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Sebelius Named by Obama to Chief US Health Role
Bloomberg

28 (Bloomberg) — Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius is President Barack Obama’s choice to head the Health and Human Services Department, giving her a major role in the president’s push to ensure all Americans have affordable health care. …
Obama picks Sebelius as health secretary -official Reuters
Obama taps Kansas governor for health secretary AFP
Abortion foes vow to fight a Sebelius nomination The Associated Press
Scientific American - Kansas City Star
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British PM hopes for economic pact in Obama talks
The Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday he will try to forge a global pact to buck the global economic downturn during talks with US President Barack Obama next week. Brown travels to Washington for a meeting with Obama at the …
Brown seeks 'new deal' with Obama BBC News
Will Barack Obama end Britain's special relationship with America? Telegraph.co.uk
Economy, reform to top Obama-Brown summit AFP
Independent - Times Online
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comment: Why bipartisanship is good politics —Chris Patten
Daily Times, Pakistan

He reshaped American politics, pulling the center firmly to the right. But he did so without ever seeming to despise his opponents or disparage their intentions. Obama’s aides have confessed that he modelled his own election programme on the sunny and …
Republicans Are Just Mad TPMCafé
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Obama buries Reaganomics under $3.6 trillion mountain
Times Online, UK

He is the dominant force in American politics. The Republicans are secondary actors. What they can do is to prepare themselves so that if this monstrosity fails, people can look to the Republicans and say, ‘They’re ready.’ This thing has to play itself …
Obama's Plan Is About Dreams, Not Dollars Huffington Post
Has Obamanomics Vanquished Reaganomics? New York Times
Obama Weekly Address: “Ready” To Battle Special Interests And … The Moderate Voice
Political Cortex - Diplomatic Traffic
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Obama's balancing act on Iraq withdrawal strategy
The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama leaned heavily toward field commanders' preferences in setting a time frame for an Iraq pullout, as he weighed the fervent desires of anti-war supporters who propelled him into office and the equally strong …
Video: Troops React to Obama's Iraq Pullout Plan AssociatedPress
Iraqis welcomes Obama's pullout plan Xinhua
Americans relieved as Obama pledges Iraq wind down Reuters
AFP - New York Daily News
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Team Obama does what Chicago Bulls couldn’t - win
Reuters

Team Obama accomplished Saturday what the president’s beloved Chicago Bulls basketball team was unable to do the night before: win. President Barack Obama played basketball in the morning at the newly renovated Interior Department court with friends …
Obama watches Wizards defeat his hometown Bulls The Associated Press
Beyond a bailout: Bulls fall with Obama looking on Chicago Sun-Times
With President Obama in the House, Wizards Topple the Bulls, 113-90 DC Sports Box
Chicago Tribune - Celebuzz
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Conservatives picking 2012 GOP frontrunners
CNN

The results, culled from the party's most resolute activists, could go a long way in shoring up a presidential hopeful's conservative resume, as was the case with Romney when he won the straw poll in 2007 for 2008. The eventual Republican nominee …
Conservatives Seek Next Ronald Reagan FOXNews
At Meeting of Conservatives, a Call for Principle Before Party New York Times
Conservatives Aim the Blame for Election Losses CQPolitics.com
Election Dissection - The Hill
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Obama's balancing act on Iraq withdrawal strategy
The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama leaned heavily toward field commanders' preferences in setting a time frame for an Iraq pullout, weighing the fervent desires of anti-war supporters who propelled him into office and the equally strong worries …
Video: Troops React to Obama's Iraq Pullout Plan AssociatedPress
Iraqis welcomes Obama's pullout plan Xinhua
Iraq welcomes Obama plan but still needs US help AFP
New York Daily News - Washington Post
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Obama's call of college for all: Could it be done?
The Associated Press

In his address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, President Barack Obama called for every American to pursue some form of education beyond high school. It's an ambitious goal — some might say impossible. Currently, only two of every five …
Obama plan includes big increases to college aid San Jose Mercury News
Americans close books way too early Atlanta Journal Constitution
Comment by Sandy Baum Senior Policy Analyst for the College Board
UM Maneater
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Obama challenges lobbyists to legislative duel
The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama challenged the nation's vested interests to a legislative duel Saturday, saying he will fight to change health care, energy and education in dramatic ways that will upset the status quo. …
Video: Obama budget sees soaring deficit france24english
Combative Obama vows to fight for his budget Reuters
Comment by Frances Beinecke President, Natural Resources Defense Council
Washington Post
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Knives being sharpened in LDP for Aso
The Daily Yomiuri, Japan

