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Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius tapped to lead HHS (AP) Posted: 28 Feb 2009 06:09 PM PST AP - Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is President Barack Obama's choice for secretary of health and human services, a White House source said Saturday.

Obama challenges lobbyists to legislative duel (AP) Posted: 28 Feb 2009 12:39 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama challenged the nation's vested interests to a legislative duel Saturday, saying he will fight to change health care, energy and education in dramatic ways that will upset the status quo.

Obama's budget: huge ambitions, huge obstacles (AP) Posted: 28 Feb 2009 11:48 AM PST AP - Breathtaking in its scope and ambition, President Barack Obama's agenda for the economy, health care and energy now goes to a Congress unaccustomed to resolving knotty issues and buffeted by powerful interests that oppose parts of his plan.

Obama's balancing act on Iraq withdrawal strategy (AP) Posted: 28 Feb 2009 12:58 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama leaned heavily toward field commanders' preferences in setting a time frame for an Iraq pullout, as he weighed the fervent desires of anti-war supporters who propelled him into office and the equally strong worries of war generals.

Sebelius to fill HHS (Politico) Posted: 28 Feb 2009 03:03 PM PST Politico - President Barack Obama asked Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Saturday to serve as his secretary of Health and Human Services and she accepted, a senior administration official said.

Amid Obama's change, there's also more of the same (AP) Posted: 28 Feb 2009 05:38 AM PST AP - For all the sweeping changes that President Barack Obama has delivered, there also has been an ample helping of more-of-the-same.

Mideast peace, Russian ties next up for Clinton (AP) Posted: 28 Feb 2009 11:06 AM PST AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is using her second overseas trip to assess Mideast peace prospects, reconnect with European allies and remind her Russian counterpart that U.S. efforts to rebuild relations with Moscow have their limits.

Consensus emerges in Congress for Obama Iraq plan (AP) Posted: 28 Feb 2009 06:20 AM PST AP - Congress has agreed to a timetable for troop withdrawals in Iraq after years of bitterly debating whether to set one.

After bitter split, unions try to heal deep wounds (AP) Posted: 28 Feb 2009 07:12 AM PST AP - Union leaders are talking about reuniting under a single, more powerful federation, nearly four years after a nasty breakup split organized labor.

Obama picks Sebelius as health secretary (Reuters) Posted: 28 Feb 2009 05:10 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama has decided to nominate Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius to head the Department of Health and Human Services and will formally announce the decision at a White House ceremony on Monday, a U.S. official said on Saturday.

US still backs August date for Afghanistan election (AFP) Posted: 28 Feb 2009 04:07 PM PST AFP - The United States Saturday said it supports the "underlying principles" in Afghan President Hamid Karzai's call for elections by April, but believes an August date would best ensure a safe and just poll.

Buffett sees a gloomy 2009 (Politico) Posted: 28 Feb 2009 03:17 PM PST Politico - Warren Buffett, the world’s richest man, has been quietly advising President Barack Obama for years.

Obama's call of college for all: Could it be done? (AP) Posted: 28 Feb 2009 10:44 AM PST AP - In his address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, President Barack Obama called for every American to pursue some form of education beyond high school.

Americans relieved as Obama pledges Iraq winddown (Reuters) Posted: 28 Feb 2009 09:21 AM PST Reuters - Bring 'em home. Or send them to Afghanistan, where things are getting worse.

US to boycott UN racism conference (AP) Posted: 28 Feb 2009 06:37 AM PST AP - The Obama administration said Friday that the United States will boycott an upcoming U.N. conference on racism unless its final document is changed to drop all references to Israel and the defamation of religion.

Gov't asks Supreme Court to dismiss Al-Marri case (AP) Posted: 28 Feb 2009 06:36 AM PST AP - Suspected al-Qaida sleeper agent Ali Al-Marri is now facing criminal charges, but the Obama administration is refusing to rule out the future use of indefinite detention for terrorism suspects picked up in the United States.

Some cases where Obama's policies are like Bush's (AP) Posted: 28 Feb 2009 05:40 AM PST AP - Some cases in which actions by the Obama administration have tracked policies of former President George W. Bush:

Iraq welcomes Obama plan but still needs US help (AFP) Posted: 28 Feb 2009 04:44 AM PST AFP - Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi on Saturday welcomed the pullout of US combat troops outlined by President Barack Obama but stressed that Washington still has a "great responsibility" to help Iraq.

Sunday talk show tip sheet (Politico) Posted: 28 Feb 2009 04:16 AM PST Politico - Top members of President Barack Obama’s national security team headline this Sunday’s talk shows as they try to sell the president's plan to withdraw U.S. combat troops from Iraq within 18 months.

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