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Leukemia-Stricken Girl Gets 10 Minutes With Obama NBC New York Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:12 AM PST A 6-year-old Manhattan girl who has bravely been battling leukemia for the last year finally got her wish â€" a 10-minute meeting with President Barack Obama. Subsidy needs to be more than a notion for Obama, Congress The Clarion-Ledger Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:12 AM PST Here's a government gift that should keep on giving. Unless Congress and the president act soon, many unemployed workers and their dependents may lose their health insurance if a federal subsidy to help them pay for the coverage isn't extended. Local Congressmembers react to Obama's decision on Afghanistan The Daily Commercial Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:08 AM PST LARRY ELL Staff Writer LEESBURG -- In his speech to the nation Tuesday night, President Barack Obama announced his plan to send 30,000 more tro ... Party crashers refuse to testify CNews Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:08 AM PST WASHINGTON - White House party crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi declined an invitation to testify to Congress about their caper at President Barack Obama's state dinner last week, prompting a quick threat from a lawmaker that they will be forced by subpoena to face questions if they don't show up Thursday. Congress appears poised to back Obama war plan Nevada Appeal Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:07 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama appears to have secured what President George W. Bush couldn't: bipartisan support for an unpopular and faltering war. Despite expressing an uneasiness about the details, lawmakers are poised to back Obama's plan to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan after getting assurances that some soldiers and Marines will begin withdrawing in July 2011. The ... McChrystal tells Afghans U.S. not leaving yet Reuters.co.uk Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:07 AM PST KABUL (Reuters) - The commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan reassured top officials on Thursday that Washington was not planning an early exit, part of a charm offensive to sell President Barack Obama's new strategy on three continents. Analysis: Obama borrows Soviet's Afghan endgame Nevada Appeal Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:07 AM PST MOSCOW (AP) - The U.S.-led war in Afghanistan bears ominous similarities to the disastrous Soviet war there 20 years ago, when a modern army was humbled by small guerrilla bands and the invaders struggled to prop up an unpopular government in Kabul. But comparisons like these, often cited by critics of President Barack Obama's planned surge, have emphasized similarities while ignoring key ... Obama plan meets opposition on both sides of Congress Sydney Morning Herald Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:05 AM PST WASHINGTON: Barack Obama's plan for Afghanistan has been met by sharp questions from within his own party and from Republicans, as US congressional leaders prepare for a feisty debate about funding the extra 30,000 troops that the President wants. President's date for pulling out already turning rubbery Sydney Morning Herald Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:04 AM PST WASHINGTON: Barack Obama's 18-month deadline for starting the Afghanistan pull-out did not survive 18 hours. Obama’s war New York Amsterdam News Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:04 AM PST For a little more than a half hour at the Military Academy at West Point Tuesday evening, President Barack Obama put his stamp on the war in Afghanistan.

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