Daily News Alert | Tuesday, December 1, 2009 12:05 AM PST |
Divided Senate plunges into health care debate
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:59 pm PST
 AP - Riven by partisanship, the Senate plunged into a widely anticipated debate Monday over sweeping health care legislation that President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats have vowed to approve and Republicans have sworn to block. Full Story | Top |
Clinton daughter, Chelsea, engaged to be married
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:16 pm PST
 AP - Turns out those discredited rumors of a possible Chelsea Clinton wedding last summer were mostly just premature: The 29-year old daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has become engaged to her longtime boyfriend, 31-year old investment banker Marc Mezvinsky. Full Story | Top |
Obama to detail Afghanistan war expansion
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:52 pm PST
 AP - After months of debate, President Barack Obama will spell out a costly Afghanistan war expansion to a skeptical public Tuesday night, coupling an infusion of as many as 35,000 more troops with a vow that there will be no endless U.S. commitment. His first orders have already been made: at least one group of Marines who will be in place by Christmas. Full Story | Top |
Defense official communicated with WH crashers
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:48 pm PST
 AP - The couple who crashed the Obama administration's first state dinner communicated with a senior Pentagon official about going to the event, but the official denies that she helped the couple get in. Full Story | Top |
Before Redistricting: The Other 'R' Word
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:07 pm PST
CQPolitics.com - The once-a-decade process for redrawing the map of the House of Representatives has two distinct parts with similar-sounding, multisyllabic names. Redistricting, the drawing of the lines within each state, is the second part. Reapportionment, deciding how many House seats each state will have, comes first. Full Story | Top |
USDA: States struggle to administer food stamps
Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:45 pm PST
AP - With more Americans going hungry than ever before, the Agriculture Department is concerned that dozens of states aren't adequately administering food stamp programs designed to provide food to low-income Americans. Full Story | Top |
Romanian opposition says president hit boy in face
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:47 pm PST
 AP - Romania's government has collapsed and its economy is in shambles but its presidential campaign has been dominated in recent days by a video that appears to show the president striking a 10-year-old boy in the face. Full Story | Top |
Obama orders Afghan strategy into force
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:11 pm PST
 AFP - President Barack Obama has given fateful orders likely to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan in a political gamble meant to forge an eventual US exit from a costly and gruelling war. Full Story | Top |
Obama faces steep challenges in new Afghan policy
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:00 pm PST
 McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON _ With eight years of blood and treasure already spent and perhaps his presidency hanging in the balance, President Barack Obama will tell the world Tuesday how he'll escalate the war in Afghanistan _ and how he hopes his risky decision will lead finally to a path home for U.S. forces. Full Story | Top |
Robocalls
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:12 pm PST
CQPolitics.com - Robocalls Causing Static for Politicians Full Story | Top |
Obama War Speech to Outline Costs, Limits for U.S.
Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:21 pm PST
Bloomberg - Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama will outline for the public tomorrow the cost of his new strategy in Afghanistan and the limits on U.S. involvement there, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said. Full Story | Top |
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