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Obama faces showdowns on health, Afghanistan, jobs
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President Barack Obama will have scant time to rest up from his eight-day Asia trip. On Saturday, two days after his return to Washington, the Senate plans a make-or-break vote on his hard-fought plan to overhaul the nation’s health care system. Obama also confronts a difficult choice on strategy and troop levels in Afghanistan, which will be criticized no matter what he decides.
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Sen. Nelson a ’yes’ on health care test vote
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Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska is a "yes" in a crucial weekend test vote on health care.
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Sonia Sotomayor adds celebrity to Supreme Court
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Apparently, no one told Sonia Sotomayor that Supreme Court justices are supposed to be circumspect, emerging from their marble palace mainly to dispense legal wisdom to law schools, judges’ conferences and lawyers’ meetings.
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Pentagon looking for Fort Hood management lapses
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The Pentagon said Thursday it will scour its procedures for identifying volatile soldiers hidden in the ranks following the Fort Hood shooting rampage and lapses that might allow others to slip through bureaucratic cracks.
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Gates says Afghan surge could happen swiftly
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates said any new U.S. forces President Barack Obama sends to Afghanistan could move into the country swiftly, despite logistical hassles that force almost all major deliveries of troops and supplies to go by air.
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Govt wants speedy screening at more airports
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The Homeland Security Department wants to expand speedy screening of preapproved, low-risk air travelers arriving in the United States to most international airports in the country.
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Gates says Iraq withdrawal on schedule
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates says warnings that politics could push back Iraqi elections scheduled for January aren’t affecting his plans for a troop withdrawal now.
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Troops’ post-deployment questionnaires missing
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Congressional investigators said Thursday that tens of thousands of questionnaires aimed at measuring the mental and physical health of returning combat troops can’t be found.
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Many parents inaccurately claim college tax credit
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A government report says more than 314,000 taxpayers made inaccurate claims for a popular tax credit that helps pay college expenses, getting $532 million they weren’t entitled to receive.
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FAA says flight computers working again
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FAA officials say failed computers that delayed flights across the country are now working again.
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Forest Service says trees can slow climate change
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National forests can be used as a carbon "sink" with vast numbers of trees absorbing carbon dioxide to help slow global warming, the Forest Service chief said Wednesday, but that goal must be balanced.
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Admiral praises armed action to foil pirates
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The head of U.S. naval forces in the Middle East is praising action by armed guards that foiled a pirate attack off the coast of Somalia.
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AG Holder disturbed by shooting suspect’s contacts
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Attorney General Eric Holder says he was disturbed to learn of contacts between Fort Hood shooting suspect Nidal Hasan and a radical imam overseas.
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