Some LDP members are bandying about the following scenario: Aso announces his resignation after he attends the Group of Eight summit meeting in Italy in July and the LDP holds a presidential election before the scheduled expiry of Aso's term as party …
EDITORIAL: End the power vacuum Asahi Shimbun
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Iraqis welcomes Obama's pullout plan
Xinhua, China

28 (Xinhua) — Iraqis Saturday welcomed a pullout plan of US combat troops announced by President Barack Obama, though some voiced a cautious optimism about the country's future. "Iraq welcomes Obama's announcement because we want our security and …
Video: Troops React to Obama's Iraq Pullout Plan AssociatedPress
Iraq welcomes Obama plan but still needs US help AFP
Winning in Iraq: President Barack Obama must proceed carefully … New York Daily News
Washington Post - Detroit Free Press
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Indian-American profile up, from politics to film
The Associated Press

And Gupta and Jindal demonstrate a deepening role in US politics and government. While Jindal's potential as a 2012 presidential candidate may have been set back by his widely criticized and even ridiculed TV rebuttal to Obama, Louisiana demographer …

CLINTON'S MIDEAST TASK
Canada.com, Canada

By Sue Pleming, ReutersDecember 30, 2008 Hillary Clinton, as incoming President Barack Obama's secretary of state, will have to overcome a view of some in the Arab world that she is more interested in supporting Israel than being even-handed. …
Clinton says US remains committed to two-state solution Ynetnews
Clinton Delves Into Israeli-Palestinian Politics NPR
Hamas rejects calls to recognize Israel Jerusalem Post
Xinhua - AHN
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Clinton's Successor Has No Shortage of Critics
Washington Post, United States

Appointed to fill Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's former Senate seat after serving only one term in the House, Kirsten Gillibrand (D) has been under siege ever since — by some of her colleagues who say she is too inexperienced, …
Gillibrand Switches Stance on Guns 13WHAM-TV
Gillibrand makes first Drum reachout North Country Public Radio
Gillibrand marks her first month as senator Press & Sun-Bulletin
Albany Times Union - The Hill
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Frustrated GOP Tries to Drive Wedge Between Obama and Pelosi
New York Times, United States

By CARL HULSE WASHINGTON — Barack Obama might be the new president, but to hear Republicans tell it, Nancy Pelosi is really running things. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi during a news conference on Capitol Hill last week. …
Video: Riz Khan - The Shift from Bagdhad to Kabul - Feb 26 - Part 1 AlJazeeraEnglish
Combative Obama vows to fight for his budget Reuters
Comment by Frances Beinecke President, Natural Resources Defense Council
The Associated Press
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Consensus emerges in Congress for Obama Iraq plan
The Associated Press

The general consensus came Friday in the form of statements endorsing President Barack Obama's plan to bring home roughly two-thirds of the US military force in Iraq by August 2010. It was a compromise of sorts for the Democratic president, …
Video: Troops React to Obama's Iraq Pullout Plan AssociatedPress
Iraq welcomes Obama plan but still needs US help AFP
Winning in Iraq: President Barack Obama must proceed carefully … New York Daily News
Detroit Free Press - Chicago Tribune
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Mugabe admits rigging June Election
The Zimbabwean, Africa

The geriatric ZANU PF leader Robert Matibili Mugabe has admitted that he rigged the June 2008 Presidential Run-off elections that pitted him and the opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai in the televised 21st February mundane interview, …

A dismal legacy revived: Hillary Clinton lets the “Dear Leader …
Washington Examiner, DC

By Paul Mirengof, Sunday Reflection Contributor When Hillary Clinton went before the Senate Foreign Committee for hearings on her nomination for Secretary of State, a few senators raised the issue of her husband’s role as operator of the Clinton …
Privileging Asia puts Hillary in driver's seat Jakarta Post
Diplomatic Envoys Off And Running CBS News
Clinton promotes ‘engagement’ Fort Dodge Messenger
Bunbury Mail - BBC News
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Iraq welcomes Obama plan but still needs US help
AFP

BAGHDAD (AFP) — Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi on Saturday welcomed the pullout of US combat troops outlined by President Barack Obama but stressed that Washington still has a "great responsibility" to help Iraq. "We welcome the commitment of the US …
Video: Troops React to Obama's Iraq Pullout Plan AssociatedPress
Winning in Iraq: President Barack Obama must proceed carefully … New York Daily News
In twist, Obama wins GOP praise, Democrats’ censure on Iraq plan Detroit Free Press
Chicago Tribune - BBC News
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