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• AP sources: House health bill totals $1.2 trillion (AP)
• Obama warns Afghan president: Time for new chapter (AP)
• 2 hopefuls duel in upstate NY after surprise turn (AP)
• GOP victory Tuesday won't erase party's problems (AP)
• 'Back down to earth' for W.H. diplomacy (Politico)
• New business coalition opposes House health bill (AP)
• Obama: Hiring last to come as economy rebounds (AP)
• Clinton says nuke offer to Iran won't be changed (AP)
• GAO: Full recovery of auto investment unlikely (AP)
• First lady launches White House mentoring program (AP)
• Big names from Hollywood on Obama's arts committee (Reuters)
• Clinton eases praise of Israel after Arab concerns (AP)
• Illinois Filing Deadline a Done Deal (CQPolitics.com)
• US vows to get tough on Karzai (AFP)
• GOP health bill focuses on lower costs (Politico)
• Candidates for governor in Va. make final push (AP)
• Boehner regrets backing Scozzafava in NY race (AP)
• Obama warns on job losses, urges export boost (Reuters)
• AP News in Brief (AP)
• Correction: NY House race story (AP)

AP sources: House health bill totals $1.2 trillion (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 06:32 PM PST AP - The health care bill headed for a vote in the House this week costs $1.2 trillion or more over a decade, according to numerous Democratic officials and figures contained in an analysis by congressional budget experts, far higher than the $900 billion cited by President Barack Obama as a price tag for his reform plan.

Obama warns Afghan president: Time for new chapter (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 06:32 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama greeted Hamid Karzai's election victory with as much admonishment as praise on Monday, pointedly advising America's partner in war he must make more serious efforts to end corruption in Afghanistan's government and prepare his nation to ultimately defend itself.

2 hopefuls duel in upstate NY after surprise turn (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 04:10 PM PST AP - With the Republican out of the race and unions lining up behind their candidate, national Democrats on Monday used a high-profile campaigner and ramped up get-out-the-vote efforts to try to grab a congressional seat in a district held for decades by the GOP.

GOP victory Tuesday won't erase party's problems (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 06:32 PM PST AP - For Republicans, an election win of any size Tuesday would be a blessing. But victories in Virginia, New Jersey or elsewhere won't erase enormous obstacles the party faces heading into a 2010 midterm election year when control of Congress and statehouses from coast to coast will be up for grabs.

'Back down to earth' for W.H. diplomacy (Politico) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 02:47 PM PST Politico - Foreign policy never goes according to campaign plan, but for President Barack Obama, who promised a hardheaded new engagement with the world, the last week and the weeks he sees looming ahead must be discouraging.

New business coalition opposes House health bill (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 04:07 PM PST AP - Eleven of the nation's largest business groups are beginning a multimillion-dollar TV ad campaign that says the health overhaul legislation in the House would raise taxes and worsen the economy without curbing medical expenses.

Obama: Hiring last to come as economy rebounds (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 01:41 PM PST AP - As the prospect of double-digit unemployment looms, President Barack Obama on Monday sought to set expectations for the nation, saying job losses will likely roll on "for weeks and months to come" because hiring always lags behind in an economic rebound.

Clinton says nuke offer to Iran won't be changed (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 02:18 PM PST AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that the nuclear offer to Iran, intended to restrain its potential for making a nuclear weapon, should be fully accepted by Iran and will not be changed.

GAO: Full recovery of auto investment unlikely (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 12:53 PM PST AP - Taxpayers are unlikely to recover their full investment in General Motors or Chrysler, government investigators said Monday in the latest review to cast doubts that the government will recoup the $80 billion it poured into the two automakers.

First lady launches White House mentoring program (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 04:23 PM PST AP - First lady Michelle Obama launched a mentoring program Monday to give local high school girls access to women at the White House.

Big names from Hollywood on Obama's arts committee (Reuters) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 06:37 PM PST Reuters - "Sex and the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker, Oscar winner Forest Whitaker and agent Bryan Lourd were among big Hollywood names named on Monday as members of U.S. President Barack Obama's Committee on Arts and the Humanities.

Clinton eases praise of Israel after Arab concerns (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 06:32 PM PST AP - Trying to mute Arab criticism that the Obama administration had retreated from its tough stance on Israeli settlements, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday softened her praise for Israel's offer to restrain new housing in Palestinian areas.

Illinois Filing Deadline a Done Deal (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 05:41 PM PST CQPolitics.com - Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-Ill., has filed paperwork to run for both Cook County Board President and for re-election in 2010, as the 2010 candidate filing deadline closed Monday at the Illinois Board of Elections.

US vows to get tough on Karzai (AFP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 05:24 PM PST AFP - US President Barack Obama signaled a tough new approach to Afghan leader Hamid Karzai urging him just hours after his re-election to wipe out corruption amid warnings of hard talks ahead.

GOP health bill focuses on lower costs (Politico) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 05:18 PM PST Politico - The Republicans’ health care bill in the House focuses more on lowering costs than on expanding coverage, party leaders said Monday — setting up a stark divide between the GOP and Democrats who have made near universal coverage a top priority of their bills.

Candidates for governor in Va. make final push (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 04:13 PM PST AP - Democrat R. Creigh Deeds turned to the man he hopes to succeed as Virginia governor to lash the Republican front-runner in a final rally before Tuesday's election.

Boehner regrets backing Scozzafava in NY race (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 03:51 PM PST AP - The House Republican leader says he regrets that he and other members of his party spent time and money supporting the GOP nominee in a special House election in upstate New York.

Obama warns on job losses, urges export boost (Reuters) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 03:41 PM PST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama warned on Monday that more U.S. job losses lay ahead despite a turnaround in the economy, and he called for a new "post bubble growth model" with greater focus on U.S. exports.

AP News in Brief (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 03:18 PM PST AP - With election final, Obama sternly tells Karzai it's time for better governing in Afghanistan

Correction: NY House race story (AP) Posted: 02 Nov 2009 03:03 PM PST AP - In an early version of an Oct. 31 story about the special election in New York's 23rd Congressional District, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Republican candidate Dierdre Scozzafava had instructed her supporters to embrace Conservative Doug Hoffman. Scozzafava originally only said she released her supporters; she later asked them to support Democrat Bill Owens.

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