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EXCLUSIVE: National Security Adviser Says President Obama Is Having Greater Success Taking Terrorists Out of ... ABC News Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:12 PM PDT Responding to criticism from former Vice President Cheney that President Obama is making the nation more vulnerable to terrorism, the president’s National Security Adviser, Gen. Jim Jones (Ret.), told ABC News in an exclusive interview that actually the reverse is true: President Obama’s greater success with international relations has meant more terrorists put out of commission. U.S. Considers Missile Defense Plans The Moscow Times Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:11 PM PDT More than seven months after taking office, President Barack Obama’s administration is actively looking into alternatives to the missile defense plans that roiled U.S.-Russian relations under George W. Bush. Obama reduces federal workers' 2010 pay hikes Houston Chronicle Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:09 PM PDT President Barack Obama notified Congress on Monday he is reducing pay increases for federal workers from 2.4 percent to 2 percent. White House: Cheney's Wrong About Obama Policies CBS 2 Los Angeles Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:07 PM PDT A White House spokesman on Monday said former Vice President Dick Cheney had his facts wrong when he criticized the Obama administration's decision to investigate allegedly abusive CIA interrogation techniques. Tobacco Makers Sue Over New FDA Powers NPR Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:05 PM PDT When President Barack Obama signed anti-tobacco legislation into law in June, giving the Food and Drug Administration for the first time the authority to regulate tobacco, experts said the law was likely to be challenged in the courts. And today it was. Obama reduces 2010 pay increases to 2 percent Southwest Daily News Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:58 PM PDT President Barack Obama notified Congress on Monday he is reducing pay increases for federal workers from 2.4 percent to 2 percent. Using powers employed by his two most recent predecessors, the president cited the national unemployment rate and the budget busting federal payroll. Pentagon worried about Obama's commitment to Afghanistan McClatchy Washington Bureau Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:49 PM PDT WASHINGTON â€" The prospect that U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal may ask for as many as 45,000 additional American troops in Afghanistan is fueling growing tension within President Barack Obama's administration over the U.S. commitment to the war there. Sri Lanka reporter gets 20 years on 'terror' charge ABS-CBNNEWS.com Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:44 PM PDT COLOMBO â€" A Sri Lanka court sentenced a Tamil reporter, cited by US President Barack Obama as an "emblematic example" of a persecuted journalist, to 20 years in prison Monday on charges of supporting terrorism. Small businesses disappointed with federal contracts Charleston Daily Mail Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:43 PM PDT WASHINGTON - Officials of small businesses, asserting that the government has repeatedly failed to meet its obligation to set aside work for them, are demanding that the Obama administration dramatically increase federal contracts awarded to their firms.Fe... Honoring historically black colleges WVVA Bluefield Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:42 PM PDT President Obama is honoring historically black colleges and universities and their impact on our country. The president signed a proclamation declaring this week "National Historically Black Colleges

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