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• McChrystal out; Petraeus picked for Afghanistan (AP)
• The 'Energizer general' is soon back running a war (AP)
• McChrystal speaks up one too many times (AP)
• Senate Democrats struggle to revive jobless aid (AP)
• Haley taps on S.C.'s glass ceiling (Politico)
• No punishment after deadly Afghanistan firefight (AP)
• Do SC elections hint at change or good timing? (AP)
• Ohio Dems blast Kasich over LeBron James comments (AP)
• Critics, supporters step up their efforts on Kagan (AP)
• Obama assures Karzai no change in Afghan policy (AP)
• Aide: Blagojevich signaled he wanted Cabinet post (AP)
• Rand Paul on Ky. gov's troubles: Pardon yourself (AP)
• Q+A: Obama grapples with crises (Reuters)
• Interior: Drilling moratorium could be refined (AP)
• Obama on McChrystal, Truman on MacArthur (AP)
• Reaction to Obama's ouster of Gen. McChrystal (AP)
• Blago trial a distant, unwanted headache for Obama (AP)
• House committee approves subpoena for BP documents (AP)
• Commerce Secretary: China currency undervalued (AP)

McChrystal out; Petraeus picked for Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 04:48 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama sacked his loose-lipped Afghanistan commander Wednesday, a seismic shift for the military order in wartime, and chose the familiar, admired — and tightly disciplined — Gen. David Petraeus to replace him. Petraeus, architect of the Iraq war turnaround, was once again to take hands-on leadership of a troubled war effort.

The 'Energizer general' is soon back running a war (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 04:29 PM PDT AP - Army Gen. David Petraeus has already turned around a struggling U.S. war once. President Barack Obama is betting he can do it again.

McChrystal speaks up one too many times (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 12:11 PM PDT AP - Known for his blunt and uncompromising instincts, Gen. Stanley McChrystal spoke his mind once too often.

Senate Democrats struggle to revive jobless aid (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:02 PM PDT AP - Senate Democrats struggled Wednesday to revive a bill extending jobless benefits and a host of other spending and tax measures as they searched for ways to reduce the measure's deficit impact and attract critical GOP support.

Haley taps on S.C.'s glass ceiling (Politico) Posted: 22 Jun 2010 02:35 AM PDT Politico - CONWAY, S.C. — Nikki Haley, the 38-year-old Indian-American political phenom who might be South Carolina's next governor, downplays the two attributes that would make her different from her 115 predecessors.

No punishment after deadly Afghanistan firefight (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 05:00 PM PDT AP - The Army has reversed a decision to punish three officers for command failures that led to one of the deadliest firefights for U.S. forces since the Afghanistan war began nearly a decade ago.

Do SC elections hint at change or good timing? (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 02:32 PM PDT AP - CHARLESTON, S.C. — South Carolina voters have nominated an Indian-American woman for governor and a black state lawmaker for Congress — developments which, on their face, suggest landmark racial progress in a state that still flies the Confederate flag near its statehouse.

Ohio Dems blast Kasich over LeBron James comments (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 02:57 PM PDT AP - Republican Ohio gubernatorial candidate John Kasich is taking heat from Democrats for saying he's not overly concerned about NBA superstar LeBron James leaving Cleveland, while his campaign spokesman apologized Wednesday for saying Gov. Ted Strickland grew up poor in a "chicken shack."

Critics, supporters step up their efforts on Kagan (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 03:13 PM PDT AP - Conservative critics of Elena Kagan recruited failed former Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork to brand her unfit to serve on the high court Wednesday, as former colleagues from both ends of the ideological spectrum praised her qualifications to be a justice.

Obama assures Karzai no change in Afghan policy (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 04:40 PM PDT AP - The White House says President Barack Obama has spoken with Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai to assure him that the change in war command does not affect U.S. policy on Afghanistan.

Aide: Blagojevich signaled he wanted Cabinet post (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 04:29 PM PDT AP - Only days after the November 2008 election, Rod Blagojevich told his top advisers he had signaled the president-elect that he would appoint Barack Obama's friend to the U.S. Senate in exchange for a Cabinet position for himself, the ousted governor's former chief of staff testified Wednesday.

Rand Paul on Ky. gov's troubles: Pardon yourself (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 03:52 PM PDT AP - Kentucky Republican senatorial candidate Rand Paul wrote in a newspaper four years ago that he would have pardoned himself if he had been the state's scandal-plagued governor at the time.

Q+A: Obama grapples with crises (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 03:32 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama replaced his top Afghan war commander on Wednesday, grappling with the latest in a series of challenges that include a disastrous oil spill and high unemployment.

Interior: Drilling moratorium could be refined (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 03:29 PM PDT AP - A new order imposing a moratorium on deepwater drilling could be refined to reflect offshore conditions, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Wednesday.

Obama on McChrystal, Truman on MacArthur (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 02:23 PM PDT AP - Army Gens. Stanley McChrystal and Douglas MacArthur met the same fate — sacked by their commander in chief. In 1951, President Harry Truman stripped MacArthur of his command after disagreements over Korean War strategy. On Wednesday, President Barack Obama fired McChrystal after his disparaging comments about the president and several members of the administration.

Reaction to Obama's ouster of Gen. McChrystal (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 01:36 PM PDT AP - Reaction to President Barack Obama's ouster Wednesday of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, and naming of Gen. David Petraeus to take over the war:

Blago trial a distant, unwanted headache for Obama (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 01:05 PM PDT AP - The corruption trial of ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich — for allegedly trying to sell President Barack Obama's own Senate seat — is a distant but unwelcome headache for the White House.

House committee approves subpoena for BP documents (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 01:04 PM PDT AP - The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday subpoenaed BP claims documents, after its chairman said the company has not complied with requests to provide information on its payments.

Commerce Secretary: China currency undervalued (AP) Posted: 23 Jun 2010 02:33 PM PDT AP - Despite China's decision to let its currency appreciate against the dollar, the yuan is still undervalued, hurting American exports, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said Wednesday.

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