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Analysis: Obama: anti-terror `system' can be fixed (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 04:37 PM PST

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, center, accompanied by White House Counterterrorism adviser John Brennan, left,  Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, speaks at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Explaining the failure to head off the Christmas Day airline bomb plot, President Barack Obama blamed the "system." Yet his prescriptions for preventing a repeat of the near catastrophe amount to a tweaking of that system, not an overhaul on a scale of the post-9/11 reforms.


Stricter new smog limit would hit rural areas, too (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 02:45 PM PST

FILE - In this April 28, 2009 file photo, smog covers downtown Los Angeles. The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed stricter health standards for smog, replacing a Bush-era limit that ran counter to scientific recommendations. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)AP - Hundreds of communities far from congested highways and belching smokestacks could soon join big cities and industrial corridors in violation of stricter limits on lung-damaging smog proposed Thursday by the Obama administration.


AP Source: More names going on terror watch list (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 03:06 PM PST

President Barack Obama leaves the podium in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010, after speaking about the attempted Christmas Day airline bombing. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - A government official says President Barack Obama will order U.S. agencies to move faster and more accurately in adding suspects to the watch lists designed to stop terrorists before they strike.


Advocacy groups raise concerns on health bill (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 04:17 PM PST

In this Dec. 18, 2009 file photo, inmate Vine Merino is checked out by a doctor in the Triage Treatment Area at San Quentin Hospital at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to ban the state from spending more on prisons than universities. Schwarzenegger wants to reduce prison spending mainly through the privatization of prison operations and services, with a particular focus on inmate health care. He says California spends $50,000 a year for each inmate, about $18,000 more than the next 10 largest states. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, file)AP - Advocacy groups lobbied President Barack Obama and Congress on Thursday, trying to eliminate what they called a "loophole" in Senate health care legislation they said could allow insurers to raise rates on customers based on their weight or blood sugar levels.


Unresolved questions for 2010 (Politico)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 01:17 AM PST

Politico - This week's near-simultaneous retirement announcements by Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd, North Dakota Sen. Byron Dorgan and Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, along with Michigan Lt. Gov. John Cherry's abrupt withdrawal from the 2010 governor's race, delivered a sharp reminder that the landscape for this year's elections is far from fully settled.

US denies detained American in Cuba is a spy (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 02:41 PM PST

AP - The State Department on Thursday denied a senior Cuban official's claim that a U.S. government contractor detained on the communist island is a spy, and the head of the man's company said he was working not with dissidents but with a religious and cultural group recognized by the Cuban government.

US readies new Mideast peace push (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 03:14 PM PST

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010.   (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP - In a flurry of meetings in Washington and in European capitals this week and next, senior administration officials will explore new approaches to bringing the two sides together.


Report: Sex abuse high at 13 juvenile centers (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 01:27 PM PST

AP - Nearly one out of every three youths at 13 juvenile detention facilities have reported some type of sexual victimization, according to a government study issued Thursday that found widespread reports of youth sex abuse at correctional centers.

Vicki Kennedy backs Coakley in Mass. Senate race (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 03:10 PM PST

Vicki Kennedy, left, reacts with Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley, right, as she formally endorses Coakley in the race for her late husband Sen. Edward Kennedy's U.S. Senate seat during an event in Medford, Mass. Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)AP - Edward Kennedy's widow has formally endorsed Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley in the race for her late husband's U.S. Senate seat.


Judges skeptical over Bagram detainees' request (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 03:43 PM PST

AP - A federal appeals court panel expressed deep skepticism Thursday about giving three detainees at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan the same right to challenge their indefinite detention as prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Obama says anti-terror 'buck' stops with him (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 04:34 PM PST

President Barack Obama speaks about the attempted Christmas Day airline bombing, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - President Barack Obama declared Thursday "the buck stops with me" for the nation's security, taking responsibility for failures that led to the near-disastrous Christmas attack on a Detroit-bound airliner and vowing the problems would be corrected. He said the lapses were widespread but suggested no officials would be fired.


Baltimore mayor defiant after plea, resignation (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 03:25 PM PST

FILE - This Jan. 18, 2007 file photo shows Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon, right, being sworn in to office by Clerk of the Court Frank Conaway Sr., left, in Baltimore. Dixon announced her resignation Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010, following a guilty plea to a perjury charge and an earlier conviction for embezzling gift cards donated to the city for needy families. While her convictions can ultimately be erased under a deal with prosecutors, her legacy is irreparably damaged. (AP Photo/Chris Gardner, File)AP - Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon is refusing to back down from her claims that she was forced from office.


Pelosi, Obama officials to tour Detroit auto show (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 02:15 PM PST

AP - Months after the government took large ownership stakes in General Motors, Chrysler and auto lender GMAC Financial Services, top lawmakers and members of the Obama administration will be taking a close look at their investment.

Obama: 'My responsibility' (Politico)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 01:59 PM PST

Politico - President Barack Obama on Thursday accepted responsibility for intelligence shortcomings that led to a failed Christmas Day bombing plot on a Detroit-bound airliner, saying, “Ultimately, the buck stops with me.

Kennedy endorsement comes at key time for Martha Coakley (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 01:19 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - There was a brass band and a feeling of old-time politics as members of the Kennedy clan gathered Thursday to endorse Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley in the special election to fill Edward Kennedy’s Senate seat.

Obama, Democrats, to huddle next week on health (AFP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 12:59 PM PST

Representative John Larson delivers a statement about progress on health care reform in July 2009. President Barack Obama will personally push his Democratic allies in the US Congress next week to approve a sweeping remake of US health care at their annual retreat, Larson said Thursday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)AFP - President Barack Obama will personally push his Democratic allies in the US Congress next week to approve a sweeping remake of US health care at their annual retreat, a top lawmaker said Thursday.


White House defends counterterror agency head (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 12:15 PM PST

AP - The White House is throwing its support behind National Counterterrorism Director Michael Leiter, defending him against a news report that suggested he was vacationing during the attempted bombing of an airliner on Christmas and its aftermath.

Dodd, Dorgan Retirements Point to 2010 Election Fight (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 10:20 AM PST

Time.com - If you thought health-care reform and climate change legislation were tough to get through, the emerging electoral landscape pretty much guarantees the Dems will take big hits in the Senate and House

Defense contractor suspended over kickbacks (AP)

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 10:16 AM PST

AP - A defense contractor with ties to Rep. John Murtha has been suspended again from bidding on government contracts, this time for paying more than $200,000 in kickbacks to another contractor turned government witness.

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