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• Obama declares 'reckless' BP will pay Gulf cleanup (AP)
• Obama: 'We will make BP pay' (AP)
• CIA film depicts a failed Cold War spy mission (AP)
• Obama picks official to head oil oversight agency (AP)
• Apple secrecy is bitter fruit on Hill (Politico)
• Obama signs bill to release money for Gulf cleanup (AP)
• AP Poll: Most unhappy with Obama on oil spill (AP)
• Obama: Drilling moratorium is necessary (AP)
• EPA: Climate bill costs less than postage stamp (AP)
• Nevada candidate Angle left GOP in Reagan years (AP)
• Democrats question temper of GOP gov candidate (AP)
• Brown regrets 'propaganda' remark in CA gov race (AP)
• Instant View: Obama calls for energy reform, tighter rules (Reuters)
• Factbox: Main points from Obama's Oval Office speech (Reuters)
• US oil spill 'epidemic' may last years: Obama (AFP)
• House passes tax cut for small-business investment (AP)
• Iowa Republican: Obama favors blacks over whites (AP)
• Utah Senate hopeful to file complaint about mailer (AP)
• Liberals balk at NRA concession in campaign bill (AP)
• Kirk on defensive against Pentagon over politics (AP)

Obama declares 'reckless' BP will pay Gulf cleanup (AP) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 06:51 PM PDT AP - Vowing to "make BP pay," President Barack Obama accused the oil giant of "recklessness" in his first address to the nation from the Oval Office Tuesday night, eight weeks to the day after the catastrophic oil spill began destroying waterways, wildlife and a prized Gulf Coast way of life.

Obama: 'We will make BP pay' (AP) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 05:15 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says the nation will continue to fight the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico for "as long as it takes," but he vows that BP will pay for the damage it's caused.

CIA film depicts a failed Cold War spy mission (AP) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 05:43 PM PDT AP - Far from the glare of Hollywood lights, the CIA on Tuesday premiered a nonfiction film produced for the agency that recounts the mystique and the misery of a botched James Bond-like spy mission in China.

Obama picks official to head oil oversight agency (AP) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 02:57 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama has selected a former federal prosecutor to take over the troubled government agency that oversees oil and gas development and has been accused of lax oversight.

Apple secrecy is bitter fruit on Hill (Politico) Posted: 14 Jun 2010 02:38 AM PDT Politico - Apple is famous for its veil of secrecy around the new iPads and iPhones. But Sen. John Rockefeller and others in Congress wonder whether the company has more than technological innovations to hide.

Obama signs bill to release money for Gulf cleanup (AP) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 05:01 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill that makes more money available to the Coast Guard to pay for its response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

AP Poll: Most unhappy with Obama on oil spill (AP) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 06:15 PM PDT AP - Americans have become just as dissatisfied with President Barack Obama's work on the Gulf oil spill as they were with his predecessor's handling of Hurricane Katrina, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll released Tuesday.

Obama: Drilling moratorium is necessary (AP) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 06:07 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says he understands the difficulties stemming from a six-month moratorium on new permits for deepwater drilling but tells the nation that he has to ensure the safety of those who work on the oil rigs at sea.

EPA: Climate bill costs less than postage stamp (AP) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 06:01 PM PDT AP - A climate and energy bill being pushed in the Senate would cost American households 22 to 40 cents a day — less than the cost of a first-class postage stamp, the Obama administration said Tuesday.

Nevada candidate Angle left GOP in Reagan years (AP) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 06:11 PM PDT AP - Nevada Senate nominee Sharron Angle, a tea party favorite who describes herself as a conservative's conservative, left the Republican Party at the height of the Reagan revolution and became a Democrat for at least several years, government records show.

Democrats question temper of GOP gov candidate (AP) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 06:16 PM PDT AP - California Democrats said Tuesday that a reported altercation three years ago between former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman and an employee raises questions about her temperament.

Brown regrets 'propaganda' remark in CA gov race (AP) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 06:15 PM PDT AP - California gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown has told a Jewish-rights group that he regrets recent remarks to a reporter in which he compared his rival's campaign tactics to Joseph Goebbels' Nazi propaganda.

Instant View: Obama calls for energy reform, tighter rules (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 06:08 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged to do all he could to contain the BP Plc oil spill and help the Gulf Coast recover.

Factbox: Main points from Obama's Oval Office speech (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 06:03 PM PDT Reuters - President Barack Obama spoke about the BP oil spill in a speech from the Oval Office on Tuesday evening, laying out a "battle plan" for going forward.

US oil spill 'epidemic' may last years: Obama (AFP) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 06:02 PM PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama has warned Americans they faced a long battle against an "epidemic" of oil pollution in the Gulf of Mexico and called for a new "national mission" to wean the United States off fossil fuels.

House passes tax cut for small-business investment (AP) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 06:00 PM PDT AP - Long-term investors in some small businesses would escape capital gains taxes under a bill passed by the House Tuesday as congressional Democrats tried to revive their jobs agenda.

Iowa Republican: Obama favors blacks over whites (AP) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 06:15 PM PDT AP - Democrats on Tuesday denounced an Iowa Republican congressman who says President Barack Obama favors blacks over whites, and a GOP candidate from Colorado canceled a fundraiser the Iowan was to keynote.

Utah Senate hopeful to file complaint about mailer (AP) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 04:41 PM PDT AP - Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Mike Lee will file a federal election complaint over a mysterious campaign mailer that was sent out by an unidentified group and may have influenced the outcome of Utah's recent state GOP convention, his campaign manager said Tuesday.

Liberals balk at NRA concession in campaign bill (AP) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 04:10 PM PDT AP - Angered by a concession to the National Rifle Association, liberal groups mobilized Tuesday against House legislation calling for tougher disclosure requirements on political advertising and other campaign activity.

Kirk on defensive against Pentagon over politics (AP) Posted: 15 Jun 2010 03:35 PM PDT AP - Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk's newest adversary in the latest controversy over his military service is the Defense Department itself.

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