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• Obama vows to use power to thwart terrorists (AP)
• Anti-terror officials let terror suspect keep visa (AP)
• Obama friend's child injured, golf interrupted (AP)
• Fewer law enforcement officers died on job in 2009 (AP)
• Obama: 'Full investigation' launched (Politico)
• House Democrats pessimistic about public option (AP)
• Seniors worry about Medicare Advantage cuts (AP)
• Detroit explosive common, easily detectible (AP)
• Obama assures Americans after failed plane attack (Reuters)
• GOP seizes on terror issue (Politico)
• Child of Obama friend hurt in Hawaii beach accident (Reuters)
• Obama signs U.S. debt limit increase into law (Reuters)
• Mom fights to be buried with soldier son (AP)
• No trial, but Nev gov's divorce damage may be done (AP)
• Obama: Security team to keep pressure on enemies (AP)
• Centenarian who inspired Obama remembered in Ga. (AP)
• Obama to urge U.S. to learn from failed air attack (Reuters)
• New groups join climate lobby fray (Politico)

Obama vows to use power to thwart terrorists (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 05:35 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama on Monday vowed to use "every element of our national power" to keep Americans safe and said the failed Christmas Day plot to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner was "a serious reminder" of the need to continually adapt security measures against changing terrorist threats.

Anti-terror officials let terror suspect keep visa (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 03:03 PM PST AP - The State Department says counterterrorism agencies were warned that the Nigerian man who allegedly tried to blow up an airliner Christmas Day may be under extremists' influence.

Obama friend's child injured, golf interrupted (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 03:17 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama abruptly ended his golf outing and sped in his motorcade to his compound Monday after he learned a child of a friend was injured while playing on the beach.

Fewer law enforcement officers died on job in 2009 (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 04:49 PM PST AP - Law enforcement deaths this year dropped to their lowest level since 1959, while the decade of the 2000s was among the safest for officers — despite the deadliest single day for police on Sept. 11, 2001.

Obama: 'Full investigation' launched (Politico) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 01:15 PM PST Politico - HONOLULU — In his first public statement since the attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on Christmas Day, President Barack Obama called the incident “a serious reminder of the dangers we face” and tried to assure Americans that they are safe while urging them to remain vigilant.

House Democrats pessimistic about public option (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 03:19 AM PST AP - House Democrats aren't optimistic that a government insurance plan, a central element of health care legislation passed in their chamber, will survive negotiations with the Senate.

Seniors worry about Medicare Advantage cuts (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 12:10 AM PST AP - Insurers constantly caution seniors that their Medicare Advantage perks such as hearing aids, dental payments and even gym memberships will fizzle if Democrats get their way and cut government subsidies for them.

Detroit explosive common, easily detectible (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 06:42 AM PST AP - The explosive device used by the would-be Detroit bomber contained a widely available — and easily detected — chemical explosive that has a long history of terrorist use, according to government officials and explosive experts.

Obama assures Americans after failed plane attack (Reuters) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 05:07 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama assured Americans on Monday the United States will defeat those behind an attempt to blow up a U.S. airliner and sought to blunt criticism that his response to the incident was slow.

GOP seizes on terror issue (Politico) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 03:12 PM PST Politico - Republicans have wasted no time in attacking Democrats on intelligence and screening failures leading up to the failed Christmas Day bombing of Flight 253 — a significant departure from the calibrated, less partisan responses that have followed other recent terrorist activity.

Child of Obama friend hurt in Hawaii beach accident (Reuters) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 02:56 PM PST Reuters - Vacationing U.S. President Barack Obama interrupted a golf game on Monday and sped back to his holiday house after the child of a friend was hurt in a beach accident, the White House said.

Obama signs U.S. debt limit increase into law (Reuters) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 01:46 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama on Monday signed into law an increase in the U.S. national debt limit to $12.4 trillion, the White House said in a statement.

Mom fights to be buried with soldier son (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 01:45 PM PST AP - Denise Anderson lost her only son in the Iraq war. She's determined not to lose her fight to be buried with him in a national veterans cemetery.

No trial, but Nev gov's divorce damage may be done (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 02:09 PM PST AP - Gov. Jim Gibbons smiled when the judge presiding over what promised to be a salacious and sensational four-day divorce trial asked if Gibbons' settlement with the first lady was fair and equitable.

Obama: Security team to keep pressure on enemies (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 12:30 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama says he has ordered a review of the nation's watchlist system and of its air safety regulations, and has asked his national security team to keep up the pressure on terrorists aiming to attack the U.S.

Centenarian who inspired Obama remembered in Ga. (AP) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 11:47 AM PST AP - Ann Nixon Cooper was remembered Monday as a charismatic woman who, after toiling through the civil rights era, lived to see herself hailed in an election night speech by the nation's first black president.

Obama to urge U.S. to learn from failed air attack (Reuters) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 11:33 AM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama will urge the United States to keep up pressure on its enemies in his first public reaction to the attempt to blow up a plane bound for Detroit, a White House spokesman said on Monday.

New groups join climate lobby fray (Politico) Posted: 28 Dec 2009 01:57 AM PST Politico - The next round of the battle over climate change policy on Capitol Hill will involve more than the usual suspects – way more.

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