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AP-GfK poll: Slow recovery weakens Obama support
AP – Wed Jun 22, 5:49 pm ET

AP

WASHINGTON - Mired in economic worry, Americans are growing gloomier about where the country is headed and how President Barack Obama is leading it. Opinions of the economy are at the lowest of the year as high gas prices, anemic hiring and financial turmoil abroad shake a nation's confidence. Full Story »
AP Exclusive: Medicaid for the middle class?
AP – Tue Jun 21, 9:34 pm ET

AP

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's health care law would let several million middle-class people get nearly free insurance meant for the poor, a twist government number crunchers say they discovered only after the complex bill was signed. Full Story »
Obama: 30,000-plus surge troops leaving Afghan
AP – 2 hrs 22 mins ago

AP

WASHINGTON - Beginning to wind down a long and devastating war, President Barack Obama announced Wednesday night he was pulling home 33,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by next summer, withdrawing the "surge" of forces he had sent to rescue a flailing effort. Said Obama to a country eager for an exit: "The tide of war is receding." Full Story »
China warns US to stay out of maritime spat
AFP – Wed Jun 22, 10:58 am ET

AFP/File

BEIJING (AFP) - China on Wednesday warned the United States to stay out of the deepening territorial spat in the South China Sea and accused other countries in the region of provocation, a report said. Full Story »
Obama's task: Maintaining support for Afghan war
Washington Post – Wed Jun 22, 9:56 am ET

Reuters

President Obama will face a stiff political challenge Wednesday in presenting his plan for a gradual end to the U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan. His prime-time address must remind a skeptical electorate and a concerned Congress that the country's longest war remains worth fighting--and funding--for several more years. Full Story »
Obama sets course for exit from Afghanistan
Reuters – 1 hr 3 mins ago

AP

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama announced a plan on Wednesday to start withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan in a first step toward ending the long, costly war and returning America's focus toward it's own troubled economy. Full Story »
Democrats push for jobs package in debt deal
Reuters – Wed Jun 22, 7:31 pm ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic leaders called on Wednesday for new spending and tax cuts to boost the sluggish U.S. economy, setting up a fresh hurdle for bipartisan efforts to head off a government debt default this summer. Full Story »
China urges U.S. to stay out of sea dispute
Reuters – Wed Jun 22, 7:35 am ET

BEIJING (Reuters) - China urged the United States on Wednesday to leave the South China Sea dispute to the claimant states, saying that U.S. involvement may make the situation worse, its most direct warning to Washington in recent weeks. Full Story »
The GOP Primary's Mysteriously Missing George W. Bush
The Atlantic Wire – Wed Jun 22, 8:33 am ET

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Staff quit because "I'm different," Gingrich says
Reuters – Wed Jun 22, 3:41 pm ET

Reuters

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on Wednesday attributed the mass resignations among his campaign staff to the fact that he is "very different" from mainstream politicians. Full Story »
GOPers wait to see if Palin, Perry will shake-up 2012 race
Daily Caller – Tue Jun 21, 4:05 pm ET

The Republican field for the White House is starting to solidify, but there are still two conservative rock stars with the ability to shake up the race if they get in. Full Story »
China says no cyber warfare with U.S.
Reuters – Wed Jun 22, 2:28 pm ET

BEIJING (Reuters) - There is no cyber warfare taking place between China and the United States, a senior Chinese official said on Wednesday, after weeks of friction over accusations that China may have launched a string of Internet hacking attacks. Full Story »
Senate Democrats seek new economic stimulus
Reuters – Wed Jun 22, 12:38 pm ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in the Senate on Wednesday called on Vice President Joe Biden to include new economic stimulus spending in deficit-reduction talks as a way of lowering the 9.1 percent jobless rate that is hobbling the economic recovery. Full Story »
Obama: Info from bin Laden shows al-Qaida strain
AP – Wed Jun 22, 8:20 pm ET

AP

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says information recovered from Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan shows al-Qaida is under enormous strain. Full Story »
Obama warns of new US tactical spats with Israel
AFP – Mon Jun 20, 11:50 pm ET

AFP

WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama warned that new "tactical" disagreements loomed between Israel and Washington, but vowed to leverage his administration's "creative powers" in the cause of peace. Full Story »
Palin shoots down reports she's canceling bus tour
AP – Wed Jun 22, 8:10 pm ET

JUNEAU, Alaska - Sarah Palin is disputing online reports that she has canceled her bus tour of historic American sites, saying in a Facebook posting that her schedule will be tight the next few weeks because she's been called for jury duty. Full Story »
Obama declares beginning of end of Afghan war
AFP – 2 hrs 3 mins ago

AFP

WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama ordered all 33,000 US surge troops home from Afghanistan by next summer and declared the beginning of the end of the war, vowing to turn to nation building at home. Full Story »
Greece may threaten global finances: Bernanke
AFP – Wed Jun 22, 3:06 pm ET

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Greek sovereign debt crisis could threaten the stability of the global financial system if a solution is not found, US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke warned Wednesday. Full Story »