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• River drill shakes up DC on 9/11 anniversary (AP)
• Obama marks 9/11 with memorial, call to service (AP)
• Health care talks focus on illegal immigrants (AP)
• House plans to admonish Rep. Wilson over outburst (AP)
• RNC claims DNC ads pulled (Politico)
• Dem senator: Speed Afghan security force training (AP)
• Michelle Obama to help Chicago's Olympic bid (AP)
• US says 6 nations accept Iran's offer to talk (AP)
• Flu season comes early; most are swine variety (AP)
• This 9-11, Obama has the bullhorn on terrorism (AP)
• 17-room home next to Obamas' Chicago home for sale (AP)
• White House wants regulatory reform this year (AFP)
• Obama launches push for financial regulatory reform (Reuters)
• Summers: High unemployment for years (Politico)
• Obama faces skeptics in Congress over Afghan war (AFP)
• Obama says U.S. must renew fight against al Qaeda (Reuters)
• Democrats in Congress growing antsy over Afghanistan (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Michelle Obama to urge IOC to pick Chicago for 2016 (Reuters)
• Wash. judicial candidate mistaken for SC rep (AP)
• U.S. eyes $7.8 billion missile sale to Turkey (Reuters)

River drill shakes up DC on 9/11 anniversary (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 03:27 PM PDT AP - A morning of remembrance turned into one of flashbacks, fear and media missteps Friday when a Coast Guard exercise — unfolding near Pentagon ceremonies marking the Sept. 11, 2001, anniversary — was mistaken as an attack. The false reports of gunfire on the river briefly spooked the capital, sending FBI agents to the scene and grounding flights.

Obama marks 9/11 with memorial, call to service (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 05:07 PM PDT AP - On his first 9/11 anniversary as president, Barack Obama urged Americans to come together in service just as they united after the terrorist attacks eight years ago.

Health care talks focus on illegal immigrants (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 05:13 PM PDT AP - Senators closing in on a comprehensive health care bill have whittled away all but the most contentious issues and one of those loomed large Friday: coverage for illegal immigrants.

House plans to admonish Rep. Wilson over outburst (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 05:11 PM PDT AP - Democratic leaders are planning a House vote early next week to admonish Republican Rep. Joe Wilson if he does not apologize on the House floor for yelling "You lie!" during President Barack Obama's health care address to Congress.

RNC claims DNC ads pulled (Politico) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 03:50 PM PDT Politico - The Republican National Committee says it has gotten an ad by its Democratic counterpart pulled from half the media markets in which it was running.

Dem senator: Speed Afghan security force training (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 05:14 PM PDT AP - The Senate Armed Services chairman Friday added to mounting pressure on the White House to avoid escalating the war in Afghanistan by calling for faster training of Afghan security forces instead of sending more U.S. troops into combat.

Michelle Obama to help Chicago's Olympic bid (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 03:54 PM PDT AP - An Obama is definitely going to Denmark to lobby for Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympics.

US says 6 nations accept Iran's offer to talk (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 01:31 PM PDT AP - The United States and five partner countries have accepted Iran's new offer to hold talks, even though Iran insists it will not negotiate over its disputed nuclear program, the State Department said Friday.

Flu season comes early; most are swine variety (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 02:53 PM PDT AP - Influenza is circulating unusually early this year with cases in all 50 states — nearly all the swine flu variety, government health officials said Friday.

This 9-11, Obama has the bullhorn on terrorism (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 11:58 AM PDT AP - On Sept. 11, 2001, Barack Obama was driving to a state legislative hearing in Chicago when he heard the first sketchy reports of a plane hitting the World Trade Center on his car radio. The 40-year-old state senator spent the afternoon in his law office watching "nightmare images" of destruction and grief unfold on TV.

17-room home next to Obamas' Chicago home for sale (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 05:10 PM PDT AP - If you've got the money, you could be President Barack Obama's neighbor in Chicago.

White House wants regulatory reform this year (AFP) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 05:00 PM PDT AFP - President Barack Obama wants Congress to act this year on what is billed as the most sweeping financial regulatory reform since the 1930s, despite a crush of other business, a senior aide said Friday.

Obama launches push for financial regulatory reform (Reuters) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 04:53 PM PDT Reuters - The Obama administration is launching a broad push for action on financial regulatory reform, returning to a key legislative priority even as the debate over healthcare consumes the U.S. Congress.

Summers: High unemployment for years (Politico) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 04:34 PM PDT Politico - The president’s chief economic adviser warned Friday that the nation’s unemployment rate could stay “unacceptably high” for years to come — a situation that would seriously complicate Barack Obama’s ability to convince Americans that he’s beating back the recession.

Obama faces skeptics in Congress over Afghan war (AFP) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 03:39 PM PDT AFP - A powerful US senator on Friday warned against sending more American troops to Afghanistan, signaling growing skepticism over the war within President Barack Obama's own party.

Obama says U.S. must renew fight against al Qaeda (Reuters) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 03:19 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama sought to rally Americans behind the war in Afghanistan on the eighth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States as polls show faltering public support for the conflict.

Democrats in Congress growing antsy over Afghanistan (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 03:13 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Congress will examine next week the future of American military involvement in Afghanistan, a future that many key lawmakers hope won't include sending more U.S. troops than President Barack Obama already has committed.

Michelle Obama to urge IOC to pick Chicago for 2016 (Reuters) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 03:08 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama is sending his wife Michelle to Copenhagen next month to urge Olympics organizers to select Chicago to host the 2016 Games.

Wash. judicial candidate mistaken for SC rep (AP) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 02:09 PM PDT AP - As a candidate for judge, Joe Wilson didn't mind sharing the name of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson. Now, he says, being mistaken for a South Carolina congressman who heckled President Barack Obama has given him a backhanded bump.

U.S. eyes $7.8 billion missile sale to Turkey (Reuters) Posted: 11 Sep 2009 02:06 PM PDT Reuters - The Obama administration has notified Congress of a possible $7.8 billion sale of Patriot PAC-3 antimissile batteries and related gear to Turkey, the only NATO ally bordering Iran.

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