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Written by Mike Harwood
Tuesday, 31 March 2009
• President Gives a Short Lifeline to Carmakers Obama Urges Congress to Revive 'Cash for Clunkers' Proposal and Says No to More Auto Industry Bailout Money \| Republicans were caught "flat-footed" by Obama's sweeping auto industry plan that "sent the highly disciplined GOP message machine careening out of control" \| Think government can't fix the auto industry? Then how did it manage to fix the railroad industry? And not once, but twice? • US, Iran Relations on Full View as Nations Meet on Afghanistan \| Obama's Europe Trip: Eight-Day, Five Country Trip • NY-20 Special Election today; parties have a lot riding on race Lots more below the fold...
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Written by Mike Harwood
Monday, 30 March 2009
• Obama Denies Bailout Funds for Automakers, Tells GM to Partner with Fiat – Obama demanded GM CEO resign • Budget battle moves to House, Senate floors • Winds of Change Evident in Obama Environmental Policy Bushonomics aftermath: Fed agency that insures 44 mil Americans' retirement money shifted from bonds to stocks months before the crash – The Secret War against American Workers: the deepening recession is giving some businesses the excuse to fire people they'd have had to keep on in better conditions – Bushonomics leads to surge of dumpster diving More at the Newswire.

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Written by Administrator
Sunday, 29 March 2009
• Obama to bankers: Lend more, spend less • The Torture of Terrorist Abu Zubaida Produced False Leads • Spanish Court Weighs Criminal Investigation Over Torture for 6 Bush-Era Officials • Syria's Assad Emails Sy Hersh: Peace with Israel Still Possible If America Mediates • Major Chinese cyber spy network uncovered More at the Newswire.

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Written by Mike Harwood
Saturday, 28 March 2009
• Barack Obama's war: focus on beating Taliban and al-Qaida President Obama's Afghanistan Speech (Full Text) \| Obama: Taliban, al-Qaida Must Be Stopped \| Afghan President Hamid Karzai Backs Obama's New War Plan \| Obama unveils war plan to 'defeat' Al-Qaeda \| Obama's Budget Includes 'Robust Investments' in Af-Pak Corruption-Fighting \| Two Congressional Proposals to Help Shape Obama's Af-Pak Strategy \| Democrats Sigh with Relief: Finally, a Plan for Afghanistan & Pakistan • President Obama focuses on natural disaster in the Dakotas and Minnesota in weekly address More below the fold.
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Written by Mike Harwood
Friday, 27 March 2009
• Obama Imposes Strict New Rules for Stimulus Lobbyists as Administration unveils financial system overhaul • Dems unify around budget as the rollout of the House Republicans' not-really-a-budget budget has been a fiasco and McCain concedes GOP lack of a case in opposing budget reconciliation • Cuomo Widens His A.I.G. Investigation, Demands Credit Default Swap Data • Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman, HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy seek full 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals review of their political prosecutions More below the fold.
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