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• AP sources: Russian subs patrolling off East Coast (AP)
• 'Clunkers' rebates look likely for another month (AP)
• Analysis: Obama lets NKorea's Kim save face (AP)
• The Clinton tag team is in motion once more (AP)
• Dems' break looking like a bad trip (Politico)
• Senate boosts food stamps as unemployment rises (AP)
• Obama and allies brace for health care showdown (AP)
• US judge declines to intervene in UAE trial (AP)
• Obama administration withholds data on clunkers (AP)
• Report: Early costs of climate bill will be modest (AP)
• Biden says economic stimulus meeting its goals (AP)
• Battle lines set, Senate debates Sotomayor (AP)
• Obama to chair U.N. council meeting on nuclear arms (Reuters)
• Obama visits White House press room on birthday (AP)
• White House struggles to fill cyber czar post (AP)
• Administration to examine distracted driving (AP)
• WH uses Web to fight misleading health care effort (AP)
• Rep. Sestak will try to unseat Sen. Specter of Pa. (AP)
• White House stands by decision to honor Robinson (AP)
• Majority back Obama on health care reform: poll (AFP)

AP sources: Russian subs patrolling off East Coast (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 05:47 PM PDT AP - Two nuclear-powered Russian attack submarines have been patrolling in international waters off the East Coast for several days, in activity reminiscent of the Cold War, defense officials said Tuesday.

'Clunkers' rebates look likely for another month (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 05:43 PM PDT AP - Roadblocks disappearing, the Senate cleared the way Tuesday for a vote giving eager car buyers until Labor Day to cash in on rebates up to $4,500 for trading in their gas-guzzlers for new, higher-mileage models.

Analysis: Obama lets NKorea's Kim save face (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 05:32 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration let North Korean leader Kim Jong Il save face by releasing two jailed Americans to former President Bill Clinton. The payoff — maybe not right away — is likely to be renewed dialogue with Pyongyang about its nuclear weapons program.

The Clinton tag team is in motion once more (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 04:33 PM PDT AP - Bill Clinton's North Korean negotiations cast fresh light on a Byzantine, mysterious power that Americans may never fully understand.

Dems' break looking like a bad trip (Politico) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 02:26 AM PDT Politico - Angry protesters shouted down Democrats at public events from Texas to Pennsylvania over the weekend, leaving the party only one real hope for getting its message out over recess: a backlash.

Senate boosts food stamps as unemployment rises (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 03:40 PM PDT AP - The Senate on Tuesday passed a $124.3 billion agriculture spending bill that pays to add millions of people to the food stamp rolls as rising numbers of the jobless are forced into the program.

Obama and allies brace for health care showdown (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 03:32 PM PDT AP - Bracing for an August showdown over health care reform, Senate Democrats and President Barack Obama declared themselves united Tuesday on their determination to enact an historic overhaul this year — ideally with Republican cooperation but without if necessary.

US judge declines to intervene in UAE trial (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 05:46 PM PDT AP - An American who says he was tortured into confessing to terrorism charges in the United Arab Emirates lost his effort on Tuesday to get a U.S. judge involved in his trial.

Obama administration withholds data on clunkers (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 01:46 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration is refusing to quickly release government records on its "cash-for-clunkers" rebate program that would substantiate — or undercut — White House claims of the program's success, even as the president presses the Senate for a quick vote for $2 billion to boost car sales.

Report: Early costs of climate bill will be modest (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 02:59 PM PDT AP - Climate change legislation before Congress would boost electricity prices by about 20 percent by 2030, although most of the increases wouldn't begin until after 2020, a government analysis concluded Tuesday.

Biden says economic stimulus meeting its goals (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 05:19 PM PDT AP - Vice President Joe Biden cited more positive economic data on Tuesday, using it to buttress the Obama administration's argument that its $787 billion stimulus program is doing its job and revving up the economy.

Battle lines set, Senate debates Sotomayor (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 04:45 PM PDT AP - The Senate held a history-making debate Tuesday on confirming Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic justice, with Republican opponents asserting she would bring bias to the bench and Democratic supporters saying she was a mainstream moderate.

Obama to chair U.N. council meeting on nuclear arms (Reuters) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 03:56 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama will chair a special meeting of the U.N. Security Council next month on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice said on Tuesday.

Obama visits White House press room on birthday (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 03:46 PM PDT AP - You say it's your birthday. It's my birthday, too. On the day he turned 48, President Barack Obama decided to splash a little celebration on someone with whom he shares the birthday: legendary White House correspondent Helen Thomas, now a columnist with Hearst Newspapers. She turned 89 on Tuesday.

White House struggles to fill cyber czar post (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 03:02 PM PDT AP - Nearly six months after the Obama administration turned its focus on computer security, the White House is still struggling to name a cyber coordinator, delaying efforts to better organize and manage the nation's increasingly vulnerable digital defense.

Administration to examine distracted driving (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 01:47 PM PDT AP - Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Tuesday he will convene a summit of experts to figure out what to do about driver cell phone use and texting, practices that studies — and a growing number of accidents — show can be deadly.

WH uses Web to fight misleading health care effort (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 01:38 PM PDT AP - The White House is turning to the Internet to hit back at a Web posting that claims to show President Barack Obama explaining how his health care reform plans eventually would eliminate private insurance.

Rep. Sestak will try to unseat Sen. Specter of Pa. (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 12:37 PM PDT AP - Three years after he knocked off a veteran House incumbent, Democratic Rep. Joe Sestak will seek a bigger prize and challenge Republican-turned-Democrat Arlen Specter for his long-held U.S. Senate seat.

White House stands by decision to honor Robinson (AP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 12:15 PM PDT AP - The White House is standing by its decision to award a Presidential Medal of Freedom to former Irish President Mary Robinson.

Majority back Obama on health care reform: poll (AFP) Posted: 04 Aug 2009 11:23 AM PDT AFP - A majority of Americans are in favor of having a public, or government-run, option in the US health care system as proposed by President Barack Obama, a poll showed Tuesday.

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