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• Obama: D-Day veterans changed course of century (AP)
• Obama hardens US stance on North Korean defiance (AP)
• Justice lawyers urged limits on interrogations (AP)
• AP sources: Cuban spies very difficult to find (AP)
• House Dems draft sweeping health bill (Politico)
• AP Source: Guilty pleas weighed in some 9/11 cases (AP)
• Sotomayor's courtroom manner a confirmation issue (AP)
• Obama: 'Time to deliver' on health care (AP)
• Obama renewing emphasis on budget cuts, economy (AP)
• Sotomayor's objectivity on bench is key question (AP)
• Obama speech to Muslims "deceptive," Taliban says (Reuters)
• WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama aides engaged in Paris (AP)
• For the Obamas, date night in Paris (AP)
• `Smart grid' — power lines move into digital age (AP)
• Italy's prime minister to visit the White House (AP)
• New ministers back UK's Brown but fate uncertain (Reuters)
• Man sought for threatening president arrested (AP)
• 20K people outside US got Obama speech texts (AP)
• Obama pick to oversee forests withdraws (AP)
• Obama says must be "tough" with Iran, N.Korea (Reuters)

Obama: D-Day veterans changed course of century (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 03:51 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama honored the valiant dead and the "sheer improbability" of their D-Day victory, commemorating Saturday's 65th anniversary of the decisive invasion even as he remakes two wars and tries to thwart potential nuclear threats in Iran and North Korea.

Obama hardens US stance on North Korean defiance (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 01:33 PM PDT AP - His patience tested, President Barack Obama on Saturday promised a new and stronger response to defiant North Korea, saying that while he prefers diplomacy he is now taking a "very hard look" at tougher measures. A Pentagon official said no military moves were planned.

Justice lawyers urged limits on interrogations (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 04:14 PM PDT AP - Senior Justice Department lawyers in 2005 sought to limit tough interrogation tactics against terror suspects, but were overruled.

AP sources: Cuban spies very difficult to find (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 02:28 PM PDT AP - Hunting spies is difficult, but Cuban spies are notoriously hard to detect, former senior intelligence officials said a day after an American husband and wife were indicted on charges of spying for Cuba.

House Dems draft sweeping health bill (Politico) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 07:52 AM PDT Politico - House Democrats are drafting a sweeping health-care reform that creates a national insurance marketplace where people can choose public and private plans with the same minimum standard of benefits, according to a detailed outline of the bill obtained Friday by POLITICO.

AP Source: Guilty pleas weighed in some 9/11 cases (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 08:16 AM PDT AP - Guantanamo detainees facing the death penalty could plead guilty without a full trial under a plan the Obama administration is considering, a senior administration official said Saturday.

Sotomayor's courtroom manner a confirmation issue (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 11:43 AM PDT AP - Sonia Sotomayor was in her 30s and not yet a judge when she noticed that a paralegal at the law firm where she worked broke out in hives whenever she entered Sotomayor's office. After six months, they laughed about it.

Obama: 'Time to deliver' on health care (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 03:27 PM PDT AP - The White House, backing away from President Barack Obama's "it's-all-on-the-table" approach he initially advocated, prepared to get louder and more involved in a health care overhaul's details that officials once were content to leave to Congress, administration officials said Saturday.

Obama renewing emphasis on budget cuts, economy (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 03:13 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama wants agencies to lay out specific goals for economic stimulus spending over the next several months, a push to focus more on his $787 billion recovery plan.

Sotomayor's objectivity on bench is key question (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 01:36 PM PDT AP - The senator leading the GOP's review of Sonia Sotomayor said the central question in her Supreme Court nomination should be whether she allows personal views to color her decisions.

Obama speech to Muslims "deceptive," Taliban says (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 04:50 PM PDT Reuters - The Taliban said on Saturday that U.S. President Barack Obama's speech to the Muslim world was full of "deceptive slogans" and did nothing to change relations between America and Muslims.

WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama aides engaged in Paris (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 04:29 PM PDT AP - First lady Michelle Obama's spokeswoman got an urgent call Saturday morning, summoning her to the U.S. Embassy ahead of time. An aide told Katie McCormick Lelyveld that Obama's daughters were ready to leave and she had better hurry.

For the Obamas, date night in Paris (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 04:08 PM PDT AP - Ah, Paris. The city of love. And the city of this week's presidential date night.

`Smart grid' — power lines move into digital age (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 03:04 PM PDT AP - Thomas Alva Edison, meet the Internet.

Italy's prime minister to visit the White House (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 01:40 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama will welcome Italy's prime minister to the White House.

New ministers back UK's Brown but fate uncertain (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 01:31 PM PDT Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, battling to avert the collapse of his government, said on Saturday he would stick to his policies, as his Labour Party faced a European election drubbing.

Man sought for threatening president arrested (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 01:23 PM PDT AP - Authorities have arrested a man who allegedly told bank tellers while cleaning out his savings account in Utah that he was on a mission to kill President Barack Obama.

20K people outside US got Obama speech texts (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 11:04 AM PDT AP - More than 20,000 people outside the U.S. received free text messages about President Barack Obama's speech to Muslims in Cairo, Egypt.

Obama pick to oversee forests withdraws (AP) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 10:57 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's pick to oversee the nation's forests has withdrawn his nomination.

Obama says must be "tough" with Iran, N.Korea (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 09:14 AM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama underlined on Saturday the need for "tough diplomacy" in dealing with Iran's nuclear program and said he would be firm with North Korea as well after its second atomic bomb explosion.

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