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Today's Politics News: Obama slips into Afghanistan to voice US resolve Analysis: Next Obama test is Afghanistan Health overhaul likely to strain doctor shortage Obama gains steam, plows ahead Obama praises troops, presses Karzai White House adviser: World has united against Iran Official: Gun charges after FBI raids in Midwest Political Economy: The Panic Timeline AP INVESTIGATION: Cautionary tale from CIA prison Federal judge OKs D.C.'s latest set of gun-control laws Marine general: Gays would get their own rooms NYC to search again for Sept. 11 victim remains Greece bailout: What's the future of the euro? Obama presses Karzai in surprise Afghan visit On surprise Kabul visit, Obama presses Karzai on corruption Prepping for an Inglis Test Obama slips into Afghanistan to voice US resolve Sun, 28 Mar 2010 10:39 pm PDT AP - Under elaborate secrecy, President Barack Obama slipped into Afghanistan on Sunday near the front lines of the increasingly bloody 8-year-old war he is expanding and affirmed America's commitment to destroying al-Qaida and its extremist allies in the land where the 9-11 plot was hatched. Full Story Top Analysis: Next Obama test is Afghanistan Sun, 28 Mar 2010 02:35 pm PDT AP - Fresh from a bruising victory on health care and a nuclear arms deal with Russia, President Barack Obama turned to a third campaign promise — victory and an honorable exit from Afghanistan. That could prove tougher than any challenge overcome so far, and the president appears to know it. Full Story Top Health overhaul likely to strain doctor shortage Sun, 28 Mar 2010 05:57 pm PDT AP - Better beat the crowd and find a doctor. Full Story Top Obama gains steam, plows ahead Sun, 28 Mar 2010 03:59 pm PDT Politico - Obama's run is a testament to the pendulum of Washington politics - when you’re hot, you’re hot. Full Story Top Obama praises troops, presses Karzai Sun, 28 Mar 2010 11:38 am PDT Politico - Obama, in a surprise visit, abruptly yanks the spotlight onto biggest foreign policy and military challenge. Full Story Top White House adviser: World has united against Iran Sun, 28 Mar 2010 06:45 am PDT AP - A top White House adviser says the U.S. is making progress in its efforts to find allies to hold the line on Iran's nuclear ambitions. Full Story Top Official: Gun charges after FBI raids in Midwest Sun, 28 Mar 2010 08:35 pm PDT AP - The FBI said Sunday that agents conducted weekend raids in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio and arrested at least three people, and a militia leader in Michigan said the target of at least one raid was a Christian militia group. Full Story Top Political Economy: The Panic Timeline Sun, 28 Mar 2010 04:28 pm PDT CQPolitics.com - Years ago, House Appropriations Chairman Jamie L. Full Story Top AP INVESTIGATION: Cautionary tale from CIA prison Sun, 28 Mar 2010 03:08 pm PDT AP - More than seven years ago, a suspected Afghan militant was brought to a dimly lit CIA compound northeast of the airport in Kabul. The CIA called it the Salt Pit. Inmates knew it as the dark prison. Full Story Top Federal judge OKs D.C.'s latest set of gun-control laws Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:53 pm PDT The Christian Science Monitor - A federal judge has upheld the new regime of gun laws passed in Washington, D.C., after the US Supreme Court invalidated the city’s handgun ban in a landmark Second Amendment ruling two years ago. Full Story Top Marine general: Gays would get their own rooms Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:05 pm PDT AP - The Marine Corps' commandant said he won't force his troops to bunk with gays on base and would give them separate rooms if Congress votes to allow openly gay service. Full Story Top NYC to search again for Sept. 11 victim remains Sun, 28 Mar 2010 09:46 am PDT AP - New York City officials are planning to search through material excavated from around the World Trade Center site for any remains of Sept. 11 victims. Full Story Top Greece bailout: What's the future of the euro? Sun, 28 Mar 2010 09:17 am PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Faced with the gravest crisis yet in the history of the decade-old euro, European Union leaders met in Brussels last week to thrash out how to protect the currency’s Achilles’ heel: Greece. Full Story Top Obama presses Karzai in surprise Afghan visit Sun, 28 Mar 2010 11:54 pm PDT AFP - US President Barack Obama pressed Afghan leader Hamid Karzai to stand resolute against corruption and rallied cheering troops to defeat the Taliban during a surprise night-time visit to Kabul. Full Story Top On surprise Kabul visit, Obama presses Karzai on corruption Sun, 28 Mar 2010 04:11 pm PDT McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan - President Barack Obama paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan Sunday as he sought to steel American forces for a tough summer fight and deliver a political jolt to Afghan President Hamid Karzai as he weighs potential peace talks with the Taliban. Full Story Top Prepping for an Inglis Test Sun, 28 Mar 2010 09:09 pm PDT CQPolitics.com - One good thing that came out of last week's health care vote in the House, according to Republican Rep. Bob Inglis, is that it showed voters in his upstate South Carolina district exactly where he stands on the issue. Full Story Top

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