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• Analysis: Obama war choice: Escalate or scale back (AP)
• Sources: US eyes more drone hits on terror havens (AP)
• Baucus changes health bill over Democrat concerns (AP)
• Obama: Unemployment a problem at least 1 more year (AP)
• Bill says 'tax' when Obama said 'not' (Politico)
• Census: Recession had sweeping effect on US life (AP)
• FACT CHECK: Coverage requirement enforced with tax (AP)
• The president and the potato (AP)
• Clout fading, US vies to set G-20 meetings agenda (AP)
• Report: CIA interrogations informed by bad science (AP)
• Gov't investigates health insurance company mailer (AP)
• Democratic fundraiser indicted in NY (AP)
• Tele-town halls give members safe haven (Politico)
• Obama pushes economic message before big summits (Reuters)
• CBS fails to end Rather suit; Redstone may testify (Reuters)
• Obama: 'I was black before the election' (AFP)
• Senate bill could weaken the Fed (AP)
• Obama, N.Y. Governor Shake Hands Amid Democrat Unease (Bloomberg)
• Govt: 1 swine flu shot enough for older kids (AP)
• Senators urge Treasury to end bailout program (AP)

Analysis: Obama war choice: Escalate or scale back (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 03:20 PM PDT AP - Escalate or scale back.

Sources: US eyes more drone hits on terror havens (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 06:51 PM PDT AP - The White House is considering expanding counterterror operations in Pakistan to refocus on eliminating al-Qaida instead of mounting a major military escalation in Afghanistan.

Baucus changes health bill over Democrat concerns (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 05:47 PM PDT AP - The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee was revising his sweeping health care bill Monday to address serious concerns from fellow Democrats and a key Republican about insurance costs, part of his ongoing struggle to deliver on President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.

Obama: Unemployment a problem at least 1 more year (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 03:02 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says he expects unemployment will be a "big problem" for at least another year.

Bill says 'tax' when Obama said 'not' (Politico) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 07:06 AM PDT Politico - In the most contentious exchange of President Barack Obama's marathon of five Sunday shows, he said it is “not true” that a requirement for individuals to get health insurance under a key reform plan now being debated amounts to a tax increase.

Census: Recession had sweeping effect on US life (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 06:27 PM PDT AP - The recession is profoundly disrupting American life: More people are delaying marriage and home-buying, turning to carpools yet getting stuck in ever-worse traffic, staying put rather than moving to new cities.

FACT CHECK: Coverage requirement enforced with tax (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 05:47 PM PDT AP - Memo to President Barack Obama: It's a tax. Obama insisted this weekend on national television that requiring people to carry health insurance — and fining them if they don't — isn't the same thing as a tax increase. But the language of Democratic bills to revamp the nation's health care system doesn't quibble. Both the House bill and the Senate Finance Committee proposal clearly state that the fines would be a tax.

The president and the potato (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 04:59 PM PDT AP - Add this one to the presidential collection: the heart-shaped potato.

Clout fading, US vies to set G-20 meetings agenda (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 11:12 AM PDT AP - With trillion-dollar deficits and a weakening dollar, the United States doesn't have the clout it once had at economic summits. Now Germany, France and all the new kids at the table — countries like China and Brazil — are pushing their own issues.

Report: CIA interrogations informed by bad science (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 03:58 PM PDT AP - Prolonged stress from the CIA's harsh interrogations could have impaired the memories of terrorist suspects, diminishing their ability to recall and provide the detailed information the spy agency sought, according to a scientific paper published Monday.

Gov't investigates health insurance company mailer (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 07:15 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration warned insurance companies Monday they face possible legal action for allegedly trying to scare seniors with misleading information about the potential for lost benefits under health care legislation in Congress.

Democratic fundraiser indicted in NY (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 06:49 PM PDT AP - Federal prosecutors have charged a wealthy fundraiser for Hillary Rodham Clinton and other top Democrats in an alleged $292 million Ponzi scheme that spanned more than a decade, saying he used some of the proceeds to support election campaigns.

Tele-town halls give members safe haven (Politico) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 05:59 PM PDT Politico - The telephone town hall, a forum that members of Congress insist offers them an opportunity to reach out to more constituents than through traditionaltown halls, is coming under increasing scrutiny from critics who insist that the events are largely rigged and designed to shield skittish lawmakers from facing hostile questioning.

Obama pushes economic message before big summits (Reuters) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 05:20 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama's multi-tasking abilities will be tested this week as he juggles war, diplomacy and finance on the world stage while dealing with the American public's top concern: the U.S. economy.

CBS fails to end Rather suit; Redstone may testify (Reuters) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 04:28 PM PDT Reuters - A New York judge on Monday rejected CBS Corp's bid to dismiss former TV news anchor Dan Rather's $70 million lawsuit claiming he was fired over a controversial election-year report on former President George W. Bush's Vietnam War-era military service.

Obama: 'I was black before the election' (AFP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 03:20 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama on Monday poked fun at claims that racism was behind fierce opposition to his ambitious political agenda, joking that "I was actually black before the election."

Senate bill could weaken the Fed (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 02:05 PM PDT AP - Consensus is building in the Senate for legislation that would significantly weaken the Federal Reserve by stripping its power to oversee banks and hand that job to a single federal bank regulator.

Obama, N.Y. Governor Shake Hands Amid Democrat Unease (Bloomberg) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 02:02 PM PDT Bloomberg - Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama and New York Governor David Paterson shook hands and spoke briefly today after reports that Obama is uneasy about Paterson’s Democratic candidacy amid sinking poll results.

Govt: 1 swine flu shot enough for older kids (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 01:54 PM PDT AP - Studies of the new swine flu vaccine show children 10 and older will need just one shot for protection — but younger kids almost certainly will need two.

Senators urge Treasury to end bailout program (AP) Posted: 21 Sep 2009 11:40 AM PDT AP - Forty senators — all but one of them Republican — want the Obama administration to let the $700 billion financial rescue program expire by year's end, saying the money has been used in ways not contemplated by Congress.

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