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• Obama tells Medvedev vote on nuke pact due soon (AP)
• Obama to push for START in "lame duck" congress (Reuters)
• Emanuel formally announces run for Chicago mayor (AP)
• 2010 elections highlight Obama's eroding base (AP)
• Administration: Mrs. Obama was powerful in India (AP)
• Miller says he won't fight clear win for Murkowski (AP)
• Bush on post-presidency: 'I miss being pampered' (AP)
• Freshmen arrive in Congress with many questions (AP)
• Obama calls for earmark limits, GOP calls for ban (AP)
• French government resigns ahead of reshuffle (Reuters)
• Obama turns to Russian diplomacy as Asia trip ends (AP)
• Obama welcomes release of Aung San Suu Kyi (AP)
• Myanmar pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi freed (Reuters)
• WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama is thanked, sort of (AP)
• Obama wants 'earmarks' curbed to help cut deficit (AFP)
• Obama seeks bipartisan push against earmarks (Reuters)
• Japan and U.S. tout rekindled ties at APEC summit (Reuters)
• Cindy McCain differs with husband on gay policy (AP)
• Scalia, Breyer bandy about how to decide cases (AP)
• Obama heralds US-Australia ties (AP)

Obama tells Medvedev vote on nuke pact due soon (AP) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 05:04 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama has told Soviet President Dimitry Medvedev he hopes to get the new START nuclear weapons treaty ratified by the Senate when it returns to Congress next week.

Obama to push for START in "lame duck" congress (Reuters) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 05:03 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Sunday Washington is working closely with Russia on its interest in joining the World Trade Organization and said he had communicated to Congress that passing the START weapons treaty was a top priority.

Emanuel formally announces run for Chicago mayor (AP) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 05:00 PM PST AP - Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel officially announced his candidacy for mayor of Chicago Saturday, promising to fight any tax increase for city residents.

2010 elections highlight Obama's eroding base (AP) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 04:59 PM PST AP - Near the midpoint of his presidency, Barack Obama's diverse voter coalition reveals giant cracks and he faces major work repairing his standing among independents in states crucial to his re-election chances. Catholics. Older people. Women. Young adults. They shifted toward Republicans in this month's elections and failed to support Obama's Democratic Party as they did in 2008.

Administration: Mrs. Obama was powerful in India (AP) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 04:54 PM PST AP - During three days in India, Michelle Obama danced with children and then danced some more. She played hopscotch and clasped hands with each of the 15 schoolgirls she joined for a museum field trip.

Miller says he won't fight clear win for Murkowski (AP) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 04:26 PM PST AP - GOP nominee Joe Miller said he won't spend a lot of time, energy and effort fighting over ballots in Alaska's still-undecided Senate race if the math doesn't add up in his favor.

Bush on post-presidency: 'I miss being pampered' (AP) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 04:12 PM PST AP - Former President George W. Bush says he doesn't miss much about the White House, just the pampering. Bush told more than 3,000 people at a sprawling central Florida retirement community on Saturday that he misses the convenience of Air Force One and never waiting in traffic jams. The 43rd president said, most of all, he misses being commander in chief of the U.S. military.

Freshmen arrive in Congress with many questions (AP) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 04:11 PM PST AP - Where to live? Whom to hire? What's a voting card — and where are the bathrooms? More than 100 members of Congress arrive in Washington this coming week for the first time since winning election, trading the loftiness of campaign speeches for mundane lessons in how to do their new jobs.

Obama calls for earmark limits, GOP calls for ban (AP) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 03:04 PM PST AP - Confronting the nation's mounting deficit, President Barack Obama is urging Congress to limit spending on pet home-state projects, while Republicans are challenging him to support an outright ban.

French government resigns ahead of reshuffle (Reuters) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 01:04 PM PST Reuters - France's government resigned on Saturday in a procedural move designed to allow President Nicolas Sarkozy to inject some fresh blood into his cabinet and boost his re-election chances in 2012.

Obama turns to Russian diplomacy as Asia trip ends (AP) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 08:24 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama is focusing on Russian diplomacy in the final hours of his Asian trip as a nuclear treaty hangs in the balance.

Obama welcomes release of Aung San Suu Kyi (AP) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 04:52 AM PST AP - President Barack Obama on Saturday welcomed Myanmar's decision to release a "hero of mine," democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, following the expiration of her latest term of detention.

Myanmar pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi freed (Reuters) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 11:56 AM PST Reuters - Myanmar democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi walked out of her home to rapturous cheers from thousands of supporters on Saturday after the country's military rulers released her from seven years of house arrest.

WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama is thanked, sort of (AP) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 04:18 AM PST AP - When you're in the Far East talking to a colleague from Down Under, if you're not careful, it can be a case of thanks, but no thanks.

Obama wants 'earmarks' curbed to help cut deficit (AFP) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 04:10 AM PST AFP - President Barack Obama, winding up a visit to Asia, Saturday urged Congress to curb spending on lawmakers' pet projects to show it is commited to reducing the deficit.

Obama seeks bipartisan push against earmarks (Reuters) Posted: 13 Nov 2010 03:04 AM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama called on Saturday for congressional reforms to limit lawmakers' pet projects known as earmarks, citing it as a way his Democrats and resurgent Republicans can find common ground against wasteful spending.

Japan and U.S. tout rekindled ties at APEC summit (Reuters) Posted: 12 Nov 2010 11:36 PM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama on Saturday lauded Washington's 50-year-old alliance with Japan as vital to the stability of the Asia-Pacific region, as he signaled that the strains of the last year now lay in the past.

Cindy McCain differs with husband on gay policy (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2010 08:42 PM PST AP - Cindy McCain appeared to very publicly differ with her husband, 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain, over the ban on gays serving openly in the military, opposing the policy in a new video while her husband works to maintain it for now.

Scalia, Breyer bandy about how to decide cases (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2010 07:42 PM PST AP - One of the most conservative justices on the U.S. Supreme Court and one of the most liberal ones sparred Friday over capital punishment, the direct election of senators and various other constitutional questions during a rare public debate that highlighted their philosophical differences.

Obama heralds US-Australia ties (AP) Posted: 12 Nov 2010 07:41 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama is heralding Australia as one of America's closest allies.

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