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Today's Politics News: Analysis: Moscow uses base as tool in negotiation Analysis: Few details on US North Korea policy Senate panel vote delayed for Labor Dept. nominee Smith: Ad backs Reid on stimulus Obama meets with families of victims Obama weighing 23-month Iraq withdrawal option Deal announced on emergency stimulus plan Divided US Senate unveils stimulus deal FDA: Ga. plant knowingly shipped tainted products Justice Ginsburg plans quick return to court key issues facing Security Conference Analysis: Moscow uses base as tool in negotiation Fri, 6 Feb 2009 08:04 am PST AP - A standoff over an obscure air base in a Central Asian country few Americans could find on a map is an opening salvo in a new kind of Cold War with Russia. Full Story Top Analysis: Few details on US North Korea policy Fri, 6 Feb 2009 04:13 am PST AP - President Barack Obama already has senior envoys working on crises in South Asia and the Middle East. The new administration has said little, however, about how it will handle a standoff with an increasingly hostile, nuclear-armed North Korea. Full Story Top Senate panel vote delayed for Labor Dept. nominee Fri, 6 Feb 2009 07:50 am PST AP - Another White House Cabinet pick is dealing with questions about unpaid taxes, but White House officials insist the confirmation of Labor Secretary-nominee Hilda Solis is not in jeopardy. Full Story Top Smith: Ad backs Reid on stimulus Fri, 6 Feb 2009 02:22 pm PST Politico - BLOG: As the Senate appears to be nearing passage of Obama's recovery package, Full Story Top Obama meets with families of victims Fri, 6 Feb 2009 06:10 pm PST Politico - President Obama’s powers of persuasion seem to have won over some terrorism victims’ family members who had been upset over his decision to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp and suspend military trials for detainees there. Full Story Top Obama weighing 23-month Iraq withdrawal option Fri, 6 Feb 2009 04:45 pm PST AP - The White House is considering at least two troop withdrawal options as it weighs a new Iraq strategy — one that would preserve President Barack Obama's campaign pledge to get all combat brigades out within 16 months and a second that would stretch it to 23 months, two officials said Friday. Full Story Top Deal announced on emergency stimulus plan Fri, 6 Feb 2009 10:51 pm PST AP - With job losses soaring nationwide, Senate Democrats reached agreement with a small group of Republicans Friday night on an economic stimulus measure at the heart of President Barack Obama's plan for combatting the worst recession in decades. Full Story Top Divided US Senate unveils stimulus deal Fri, 6 Feb 2009 11:07 pm PST AFP - President Barack Obama's Democratic Senate allies unveiled a pared-down plan to pump at least 780 billion dollars into the ailing US economy and vowed to pass it as next week dawns. Full Story Top FDA: Ga. plant knowingly shipped tainted products Fri, 6 Feb 2009 06:53 pm PST AP - A Georgia peanut plant knowingly shipped salmonella-laced products as far back as 2007, at times sending out tainted products after tests confirmed contamination, according to inspection records released Friday. Full Story Top Justice Ginsburg plans quick return to court Fri, 6 Feb 2009 02:34 pm PST AP - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg plans to be back at work for the court's next public session, less than three weeks after surgery for pancreatic cancer. Full Story Top key issues facing Security Conference Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:33 am PST AP - Here are two of the key issues facing the 45th annual Munich Security Conference, and the varying positions. Full Story Top

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