit pilot, an ineffective captain and poor communications between the two were the cause of a November 2007 accident leading a ship to spill thousands of gallons of fuel oil into the San Francisco Bay, safety officials said Wednesday.

UBS to pay $780M, open secret Swiss bank records (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2009 07:15 PM CST AP - Banking giant UBS has agreed to pay $780 million and turn over once-secret Swiss banking records to settle allegations it conspired to defraud the U.S. government of taxes owed by thousands of American clients.

Gates hoping for better relations with Russia (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 01:39 AM CST AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he sees a chance for better relations with Russia with a new president in the White House, but warned that Moscow is trying to "have it both ways" by offering help in Afghanistan and undermining U.S. efforts there at the same time.

FAA, NTSB feud over safety recommendations (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2009 07:09 PM CST AP - A week after Continental Flight 3407 fell from the sky on an icy night near Buffalo, N.Y., the crash has exposed a long simmering rift in Washington between the two agencies responsible for air safety.

First lady hosts Black History Month celebration (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2009 06:14 PM CST AP - Foot-stomping music filled the East Room of the White House on Wednesday as first lady Michelle Obama hosted nearly 200 schoolchildren for a Black History Month celebration featuring Sweet Honey in the Rock, an award-winning female a cappella ensemble.

US to press allies for more Afghanistan troops (AFP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 12:49 AM CST AFP - The administration of President Barack Obama will expect NATO allies to up troop levels in Afghanistan ahead of elections there in August, US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said.

Obama to address protectionist fears on Canada trip (Reuters) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 12:20 AM CST Reuters - Barack Obama will seek to quell Canadian concerns about U.S. protectionism when he makes his first foreign trip as president on Thursday to the United States' biggest trading partner and energy supplier.

Groups caution Obama not breaking from Bush secrecy (Reuters) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 12:16 AM CST Reuters - Civil liberties experts say ongoing cases related to torture and rendition are testing the Obama administration's assertion it will be more open and transparent than the Bush administration.

NY Post cartoon of dead chimpanzee stirs outrage (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2009 12:08 AM CST AP - A New York Post cartoon that some have interpreted as comparing President Barack Obama to a violent chimpanzee gunned down by police drew outrage Wednesday from civil rights leaders and elected officials who said it echoed racist stereotypes of blacks as monkeys.

VIDEO: Bash, King: Cable's couple (Politico) Posted: 18 Feb 2009 10:24 PM CST Politico - CNN's John King and Dana Bash aren't just colleagues — they're spouses. The two got hitched last year and quickly earned the coveted title of Washington "power couple."

Sources: Mo. Rep. Blunt to run for Senate in 2010 (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2009 09:07 PM CST AP - People close to Missouri congressman Roy Blunt say he is running for the U.S. Senate in 2010.

Sebelius top choice for U.S. health secretary: report (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2009 07:14 PM CST Reuters - Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius has emerged as President Barack Obama's top choice for health secretary, a key post in helping to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing Obama advisers.

Obama unveils plan to tackle housing crisis (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2009 07:13 PM CST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama pledged up to $275 billion on Wednesday to help stem a wave of home foreclosures, part of a broad effort using massive sums of government money to lift the country out of recession.

Dems abandon Burris (Politico) Posted: 18 Feb 2009 05:48 PM CST Politico - Sen. Roland Burris is rapidly losing any political support he once had among colleagues, with Democrats from the statehouse to the White House raising questions about his entanglements with ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Automakers need major restructuring: White House (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2009 05:47 PM CST Reuters - The U.S. auto industry needs a "fundamental restructuring," but it is too soon to gauge where a government review of restructuring plans will end up, a top White House official said on Wednesday.

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