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Obama says reaching out to enemies strengthens US (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2009 03:44 PM PDT AP - Defending his brand of world politics, President Barack Obama said Sunday that he "strengthens our hand" by reaching out to enemies of the United States and making sure that the nation is a leader, not a lecturer, of democracy.

Analysis: Obama gores foreign policy ox (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2009 03:51 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama has gone abroad and gored an ox — the deeply held belief that the United States does not make mistakes in dealings with either friends or foes.

WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama gets chatty with press (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2009 01:46 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says he won't yet assess his foreign policy. For that, he'll turn to NBC's Chuck Todd.

Official: Obama doesn't want interrogation charges (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2009 11:15 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama does not intend to prosecute Bush administration officials who devised the policies that led to the harsh interrogation of suspected terrorists, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel said Sunday.

Obama's new Cuba policy (Politico) Posted: 19 Apr 2009 11:52 AM PDT Politico - President Barack Obama said Sunday that America’s 48-year economic embargo of Cuba had failed to bring change to the island, and that he hoped the country would move towards embracing democratic values, including freedom of speech and religion, on the path towards launching better relations with the United States.

Obama aide takes dim view of anti-tax tea parties (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2009 12:10 PM PDT AP - Damn the tea bags. A top adviser to President Barack Obama takes a dim view of last week's anti-tax "tea parties," promoted by organizers in the spirit of the Boston Tea Party.

Americans back legal aid to poll, new poll says (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2009 10:26 AM PDT AP - Americans strongly support government-paid legal services for the poor, says a poll commissioned by the Legal Services Corp.

White House says GOP should be more constructive (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2009 10:20 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama wants Republicans to return to Congress this week from their spring recess with a more constructive attitude toward health care, energy and other administration initiatives. GOP lawmakers say they have ideas, just not the ones the president may want.

Obama: US journalist jailed in Iran was not a spy (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2009 10:12 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says he's "gravely concerned" about the safety and well-being of a U.S. journalist jailed in Iran. He's confident she is not involved in espionage against Tehran.

Officials: Govt. unlikely to take over a big bank (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2009 11:46 AM PDT AP - Some big banks will need more bailout bucks, Obama administration officials said Sunday, although it is unlikely the government might need to take over any reeling institution.

Bailout overseer draws fire from right (Politico) Posted: 19 Apr 2009 03:49 PM PDT Politico - Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard law professor charged by Congress with overseeing trillions in financial rescue funds, has a surprising secret weapon: Dr. Phil.

Obama to take aim at credit card abuses (Reuters) Posted: 19 Apr 2009 02:31 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama plans to crack down on deceptive credit-card industry practices that have saddled U.S. consumers with huge debts and soaring interest rates, U.S. officials said on Sunday.

White House Backs Crackdown on Credit Card Practices (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 19 Apr 2009 12:56 PM PDT CQPolitics.com - The White House gave a boost Sunday to congressional efforts to overhaul credit card industry practices, with economic adviser Lawrence Summers saying President Obama would "be very focused, in a very near term, on a whole set of issues having to do with credit card abuses...."

Analysis: Republicans still struggling in Congress (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2009 11:58 AM PDT AP - Three months into the new Congress, Republicans are struggling to reinvent themselves on the fly as they adjust to life without a president of their own party or a majority in the House and Senate.

Obama: U.S. rejects plots against democratic leaders (Reuters) Posted: 19 Apr 2009 11:44 AM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama, commenting on an alleged assassination plot denounced by Bolivian President Evo Morales, said on Sunday his administration "absolutely opposed" the violent overthrow of democratically elected governments.

White House: Obama to address credit card abuses (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2009 11:14 AM PDT AP - The White House says that it will back congressional efforts to clamp down on credit card abuses in an effort to address the recession's effect on Main Street.

Obama looks for broader US engagement in Americas (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2009 10:57 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says the U.S. involvement with other Western Hemisphere nations needs to go beyond drug interdiction and military matters.

Obama: No bank bailout money goes into black hole (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2009 10:16 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says he'll make sure taxpayer money is not being sent into a black hole through the financial bailout.

Disgraced superintendent's election roils Vt. town (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2009 10:15 AM PDT AP - When former schools superintendent George Sleeman went to prison for embezzlement, folks here figured they had seen the last of him.

Obama: Cuba has steps it can take right now (AP) Posted: 19 Apr 2009 10:03 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says Cuba should release political prisoners, afford greater freedoms and reduce fees on money sent from the United States to Cuba.

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