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Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:12:43 GMT

President Barack Obama is surrounded by security as he leaves the U.S. Capitol after addressing the House Democratic Caucus, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - President Barack Obama made a last-minute personal appeal to Democrats to pass landmark health care legislation Saturday as the House opened debate on a bill to expand coverage to millions of the uninsured.


Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:59:08 GMT

FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2007, file photo, Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Pa., is seen during a committee meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. With the U.S. fighting wars on two fronts, an acute shortage of trained personnel has left these therapists emotional drained and overworked, with limited time to prepare for their own war deployments. Murphy, a psychologist in the Navy Reserves, said the toll is sometimes described as 'compassion fatigue' or 'vicarious trauma.' (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)AP - Amputations. Combat stress. Divorce. Suicide. For troubled service members, military therapists are at their sides.


Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:02:58 GMT

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2009, file photo, New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine listens as President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally for Corzine at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, N.J. Oh, how the tables have turned. Nervous Democrats are on defense and emboldened Republicans sense opportunity heading into 2010 and the midterm elections. It was just three years ago that the GOP lost the House and Senate as well as governor's mansions in a cross-country Democratic wave. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, FILE)AP - Oh, how the tables have turned.


Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:31:27 GMT
Politico - She's confident pro-choice Dems will support the bill.
Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:26:04 GMT
Politico - House leaders have won the backing of the nation’s Catholic bishops for health reform, a critical last-minute boost that could give the bill enough momentum – and enough votes – for passage as early as Saturday.
Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:36:32 GMT

President Barack Obama walks with Senior Adviser David Axelrod, left, Reggie Love, personal aide, center, and Phil Schiliro, legislative affairs director, right, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, as they return to the White House from Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - President Barack Obama says now is the time for Congress to "answer the call of history" and approve legislation revamping the country's health care system.


Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:59:07 GMT

This October 2002 photo provided by the Equal Justice Initiative shows Terrance Graham, 15, in Jacksonville, Fla. Graham, implicated in armed robberies when he was 16 and 17, was given a life sentence without parole by a judge who told the teenager he threw his life away. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, that locking up juveniles and throwing away the key is cruel and unusual punishment, and thus unconstitutional. Graham, now 22, is in prison in Florida. (AP Photo/Graham Family)AP - Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack.


Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:07:06 GMT

US President Barack Obama (C) walks out of the Caucus Room with House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (L) and Congressman John Larson (2nd R) after a meeting on health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Obama hoped to bring the full persuasive power of the US presidency to bear in an 11th-hour push to secure the 218 votes needed to pass health care overhaul.(AFP/Jim Watson)AFP - The US House of Representatives opened a historic debate Saturday on remaking US health care, with President Barack Obama set to make a rare in-person appeal for his top domestic priority.


Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:35:16 GMT

Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army doctor identified by authorities as the suspect in the shooting at the U.S. Army post in Fort Hood, Texas, is seen in this undated handout photo from a pdf file of the U.S. Government Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences downloaded on November 5, 2009. The Army psychiatrist opened fire with two handguns at the Fort Hood Army post on Thursday, killing 12 and wounding 31 others, Army officials said, adding the suspect was shot several times but survived.   REUTERS/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences/Handout (UNITED STATES MILITARY CRIME LAW HEADSHOT CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY) QUALITY FROM SOURCE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - He was by turns caring and contentious, a man quick to say "I am blessed" in casual greeting yet one who seemed to stew in discontent that he could not always keep to himself.


Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:21:10 GMT
AP - States where juveniles serve life terms
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:51:03 GMT
AP - The Obama administration intends to seek resolution to a lawsuit filed by American Indian farmers who alleged discrimination in the granting of federal agricultural loans over three decades.
Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:13:51 GMT
AP - The U.N. says hundreds of its staffers will be temporarily pulled out of Afghanistan in the wake of an Oct. 28 attack that killed five of its workers, but it's still determining exactly how many.
Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:46:04 GMT
AP - Russia could back sanctions against Iran if it fails to take a constructive stance in international talks over its nuclear program, President Dmitry Medvedev said in remarks released Saturday.
Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:58:52 GMT

Rep. Michele Bachman, R-Minn., left,  speaks at a rally on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, against health care reform. Others are not identified. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)Reuters - President Barack Obama urged Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a broad healthcare reform bill on Saturday as they prepared for a close vote on the biggest changes in health policy in four decades.


Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:01:00 GMT
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Frank McBryde says there are plenty of parallels between serving in the U.S. military and teaching.
Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:59:10 GMT
CQPolitics.com - The consensus view is undoubtedly that you could count on one hand (or two if you are really generous) the Washington politicians who have serious credibility as deficit hawks.
Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:39:39 GMT
Bloomberg - Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said her chamber today will pass legislation to make the most sweeping changes in the U.S. health-care system in four decades.
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