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Today's Politics News: White House: State dinner crashers met Obama White House endorses IAEA censure of Iran Military divorces edge up again in 9th year of war Sunday talk show tip sheet USSS head takes heat for breakdown Nader noncommittal to Conn. Senate run Insuring young key to health care overhaul plans Kirk's low-key approach in Senate drawing notice India's PM Singh warns Pakistan on terrorism No decisions in high court's horn of plenty Interior: Oil and gas lease plans include Alaska Signs emerge for progress in Myanmar: EU envoy Commonwealth seeks to shape global climate talks Party Crashers Said to Have Met Obama in Dinner Receiving Line Secret Service takes blame for White House party crashers Pelosi Bernanke Says Limiting Fed Independence Would ‘Impair’ Economy White House: State dinner crashers met Obama Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:50 pm PST AP - A reality TV hopeful and her husband who crashed a presidential dinner met President Barack Obama in the receiving line, the White House said Friday, as a "deeply concerned and embarrassed" Secret Service acknowledged its officers failed to check whether the couple was on the guest list. Full Story Top White House endorses IAEA censure of Iran Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:18 am PST AP - The White House says a vote by the U.N. nuclear watchdog's board to censure Iran over its disputed nuclear program shows the "growing international deficit of confidence" in Iran's intentions. Full Story Top Military divorces edge up again in 9th year of war Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:53 pm PST AP - The toll for a nation long at war is evident in military homes: The divorce rate in the armed forces edged up again in the past year despite many programs to help struggling couples, and the rate now is a full percentage point higher than around the time of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Full Story Top Sunday talk show tip sheet Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:12 pm PST Politico - Sunday talk shows shift focus from health care to Obama’s much-anticipated Afghan strategy speech Tuesday. Full Story Top USSS head takes heat for breakdown Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:38 pm PST Politico - For the second time in just under a year, Mark Sullivan answers difficult questions about the security of the president. Full Story Top Nader noncommittal to Conn. Senate run Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:42 pm PST AP - Consumer activist and Connecticut native Ralph Nader said Friday he is "absorbing" the reaction he's receiving about a possible bid for the U.S. Senate, saying he wants to first gauge the level of grassroots support before making a decision. Full Story Top Insuring young key to health care overhaul plans Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:59 am PST AP - The young invincibles. That's what the insurance industry calls them. Full Story Top Kirk's low-key approach in Senate drawing notice Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:09 am PST AP - Paul Kirk never figured to upstage the legend whose death opened up a Senate seat. Even so, the stylish Massachusetts lawyer and former Democratic Party chairman has taken on such a low profile as Edward M. Kennedy's successor that some are questioning how great an impact he can have. Full Story Top India's PM Singh warns Pakistan on terrorism Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:27 am PST AP - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (MAHN'-moh-hahn SING) is issuing a stern warning to Pakistan on the eve of the first anniversary of the Mumbai terrorist attacks. Full Story Top No decisions in high court's horn of plenty Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:22 am PST AP - For the first time under Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court failed to issue opinions before Thanksgiving in any of the cases that were argued in recent months. Full Story Top Interior: Oil and gas lease plans include Alaska Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:00 am PST AP - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says the government has scheduled 38 oil and natural gas lease sales for public lands next year, including one in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve. Full Story Top Signs emerge for progress in Myanmar: EU envoy Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:03 am PST AFP - Opportunities are emerging for a breakthrough in the political stalemate in military-ruled Myanmar, including the possibility of talks with the junta, and they must not be missed, an EU envoy said Friday. Full Story Top Commonwealth seeks to shape global climate talks Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:52 am PST AFP - Heads of Commonwealth nations warned Friday of a looming catastrophe posed by climate change as they opened a summit to be addressed by the UN chief and other world leaders. Full Story Top Party Crashers Said to Have Met Obama in Dinner Receiving Line Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:00 pm PST Bloomberg - Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama met in the receiving line an uninvited couple who slipped past security at this week’s state dinner honoring India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a photograph released yesterday by the White House shows. Full Story Top Secret Service takes blame for White House party crashers Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:01 pm PST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON _ The director of the Secret Service took the blame Friday for security failures that allowed a publicity-hungry couple from Virginia who weren't on the guest list for President Barack Obama's first state dinner to slip through security and directly encounter the president. Full Story Top Pelosi Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:04 am PST CQPolitics.com - Reid Faces Challenges Crafting Abortion Curbs in Health Care Bill Full Story Top Bernanke Says Limiting Fed Independence Would ‘Impair’ Economy Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:12 pm PST Bloomberg - Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said removing the central bank from bank supervision and tampering with its political independence would “seriously impair” economic stability in the U.S. Full Story Top

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