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Administration weighs military 9/11 trial (AP)
Politics was not a smooth fit for Patrick Kennedy (AP)
White House sends out invites for health summit (AP)
House Dems offer mixed signals on Senate jobs bill (AP)
Left frets over fate of 'don't ask' (Politico)
Evolving US strategy widens assault on terrorists (AP)
Thousands of Haitians apply, pay for legal status (AP)
Obama signs bill allowing more US debt (AP)
Official: Lamont to announce Conn. governor bid (AP)
High court weighing dismissal of Uighurs' case (AP)
White House to post health bill before Feb 25 meeting (Reuters)
Sen. McCain faces toughest re-election challenge (AP)
Calif. political drama bad sign for Schwarzenegger (AP)
Will Bill Clinton slow down after heart procedure? (AP)
Obama to give nuclear loan guarantee to Southern Co (Reuters)
Ark. candidate likens stem cell work to Nazi tests (AP)
AP source: Obama to announce nuke plant loan (AP)
GOP letter slams rep who just became a Republican (AP)
Obama to campaign for Democratic senators (AP)

Administration weighs military 9/11 trial (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 05:44 PM PST

AP - The Obama administration, after weeks of controversy over its proposal to hold a civilian terror trial in New York, gave ground Friday and revived the possibility of using a military tribunal to try professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

Politics was not a smooth fit for Patrick Kennedy (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 04:14 PM PST

AP - It was never a perfect fit — politics and Patrick Kennedy, the latest and perhaps the last in the long line of Kennedys at the heart of American political life.

White House sends out invites for health summit (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 05:47 PM PST

AP - In a make or break move, President Barack Obama on Friday challenged three dozen Republicans and Democrats to participate in a one-of-a-kind televised summit this month to thrash out a deal on health care.

House Dems offer mixed signals on Senate jobs bill (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 04:13 PM PST

AP - House Democratic leaders sent mixed signals Friday on a new jobs bill supported by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and a senior Republican senator predicted his party will block action on the Senate floor.

Left frets over fate of 'don't ask' (Politico)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 01:41 AM PST

Politico - Congressional liberals were heartened when Barack Obama pledged to repeal “don't ask, don't tell,” but their initial elation has given way to concerns the repeal will stall in the penalty box of presidential promises: the U.S. Senate.

Evolving US strategy widens assault on terrorists (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 05:47 PM PST

AP - In the early months of his presidency, President Barack Obama's national security team singled out one man from its list of most-wanted terrorists, Baitullah Mehsud, the ruthless leader of the Pakistani Taliban. He was to be eliminated.

Thousands of Haitians apply, pay for legal status (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 05:52 PM PST

AP - More than 12,000 Haitians have applied for the chance to stay and work legally in the U.S. while their country struggles to recover from last month's earthquake.

Obama signs bill allowing more US debt (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 05:55 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama has signed legislation lifting the cap on government borrowing to $14.3 trillion.

Official: Lamont to announce Conn. governor bid (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 03:14 PM PST

AP - Ned Lamont, the political upstart who challenged U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman four years ago, plans to officially announce his bid for Connecticut governor next week, according to a state Democratic official.

High court weighing dismissal of Uighurs' case (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 08:05 AM PST

AP - The Supreme Court is asking the Obama administration and lawyers for Chinese Muslims at Guantanamo Bay to explain how Switzerland's decision to resettle two detainees affects a pending high court case.

White House to post health bill before Feb 25 meeting (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 05:48 PM PST

Reuters - The Obama administration on Friday invited 12 Democratic members of Congress and nine Republicans to a February 25 conference on healthcare and said it would post its proposal for a legislative overhaul online before the event.

Sen. McCain faces toughest re-election challenge (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 05:47 PM PST

AP - Defeated just two years ago as the Republican presidential candidate and with his bonafides as a true conservative again being challenged, John McCain finds himself in a struggle to get even his party's nomination for another term in the Senate.

Calif. political drama bad sign for Schwarzenegger (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 04:13 PM PST

AP - At the start of his final year in office, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appealed to California lawmakers to work with him to pull the state out of its financial crisis and reform state government.

Will Bill Clinton slow down after heart procedure? (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 06:01 PM PST

AP - Right until he was wheeled into an operating room for a heart procedure, Bill Clinton was on the phone, talking about Haiti earthquake relief. An aide finally took the phone away from him.

Obama to give nuclear loan guarantee to Southern Co (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 03:51 PM PST

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama will announce a loan guarantee next week for Southern Co to build and operate two new nuclear reactors, the first new U.S. nuclear power plant in nearly three decades, an administration official said on Friday.

Ark. candidate likens stem cell work to Nazi tests (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 02:39 PM PST

AP - A Republican candidate for a U.S. Senate seat in Arkansas says he sees no need to apologize for comparing stem cell research to Nazi experiments on Jews during the Holocaust.

AP source: Obama to announce nuke plant loan (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 03:38 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama next week will announce a loan guarantee to build the first nuclear power plant in the United States in almost three decades, an administration official said Friday.

GOP letter slams rep who just became a Republican (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 01:30 PM PST

AP - Some Republicans apparently didn't get the memo when an Alabama congressman recently switched to their party.

Obama to campaign for Democratic senators (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 01:26 PM PST

AP - President Barack Obama will head west next week to campaign for two Democratic senators facing tough re-election.