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Another Obama pick hits a snag International Herald Tribune Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:09 AM PST President Barack Obama's pick for secretary of health and human services, Tom Daschle, failed to pay more than $128,000 in taxes, officials said. Obama gets laughs at Alfalfa dinner CNN Sun, 01 Feb 2009 10:42 AM PST President Barack Obama poked fun Saturday night at his chief of staff and ribbed Washington's elite during a black-tie dinner at Alfalfa Club, a 93-year-old Washington social club. Is Obama's post-partisan politics dead on arrival? AFP via Yahoo! News Sun, 01 Feb 2009 9:01 AM PST After Barack Obama's first big win, the White House finds itself in the odd position of denying the new president has absorbed a power-sapping defeat. Frank Says Obama to Force Banks in TARP to Lend More Bloomberg via Yahoo! News Sun, 01 Feb 2009 9:44 AM PST Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) -- House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank said President Barack Obama will require banks receiving government aid to lend more to businesses and consumers, saying the Bush administration "made a mistake" by not setting stricter rules for institutions getting funds from the $700 billion financial-rescue package. Obama's commerce choice won't tip Senate balance: Republicans AFP via Yahoo! News Sun, 01 Feb 2009 9:07 AM PST Top Republicans said Sunday they had assurances the balance of power in Congress would be unaffected if one of their senators becomes President Barack Obama's commerce secretary. Obama, Pentagon pull in different directions on no nukes goal AFP via Yahoo! News Sun, 01 Feb 2009 9:03 AM PST President Barack Obama has set a goal of a "world without nuclear weapons" but the Pentagon is leaning in a seemingly contradictory direction: a modernized nuclear arsenal. Obama seeks study on gays in military UPI Sun, 01 Feb 2009 10:55 AM PST WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Gay-rights advocates say the Obama administration won't ask lawmakers to let gays serve openly in the U.S. military until there is more support in Congress. Access to Obama e-mail new status symbol UPI Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:55 AM PST WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- The ultimate status symbol in Washington now is having access to U.S. President Barack Obama's new, super-secret e-mail address, observers say. Michelle Obama's new role as first lady MSNBC Sun, 01 Feb 2009 10:54 AM PST Michelle Obama's predecessors have carved out enough different roles as first lady that she is now free to fashion the job in a way that suits her. The first lady will take her time defining her new role, but already she's dropping clues. Top GOP senators warn Obama stimulus plan must be modified Dallas Morning News Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:28 AM PST WASHINGTON - Senior Republican senators warned Sunday their party was unlikely to back President Barack Obama's economic stimulus bill without changes to cut waste and to ensure the nearly $900 billion package promptly boosts the faltering U.S. economy.

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