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Official: Investigator to lead stimulus oversight (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2009 11:28 PM CST AP - President Barack Obama plans to announce Monday a former Secret Service agent who helped expose lobbyists' corruption at the Interior Department as his pick to oversee the $787 billion economic stimulus plan.

Looking to 2012, GOP governors step into spotlight (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2009 07:58 PM CST AP - With an eye toward the 2012 presidential contest, leading Republicans used this weekend's meeting of the National Governors Association to lay out divergent views of President Obama's stimulus plan — and competing visions of their party's future.

Vegas, Midwest seek the $8 billion for fast trains (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2009 02:43 PM CST AP - The Republicans attacking President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package point to a project they dub the "Sin Express" — a high speed rail link between Anaheim, Calif., site of Disneyland, and Las Vegas.

Times: US advisers training Pakistani troops (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2009 10:23 PM CST AP - U.S. military advisers, mostly Army Special Forces soldiers, are training Pakistani troops in their fight against al-Qaida and the Taliban, The New York Times reported Sunday.

Citi approaches feds (Politico) Posted: 22 Feb 2009 10:05 PM CST Politico - The federal government is in talks with Citigroup Inc. to increase its ownership stake in the troubled bank, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday, citing sources the newspaper did not identify.

Sen. Lugar says US must rethink Cuba embargo (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2009 01:06 PM CST AP - The U.S. policy of shunning communist Cuba by imposing a strict trade embargo has failed to prod the island nation toward democracy and should be re-evaluated, according to the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Analysis: Star power fuels Clinton trip to Asia (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2009 05:59 PM CST AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton charged through Asia determined to remake America's image abroad, raising eyebrows and a few hackles with charm and candor as she spread the Obama administration's message that change has come to Washington.

McConnell says ailing automakers not doing enough (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2009 10:36 AM CST AP - The Senate's Republican leader says U.S. automakers seeking government aid still aren't doing what's necessary to save themselves.

McConnell seeks quick ethics guidance on Burris (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2009 09:58 AM CST AP - The Senate's Republican leader wants a quick recommendation from the Senate ethics committee on Illinois Democrat Roland Burris.

Sebelius: No talks with Obama about health post (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2009 12:35 PM CST AP - Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, mentioned as a top candidate for health secretary, said Sunday she has not talked with President Barack Obama about joining his Cabinet.

Netanyahu, Livni hold first post-election talks (Reuters) Posted: 23 Feb 2009 12:48 AM CST Reuters - Israel's political rivals Benjamin Netanyahu and Tzipi Livni agreed to hold further talks about a future government at their first meeting on Sunday since an inconclusive February 10 election.

Nationalization? Feds, Citi at the table (Politico) Posted: 23 Feb 2009 12:40 AM CST Politico - The federal government is in talks to beef up its ownership stake in Citigroup to as much as 40 percent of the company's common stock, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday—just days after the Obama administration said it didn't want to nationalize America's largest banks.

Obama seeks new momentum in pivotal week (Reuters) Posted: 23 Feb 2009 12:08 AM CST Reuters - Just a month into his presidency, Barack Obama has had to deal with everything from Cabinet missteps that have strained his "no-drama Obama" image to an economic crisis that seems to worsen by the day.

Sanford hints at challenge to Clyburn Amendment (Politico) Posted: 22 Feb 2009 09:04 PM CST Politico - South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford today hinted at a legal challenge to the Clyburn Amendment, which allows state legislative leaders to accept stimulus funding over the objections of conservative governors.

Obama: Governors understand economic troubles (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2009 07:51 PM CST AP - President Barack Obama says his administration wants to make it easier for the nation's governors to lead their states out of their economic woes.

Buying Citi (Politico) Posted: 22 Feb 2009 07:49 PM CST Politico - The Wall Street Journal reports tonight, as bankers prepare for the markets to open Monday:

Obama's deficit plan based on optimistic assumptions (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 22 Feb 2009 06:47 PM CST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — In order to achieve his goal of cutting the federal budget deficit in half, to $533 billion by 2013, President Barack Obama would need cooperation from Congress; the U.S. and world economies; Iraqi political and militia leaders; Afghan warlords and politicians; and perhaps even Iran, China and Pakistan.

8 Afghan truisms (Politico) Posted: 22 Feb 2009 06:40 PM CST Politico - Dozens of camels lumbered by in neat rows, hauling eight-foot rockets in saddle bags and trailing a jeep carrying “Stalin’s Organ,” a lethal 40-tube rocket launcher. Thousands of soldiers marched past with locked-knees, shouldering AK-47s, amid endless columns of SAM-7 surface-to-air missiles, 122mm howitzers, US-made Stinger anti-aircraft missiles and other weapons.

Big W.H. role for low-profile Schiliro (Politico) Posted: 22 Feb 2009 05:47 PM CST Politico - When the New York Times printed a photograph of three top aides standing in the background at President Obama’s first press conference, it identified only two of them: larger-than-life Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Robert Gibbs, press secretary and face of the new administration.

First lady welcomes culinary students (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2009 05:27 PM CST AP - First lady Michelle Obama opened the White House kitchen Sunday to six culinary students so they could learn about preparations for a big official dinner.

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