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Analysis: Some hits, some misses for Obama (AP) Posted: 04 Apr 2009 01:25 PM PDT AP - Stop after stop, crowds are thronging, leaders gushing, headlines blaring. Even a roomful of foreign reporters applauded after President Barack Obama's London news conference.

Obama to ease Cuban travel ban, not ease embargo (AP) Posted: 04 Apr 2009 01:33 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration intends to allow Americans to visit relatives in Cuba and send money back to their families on the communist island nation, senior U.S. officials said Saturday.

Obama: NATO committed to strengthen Pakistan (AP) Posted: 04 Apr 2009 03:28 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says NATO is committed to strengthening Pakistan's ability to meet the needs of its people.

Troops 'a strong down payment' (Politico) Posted: 04 Apr 2009 10:10 AM PDT Politico - President Barack Obama said Saturday that NATO allies will send up to 5,000 more security forces and trainers to Afghanistan – calling it “a strong down payment” on the war even as Europe declined to match the U.S. commitment of new combat might.

Obama adviser paid millions as hedge fund director (AP) Posted: 04 Apr 2009 01:50 PM PDT AP - Lawrence Summers, President Barack Obama's top economic adviser, earned millions over the past year as managing director of the hedge fund D.E. Shaw Group and through speaking fees, some from financial institutions now at the center of the government's rescue program.

Estimate says bailout will cost taxpayers more (AP) Posted: 04 Apr 2009 03:03 PM PDT AP - Bailing out the financial sector will cost taxpayers $167 billion more than originally anticipated, according to a Congressional Budget Office estimate.

Obama: Afghan law regarding women is 'abhorrent' (AP) Posted: 04 Apr 2009 08:07 AM PDT AP - There's a new Afghan law that critics say makes it legal for men to rape their wives.

Analysis: Congress backs some Obama goals, not all (AP) Posted: 04 Apr 2009 02:13 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama emerged from this year's congressional budget debate with a half-victory: a green light to pursue an overhaul of health care, accompanied by a rebuke over how to pay for it.

Republicans: More restrained budget needed (AP) Posted: 04 Apr 2009 03:12 PM PDT AP - American families are having to sacrifice, and Republicans say the federal government should follow their example.

Obama to call for nuclear-free world (Reuters) Posted: 04 Apr 2009 03:14 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama will call for the elimination of all nuclear weapons across the globe, in remarks on Sunday he hopes will lend credibility to his message in atomic disputes with Iran and North Korea.

Obama: Threats to security, economy are worldwide (AP) Posted: 04 Apr 2009 02:36 PM PDT AP - Coordinated global responses are needed to tackle terrorism, the financial meltdown, global warming and other problems in an age when such issues recognize no boundaries, President Barack Obama said Saturday.

WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Europe wheels and deals, too (AP) Posted: 04 Apr 2009 12:09 PM PDT AP - Wheeling and dealing in politics is universal.

Adulation, but little help, for Obama (Politico) Posted: 04 Apr 2009 12:00 PM PDT Politico - STRASBOURG, France – President Barack Obama is learning the limits of personal diplomacy.

Analysis: In US, Europe a delicate political topic (AP) Posted: 04 Apr 2009 08:55 AM PDT AP - He came and he saw, but he didn't play the conqueror. Instead, Barack Obama journeyed to Europe, as he put it, to pay attention.

President says US needs to lead and compromise (AP) Posted: 04 Apr 2009 08:51 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says he's willing to listen and compromise with European partners and other countries.

Obama: Economic crisis could threaten Balkan peace (AP) Posted: 04 Apr 2009 08:29 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says the situation in the Balkans has stabilized, but the global economic crisis could threaten peace in the region.

Obama says he's impressed by European leadership (AP) Posted: 04 Apr 2009 08:18 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says political maneuvering in Europe is about the same as it in the United States.

Obama noncombat troops in Afghan have vital role (AP) Posted: 04 Apr 2009 07:58 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says noncombat troops in Afghanistan are as important as those directly in harm's way.

President: 5,000 NATO troops going to Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 04 Apr 2009 07:55 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says NATO has a taken big step forward by promising to send 5,000 more troops and trainers to Afghanistan.

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