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Obama team amending financial rescue package: report (Reuters)
Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama's economic team is urgently overhauling the $700 billion financial rescue package to broaden its scope beyond Wall Street, The Washington Post reported on Friday.
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U.S. health care overhaul needn't break bank: study (Reuters)
Reuters - An analysis of proposals to overhaul U.S. health care by President-elect Barack Obama and members of Congress suggests it is possible to insure all Americans without significantly raising total health spending.
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Cheney: CIA did nothing illegal in interrogations (AP)
AP - Vice President Dick Cheney said Thursday that he sees no reason for President George W. Bush to pre-emptively pardon anyone at the CIA involved in harsh interrogations of suspected terrorists. "I don't have any reason to believe that anybody in the agency did anything illegal," he said.
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Official: US strike kills 2 al-Qaida operatives (AP)
AP - Two Kenyans said to be among al-Qaida's top operatives on the FBI's most wanted terrorist list were killed New Year's Eve in a U.S. strike in Pakistan, a U.S. counterterrorism official said Thursday.
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No campaign reform? No money, activists say (AP)
AP - Alan Kovacs has contributed to political campaigns since he was a senior in college almost four decades ago.
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Doubts arise over Obama stimulus plan (Politico)
Politico - After calling on Congress to “act boldly and act now,” Barack Obama got a lesson Thursday from his old Senate Democratic colleagues: a little more time for takeoff could avoid a crash landing of his economic recovery plan.
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Obama to meet Mexico's Calderon on Monday (Reuters)
Reuters - Barack Obama will meet on Monday with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, marking the incoming U.S. president's first meeting with a foreign leader since he was elected in November.
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Australia's Howard not moving for Obamas: spokesman (AFP)
AFP - Australia's former leader John Howard will stay at a state residence in Washington next week despite pressure that he make way for US President-elect Barack Obama, his spokesman said Friday.
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'President' Obama gets an early start (Politico)
Politico - It won’t be official until Jan. 20, but it’s looking like a new president is in charge.
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Boost for bankruptcy bill as Citi backs (Politico)
Politico - The long embattled bankruptcy “cramdown” bill just took a major leap toward reality.
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Talent, Blunt mull Missouri Senate bid (Politico)
Politico - Two prominent Missouri Republicans are strongly considering running for the seat of Missouri Sen. Kit Bond, who announced Thursday that he would not run for re-election in 2010.
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Lei-off: Obama snubs Dean (Politico)
Politico - The conspicuous absence of Howard Dean from Thursday’s press conference announcing Tim Kaine’s appointment as Democratic National Committee chair was no accident, according to Dean loyalists.
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Clinton eyes Burns, Holbrooke, Ross for key jobs (Reuters)
Reuters - Sen. Hillary Clinton plans to keep career diplomat William Burns on as undersecretary of state for political affairs and to tap foreign policy veterans Richard Holbrooke and Dennis Ross for senior roles, a source close to President Barack Obama's transition said on Thursday.
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Conyers: Gupta not up to S.G. post (Politico)
Politico - Barack Obama’s rumored pick of TV-star surgeon Dr. Sanjay Gupta is drawing its first congressional fire, from a senior House Democrat who is rallying colleagues to oppose Gupta.
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Dems quarrel over stimulus plan (Politico)
Politico - New fissures opened up among Democrats on Thursday over Barack Obama’s stimulus plan – with some Democratic mayors and governors saying they disagreed with Obama’s decision to put $300 billion in tax cuts ahead of added brick-and-mortar projects.
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Conyers: Gupta not up to surgeon general post (Politico)
Politico - Barack Obama’s rumored pick of TV-star surgeon Dr. Sanjay Gupta is drawing its first congressional fire, from a senior House Democrat who is rallying colleagues to oppose Gupta.
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Ex-eBay chief seeks to reclaim name in cyberspace (AP)
AP - She's regarded as an Internet pioneer, credited with helping turn a Web site used for trading Beanie Babies into a multibillion-dollar company with 15,000 employees.
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Obama finds opportunity in crisis (Politico)
Politico - Crisis and opportunity, those are two of the most enduring messages threaded throughout Barack Obama’s plan to revive the nation’s ailing economy.
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Obama to meet with Mexican president (AP)
AP - President-elect Barack Obama will meet with Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Monday.
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Illinois panel recommends governor's impeachment (Reuters)
Reuters - A legislative panel on Thursday recommended the impeachment of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, citing abuse of power including charges he tried to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.
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