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• Obama backs Gitmo plan, Cheney defends Bush policy (AP)
• Analysis: Obama seeks middle ground on Guantanamo (AP)
• Geithner: Wall Street rescue fund not permanent (AP)
• SPIN METER: Obama vs. Cheney (AP)
• Obama vs. Cheney: Just the facts (Politico)
• House panel advances global warming bill (AP)
• FAA fines Fla. regional airline for violations (AP)
• First African head of state visits Obama (AP)
• White House says 'don't ask' policy under review (AP)
• Hard cases, hard decisions at Guantanamo (AP)
• Senate backs $91.3 billion Iraq, Afghan war bill (Reuters)
• Obama: 50 Gitmo detainees cleared for transfer (AP)
• Senate OKs IMF funds (Politico)
• Obama: Some Guantanamo prisoners to go to U.S. (Reuters)
• Lawmakers seek flexibility for US auto dealers (AP)
• House OKs Pentagon reforms, bill to White House (Reuters)
• Effort to hold back money from IMF fails in Senate (AP)
• Computer virus strikes US Marshals, FBI affected (AP)
• Residential pools linked to many child deaths (AP)
• Michelle Obama misses life without commentary (AP)

Obama backs Gitmo plan, Cheney defends Bush policy (AP) Posted: 21 May 2009 04:09 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama fought Thursday to retake command of the emotional debate over closing Guantanamo, denouncing "fear-mongering" by political opponents and insisting that maximum-security prisons in the U.S. can safely house dangerous terror suspects transferred from Cuba.

Analysis: Obama seeks middle ground on Guantanamo (AP) Posted: 21 May 2009 05:06 PM PDT AP - In soaring rhetoric, Barack Obama ran through his logic for closing the Guantanamo Bay prison, deliberately planting himself on the middle ground between his conservative critics — led by Dick Cheney — and those to the left who accuse the new president of failing to restore American justice for all.

Geithner: Wall Street rescue fund not permanent (AP) Posted: 21 May 2009 04:39 PM PDT AP - The Treasury intends to use bank repayments of government aid to continue assisting the financial sector, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told lawmakers Thursday even as he assured them that the $700 billion rescue fund would not become a permanent financial bailout tool.

SPIN METER: Obama vs. Cheney (AP) Posted: 21 May 2009 03:41 PM PDT AP - Two tough speeches conveying two radically different views of America's fight against terrorism and the nation's values unfolded Thursday in separate halls, minutes apart.

Obama vs. Cheney: Just the facts (Politico) Posted: 21 May 2009 01:50 PM PDT Politico - President Barack Obama and former Vice President Dick Cheney laid out a variety of arguments Thursday in staking out two widely divergent views of national security in the age of terror.

House panel advances global warming bill (AP) Posted: 21 May 2009 05:54 PM PDT AP - Legislation imposing the first nationwide limits on the pollution blamed for global warming advanced in the House late Thursday, clearing a key committee despite strong Republican opposition.

FAA fines Fla. regional airline for violations (AP) Posted: 21 May 2009 04:16 PM PDT AP - Federal regulators fined a Florida-based regional airline $1.3 million for overworking its pilots and dispatchers.

First African head of state visits Obama (AP) Posted: 21 May 2009 05:31 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama has welcomed his first African head of state to the White House.

White House says 'don't ask' policy under review (AP) Posted: 21 May 2009 04:26 PM PDT AP - The White House insisted Thursday that officials are working to overturn a policy that bans gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military, pushing back against Pentagon assessments that such efforts were low priorities and Democratic activists' complaint of slow progress.

Hard cases, hard decisions at Guantanamo (AP) Posted: 21 May 2009 04:53 PM PDT AP - The U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has lots of hard cases. But the hardest of them all, says President Barack Obama, will be those who cannot be put on trial or freed.

Senate backs $91.3 billion Iraq, Afghan war bill (Reuters) Posted: 21 May 2009 05:54 PM PDT Reuters - The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a $91.3 billion measure sought by President Barack Obama to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Obama: 50 Gitmo detainees cleared for transfer (AP) Posted: 21 May 2009 05:18 PM PDT AP - Forty-eight terror suspects currently held at Guantanamo Bay are waiting to be released to other nations, the Obama administration said Thursday. The detainees are among 50 detainees whose cases President Barack Obama said Thursday have already been reviewed. The detainees would be the first to be released to other nations under the Obama administration's effort to empty the Cuba-based prison without bringing all its inmates to the United States.

Senate OKs IMF funds (Politico) Posted: 21 May 2009 05:12 PM PDT Politico - A $91.3 billion wartime spending bill neared passage in the Senate late Thursday after Democrats beat back Republican efforts to strip out provisions extending billions in new U.S.-backed financing for the International Monetary Fund.

Obama: Some Guantanamo prisoners to go to U.S. (Reuters) Posted: 21 May 2009 05:03 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Thursday some terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo would be sent to U.S. prisons despite strong congressional opposition, as he defended his plan to close the internationally condemned detention center.

Lawmakers seek flexibility for US auto dealers (AP) Posted: 21 May 2009 04:47 PM PDT AP - Underperforming Chrysler dealers targeted for closing should get more time to wind down their car dealerships, lawmakers said Thursday, as several groups urged the Obama administration to reconsider its work to restructure the faltering U.S. auto industry.

House OKs Pentagon reforms, bill to White House (Reuters) Posted: 21 May 2009 04:01 PM PDT Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved legislation on Thursday to reform the way the Pentagon buys weapons, sending it to President Barack Obama to be signed into law.

Effort to hold back money from IMF fails in Senate (AP) Posted: 21 May 2009 04:00 PM PDT AP - The Senate on Thursday worked to pass a $91.3 billion military funding bill, shorn of money President Barack Obama wants to close the Guantanamo Bay prison but allowing him to significantly ramp up the U.S. war in Afghanistan.

Computer virus strikes US Marshals, FBI affected (AP) Posted: 21 May 2009 03:51 PM PDT AP - Law enforcement computers were struck by a mystery computer virus Thursday, forcing the FBI and the U.S. Marshals to shut down part of their networks as a precaution.

Residential pools linked to many child deaths (AP) Posted: 21 May 2009 03:36 PM PDT AP - Before opening that backyard pool, parents should beware that more young children suffer from submersion injuries or deaths in residential pools than they do in public ones.

Michelle Obama misses life without commentary (AP) Posted: 21 May 2009 03:30 PM PDT AP - First lady Michelle Obama misses life without the constant commentary, but says she does what works for her since there's always someone who thinks she could have done something better.

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