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• Administration eyes ways to help laid-off workers (AP)
• Health insurance bills could be hardship for many (AP)
• Afghan war options: Beating al-Qaida key yardstick (AP)
• Congress ready to penalize Iran if diplomacy fails (AP)
• Police chiefs endorse anti-terror community watch (AP)
• New term and new justice for nation's higher court (AP)
• Chicago loss means hard times ahead for USOC (AP)
• Obama adviser says no climate change law this year (AP)
• Somalia's president says terrorism growing there (AP)
• Top UK general says UK ready to boost Afghan force (AP)
• Analysis: Chicago's loss is a blow to Obama, too (AP)
• Baucus bill may be far from final word (Politico)
• Obama urges spirit of compromise on healthcare (Reuters)
• Obama meets with Afghanistan commander in Denmark (AP)
• Health overhaul closer than ever - and yet far off (AP)
• No US climate bill before December talks: Obama aide (AFP)
• Obama disappointed over Chicago's Olympics loss (AP)
• Senate GOP leader offers no support to Ensign (AP)

Administration eyes ways to help laid-off workers (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2009 03:48 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration is considering steps to ease the burdens of laid-off workers, including possible extensions of unemployment and health benefits, officials said Saturday.

Health insurance bills could be hardship for many (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2009 04:35 PM PDT AP - Many middle-class Americans would still struggle to pay for health insurance despite efforts by President Barack Obama and Democrats to make coverage more affordable.

Afghan war options: Beating al-Qaida key yardstick (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2009 03:40 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is considering a range of ideas for changing course in Afghanistan, from pulling back to staying put to sending thousands more troops to fight the insurgency.

Congress ready to penalize Iran if diplomacy fails (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2009 03:37 PM PDT AP - Congress is poised to act swiftly on new penalties against Iran if international talks on Tehran's nuclear program show signs of faltering. And this time lawmakers are talking about trying to block gas and refined petroleum exports to Iran, possibly causing serious disruptions in the lives of ordinary Iranians.

Police chiefs endorse anti-terror community watch (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2009 04:18 PM PDT AP - A store clerk's curiosity about why Najibullah Zazi was buying large quantities of beauty supply products indicated that something about the transaction wasn't quite right — and it's an example of the kind of citizen vigilance that can combat terror, a police commander said Saturday.

New term and new justice for nation's higher court (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2009 03:35 PM PDT AP - Justice David Souter never danced the salsa in public. Justice John Paul Stevens doesn't sing in karaoke bars. And Chief Justice John Roberts hasn't thrown out the first pitch at Yankee Stadium.

Chicago loss means hard times ahead for USOC (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2009 02:19 PM PDT AP - After the shock in Copenhagen comes the backlash in Colorado.

Obama adviser says no climate change law this year (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2009 02:23 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's top energy adviser says there is no way Congress will be able to pass a bill on climate change this year.

Somalia's president says terrorism growing there (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2009 03:33 PM PDT AP - The president of Somalia said Saturday his government is challenged by terrorism — which he called a "foreign idea" — and asked the Somali diaspora support him as he struggles to create peace in his war-torn country.

Top UK general says UK ready to boost Afghan force (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2009 03:27 PM PDT AP - The U.K. is ready to send more soldiers to Afghanistan, if asked to by the commander of the U.S. and NATO forces there, the British army's new chief has been quoted as saying.

Analysis: Chicago's loss is a blow to Obama, too (AP) Posted: 03 Oct 2009 02:27 PM PDT AP - OK, so it wasn't health care, climate change or war. Still, President Barack Obama's high-profile failure to win the Olympics for Chicago could feed negative narratives already nipping at his heels — that he's a better talker than closer, more celebrity than statesman.

Baucus bill may be far from final word (Politico) Posted: 03 Oct 2009 05:09 AM PDT Politico - Two weeks, 130-plus amendments and the final gavel came down at 2:15 a.m. Friday.

Obama urges spirit of compromise on healthcare (Reuters) Posted: 03 Oct 2009 03:01 AM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama called on the U.S. Congress on Saturday to be willing to compromise on a plan to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system now that a key Senate committee has wrapped up work on its proposal.

Obama meets with Afghanistan commander in Denmark (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 10:58 PM PDT AP - At a pivotal point in the administration's Afghanistan strategy, President Barack Obama and his top Afghan war commander met privately aboard Air Force One Friday for a talk the White House described as productive.

Health overhaul closer than ever - and yet far off (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 10:53 PM PDT AP - Eight months in office, Barack Obama has now pushed closer than any other president in generations to creating a basic health care safety net for working Americans. Yet the fate of legislation delivering on his goal is far from certain: Republicans are nearly unified in opposition, Democrats hardly united in support.

No US climate bill before December talks: Obama aide (AFP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 09:37 PM PDT AFP - A top aide to US President Barack Obama said there was virtually no chance Congress would have a climate and energy bill ready for him to sign before negotiations on a global climate treaty begin in December in Copenhagen, The New York Times reported Saturday.

Obama disappointed over Chicago's Olympics loss (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 05:59 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama had a message Friday for the many people — including himself — who put "heart and soul" into Chicago's losing bid for the 2016 Olympic Games: "A" for effort.

Senate GOP leader offers no support to Ensign (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 05:54 PM PDT AP - Sen. John Ensign of Nevada was only beginning to emerge from a self-imposed political exile over fallout from his extramarital affair with a campaign aide. Now, tawdry new details about the case are raising fresh questions whether Ensign can be re-elected in 2012 — or even face criminal charges over his behavior.

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