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• Summer battle ahead for Stevens' court replacement (AP)
• Stupak, linchpin of health bill, calls it quits (AP)
• Obama, Palin trade words over nuclear policy (AP)
• Stevens carved liberal legacy on high court (AP)
• Obama predicts 'tough' Iran sanctions (Politico)
• Clinton urges bipartisan push on nukes (AP)
• Potential Obama nominees for the Supreme Court (AP)
• Obama pick for Justice post withdraws (AP)
• Government can be good, Obama reminds public (AP)
• US: al-Qaida exemplifies new-age nuclear threat (AP)
• Base stirred by Palin, but not sure she's ready yet (Politico)
• Palin, Obama spar from a distance over nuke policy (AP)
• Obama to hold bipartisan meeting on financial reform (Reuters)
• Filling John Paul Stevens Supreme Court vacancy big test for Obama (The Christian Science Monitor)
• US Supreme Court Justice Stevens retires (AFP)
• Supreme Court Justice Stevens to resign (Reuters)
• Killing of Ariz. rancher roils immigration debate (AP)
• Turkey, Armenia to discuss ties in Washington (AP)
• Texas Gov. Perry urges Republicans to say 'no' (AP)
• 2012 preview? Obama, Palin trade insults on nuclear policy (McClatchy Newspapers)

Summer battle ahead for Stevens' court replacement (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:51 PM PDT AP - The retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens, the Supreme Court's leading liberal, touched off an immediate election-year political battle Friday over President Barack Obama's second high court pick. Republicans promised trouble for any activist nominee.

Stupak, linchpin of health bill, calls it quits (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:32 PM PDT AP - Rep. Bart Stupak insists that tea party activists outraged over his crucial support of health care legislation didn't run him out of office, but his decision to retire gives conservatives a rallying point as they target Democrats in the midterm elections.

Obama, Palin trade words over nuclear policy (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 11:15 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama and Sarah Palin are sniping at each other over nuclear policy — a potential preview of the next race for the White House.

Stevens carved liberal legacy on high court (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 02:04 PM PDT AP - The preservation of abortion rights, protection of consumer rights and limits on the death penalty are due in no small measure to John Paul Stevens' actions on the Supreme Court.

Obama predicts 'tough' Iran sanctions (Politico) Posted: 08 Apr 2010 06:05 AM PDT Politico - PRAGUE — President Barack Obama predicted Thursday that he would be able to achieve “strong, tough” sanctions against Iran in coming weeks and credited nuclear arms discussions with the Russians for helping to pave the way.

Clinton urges bipartisan push on nukes (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 04:21 PM PDT AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton offered assurances Friday that a new nuclear arms control treaty enables the U.S. to maintain a "strong, flexible deterrent" as she urged divided Republicans and Democrats to ratify the pact signed by President Barack Obama and Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev.

Potential Obama nominees for the Supreme Court (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 04:19 PM PDT AP - Sketches of potential candidates to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens, listed alphabetically, with their pros and cons:

Obama pick for Justice post withdraws (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 02:48 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's nominee to head the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel has withdrawn her bid for confirmation, after several Republicans objected to her criticism of the Bush administration's terrorist interrogation policies.

Government can be good, Obama reminds public (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 12:52 PM PDT AP - As a candidate, Barack Obama pledged to "make government cool again." After a year that gave birth to the anti-government tea party movement, the president can hardly claim to have succeeded.

US: al-Qaida exemplifies new-age nuclear threat (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 03:24 PM PDT AP - The White House on Friday warned that al-Qaida is quietly hunting for an atomic bomb, adding urgency to a historic summit next week where President Barack Obama will try to persuade world leaders to step up efforts to keep nuclear weapons out of terrorist hands.

Base stirred by Palin, but not sure she's ready yet (Politico) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:56 PM PDT Politico - NEW ORLEANS – Sarah Palin dominated a sleepy Southern Republican Leadership Conference here Friday, stealing a show that had largely been ceded to her by other Republicans of national stature.

Palin, Obama spar from a distance over nuke policy (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:32 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama and Republican Sarah Palin sparred from a distance over nuclear policy with each questioning the other's experience on the issue in a potential preview of the 2012 White House race.

Obama to hold bipartisan meeting on financial reform (Reuters) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:30 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama will hold a meeting with congressional Republicans and Democrats on Wednesday to discuss proposals to overhaul financial regulation, a White House official said on Friday.

Filling John Paul Stevens Supreme Court vacancy big test for Obama (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 04:13 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - What a difference a year makes. On May 1, 2009, President Obama announced the retirement of Supreme Court Justice David Souter. Mr. Obama’s job approval stood at 65 percent in the Gallup poll. His nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, was confirmed by the Senate 68-31.

US Supreme Court Justice Stevens retires (AFP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 02:49 PM PDT AFP - Venerable US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens announced his retirement Friday, setting off a battle over his successor certain to inject fresh venom into volatile election-year politics.

Supreme Court Justice Stevens to resign (Reuters) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 02:23 PM PDT Reuters - Liberal Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens announced on Friday he would resign, and President Barack Obama promised to name a successor quickly, setting the stage for an expected partisan election-year Senate confirmation battle.

Killing of Ariz. rancher roils immigration debate (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 02:05 PM PDT AP - Cattle rancher Rob Krentz often helped illegal immigrants he found stranded on his sprawling Arizona ranch.

Turkey, Armenia to discuss ties in Washington (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 02:20 PM PDT AP - Turkey hopes that a rare face-to-face meeting between its prime minister and Armenia's president in Washington next week could revive stalled efforts to normalize relations between the longtime adversaries.

Texas Gov. Perry urges Republicans to say 'no' (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 01:18 PM PDT AP - Texas Gov. Rick Perry says Republican congressional candidates must say "no" — no to President Barack Obama, and no to anything that makes Washington relevant to the American people.

2012 preview? Obama, Palin trade insults on nuclear policy (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 01:15 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - NEW ORLEANS — President Barack Obama and potential rival Sarah Palin traded barbs over nuclear weapons policy Friday in an exchange that provided an early look at what a 2012 election campaign between the two might look like.

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