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Trade rep: Stronger NAFTA without renegotiation (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 04:22 PM PDT AP - Softening President Barack Obama's campaign-year trade rhetoric, the top U.S. trade official said the administration can strengthen provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement without having to renegotiate the pact.

Obama defends secret memo release to CIA employees (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 04:39 PM PDT AP - Days after releasing top-secret memos that detailed the CIA's use of simulated drowning while interrogating terror suspects, President Barack Obama went to the spy agency's Virginia headquarters on Monday to defend his decision and bolster the morale of its employees.

3 nominees confirmed for Justice posts (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 04:27 PM PDT AP - Lanny Breuer, pitcher Roger Clemens' lawyer in a steroid investigation and President Bill Clinton's impeachment attorney, was confirmed by the Senate on Monday as chief of the Justice Department's criminal division.

Sources: Somali pirate suspect en route to NY (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 04:38 PM PDT AP - The sole surviving Somali pirate from the hostage-taking of commercial ship captain Richard Phillips was being flown to New York late Monday, hours after his mother appealed to President Barack Obama for his release.

Groups accept Obama rules - for 1 night (Politico) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 04:24 PM PDT Politico - The two major Democratic congressional fundraising committees agreed to forego lobbyist and political action committee cash at a June fundraiser in order to land President Barack Obama as the keynote speaker.

Obama holds first Cabinet meeting as cameras whir (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 04:13 PM PDT AP - A president's first Cabinet meeting, like the White House Easter Egg Roll, is a spring rite that's more photo op than substantive event.

Obama greets Tiger Woods, White Sox (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 04:02 PM PDT AP - On a day when he met with his Cabinet and visited CIA headquarters, President Barack Obama made room for a favorite pastime: talking sports with top professionals.

SPIN METER: Saving federal money the easy way (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 03:30 PM PDT AP - Cut a latte or two out of your annual budget and you've just done as much belt-tightening as President Barack Obama asked of his Cabinet on Monday.

Donors gave $53 million for Obama inauguration (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 02:39 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's prolific fundraising carried on through Inauguration Day: His inaugural committee raised at least $53 million from donors for his swearing-in festivities.

Hudson ditching survivor `shocked' by FAA secrecy (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 04:50 PM PDT AP - A survivor of the jetliner that ditched in the Hudson River after hitting birds and most other public commenters opposed a government proposal to make secret its data on when and where such bird strikes occur.

Can the GOP paint Obama as apologist? (Politico) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 04:51 PM PDT Politico - Republicans are hoping they have finally found the secret to taking on President Barack Obama — by portraying him as overly apologetic about U.S. misdeeds and naive about engaging unfriendly regimes abroad.

Obama asks Congress to back IMF boost (AFP) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 04:13 PM PDT AFP - President Barack Obama Monday asked Congress to back an expansion of an IMF emergency fund by 500 billion dollars in a move designed to expand its reach to big emerging market nations.

Obama to attend meeting with credit card firms (Reuters) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 03:43 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama will participate in a meeting on Thursday with executives of U.S. credit card companies, the White House said.

Obama, CIA chief patch up interrogation-memo rift (Reuters) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 03:36 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama and his CIA chief buried differences on Monday over the release of classified documents on waterboarding, even as former Vice President Dick Cheney kept the debate alive.

Congratulations, Matt! (Politico) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 03:35 PM PDT Politico - POLITICO marked a signal day in its young history Monday, when editorial cartoonist Matt Wuerker was honored as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning.

Minnesota Senate race moves to high court appeal (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 03:04 PM PDT AP - Lawyers for Republican Norm Coleman have filed notice to appeal his election-lawsuit loss to Democrat Al Franken.

Senators urge Obama push for Korea trade deal (Reuters) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 03:02 PM PDT Reuters - Two senior U.S. senators urged President Barack Obama on Monday to begin "the hard work" of passing a free trade agreement with South Korea that he opposed during last year's campaign.

Kirk to consult with Congress on Colombia trade (Reuters) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 02:52 PM PDT Reuters - The Obama administration will consult closely with Congress as it begins talks with Colombia on anti-union violence that has blocked approval of a bilateral free trade pact for more than two years, the top U.S. trade official said on Monday.

Obama's savings questioned (Politico) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 02:49 PM PDT Politico - Conservatives are taking aim at President Obama’s request for Cabinet agencies to cut $100 million from their budgets dismissing that number as a trivial sum in the federal budget.

Coleman files appeal (Politico) Posted: 20 Apr 2009 02:44 PM PDT Politico - Norm Coleman’s legal team has filed a notice of appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court, contesting his resounding defeat last week at the hands of a lower court in the seemingly endless Minnesota Senate race recount.

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