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• Official: Obama won't take any current war options (AP)
• AP Sources: Reid eyes payroll tax hike on wealthy (AP)
• Obama honors veterans at Arlington cemetery (AP)
• Fort Hood suspect's superiors questioned behavior (AP)
• Health savings? No one knows (Politico)
• Death penalty rare, executions rarer in military (AP)
• US risks following Japan's example of stagnancy (AP)
• Petraeus: Decision near on troops to Afghanistan (AP)
• Gov't says brown pelicans are endangered no longer (AP)
• Mrs. Obama says veterans' skills can help at home (AP)
• Obama uses school dollars to prod states to change (AP)
• Decorated, cigar-smoking Marine runs for Congress (AP)
• Retired Justice O'Connor's husband dies (AP)
• Biden hosts luncheon for military and veterans (AP)
• Number of wounded troops in Afghanistan increasing (AP)
• Scozzafava: GOP attacks were 'vicious' (Politico)
• Obama asks when Afghanistan strategy could start (AP)
• THE INFLUENCE GAME: Bishops shape health care bill (AP)
• Abortion rights backers request talks with Obama (AP)
• Abortion activists call for backup (Politico)

Official: Obama won't take any current war options (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 05:51 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government, a senior administration official said Wednesday.

AP Sources: Reid eyes payroll tax hike on wealthy (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 05:53 PM PST AP - Majority Leader Harry Reid is considering a plan for higher payroll taxes on the upper-income earners to help finance health care legislation he intends to introduce in the Senate in the next several days, numerous Democratic officials said Wednesday.

Obama honors veterans at Arlington cemetery (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 05:22 PM PST AP - On a cold, rain-soaked Veterans Day, President Barack Obama walked slowly through the white, stone markers at the section of Arlington National Cemetery reserved for troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, the two wars he oversees as commander in chief.

Fort Hood suspect's superiors questioned behavior (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 05:45 PM PST AP - A group of doctors overseeing Nidal Malik Hasan's medical training discussed concerns about his overly zealous religious views and strange behavior months before the Army major was accused of a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, that left 13 dead and 29 wounded.

Health savings? No one knows (Politico) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 03:26 PM PST Politico - Barack Obama ran for president on a promise of saving the typical family $2,500 a year in lower health care premiums.

Death penalty rare, executions rarer in military (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 05:57 PM PST AP - Though the suspect in the shooting rampage at Fort Hood could face the death penalty, he will be prosecuted in a military justice system where no one has been executed in nearly a half-century.

US risks following Japan's example of stagnancy (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 04:37 PM PST AP - Heavy government stimulus spending and near-zero interest rates did little to end a "lost decade" of stagnation and mushrooming debt in Japan. Some economists and lawmakers say the U.S. may wind up following the same trajectory.

Petraeus: Decision near on troops to Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 04:06 PM PST AP - The commander of the U.S. Central Command says a decision is near on sending more American forces to Afghanistan.

Gov't says brown pelicans are endangered no longer (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 05:46 PM PST AP - Much like its death-defying dives for fish, the brown pelican has resurfaced after plummeting to the brink of extinction.

Mrs. Obama says veterans' skills can help at home (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 04:46 PM PST AP - First lady Michelle Obama said on Wednesday that many veterans serve their communities and nation in ways that "make their entire life a tour of duty."

Obama uses school dollars to prod states to change (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 06:00 PM PST AP - States are jockeying for a new $5 billion pot of education money even before the contest has begun.

Decorated, cigar-smoking Marine runs for Congress (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 05:20 PM PST AP - A decorated Marine veteran famously photographed smoking a cigar after the fall of Baghdad is running for Congress in California's most southern district.

Retired Justice O'Connor's husband dies (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 04:34 PM PST AP - John J. O'Connor III, the husband of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, has died.

Biden hosts luncheon for military and veterans (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 04:31 PM PST AP - Vice President Joe Biden says it is the "sacred duty" of the United States to provide for active-duty members of the military as well as care for their families.

Number of wounded troops in Afghanistan increasing (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 04:09 PM PST AP - Far from winding down, the numbers of U.S. soldiers coming home wounded have continued to swell. The problem is especially acute among those fighting in Afghanistan, where nearly four times as many troops were injured in October as a year ago.

Scozzafava: GOP attacks were 'vicious' (Politico) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 03:40 PM PST Politico - Dede Scozzafava, the GOP nominee who dropped out of New York's special election last week to endorse Democrat Bill Owens, said Wednesday that the attacks against her from fellow Republicans were “vicious.”

Obama asks when Afghanistan strategy could start (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 03:38 PM PST AP - The White House says President Obama spent more than two hours with his war council talking about how long it would take to implement various strategies he has been presented.

THE INFLUENCE GAME: Bishops shape health care bill (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 02:22 PM PST AP - The call came in from Rome, just as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her top lieutenants were scrambling to round up scarce votes to pass their sweeping health overhaul.

Abortion rights backers request talks with Obama (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 02:09 PM PST AP - Abortion rights supporters in Congress are asking President Barack Obama for a meeting next week on abortion restrictions included in the House health care bill.

Abortion activists call for backup (Politico) Posted: 11 Nov 2009 12:54 PM PST Politico - Abortion-rights advocates are calling in the cavalry to help fight off an anti-abortion provision House Democratic leaders swallowed in order to win passage of their health care reform bill.

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