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• Obama salutes Fort Hood victims, promises justice (AP)
• UN chief prods Senate to tackle climate change (AP)
• Jerry Brown again? Some Calif. Dems express unease (AP)
• W.H. tactics rearrange lobbying world (Politico)
• AP-GfK Poll: Country in a funk (AP)
• EPA: Toxic chemicals in freshwater fish widespread (AP)
• US announces NKorea nuclear talks (AP)
• Text of Obama's remarks at the Fort Hood ceremony (AP)
• Senate Dems move to curb Fed's powers (AP)
• Obama nominates U.S. aid chief, filling key vacancy (Reuters)
• White House names foreign aid chief (AP)
• GOP tries to recapture town hall anger (Politico)
• How the poll on Obama was conducted (AP)
• Obama: Gunman in Fort Hood rampage to pay for crimes (Reuters)
• Obama blames 'twisted logic' for Fort Hood killing (AP)
• Obama offers details of Fort Hood victims (AP)

Obama salutes Fort Hood victims, promises justice (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 03:42 PM PST AP - Somberly reciting 13 names and 13 stories, President Barack Obama saluted the Americans killed at this Army post as heroes who died for their country — and promised a nation demanding answers that "the killer will be met with justice."

UN chief prods Senate to tackle climate change (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 03:52 PM PST AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pressed the Senate Tuesday to take action on climate change, but key senators made it clear that a bill is unlikely to pass this year.

Jerry Brown again? Some Calif. Dems express unease (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 03:16 PM PST AP - Attorney General Jerry Brown has relied on a stealth fundraising campaign and his near universal name recognition to wipe out the field seven months ahead of California's Democratic primary for governor.

W.H. tactics rearrange lobbying world (Politico) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 02:08 AM PST Politico - The traditional pecking order of Washington's top trade and business groups has been thrown into disarray by the Obama administration's far-reaching domestic agenda and its tough tactics against opponents.

AP-GfK Poll: Country in a funk (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 03:04 PM PST AP - The euphoria of 2008 is over: America is in a funk. Elected last November on a wave of optimism, President Barack Obama now finds himself governing an increasingly pessimistic country in recession while muscling through Congress a health care reform overhaul and weighing whether to commit more troops to the 8-year-old Afghanistan war.

EPA: Toxic chemicals in freshwater fish widespread (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 03:05 PM PST AP - Nearly half of lakes and reservoirs nationwide contain fish with potentially harmful levels of the toxic metal mercury, according to a federal study released Tuesday.

US announces NKorea nuclear talks (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 03:02 PM PST AP - A senior U.S. diplomat will travel to North Korea before year's end to try to pull the Koreans back into international negotiations on nuclear disarmament, the State Department said Tuesday.

Text of Obama's remarks at the Fort Hood ceremony (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 02:33 PM PST AP - Text of President Barack Obama's remarks Tuesday during a memorial service at Fort Hood, Texas, as transcribed by the White House:

Senate Dems move to curb Fed's powers (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 02:17 PM PST AP - Senate Democrats on Tuesday proposed stripping the Federal Reserve of its supervisory powers and creating instead three new federal agencies to police banks, protect consumers and dismantle failing institutions.

Obama nominates U.S. aid chief, filling key vacancy (Reuters) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 02:10 PM PST Reuters - Moving to fill a gap in its foreign policy lineup, the White House on Tuesday nominated a health economist to head the $20-billion U.S. overseas aid agency it views as a crucial tool for boosting the U.S. image.

White House names foreign aid chief (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 01:56 PM PST AP - The Obama administration nominated a young former executive with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to run the nation's top foreign assistance program Tuesday, ending months of speculation and complaints about who would take the vacant post.

GOP tries to recapture town hall anger (Politico) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 01:38 PM PST Politico - Republicans are looking to resurrect the angry town halls of August in the last few weeks of November.

How the poll on Obama was conducted (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 01:37 PM PST AP - The Associated Press-GfK Poll on President Obama and the direction of the country was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from Nov. 5-9, 2009. It is based on landline and cell phone telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,006 adults. Interviews were conducted with 806 respondents on landline telephones and 200 on cellular phones.

Obama: Gunman in Fort Hood rampage to pay for crimes (Reuters) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 12:53 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama vowed on Tuesday to make sure the gunman who killed 13 people in a rampage at a U.S. Army base in Texas pays for his crimes.

Obama blames 'twisted logic' for Fort Hood killing (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 11:56 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama is blaming "twisted logic" for the killing of 13 men and women at Fort Hood, and says there is no faith that justifies acts he describes as "murderous and craven."

Obama offers details of Fort Hood victims (AP) Posted: 10 Nov 2009 11:53 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama is remembering the 13 men and women who died in the shooting at the U.S. Army post at Fort Hood, Texas.

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