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REID EYES 'LIKELY' CHANGES TO SENATE RULES.... Meeting with center-left journalists on the Hill today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) not only blamed Republicans' tactics for the chamber's... More

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Actually, It's 50 Votes, Not 51 | Mother Jones (motherjones.com) TMC

If this is President Barack Obama's path to health care reform—and it seems like his only option at this point (though I'm told some in the White House have not given up on the idea of a bipartisan... More

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US Troops: Where Do the Key Players Stand? (news.bbc.co.uk)

US President Obama is weighing up whether to send additional troops to Afghanistan to bolster the more than 65,000 already stationed there.

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At Arlington, Obama Pays Tribute to Veterans (www.washingtonpost.com)

President Obama, marking Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery, paid tribute Wednesday to generations of American service members and pledged to "keep the promises that we've made" to all who... More

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U.S. Troops to Afghanistan: A Waiting Game (www.cbsnews.com)

General Stanley McChrystal, the top commander in Afghanistan, has told the Pentagon it would take more than a year to get all the troops he's asking for on the ground and in the fight against the... More

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Obama Seeks Afghanistan Data to Determine U.S. Troop Levels (www.washingtonpost.com)

President Obama has asked senior officials for a province-by-province analysis of Afghanistan to determine which regions are being managed effectively by local leaders and which require international... More

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U.S. Officials Look at Scenarios for Afghanistan 'Middle Path' (www.latimes.com)

As the Obama administration debates whether to shift its aims in Afghanistan, officials at the Pentagon and National Security Council have begun developing "middle path" strategies that would require... More

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Obama to Consult with Biden, Clinton on Afghan Policy (www.voanews.com)

U.S. President Barack Obama convenes a high-level strategy session on Afghanistan Thursday, the latest in a series of meetings reviewing the U.S. approach in the war there.

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Vice President’s Son Returns From Iraq (www.armytimes.com)

Having been welcomed home by his father, Vice President Joe Biden, Delaware’s attorney general traded hugs and handshakes Wednesday with other members of his Army National Guard unit, back from a... More

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VP Biden Calms Seniors Medicare Fears (uptake-editorial.groups.theuptake.org) TMC

At a town hall meeting with seniors in Silver Spring, MD, Vice President Joe Biden and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius discuss the release of a new report, "Health... More

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