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EDITORIAL: Obama bypasses Senate, moves ahead on consumer watchdog agency The Express-Times Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:09 AM PST Let’s see if we understand the latest anti-gridlock maneuver in Washington. Senate Republicans are hopping mad about the recess appointment of Richard Cordray as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau â€" essentially because President Obama found a path through their obstructionism. Obama to cut military spending IAfrica South African Business News Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:08 AM PST President Barack Obama unveiled a strategy on Thursday for a leaner US military focused on countering China's rising power and signaling a shift away from large ground wars against insurgents. Specifics of military cuts remain uncertain New Bern Sun Journal Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:01 AM PST President Barack Obama joined defense leaders and the press Thursday in the Pentagon to elaborate on his intent to “keep our armed forces the best trained, best led, best-equipped fighting force in history” â€" and do it with less money. New defense strategy sets Obama's gaze on Asia WRCB Chattanooga Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:01 AM PST President Barack Obama is looking beyond the wars he inherited to focus on Asian security risks - like China and North Korea - that took a back seat to Iraq and Afghanistan. Greg Johnson: Appointments rip apart Constitution Knoxville News Sentinel Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:00 AM PST The ripping sound coming from Washington on Wednesday could have been the self-inflicted removal of every hair from every head of every Tennessee Republican in Congress. More likely, though, the roar of a rip was President Barack Obama shredding the Constitution. Obama vows US will stay world’s top military power New Haven Register Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:57 AM PST WASHINGTON â€" President Barack Obama vowed Thursday the United States will remain the world’s pre-eminent military power even as the Pentagon scales back spending, shrinks the Army and Marine Corps and pulls back from Europe. Rivals go hard after Romney, who goes after Obama New Haven Register Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:55 AM PST MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) â€" Mitt Romney's Republican presidential rivals repeatedly attacked him as a candidate of the status quo and a timid, less-than-reliable conservative Thursday as they simultaneously sought to slow his campaign momentum and personally audition for the role of conservative rival-in-chief. Romney’s rivals toss pejoratives his way to try to slow down his drive for victory in NH Washington Post Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:55 AM PST MANCHESTER, N.H. â€" Timid, an unreliable conservative, a defender of the status quo. Rivals of Republican front-runner Mitt Romney can’t find too many bad things to say about the former Massachusetts governor as they try to put the brakes on his steamrolling campaign. Romney had harsh words of his own, but for Democratic President Barack Obama, whom he called a “crony capitalist” and “a job ... Obama cuts US military budget The Jamaica Observer Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:53 AM PST WASHINGTON, USA (AFP) â€" President Barack Obama vowed yesterday the US military would maintain its "superiority" and bolster its presence in Asia despite planned cuts to the defence budget. Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsNew defense strategy sets Obama's gaze on Asia Your Hometown Lima Stations Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:50 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) - In recasting his defense strategy, President Barack Obama is looking beyond the wars he inherited to focus on Asian security risks - mainly China and North Korea - that took a back seat to Iraq and Afghanistan.

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