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• Global crises overshadow Obama's economic message (AP)
• Graham: No quick end to 'don't ask, don't tell' (AP)
• Obama's back on the hard court — as spectator (AP)
• Patriotic Millionaires (Daily Caller)
• WikiLeaks reveals U.S. diplomatic secrets (Politico)
• Chandler blames Obama, Pelosi for losses (Politico)
• Leaked US cables reveal sensitive diplomacy (AP)
• Douglas fir from Pa. farm is White House Xmas tree (AP)
• Libya: Sudan president not to attend EU-AU summit (AP)
• Obama back to basketball, but with daughters (AFP)
• What It Means When Tom DeLay Is Convicted of Money Laundering (The Atlantic Wire)
• Norm Coleman won’t run for RNC chair if Steele does (Daily Caller)
• Palin says Iowa book signing stop not political (AP)

Global crises overshadow Obama's economic message (AP) Posted: 27 Nov 2010 10:34 AM PST AP - Foreign policy challenges are intruding on President Barack Obama's promise to focus on the economy after the Democrats' election debacle and threatening to knock the White House off message altogether.

Graham: No quick end to 'don't ask, don't tell' (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2010 09:31 AM PST AP - A Republican senator on Sunday played down the chances that the ban on gays serving openly in the military would be lifted during the lame-duck session of Congress that resumes this week.

Obama's back on the hard court — as spectator (AP) Posted: 27 Nov 2010 04:56 PM PST AP - A day after it took 12 stitches to patch a busted lip President Barack Obama suffered during a game of pickup basketball, he was back on the hard court Saturday — as a spectator.

Patriotic Millionaires (Daily Caller) Posted: 25 Nov 2010 10:12 PM PST Daily Caller - While the New York Post reported Wednesday that more than 80 percent of Americans believe that keeping the Bush tax cuts is “a priority,” more than 80 millionaires are asking President Barack Obama to “please let the Bush tax cuts expire and raise our taxes.”

WikiLeaks reveals U.S. diplomatic secrets (Politico) Posted: 28 Nov 2010 10:15 AM PST Politico - The leaks rip the cloak off scores of secret deals.

Chandler blames Obama, Pelosi for losses (Politico) Posted: 28 Nov 2010 03:24 AM PST Politico - The Kentucky congressman, a Blue Dog Democrat, barely held on to his own seat.

Leaked US cables reveal sensitive diplomacy (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2010 02:04 PM PST AP - Hundreds of thousands of State Department documents leaked Sunday revealed a hidden world of backstage international diplomacy, divulging candid comments from world leaders and detailing occasional U.S. pressure tactics aimed at hot spots in Afghanistan, Iran and North Korea.

Douglas fir from Pa. farm is White House Xmas tree (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2010 02:32 PM PST AP - 'Tis now the season at the White House.

Libya: Sudan president not to attend EU-AU summit (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2010 10:21 AM PST AP - Libya's foreign minister said Sunday that Sudan's president, who is under indictment for war crimes, will not attend the EU-African summit in Tripoli, avoiding a possible walkout by the Europeans.

Obama back to basketball, but with daughters (AFP) Posted: 28 Nov 2010 01:32 PM PST AFP - Two days after a hard smack in the face on the basketball court sent President Barack Obama to get his inner lip stitched up, he was back on the court Sunday but with blessedly shorter rivals -- his kids.

What It Means When Tom DeLay Is Convicted of Money Laundering (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 28 Nov 2010 06:15 AM PST The Atlantic Wire - On Wednesday, former congressman Tom DeLay was convicted on one charge of money laundering and one charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering. DeLay, who was Republican House Majority Leader from 2003 to 2005, was found guilty of accepting $190,000 from corporate lobbyists and illegally routing the money to candidates at the state level in Texas. The verdict comes only months after DeLay escaped charges in connection with the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal, and commentators have drawn any number of conclusions from this development.

Norm Coleman won’t run for RNC chair if Steele does (Daily Caller) Posted: 23 Nov 2010 10:55 PM PST Daily Caller - Former Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman says he will not mount a campaign for chairman of the Republican National Committee if Chairman Michael Steele decides to run for re-election.

Palin says Iowa book signing stop not political (AP) Posted: 27 Nov 2010 11:31 PM PST AP - Hundreds turned out for a Sarah Palin book signing in Iowa, an event the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate insisted was not for political purposes.

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