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Obama prods Netanyahu, Iran in Mideast foray (AP) Posted: 18 May 2009 04:52 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama on Monday opened his deepest foray into the Middle East quagmire, telling Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu he must stop Jewish settlements and should grasp a "historic opportunity" to make peace with the Palestinians.

Pentagon reports no longer quote Bible (AP) Posted: 18 May 2009 04:21 PM PDT AP - The Pentagon said Monday it no longer includes a Bible quote on the cover page of daily intelligence briefings it sends to the White House as was practice during the Bush administration.

Obama: Expects Iranian response by year's end (AP) Posted: 18 May 2009 04:55 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama said Monday he believes he will know by the end of the year whether his diplomatic opening to Iran on curbing its nuclear weapons program will work.

Obama to link auto emissions and mileage standards (AP) Posted: 18 May 2009 04:52 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama, seeking to end a stand-off between states and the auto industry, plans to issue new national emission limits and mileage requirements for cars and trucks. Obama plans to announce on Tuesday that he will couple pollution reduction from vehicle tailpipes with increased efficiency on the road. It would be the first time that limits on greenhouse gases were linked with federal standards for passenger cars and light trucks.

Palin camp eyed Clinton alliance (Politico) Posted: 18 May 2009 04:45 PM PDT Politico - In an unusual attempt to forge an alliance between two of the most prominent political families in American politics, John Coale, a Washington-area Democratic donor and onetime adviser to Sarah Palin, urged the conservative Alaska governor to use her political action committee to help retire the presidential campaign debt of Hillary Clinton.

A taste of help to keep cancer patients' pounds up (AP) Posted: 18 May 2009 03:12 PM PDT AP - The statistic is shocking: Severe malnutrition and weight loss play a role in at least one in five cancer deaths. Yet nutrition too often is an afterthought until someone's already in trouble.

Senate confirms Obama's pick for FDA chief (AP) Posted: 18 May 2009 03:33 PM PDT AP - The Senate on Monday confirmed President Barack Obama's pick to oversee food and drug safety, two areas that are vital to consumers and widely seen as in critical need of improvement.

US: Drugmaker Wyeth cheated Medicaid (AP) Posted: 18 May 2009 03:08 PM PDT AP - The Justice Department on Monday accused Wyeth, one of the nation's biggest drugmakers, of cheating Medicaid programs out of hundreds of millions of dollars by overcharging for a stomach acid drug.

Democratic support for climate bill broadens (AP) Posted: 18 May 2009 01:14 PM PDT AP - Several key Democrats from industrial and oil states threw their support behind a draft climate bill Monday as a House committee began work on massive legislation that would impose the first nationwide limits on greenhouse gases.

Mullen: 2 years to turn tide in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 18 May 2009 04:52 PM PDT AP - The nation's top military officer warned Monday that the deaths of Afghan civilians caught up in U.S. combat operations could cripple President Barack Obama's revamped strategy for the seven-year-old war. "I believe that each time we do that, we put our strategy in jeopardy," Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said. "We cannot succeed ... in Afghanistan by killing Afghan civilians."

Panetta warns against politicization (Politico) Posted: 18 May 2009 04:47 PM PDT Politico - CIA Director Leon Panetta warned Monday against making his agency a pawn in the nation's partisan political battles, even as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's claim that she was lied to by the CIA continues to reverberate in Washington.

Mortgage fraud bill goes to Obama to sign (AP) Posted: 18 May 2009 04:21 PM PDT AP - Congress on Monday sent the president a bill to clamp down on mortgage fraud and set up a $5 million independent commission to investigate the cause of the worldwide financial meltdown.

U.S. to unveil new policy on auto fuel standards (Reuters) Posted: 18 May 2009 04:18 PM PDT Reuters - The White House will unveil an auto fuel efficiency proposal on Tuesday to resolve a dispute between California and the U.S. government over emissions and accelerate the timeframe for sharply improving mileage performance, industry and other sources said.

Michelle Obama stresses arts at NY museum opening (AP) Posted: 18 May 2009 04:02 PM PDT AP - First Lady Michelle Obama took a breather from her listening tour of federal agencies for a culture break in New York, stopping by the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday to help re-open its new American wing.

What to tax to pay for health care? (AP) Posted: 18 May 2009 03:34 PM PDT AP - A federal soda pop tax. Higher levies on beer, wine and hard liquor. Taxing some health insurance benefits. Those are among the options the Senate is considering to pay for revamping health care.

Smokers, diet-soda drinkers spared? (Politico) Posted: 18 May 2009 03:33 PM PDT Politico - Smokers and diet-soda drinkers would escape higher taxes under a new proposal for how to pay for President Barack Obama’s sweeping health reform overhaul.

Court candidate Granholm to be at White House (AP) Posted: 18 May 2009 03:24 PM PDT AP - Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, one of President Barack Obama's candidates for the Supreme Court, will be at the White House on Tuesday for an event about the auto industry. That is the "primary" purpose of her visit, anyway, as the White House put it.

Obama says he wants progress with Iran by year's end (Reuters) Posted: 18 May 2009 03:20 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama set a rough timetable for his diplomatic outreach to arch-foe Iran for the first time on Monday, saying he wanted to see serious progress by the end of the year.

Former Sanchez aide pleads guilty to theft (AP) Posted: 18 May 2009 02:32 PM PDT AP - A former executive assistant to California Rep. Loretta Sanchez has pleaded guilty to stealing from office funds.

Obama offers timetable for Iran talks (Politico) Posted: 18 May 2009 02:04 PM PDT Politico - President Barack Obama said Monday he was prepared to pursue his diplomatic outreach to Iran until the end of the year before deciding if it was succeeding in halting Tehran’s nuclear program.

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