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Obama's pick for health secretary hits tax snag: US media AFP via Yahoo! News Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:15 PM PST A top pick for US President Barack Obama's cabinet failed to pay back taxes, which the White House on Friday downplayed as an oversight which since has been "fixed." Obama, Hu pledge to work for more positive ties AFP via Yahoo! News Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:53 PM PST President Barack Obama and China's President Hu Jintao have agreed to forge "more positive" ties between their giant nations in their first telephone call since the US leader came to power, a White House spokesman said. China's Hu urges Obama to resist protectionism AFP via Yahoo! News Fri, 30 Jan 2009 9:53 PM PST China's president urged better ties with the United States in his first phone conversation with President Barack Obama, and called for both sides to resist trade protectionism, Beijing said Saturday. Obama Issues Orders Aimed at Aiding Unions Washington Post Fri, 30 Jan 2009 9:00 PM PST President Obama signed a series of executive orders yesterday that he said should "level the playing field" for labor unions in their struggles with management. Obama addresses global trade imbalances with Hu AP via Yahoo! News Fri, 30 Jan 2009 9:02 PM PST President Barack Obama on Friday opened his relationship with Chinese President Hu Jintao, promising cooperation in a phone call that broadly covered sensitive trade issues, the global financial crisis and the North Korean nuclear threat. 15 lawmakers to join Obama to watch Super Bowl AP via Yahoo! News Fri, 30 Jan 2009 9:24 PM PST He met at the White House with congressional leaders from both parties. He went to Capitol Hill for private meetings with House and Senate Republicans. President Barack Obama even schmoozed with a group over cocktails at the executive mansion. Obama addresses global trade imbalances with Hu USA Today Fri, 30 Jan 2009 8:58 PM PST The White House says President Obama has told Chinese President Hu Jintao that global trade imbalances must be corrected. Oxfam urges Obama to avert Afghan crisis AFP via Yahoo! News Fri, 30 Jan 2009 9:11 PM PST International aid agency Oxfam Saturday urged US President Barack Obama to forge a new plan for Afghanistan to avert a major crisis at a "critical juncture" for the country. After Campaign Push, Obama Cultivates Military New York Times Fri, 30 Jan 2009 9:07 PM PST President Obama hopes to avoid the pitfalls Bill Clinton, the last Democratic president, had met with the military. Iran: Ready to work with Obama CNN Fri, 30 Jan 2009 8:41 PM PST Tehran stood ready to work with U.S. President Barack Obama to establish better relations with Washington, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki told a CNN-hosted panel at the World Economic Forum.

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