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• Obama's new security strategy breaks with Bush (AP)
• Officials: China could join moves against NKorea (AP)
• AP source: US seeks Pakistan crackdown on Taliban (AP)
• Obama seeks control of 'heartbreaking' crisis (AP)
• Jindal's second act (Politico)
• Bill ending ban on gays expected to pass panel (AP)
• Businesses could use US cyber monitoring system (AP)
• Police chiefs voice concerns to AG about Ariz. law (AP)
• Kagan sparks little debate as hearings approach (AP)
• INFLUENCE GAME: Govt regulators hired by companies (AP)
• Harry Reid's Re-Election Hopes on the Rise in Nevada (Time.com)
• In Nevada, squawks over chicken costumes at polls (AP)
• BP: effort to plug Gulf oil spill going as planned (AP)
• Tea party win embarrasses GOP establishment (AP)
• Lincoln embraces left in runoff campaign ads (AP)
• Anti-tax group hits Nevada GOP candidate in ad (AP)
• Obama doctrine to make clear no war on Islam: aide (Reuters)
• Rand Paul faces possible challenge, staff shake-up (AP)
• House committee approves auto safety bill (AP)
• Republicans say Obama border plan isn't enough (The Newsroom)

Obama's new security strategy breaks with Bush (AP) Posted: 26 May 2010 05:33 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is breaking with the go-it-alone Bush years in a new strategy for keeping the nation safe, counting more on U.S. allies to tackle terrorism and other global problems. It's an approach that already has proved tricky in practice.

Officials: China could join moves against NKorea (AP) Posted: 26 May 2010 03:30 PM PDT AP - China has signaled it could soon join the U.S. and its allies in blaming North Korea in the sinking of a South Korean warship, senior American officials said Wednesday.

AP source: US seeks Pakistan crackdown on Taliban (AP) Posted: 26 May 2010 04:57 PM PDT AP - Two top Obama administration officials have told Pakistan that it has only weeks to show real progress in a crackdown against the Pakistani Taliban, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday.

Obama seeks control of 'heartbreaking' crisis (AP) Posted: 26 May 2010 02:49 PM PDT AP - Struggling to seize control of a disastrous oil spill on his watch, President Barack Obama is rolling out tougher rules for oil rigs, accepting questions about his own leadership and heading back to the Gulf Coast to reassure the country of every effort to "put a stop to this thing."

Jindal's second act (Politico) Posted: 26 May 2010 03:02 AM PDT Politico - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal — who last occupied the national stage to bemoan the evils of Big Government — has seized the spotlight again, this time to demand a Big Government response to the Gulf oil spill.

Bill ending ban on gays expected to pass panel (AP) Posted: 26 May 2010 05:03 PM PDT AP - Supporters of a bill that would allow gays to serve openly in the military worked on Wednesday to marshal the political support needed to end the 17-year-old ban known as "don't ask, don't tell," but the outcome was in doubt.

Businesses could use US cyber monitoring system (AP) Posted: 26 May 2010 03:44 PM PDT AP - A U.S. government computer security system that can detect and prevent cyber attacks should be extended to private businesses that operate critical utilities and financial services, a top Pentagon official said Wednesday.

Police chiefs voice concerns to AG about Ariz. law (AP) Posted: 26 May 2010 03:05 PM PDT AP - Arizona's new immigration law and similar proposals in other states would lead to an increase in crime, some police chiefs from around the country told Attorney General Eric Holder in an hourlong meeting Wednesday.

Kagan sparks little debate as hearings approach (AP) Posted: 26 May 2010 12:46 PM PDT AP - When President Barack Obama brought Republicans his wish list over lunch this week, GOP senators criticized virtually every goal — except confirming Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan.

INFLUENCE GAME: Govt regulators hired by companies (AP) Posted: 26 May 2010 01:53 PM PDT AP - At a 2005 workshop, a senior official in the U.S. government's Minerals Management Service raised concerns about ultra-deepwater drilling and included the bullet point, "Few or no regulations or standards." Within two years, Jim Grant left his post as chief of staff of the government's Gulf of Mexico region to take a job with BP PLC — one of the companies his former agency regulated in its oversight of offshore drilling.

Harry Reid's Re-Election Hopes on the Rise in Nevada (Time.com) Posted: 26 May 2010 04:50 PM PDT Time.com - Though he remains unpopular, Senate majority leader Harry Reid is having some success by touting his record of delivering for the state

In Nevada, squawks over chicken costumes at polls (AP) Posted: 26 May 2010 04:49 PM PDT AP - A ban on chicken costumes outside polling sites in Nevada, where they have become akin to politicking against a GOP Senate candidate, doesn't infringe on free speech, the state's top election official said Wednesday.

BP: effort to plug Gulf oil spill going as planned (AP) Posted: 26 May 2010 04:07 PM PDT AP - BP started pumping heavy mud into the leaking Gulf of Mexico well Wednesday and said everything was going as planned in the company's boldest attempt yet to plug the gusher that has spewed millions of gallons of oil over the last five weeks.

Tea party win embarrasses GOP establishment (AP) Posted: 26 May 2010 03:53 PM PDT AP - Chalk up another win for the tea party. And another embarrassment for the Republican establishment.

Lincoln embraces left in runoff campaign ads (AP) Posted: 26 May 2010 02:48 PM PDT AP - After vowing that she answered to Arkansas and not the Democratic Party — only to find herself forced into a runoff vote by a rival backed by liberal activists — Sen. Blanche Lincoln is embracing the left as she fights to keep her job.

Anti-tax group hits Nevada GOP candidate in ad (AP) Posted: 26 May 2010 01:35 PM PDT AP - A powerful anti-tax group is airing television ads claiming one Republican candidate backed Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid for years while praising a tea party favorite as a fiscal conservative.

Obama doctrine to make clear no war on Islam: aide (Reuters) Posted: 26 May 2010 12:59 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama's new national security strategy will make clear the United States is not at war with Islam, a top adviser said on Wednesday as the administration prepared for a formal break with Bush-era doctrine.

Rand Paul faces possible challenge, staff shake-up (AP) Posted: 26 May 2010 12:42 PM PDT AP - A week after a come-from-behind victory over the GOP's establishment candidate in a Kentucky Senate primary, Rand Paul is facing a possible challenge by the Libertarian Party and is shaking up his staff after comments he made about racial segregation caused a firestorm.

House committee approves auto safety bill (AP) Posted: 26 May 2010 11:47 AM PDT AP - Amid partisan sparring, a House panel has advanced a sweeping auto safety bill that critics contend is too tough on the industry.

Republicans say Obama border plan isn't enough (The Newsroom) Posted: 26 May 2010 11:21 AM PDT The Newsroom - President Obama announced Wednesday that he will send as many as 1,200 National Guard members to the border and request $500 million from Congress to beef up border security, marking the second time in four years that a president has deployed troops to the border.

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