Big news day…
• Obama Would Spend Bailout Funds on Housing CrisisSecretary of State confirmation hearing: It's smooth sailing for Hillary | Obama: Qaeda still No. 1 threat to US | Obama to Swing Through Ohio to Pitch Stimulus Plan• With No Bush Veto Threat, Six Republican Congresscritters Switch from 'No' to 'Yes' on SCHIPDemocrats in Congress Prepared to Defer to Obama | Bailout Oversight Bill Heads to House Floor with Few Amendments Likely | GOP worried they will lose Texas; Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) is reconsidering a plan to resign from the Senate• Judge orders Gitmo detainee freed; Saudi 9/11 suspect had been tortured in Guantanamo, and now Guantanamo Military Commissions Trials FUBARed as Public Learns Evidence Is in Chaos, Says Ex-Prosecutor • Missing White House emails may have been found; opposing lawyer says, "I'll believe it when I see it"
More below the fold…
• Trent Lott is unnamed co-conspirator in Scruggs caseWhite House admits lax e-mail preservation | Blagojevich Gets Impeached Again – Sister-In-Law Dissents | New information sheds more light (but fails to close the book) on tragic death of Republican IT guru Mike Connell | Federal Judge Orders Last-Minute Housecleaning on US Attorney Firings • Intel Court Expected to Okay Bush's Warrentless Wiretapping Supreme court rules evidence admissible despite police error• New jobless claims increase more than expected• Escalation Without a Plan: Top U.S. Officials Admit to Having No Plan for Afghanistan
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