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• Obama visits Saudi king before high-stakes speech (AP)
• GM, Chrysler say slashing dealerships necessary (AP)
• Cheney's secret briefings defended interrogations (AP)
• First lady Michelle Obama joins push for Sotomayor (AP)
• Obama offers support for public option (Politico)
• Obama outlines health care plan for all (AP)
• Poll: US divided over torture, closing Guantanamo (AP)
• Obama's aunt might (or might not) return to Kenya (AP)
• Abramoff, gov't disputing $500,000 tax refund (AP)
• 'Embarrassing' mistake puts US nuke list online (AP)
• First lady cites Sotomayor's example to graduates (AP)
• Leaders fear protest vote in EU election (AFP)
• Moran comes out swinging in Va. contest (Politico)
• AP source: US broke bombing rules in Afghanistan (AP)
• Obama, in another first, named "power" celebrity (Reuters)
• House passes bills to recognize seven tribes (AP)
• Dems use war funding bill for more GI benefits (AP)
• McCain joins Obama's call for 'nuclear-free world' (AFP)
• Obama yields on health insurance mandates (Reuters)
• US role in new climate treaty hinges on China (AP)

Obama visits Saudi king before high-stakes speech (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 06:12 PM PDT AP - Opening a mission to write a new chapter on Islam and the West, President Barack Obama consulted Wednesday with the Saudi king "in the place where Islam began," prelude to a high-stakes speech in Egypt meant to ease long-held Muslim grievances against the United States.

GM, Chrysler say slashing dealerships necessary (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 05:51 PM PDT AP - Partners no more, bankrupt automakers and small-town car dealers who are being stripped of their livelihood brought the anguish of their sinking fortunes into the halls of Congress on Wednesday and sparred over the companies' plans to slash franchises nationwide.

Cheney's secret briefings defended interrogations (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 06:12 PM PDT AP - Dick Cheney as vice president conducted secret briefings for lawmakers in 2005 aimed at defending harsh interrogations as their methods were coming under congressional scrutiny, according to current and former government officials.

First lady Michelle Obama joins push for Sotomayor (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 06:12 PM PDT AP - The White House dispatched first lady Michelle Obama to defend Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday, part of a broad offensive to humanize the judge that came as former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich backed off his harsh criticism of her as a racist.

Obama offers support for public option (Politico) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 01:42 PM PDT Politico - President Barack Obama said Wednesday that Americans should be able to choose between public and private insurance plans in a reformed health care system — detailing his position on various health care proposals for the first time since taking office.

Obama outlines health care plan for all (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 04:56 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama, providing the first real details on how he wants to reshape the nation's health care system, urged Congress on Wednesday toward a sweeping overhaul that would allow Americans to buy into a government insurance plan.

Poll: US divided over torture, closing Guantanamo (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 03:01 PM PDT AP - Just over half of Americans say torture is justified in some cases to thwart terrorist attacks, and the country is evenly divided over whether to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, according to a poll that underscores President Barack Obama's challenges in selling his terror-fighting policies.

Obama's aunt might (or might not) return to Kenya (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 07:24 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's aunt who is fighting to remain in the U.S. says she might or might not be heading to Kenya before her next deportation hearing. Such a trip could affect her immigration case.

Abramoff, gov't disputing $500,000 tax refund (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 04:15 PM PDT AP - Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff and the Justice Department are disputing a tax refund he recently received worth more than $500,000 and whether it should be used to pay court-ordered restitution or his family's massive debts.

'Embarrassing' mistake puts US nuke list online (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 06:13 PM PDT AP - The government's inadvertent and red-faced Internet posting of a 266-page list of U.S. nuclear sites provided a one-step guide for anyone wanting details about such sensitive information. Obama administration officials said Wednesday the document contained no classified material about nuclear weapons. They contended the locations and other details already were available from public sources.

First lady cites Sotomayor's example to graduates (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 07:58 PM PDT AP - First lady Michelle Obama used some high-profile examples — including Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor — to reassure high school graduates any doubts they have about how they will do in college and beyond are not unusual.

Leaders fear protest vote in EU election (AFP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 07:13 PM PDT AFP - The marathon four-day EU parliament election starts in Britain and the Netherlands with the whole continent braced for a massive abstention and a protest vote by those who take part which could boost extremist parties.

Moran comes out swinging in Va. contest (Politico) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 07:00 PM PDT Politico - With less than a week to go before Virginia’s Democratic gubernatorial primary, former Del. Brian Moran sought to shake up a race in which he’s been lagging by drawing sharp contrasts with his opponents on gay rights, the environment and gun control.

AP source: US broke bombing rules in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 06:13 PM PDT AP - American troops made substantial errors and did not strictly follow rules for avoiding casualties during an air assault on Taliban fighters last month, a U.S. defense official said, underscoring a central quandary for President Barack Obama's new Afghan counterinsurgency campaign.

Obama, in another first, named "power" celebrity (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 05:34 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama is the first sitting head of state to make the Forbes Celebrity 100 Power List, with his many magazine covers and best-selling books blurring the line between politics and celebrity.

House passes bills to recognize seven tribes (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 04:12 PM PDT AP - Seven Indian tribes in North Carolina and Virginia would be federally recognized under legislation passed by the House on Wednesday, but they would not be allowed to build casinos.

Dems use war funding bill for more GI benefits (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 03:57 PM PDT AP - Congressional Democrats are using an approximately $100 billion war funding bill to give recently expanded GI Bill education benefits to the children of military service members who die while on active duty.

McCain joins Obama's call for 'nuclear-free world' (AFP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 03:40 PM PDT AFP - Republican Senator John McCain on Wednesday joined his former rival President Barack Obama in calling for a nuclear-free world, a goal previously formulated by former president Ronald Reagan.

Obama yields on health insurance mandates (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 03:37 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama told Congress on Wednesday he was open to making mandatory health insurance part of an overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system but only with exemptions for the poor and for small businesses.

US role in new climate treaty hinges on China (AP) Posted: 03 Jun 2009 01:35 PM PDT AP - The United States is not likely to enter into a new international treaty to reduce the emissions blamed for global warming without China and other major greenhouse-gas emitters on board, the Obama administration's chief climate negotiator said Wednesday.

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