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• WH: No specific terror threat targeting 9/11 date (AP)
• Obama, Boehner spar on timing of big jobs speech (AP)
• Romney on Perry turf assails 'career politicians' (AP)
• Huntsman to offer tax, trade plan to create jobs (AP)
• Political parties see uptick in money this year (AP)
• Chamber, AFL-CIO ready to rumble (Politico)
• Petraeus officially retires from Army (Politico)
• Sen. Brown gets Guard training in Afghanistan (AP)
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,474 (AP)
• EU set to relax Libya sanctions (AP)
• President Obama to tour flooded New Jersey areas (Reuters)
• How Will We Pay for Obama's New Jobs Push? Answer: Tax Wall Street (The Nation)
• Terrorist credits Hollywood for his recruitment (Daily Caller)
• Boehner requests that Obama delay jobs speech (Daily Caller)
• LAST TICKET: Allen West considers dropping CBC; Alec Baldwin picks girlfriend over mayoral bid (The Ticket)
• Mitt Romney comes out of 2012 shell (Reuters)

WH: No specific terror threat targeting 9/11 date (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 02:13 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama's homeland security and counterterrorism adviser says there's no specific or credible threat targeting the 10-year anniversary of 9/11. But he says there are concerns that al-Qaida or a terror-minded individual will see the anniversary as an opportunity to attack.

Obama, Boehner spar on timing of big jobs speech (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 02:49 PM PDT AP - In a sudden political shoving match, President Barack Obama asked Congress to convene an extraordinary joint session next Wednesday to hear his much-anticipated proposals to put jobless Americans back to work but House Speaker John Boehner balked and told the president he ought to wait and speak a day later.

Romney on Perry turf assails 'career politicians' (AP) Posted: 30 Aug 2011 05:36 PM PDT AP - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney castigated "career politicians" Tuesday as he tried to distinguish himself from chief rival Rick Perry while on the governor's home turf in Texas.

Huntsman to offer tax, trade plan to create jobs (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:21 AM PDT AP - Struggling in the polls, Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman is proposing sweeping tax changes and new trade agreements as the means to stimulate new jobs.

Political parties see uptick in money this year (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 11:28 AM PDT AP - The country's two political parties saw an uptick in donations this election cycle, with Democrats enjoying a 22 percent fundraising edge over Republicans ahead of next year's election, new federal data show.

Chamber, AFL-CIO ready to rumble (Politico) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 12:43 PM PDT Politico - The groups issued dueling job creation proposals.

Petraeus officially retires from Army (Politico) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 11:41 AM PDT Politico - He officially ends his 37-year Army career Wednesday in a full-dress military ceremony at Ft. Myer, Va.

Sen. Brown gets Guard training in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 08:43 AM PDT AP - Sen. Scott Brown is winding up a weeklong training session in Afghanistan as a member of the Massachusetts Army National Guard.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,474 (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 06:58 AM PDT AP - As of Tuesday, August 30, 2011, at least 4,474 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

EU set to relax Libya sanctions (AP) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 06:29 AM PDT AP - The EU is preparing to lift sanctions against six Libyan port authorities and several other firms.

President Obama to tour flooded New Jersey areas (Reuters) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 02:45 PM PDT Reuters - New Jersey residents struggled with flooded homes, blocked roads and power outages on Wednesday as rivers and creeks overflowed in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene.

How Will We Pay for Obama's New Jobs Push? Answer: Tax Wall Street (The Nation) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:15 AM PDT The Nation - The Nation -- President Obama is right: The United States needs a jobs program that spends federal tax dollars to retain jobs, to create jobs and to put tens of millions of Americans back to work.

Terrorist credits Hollywood for his recruitment (Daily Caller) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 02:09 PM PDT Daily Caller - A Balkin Muslim who killed two U.S. Air Force servicemen in March has told a German judge Wednesday that he was motivated after seeing the movie "Redacted," made as a political statement in 2007 by Hollywood director Brian De Palma, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and several high-profile movie industry producers.

Boehner requests that Obama delay jobs speech (Daily Caller) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 02:02 PM PDT Daily Caller - Speaker of the House John Boehner has requested that President Obama delay his September 7 speech before a joint session of Congress, which the president planned to use to unveil his new jobs plan, by one day.

LAST TICKET: Allen West considers dropping CBC; Alec Baldwin picks girlfriend over mayoral bid (The Ticket) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 02:33 PM PDT The Ticket - Here are the stories we took note of today but didn't give the full blog treatment: • Allen West said he's considering leaving the Congressional Black Caucus because of caucus members' attacks on the tea party. (Huffington Post) • Jon Huntsman unveiled his economic plan, which called for broad tax reforms. (The Lookout) • Ron [...]

Mitt Romney comes out of 2012 shell (Reuters) Posted: 31 Aug 2011 01:56 PM PDT Reuters - Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, under rising pressure from rival Rick Perry, has been forced to drop his play-it-safe campaign strategy and launch a more direct appeal for support from Tea Party conservatives.

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