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• Pentagon officials to review military gay ban (AP)
• Obama budget: Record spending, record deficit (AP)
• Obama budget would impose host of tax increases (AP)
• Obama seeks $192B as war steps up in Afghanistan (AP)
• Armey: GOP must court grass roots (Politico)
• If health care dies, Obama's modest budget Plan B (AP)
• Over GOP protests, Democrats advance Labor nominee (AP)
• Obama would overhaul No Child Left Behind (AP)
• Jerry Brown has $12M on hand for Calif. gov race (AP)
• Gaps emerging in US census outreach to immigrants (AP)
• Whitman leads spending race in Calif. gov campaign (AP)
• E-mails give inside look at race for CA governor (AP)
• Pentagon may name "don't ask, don't tell" advisers (Reuters)
• Big bang gives way to busted budget (Politico)
• Obama tones down global company tax goals (Reuters)
• Sarah Palin endorses Rand Paul in Ky. Senate race (AP)
• Obama seeks over 300 million dollars to empty Guantanamo (AFP)
• Obama follows State of the Union with YouTube (AP)
• Obama's budget sidesteps dramatic health reforms (Reuters)
• Big war spending continues under Obama (Reuters)

Pentagon officials to review military gay ban (AP) Posted: 01 Feb 2010 06:50 PM PST AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday will take the first real steps toward lifting the ban on gays serving openly in the military, announcing a yearlong review aimed at answering practical and emotional questions about the effect of lifting the ban, and imposing looser standards for enforcing the ban in the meantime.

Obama budget: Record spending, record deficit (AP) Posted: 01 Feb 2010 06:25 PM PST AP - Spelling out painful priorities, President Barack Obama urged Congress on Monday to quickly approve a huge new shot of spending for recession relief and job creation, part of a record $3.8 trillion budget that would boost the deficit beyond any in the nation's history while only slowly beginning to put Americans back to work.

Obama budget would impose host of tax increases (AP) Posted: 01 Feb 2010 01:39 PM PST AP - While President Barack Obama is proposing to cut some taxes for companies that hire workers, his budget would raise a host of other taxes on businesses and wealthy individuals.

Obama seeks $192B as war steps up in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 01 Feb 2010 12:07 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama wants $192 billion in war spending for the next year-and-a-half, a hefty sum aimed at escalating the war in Afghanistan amid waning support at home.

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.

If health care dies, Obama's modest budget Plan B (AP) Posted: 01 Feb 2010 01:17 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama's modest health care budget may be a harbinger of what's ahead if his overhaul plan dies in Congress.

Over GOP protests, Democrats advance Labor nominee (AP) Posted: 01 Feb 2010 06:13 PM PST AP - Before losing their 60-vote majority, Senate Democrats on Monday advanced a controversial Labor Department appointment in danger of permanent limbo because of Republican complaints about her qualifications.

Obama would overhaul No Child Left Behind (AP) Posted: 01 Feb 2010 11:25 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama is proposing to overhaul the No Child Left Behind education law, replacing the school accountability system that has slapped a failing label on more than a third of schools, including many that made big gains but just missed their annual targets.

Jerry Brown has $12M on hand for Calif. gov race (AP) Posted: 01 Feb 2010 02:43 PM PST AP - Jerry Brown, who is expected to be the Democratic nominee for California governor, is reporting that he has nearly $12 million in the bank.

Gaps emerging in US census outreach to immigrants (AP) Posted: 01 Feb 2010 10:53 AM PST AP - The government is fumbling some efforts to assure immigrants that U.S. census data won't be used against them, including gaps in outreach and foreign language guides that refer to the decennial count as an investigation.

Whitman leads spending race in Calif. gov campaign (AP) Posted: 01 Feb 2010 06:35 PM PST AP - Billionaire Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman spent money at a rapid pace last year, burning through $19.5 million a full year ahead of the general election, according to campaign finance reports filed Monday.

E-mails give inside look at race for CA governor (AP) Posted: 01 Feb 2010 05:24 PM PST AP - An e-mail in which an adviser to candidate Meg Whitman threatened to spend $40 million or more to ruin GOP rival Steve Poizner's reputation provided a rare glimpse Monday at the tough tactics in the high-stakes race for California governor.

Pentagon may name "don't ask, don't tell" advisers (Reuters) Posted: 01 Feb 2010 04:44 PM PST Reuters - Defense Secretary Robert Gates is expected to name a team of advisers to recommend steps the U.S. military should take to comply with an eventual repeal of its "don't ask, don't tell" policy barring gays from serving openly in uniform, congressional sources said.

Big bang gives way to busted budget (Politico) Posted: 01 Feb 2010 03:33 PM PST Politico - President Barack Obama's new $3.83 trillion budget is a chickens-come-home-to-roost moment for Democrats who skipped past the deficit to tackle health care last year and now risk paying a heavy price in November.

Obama tones down global company tax goals (Reuters) Posted: 01 Feb 2010 03:24 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama has scaled back his ambitious plan to close loopholes global companies use when accounting for taxes on profit earned overseas, according to his 2011 budget blueprint released on Monday.

Sarah Palin endorses Rand Paul in Ky. Senate race (AP) Posted: 01 Feb 2010 03:01 PM PST AP - Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is endorsing the son of former Republican presidential candidate and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul in Kentucky's U.S. Senate race.

Obama seeks over 300 million dollars to empty Guantanamo (AFP) Posted: 01 Feb 2010 02:49 PM PST AFP - President Barack Obama's budget, presented to Congress Monday, seeks more than 300 million dollars to help pay for the closure of the controversial Guantanamo Bay detention facility.

Obama follows State of the Union with YouTube (AP) Posted: 01 Feb 2010 02:42 PM PST AP - There was a fireplace, but no roaring fire, as President Barack Obama sat down Monday for his version of the venerable fireside chat via 21st century technology: a YouTube interview.

Obama's budget sidesteps dramatic health reforms (Reuters) Posted: 01 Feb 2010 02:28 PM PST Reuters - The Obama administration's latest spending plan calls for modest changes to the U.S. healthcare system but does little to incorporate sweeping moves called for Democrats' larger plan to increase access and cuts costs.

Big war spending continues under Obama (Reuters) Posted: 01 Feb 2010 02:26 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama on Monday proposed another two years of hefty spending in Iraq and Afghanistan, seeking Congress' approval for about $160 billion this year and again in fiscal 2011 to pay war costs.

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