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Today's Politics News: Sands hid fate of Gulf War pilot lost since '91 AP sources: Military-civilian terror prison eyed 2 Obama officials: No guarantee taxes won't go up Senate Dems spar over public plan McCain gives Obama credit on economy McCain undecided on vote for Sotomayor LaHood: Car rebates will stop unless Senate acts FACT CHECK: Distortions rife in health care debate US Marshals seize sanitizer for bacteria problems Sen. Franken relishes policy role in new position Obama campaign style unchanged as president Migrant slipped into UK aboard border agents' bus American-Dutch gay couples wed in Amsterdam Obama walks Russia-Georgia tightrope Washington sprints to expand 'cash for clunkers' program Political Economy: Logic Prevails Obama Says U.S. Has ‘Many More Months’ Before Full Recovery Sands hid fate of Gulf War pilot lost since '91 Sun, 2 Aug 2009 09:58 pm PDT AP - Navy pilot Michael "Scott" Speicher was shot down over the Iraq desert on the first night of the Gulf War in 1991, and it was there he apparently was buried by Bedouins, the sand hiding him from the world's mightiest military. Full Story Top AP sources: Military-civilian terror prison eyed Sun, 2 Aug 2009 10:22 pm PDT AP - The Obama administration is looking at creating a courtroom-within-a-prison complex in the U.S. to house suspected terrorists, combining military and civilian detention facilities at a single maximum-security prison. Full Story Top 2 Obama officials: No guarantee taxes won't go up Sun, 2 Aug 2009 10:26 pm PDT AP - President Barack Obama's treasury secretary said Sunday he cannot rule out higher taxes to help tame an exploding budget deficit, and his chief economic adviser would not dismiss raising them on middle-class Americans as part of a health care overhaul. Full Story Top Senate Dems spar over public plan Sun, 2 Aug 2009 03:47 pm PDT Politico - Internal clashes about the government insurance option have begun to spill into the open. Full Story Top McCain gives Obama credit on economy Sun, 2 Aug 2009 07:04 am PDT Politico - McCain says Obama should get "credit" for short-term improvements in the economy. Full Story Top McCain undecided on vote for Sotomayor Sun, 2 Aug 2009 06:19 pm PDT AP - Sen. John McCain says he is still on the fence when it comes to voting for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Full Story Top LaHood: Car rebates will stop unless Senate acts Sun, 2 Aug 2009 06:15 pm PDT AP - The Obama administration will suspend the "cash for clunkers" program unless the Senate provides $2 billion more for the popular car incentive plan, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Sunday. Full Story Top FACT CHECK: Distortions rife in health care debate Sun, 2 Aug 2009 09:58 am PDT AP - Confusing claims and outright distortions have animated the national debate over changes in the health care system. Opponents of proposals by President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats falsely claim that government agents will force elderly people to discuss end-of-life wishes. Obama has played down the possibility that a health care overhaul would cause large numbers of people to change doctors and insurers. Full Story Top US Marshals seize sanitizer for bacteria problems Sun, 2 Aug 2009 02:37 am PDT AP - Officers with the U.S. Marshals Service have seized all skin sanitizers and skin protectants, including ingredients and components, at Clarcon Biological Chemistry Laboratory's facility in Roy, Utah, the Food and Drug Administration said. Full Story Top Sen. Franken relishes policy role in new position Sun, 2 Aug 2009 02:50 am PDT AP - Just weeks into his Senate term, Al Franken's portfolio compares favorably to any of the Senate's freshman members. He loves policy. He has signed on as co-sponsor to a half dozen bills, asked thoughtful questions of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, and immersed himself in a thorny debate over health care reform. Full Story Top Obama campaign style unchanged as president Sat, 1 Aug 2009 09:00 pm PDT AP - At times, it seems like Barack Obama has time-traveled back to last summer when he was simply a Democrat running for the White House. Only now, he's the president facing a more complicated objective and opponent as he campaigns to overhaul the nation's costly and convoluted health care system. Full Story Top Migrant slipped into UK aboard border agents' bus Sat, 1 Aug 2009 03:08 pm PDT AP - The government says an illegal immigrant sneaked into the U.K. by smuggling himself aboard a bus full of British border agents. Full Story Top American-Dutch gay couples wed in Amsterdam Sat, 1 Aug 2009 09:45 am PDT AP - The mayor of Amsterdam presided over the weddings of five American-Dutch gay, lesbian and transgender couples on a boat during the city's Gay Pride festival Saturday, challenging the United States to legalize gay marriage, as well. Full Story Top Obama walks Russia-Georgia tightrope Sun, 2 Aug 2009 10:14 pm PDT AFP - One year after US-Russia ties hit a low over the war in Georgia, President Barack Obama's administration is walking a tightrope between resetting ties with Moscow and supporting ally Tbilisi. Full Story Top Washington sprints to expand 'cash for clunkers' program Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:21 pm PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON _ Congress and the Obama administration scrambled Friday to triple the size of the overwhelmingly popular "cash for clunkers" program after it appeared to be exhausting its $1 billion funding in its first week. Full Story Top Political Economy: Logic Prevails Sun, 2 Aug 2009 12:08 pm PDT CQPolitics.com - Congress often takes its time to come around to an idea that others have long before concluded makes sense. And sometimes it never does, chiefly when ideology is allowed to trump logic. Full Story Top Obama Says U.S. Has ‘Many More Months’ Before Full Recovery Sat, 1 Aug 2009 03:00 am PDT Bloomberg - Aug. 1 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said it will take “many more months” for the U.S. to fully recover from the recession as employers continue to eliminate jobs. Full Story Top

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