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Obama seeks $200M to help cities host 9/11 trials (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 03:28 PM PST

This 2003 handout photo shows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-described chief organizer of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Closing Guantanamo is emerging as a never-ending nightmare for President Barack Obama after he bowed to pressure and backed down from plans to try the accused 9/11 plotters in the heart of New York City.(AFP/HO/File)AP - The Obama administration is proposing a $200 million fund to help pay for security costs in cities hosting the trials of accused terrorists such as Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

US beefing up missile defenses in Persian Gulf (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 04:23 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gestures during a join press conference with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, unseen, at the Quai d'Orsay, in Paris, Friday Jan. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)AP - As the Obama administration edges toward imposing tougher sanctions on Iran, it has begun upgrading its approach to defending its Persian Gulf allies against potential Iranian missile strikes, officials said Saturday.

Obama taking populist tone in fight over jobs (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 02:46 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2010, file photo, taken the day before his first State of the Union speech, President Barack Obama announces economic initiatives for struggling middle class families in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. The president and his administration made it clear well before Christmas that the emphasis in 2010 would be jobs, jobs, jobs. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - President Barack Obama is shifting his administration's emphasis to battling unemployment, the scourge that is hurting households nationwide and threatening to inflict heavy losses on Democrats in November's elections.

Obama wants to repeal tax on company cell phones (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 11:02 AM PST

AP - Ever make a personal call on your company cell phone? Did you record the value of that call as taxable income, as required by law?

GOP revives 'soft on terror' charge (Politico)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 03:39 AM PST

Politico - A series of recent controversies — capped by Friday's decision to pull a key 9/11 trial out of Manhattan — is prompting Republicans to turn up the pressure on President Barack Obama, by resurrecting the kind of “soft on terrorism” charge that has dogged Democrats in the past.

Obama: Cutting deficit as important as job growth (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 06:36 AM PST

A public news telecast reports on U.S. President Barack Obama's State of the Union address in Beijing, China, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. Obama, fighting to recharge his embattled presidency, used his first State of the Union address to promise that he would get millions of Americans back to work even as he tackles the soaring U.S. deficit. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Trimming budget deficits is as important as creating jobs to sustain the economic recovery, President Barack Obama said Saturday.

Primary time: Let the political family feuds begin (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 03:57 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2009, file photo, Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., reacts to being acknowledged by President Barack Obama, who spoke National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. Come February 2010 eight months of primaries for party nominations get under way in House, Senate, gubernatorial and legislative races nationwide. Specter, who ditched the GOP in 2009 to avoid a primary, finds himself in a race against Democratic Rep. Joe Sestak, who has grabbed the outsider role at a time when voters hate insiders. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)AP - 'Tis the season when Democrats and Republicans eat their own. Eight months of primaries for party nominations get under way next week in House, Senate, gubernatorial and legislative races. The outcomes will set the stage for the first midterm elections of Barack Obama's presidency.

Headset on, Obama does basketball commentary on TV (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 02:17 PM PST

President Barack Obama reacts with Vice President Joe Biden as they watch the Georgetown Duke basketball game at the Verizon Center in Washington Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - There was a familiar voice behind the microphone during the Duke-Georgetown basketball game — that of Barack Obama.

GOP faults Obama's handling of terrorism fight (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 04:57 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2009 file photo, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine,the ranking Republican on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)AP - The Obama administration's handling of the suspect in the airline bomb plot on Christmas exposed a vulnerability in the U.S. fight against terrorism, a Republican lawmaker said Saturday.

US announces $6.4 billion in arms sales to Taiwan (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 01:28 AM PST

FILE - In this July 20, 2006 photo, a U.S.-made Patriot missile is launched during the annual Han Kuang No. 22 exercises in Ilan County, 80 kilometers (49 miles) west of Taipei, Taiwan. The United States is planning to sell US$6.4 billion in arms, including Black Hawk helicopters, Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missiles, mine hunter ships and information technology, to Taiwan, a move that will infuriate China and test whether President Barack Obama's efforts to improve trust with Beijing will carry the countries through a tense time. (AP Photo/File)AP - The United States is planning to sell $6.4 billion in arms to Taiwan, a move that will infuriate China and test whether President Barack Obama's efforts to improve trust with Beijing will carry the countries through a tense time.

Obama to propose $3.8 trillion 2011 budget: report (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 04:25 PM PST

President Barack Obama walks across the South Lawn after stepping off Marine One at the White House in Washington, January 29, 2010. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - President Barack Obama will unveil a $3.8 trillion budget proposal on Monday for fiscal 2011, the New York Times reported on Saturday.

Many obstacles to choosing a site for 9/11 trials (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 03:44 PM PST

Stephen Shallash has lunch framed by the reflection of the court houses on Foley Square in the window of Corte Cafe at the corner of Duane and Lafayette Streets, Friday, Jan. 29, 2010 in New York. Facing growing opposition to its plans to hold the Sept. 11 terrorist trial in New York City, the Obama administration is considering moving the proceedings elsewhere. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Now that President Barack Obama's administration is considering moving the Sept. 11 trial away from a courthouse in Manhattan, the question is: Where to?

House GOP Focuses Troops on Winning Majority (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 02:35 PM PST

CQPolitics.com - BALTIMORE -- The House Republican Conference completed a three-day retreat Saturday with a renewed sense of purpose going into the 2010 elections -- and an overwhelming feeling of satisfaction that it finally had its say with President Barack Obama.

White House lists some proposed cuts in 2011 budget (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 02:27 PM PST

President Barack Obama delivers his first State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 27, 2010. REUTERS/Tim Sloan/PoolReuters - President Barack Obama will propose cutting or changing some 120 items in his budget for fiscal 2011 that will help save $20 billion this year, the White House said on Saturday.

Armey: GOP must court grass roots (Politico)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 01:35 PM PST

Politico - BALTIMORE — And on the final day, they heard from the tea party.

Obama to propose permanent Build America Bonds (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 10:46 AM PST

President Barack Obama holds a town hall meeting at the University of Tampa Bob Martinez Sports Center in Tampa, Florida, January 28, 2010. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters - President Barack Obama will propose making a popular stimulus bond program permanent and expanding its use in the budget plan he presents on Monday, a U.S. Treasury Department official said on Saturday.

GOP's Whitman disavows 'proud racist' councilman (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 10:07 AM PST

Former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman exits the courthouse after testifying in the eBay versus Craigslist trial at the Chancery Court in Georgetown, Delaware, December 7, 2009. REUTERS/Tim ShafferAP - Republican gubernatorial hopeful Meg Whitman is severing ties with an elected official who described himself as a "proud racist."

First President Bush visits Obama at White House (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 07:39 AM PST

President George H. W. Bush ,center, enters the West Wing of the White House to meet with President Barack Obama Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Former President George H.W. Bush and his son Jeb paid a social call on President Barack Obama at the White House Saturday.

Obama, George H.W. Bush to meet at White House (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 02:18 AM PST

AP - It will be a meeting of presidents Saturday morning at the White House.

Pentagon starts clock on lifting gay ban (AP)

Posted: 30 Jan 2010 12:43 AM PST

Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., left, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen are seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, prior to the of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - The Defense Department starts the clock next week on what is expected to be a several-year process in lifting its ban on gays from serving openly in the military.

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