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• Obama tells troops in Afghanistan they're thriving (AP)
• Fast Fix: The problem with attacking Palin (The Newsroom)
• Texas Rep. Ron Paul: Don't prosecute Julian Assange (Daily Caller)
• Obama's stimulus pours millions into faith-based groups (Politico)
• George Pataki: Former Governor, Future President? (The Daily Beast)
• Does the Web Need a 'Do Not Track' Policy? (The Atlantic Wire)
• Bowles-Simpson Plan: Will U.S. Meet Budget Challenges? (Time.com)
• 'Don't ask' repeal loses momentum (Politico)
• O'Donnell had nearly $1 million left (Politico)
• US, South Korea reach highly-coveted trade deal (AP)
• Cables show US envoy warned of bribes in arms case (AP)
• EU: No breakthrough expected in Iran nuclear talks (AP)
• Obama taps deputy to run Fish and Wildlife Service (AP)
• Wikileaks Fights to Stay Online (The Atlantic Wire)
• Christmas shopping for Uncle Sam? And nephews Bowles and Simpson? Donate here! (Daily Caller)
• Conservatives question whether John Birch Society should be accepted as part of the Tea Party movement (Daily Caller)
• Justice Thomas' wife takes less public role (AP)
• Nikki Haley says S.C. can opt out of president’s health care plan (The Ticket)

Obama tells troops in Afghanistan they're thriving (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 03:01 PM PST AP - In a rousing holiday-season visit, President Barack Obama on Friday told cheering U.S. troops in Afghanistan they're succeeding in their vital mission fighting terrorism. But after he flew in secrecy for 14 hours to get here, foul weather kept him from nearby Kabul and a meeting to address frayed relations with Afghan President Hamid Karzai

Fast Fix: The problem with attacking Palin (The Newsroom) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 04:53 AM PST The Newsroom - Why are some Republicans beginning to attack Sarah Palin while others remain quiet?

Obama's stimulus pours millions into faith-based groups (Politico) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 01:31 AM PST Politico - The stimulus bought Castleton United Methodist Church in Indianapolis a new heating and cooling system. In Laramie, Wyo., it bought the Church of St. Laurence O'Toole new windows for the Roman Catholic school it runs. And in Harrisburg, Pa., Christian Churches United of the Tri-County Area spent its $120,000 in stimulus funding on food and shelter for local homeless people.

George Pataki: Former Governor, Future President? (The Daily Beast) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 07:37 PM PST The Daily Beast - “He intends to run,” says lunch buddy Ed Koch. George Pataki is at it again, flirting with the national spotlight. Will the former New York governor finally consummate a presidential campaign?

Does the Web Need a 'Do Not Track' Policy? (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:50 PM PST The Atlantic Wire - It seems like a great idea: A "do not track" policy on the Web that prevents companies from tracking your online habits and collecting your personal data. On Wednesday, that's precisely what the Federal Trade Commission proposed with a new report criticizing online advertisers for failing to implement reasonable privacy practices. It's inspired by the popular Do Not Call Registry enacted in 2003, which protects people from calls from telemarketers. However, some privacy advocates aren't wild about the idea, saying it gives the government a backdoor to access people's personal information. Here are the pros and cons:

Bowles-Simpson Plan: Will U.S. Meet Budget Challenges? (Time.com) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 09:10 AM PST Time.com - Washington claims to be serious about reining in a national debt headed for a crippling $20 trillion, but it won't be easy unless it grapples with typically untouchable programs

'Don't ask' repeal loses momentum (Politico) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 12:21 PM PST Politico - The shrinking legislative calendar and other White House priorities threaten the repeal.

O'Donnell had nearly $1 million left (Politico) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 10:32 AM PST Politico - The former candidate was still sitting on a mountain of cash after her election bid was over.

US, South Korea reach highly-coveted trade deal (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 02:34 PM PST AP - The U.S. and South Korea have reached an agreement on the largest trade pact in more than a decade, a highly-coveted deal the Obama administration hopes will boost American exports and create tens of thousands of U.S. jobs.

Cables show US envoy warned of bribes in arms case (AP) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:57 PM PST AP - The American ambassador to Thailand warned that country's leader last year that associates of suspected Russian arms merchant Viktor Bout tried to prevent his extradition to the United States and were behind bribery schemes and a plot to arrest U.S. officials, according to secret diplomatic memos released Wednesday by WikiLeaks.

EU: No breakthrough expected in Iran nuclear talks (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 08:09 AM PST AP - A senior EU official says international negotiators do not expect a breakthrough in next week's talks with Iran over the country's nuclear program.

Obama taps deputy to run Fish and Wildlife Service (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 03:05 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama has named a new director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 10 months after the former director died suddenly while skiing.

Wikileaks Fights to Stay Online (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 12:51 PM PST The Atlantic Wire - Late last night, Wikileaks crashed and--at the time of this writing--remains inaccessible. The site's problems began earlier this week, after Sen. Joe Lieberman, as chair of the Senate's committee on homeland security, began urging Internet companies affiliated with Wikileaks to disassociate themselves from the organization. Shortly thereafter Amazon, which hosted the whistleblower site, booted Wikileaks from its servers. The company insisted the decision wasn't political--Wikileaks simply violated Amazon's terms of service. Then on Thursday, Wikileaks's domain name system (DNS) abandoned it due to continuing cyber attacks waged against the site from outsiders. That company, EveryDNS.net, said it could no longer support the site because the DDOS attacks aimed at Wikileaks were affecting its infrastructure. Despite all these problems, the site has rapidly devised work-arounds to remain available to users. Here's what tech writers are saying about Wikileaks's struggle to stay online:This Is an Epic Battle, writes the staff at TechnoLlama. "Here is a situation where the world's biggest superpower wants to have a website erased from the face of the Web. Who will prevail? Given the distributed nature of the Internet, I know where my money is." An example of what the Internet has going for it: Just a few minutes after Wikileaks had its DNS services removed, the fact was advertised to the world via Twitter and Facebook. Because the site is still hosted somewhere, it is still possible to access the content via an IP address (at the time of writing, it was hosted at http://213.251.145.96 and http://46.59.1.2). Similarly, several mirrors and new DNS registrations started popping up everywhere, and Twitter has been reacting madly by tweeting and retweeting the latest IP address.

Christmas shopping for Uncle Sam? And nephews Bowles and Simpson? Donate here! (Daily Caller) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 09:37 AM PST Daily Caller - With President Obama's debt commission failing to pass its blueprint for debt reduction, some — especially those asking President Obama to raise their taxes — might like to know that the Treasury Department makes it easy for Americans to give more of their hard-earned money to the government.

Conservatives question whether John Birch Society should be accepted as part of the Tea Party movement (Daily Caller) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 08:27 AM PST Daily Caller - Though the John Birch Society is making a comeback through the Tea Party movement, at least some conservatives question whether the group really belongs apart of the movement.

Justice Thomas' wife takes less public role (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 01:49 PM PST AP - Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, is giving up her role as the head of a conservative advocacy group that has worked with the Tea Party movement, while taking a less prominent role.

Nikki Haley says S.C. can opt out of president’s health care plan (The Ticket) Posted: 03 Dec 2010 01:26 PM PST The Ticket -   Did Governor-elect Nikki Haley just get the president to budge on his health care plan? The South Carolina Republican told the Associated Press and other news outlets that Obama agreed Thursday to consider allowing South Carolina to opt out of the federal health care overhaul. The state would need to come up with its [...]

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