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Republicans blast ‘bait and switch’ health bill
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AP – Digging in for a long struggle, Republican senators and governors assailed the Democrats’ newly minted health care legislation Thursday as a collection of tax increases, Medicare cuts and heavy new burdens for deficit-ridden states.

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Obama, Holder predict conviction in 9/11 case
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AP – From opposite ends of the globe, President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder firmly rejected criticism Wednesday of the planned New York trial of the professed Sept. 11 mastermind and predicted Khalid Sheikh Mohammed would be exposed as a murderous coward, convicted and executed.

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Obama, Hu vow cooperation but produce few deals
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AP – President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao promised a determined, joint effort to tackle climate change, nuclear disarmament and other global troubles yet emerged from their first full-blown summit Tuesday with scant progress beyond goodwill.

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Obama, Hu vow cooperation but produce few deals
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AP – President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao promised a determined, joint effort to tackle climate change, nuclear disarmament and other global troubles yet emerged from their first full-blown summit Tuesday with scant progress beyond goodwill.

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Obama to China: Uncensored society is healthy
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AP – President Barack Obama gave China a pointed, unexpected nudge to stop censoring the Internet access of its own people, offering an animated defense of the tool that helped him win the White House — and telling his tightly controlled hosts not to be wary of a little criticism.

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In Asia, Obama talking climate, arms control
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AP – President Barack Obama and nearly two dozen fellow leaders from Europe and the Asia-Pacific region agreed Sunday that next month’s much-anticipated international climate change meetings will be merely a way station — not the once hoped-for end point — in the difficult search for a worldwide global warming treaty.

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In Asia, Obama talking climate, arms control
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AP – President Barack Obama and nearly two dozen fellow leaders from Europe and the Asia-Pacific region agreed Sunday that next month’s much-anticipated international climate change meetings will be merely a way station — not the once hoped-for end point — in the difficult search for a worldwide global warming treaty.

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NYC trial of 9/11 suspects poses legal risks
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AP – Hauling the professed 9/11 mastermind and four alleged henchmen to a New York courthouse is a risky proposition for President Barack Obama. The move will bar evidence obtained under duress and complicate a case where anything short of slamdunk convictions will empower the president’s critics.

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Fort Hood shooting suspect faces 13 murder charges
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AP – Military officials say the Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 and wounding 29 in last week’s shooting rampage at his military post in Texas will face 13 charges of premeditated murder under the military’s legal system. The decision makes him eligible for the death penalty if convicted.

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Military sees increase in wounded in Afghanistan
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AP – Far from winding down, the numbers of wounded U.S. soldiers coming home have continued to swell. The problem is especially acute among those who fought in Afghanistan, where nearly four times as many troops were injured in October as a year ago.

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