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Obama: U.S. combat mission in Iraq to end this month
Reuters – Mon Aug 2, 1:21 pm ETPresident Barack Obama vowed on Monday to make good on his promise to end U.S. combat operations in Iraq by the end of August, despite a dangerous political deadlock in Baghdad and a recent surge in militant violence. Full Story »
Pelosi: 'Out of the loop' in Rangel investigation
AP – Sun Aug 1, 8:32 am ET- Fox News gets front-row White House seat The Upshot – Sun Aug 1, 4:39 pm ET
- Cheney remains hospitalized after heart surgery AP – Sun Aug 1, 12:30 pm ET
- Obama in Detroit: Honing His Economic Message Time.com – Mon Aug 2, 2:25 am ET
- Gates, Pelosi split on Afghan troop drawdown The Upshot – Sun Aug 1, 1:10 pm ET
- Wikileaks 'guilty' on moral grounds: Gates AFP – Sun Aug 1, 11:57 am ET
- Meacham out; Harman buys Newsweek at Politico – Mon Aug 2, 4:14 pm ET
- Judge greenlights health reform suit at Politico – Mon Aug 2, 1:21 pm ET
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AP sources: 3 charges filed against Rep. Waters
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AP WASHINGTON - California Democrat Maxine Waters faces a House trial this fall on three charges of ethical wrongdoing, setting the stage for a second election-season public airing of ethics problems for a longtime Democratic lawmaker. Full Story »
- Video: Waters Wants a Trial FOX News
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Mullen says US has Iran strike plan, just in case
AP – Sun Aug 1, 11:26 pm ET
AP WASHINGTON - The U.S. military has a plan to attack Iran, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Sunday, although he thinks a military strike is probably a bad idea. Full Story »
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Obese mom dies in Romania, 5 months after birth
AP – Mon Aug 2, 10:20 am ET
AP BUCHAREST, Romania - A 25-year-old Romanian woman who weighed 528 pounds (240 kilograms) when she gave birth to a baby girl more than 5 months ago has died, media reported Monday. Full Story »
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Va. health care reform lawsuit clears 1st hurdle
AP – 1 hr 32 mins ago
Reuters RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia's lawsuit challenging the Obama administration's health care reform package cleared its first legal hurdle Monday when a federal judge ruled the law raises a host of complex constitutional issues. Full Story »
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Is the GOP becoming unhinged?
The Week – Mon Aug 2, 2:20 pm ETNew York - An internal squabble has broken out over the state of the conservative movement, after former National Review editor David Klinghoffer said in the Los Angeles Times that the Right is losing its way. Conservatives were once led by "urbane visionaries," such as the late William F. Buckley, who wanted to "save civilization," Klinghoffer said. But now, under the influence of the "potty-mouthed Internet entrepreneur Andrew Breitbart," the Right is more concerned with trashing the left than in defending the best values of civilization. "Now we observe the rule of the crazy-cons," he said. Is the Right really drifting toward "demagoguery and hucksterism"? (Watch an MSNBC report about the changing conservatives) Full Story »
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McCain Holds Up Pick for Director of National Intelligence
CQPolitics.com – Mon Aug 2, 1:42 pm ETSen. John McCain is blocking President Obama's nominee for director of national intelligence, threatening to delay Senate confirmation of James R. Clapper Jr. until after the August recess. Full Story »
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Bill seeks action to curb brutality against women globally
McClatchy Newspapers – 2 hrs 4 mins agoWASHINGTON — Bipartisan legislation that would mandate a comprehensive plan to combat violence against women worldwide is poised for a potential congressional vote, marking tough new action by the United States on a problem that's commonplace across the globe. Full Story »
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Spending Bills Are at the Mercy of Election Politics and Pace
CQPolitics.com – Mon Aug 2, 1:40 pm ETAfter a late start to the election year budget cycle, a July appropriations blitz has improved chances that the fiscal 2011 spending bills can be wrapped up in December. Full Story »
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For voters this year, economy overshadows Iraq, Afghan wars
McClatchy Newspapers – Mon Aug 2, 3:52 pm ETGALESBURG, Ill. — The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have drifted far off this year's political radar, and are likely to stay there. Full Story »
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AP – 1 hr 47 mins agoEach time U.S. or NATO forces accidentally kill Afghan civilians, insurgents and their sympathizers typically retaliate with six additional assaults on foreign forces over the next six weeks, researchers using newly declassified NATO data conclude. Full Story »
Obama salutes promised end of US combat in Iraq
AP – 2 hrs 19 mins agoNearing a milestone in the long and divisive Iraq war, President Barack Obama on Monday hailed this month's planned withdrawal of all U.S. combat troops — "as promised and on schedule" — as a major success despite deep doubts about the Iraqis' ability to police and govern their country. Full Story »
Key Republican previews case against Kagan
AP – Mon Aug 2, 4:40 pm ETThe top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee is telling colleagues that Elena Kagan has a dangerous political approach to the law that makes her unfit for the Supreme Court. Full Story »
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