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Obama, China's Hu press for strong words on Iran (AP)
Report: Pakistan's nuke materials at greatest risk (AP)
Gibbs: Ukraine to get rid of high enriched uranium (AP)
Senate stalls cyber commander to probe digital war (AP)
Palin fans not sure she's ready (Politico)
Extension of jobless benefits clears GOP roadblock (AP)
Foes of tea party movement to infiltrate rallies (AP)
Military sources: New US commander for Iraq (AP)
Temporary fix helps patients around drug allergy (AP)
Source: Judge Sidney Thomas on Supreme Court list (AP)
Obama to raise money for DNC in Florida this week (AP)
Ukraine to give up nuke material; boost for summit (AP)
Ill. Dem says Senate fundraising doesn't match GOP (AP)
NJ gov wants teachers union leader fired for memo (AP)
A Clinton trial balloon's short flight (Politico)
Defense chief says nuke meeting a good first step (AP)
Experts: Doubts on nuke terror may raise risk (AP)
SPIN METER: US has own nuclear security issues (AP)
Scion of Harlem congressman to challenge Rangel (AP)
AP Sources: NYC terror probe nabs 4th in Pakistan (AP)

Obama, China's Hu press for strong words on Iran (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:41 PM PDT

AP - Amid a sudden upswing in relations, President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao sought common ground Monday on Iran, agreeing that a set of potential sanctions should make clear to Iran the cost of continued nuclear defiance, a White House official said.

Report: Pakistan's nuke materials at greatest risk (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:43 PM PDT

AP - Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani said Monday that his country's nuclear weapons are well-guarded, rebutting misgivings by nuclear experts about the safety of the small but growing arsenal.

Gibbs: Ukraine to get rid of high enriched uranium (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 11:02 AM PDT

AP - The White House says Ukraine is announcing it will get rid of its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, enough to build several nuclear weapons, by 2012.

Senate stalls cyber commander to probe digital war (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:16 PM PDT

AP - When hackers a continent away attack a military computer system, using computers belonging to unsuspecting private citizens or businesses as cover, what are the rules when the U.S. fights back?

Palin fans not sure she's ready (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.

Extension of jobless benefits clears GOP roadblock (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 04:52 PM PDT

AP - Democrats in the Senate won an initial skirmish Monday to restore unemployment benefits to hundreds of thousands of jobless people despite Republican criticism that it would add $9 billion to the nation's debt.

Foes of tea party movement to infiltrate rallies (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:30 PM PDT

AP - Opponents of the fiscally conservative tea party movement say they plan to infiltrate and dismantle the political group by trying to make its members appear to be racist, homophobic and moronic.

Military sources: New US commander for Iraq (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 02:26 PM PDT

AP - The senior U.S. general in Iraq since 2008, Gen. Ray Odierno, will be succeeded by a leading Pentagon general at the end of the summer, military officials said Monday.

Temporary fix helps patients around drug allergy (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 11:27 AM PDT

AP - Having a bad reaction to penicillin as a child doesn't guarantee you're still allergic decades later. And if the oncologist says you have to switch chemotherapies because of an allergic reaction, well, maybe not.

Source: Judge Sidney Thomas on Supreme Court list (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:06 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama's candidates for the Supreme Court include a new name, federal appeals court Judge Sidney Thomas of Montana, and at least six others who were contenders when Obama chose his first high court nominee last year, The Associated Press has learned.

Obama to raise money for DNC in Florida this week (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:19 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama will cap a visit to the Kennedy Space Center this week with a pair of fundraisers for the Democratic National Committee, one of them at the home of pop stars Gloria and Emilio Estefan.

Ukraine to give up nuke material; boost for summit (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 05:06 PM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama optimistically opened a 47-nation nuclear summit Monday, boosted by Ukraine's announcement that it will give up its weapons-grade uranium. More sobering: The White House counterterror chief warned that al-Qaida is vigorously pursuing ingredients and expertise for a bomb.

Ill. Dem says Senate fundraising doesn't match GOP (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 04:48 PM PDT

AP - Illinois Democrat Alexi Giannoulias said Monday that his first-quarter fundraising in a state where Democrats hold every statewide office didn't match the money raised by his Republican opponent in the race for President Barack Obama's former Senate seat.

NJ gov wants teachers union leader fired for memo (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 03:05 PM PDT

AP - The president of a state teachers union left a meeting Monday with Gov. Chris Christie after refusing to fire a local president who wrote a memo that joked about the governor's death, further escalating a rift that began before Christie's election.

A Clinton trial balloon's short flight (Politico)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 02:29 PM PDT

Politico - The trial balloon carrying Hillary Clinton to the Supreme Court floated over Washington for a few hours Monday morning, thrilling her admirers and hinting at a different kind of court nomination before the White House had punctured it by lunchtime with a sharp dismissal.

Defense chief says nuke meeting a good first step (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 01:32 PM PDT

AP - The gathering of nearly 50 world leaders this week represents the first real concerted international effort to confront the threat of nuclear material falling into the hands of terrorists, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday.

Experts: Doubts on nuke terror may raise risk (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 12:56 PM PDT

AP - Too many governments around the world don't believe terrorists can "go nuclear" and that complacency is slowing efforts to lock down the makings of atomic bombs, experts said Monday on the sidelines of President Barack Obama's nuclear security summit.

SPIN METER: US has own nuclear security issues (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 11:33 AM PDT

AP - President Barack Obama, holding a summit to urge world leaders to secure their nuclear material, frequently calls the risk of terrorists getting a nuke "the single biggest threat to U.S. security." What he is less likely to talk about is the United States' own shortcomings in safeguarding its nuclear stockpile.

Scion of Harlem congressman to challenge Rangel (AP)

Posted: 12 Apr 2010 10:55 AM PDT

AP - Adam Clayton Powell IV, a state assemblyman and son of a legendary New York political figure, announced Monday he would seek the seat his father once held and challenge veteran Rep. Charles Rangel, who stepped down last month as chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee amid ethics charges.