• Obama: Flight 253 Plot Is Result of 'Systemic Failure'• Thanks to Republican obstructionism, key security agencies lacked leaders• Competing Health Care Bills Face Difficult Merger
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• Obamas thank military in Christmas message• Health Care Reform: What's next• Health win in hand; hurdles ahead
