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• It’s not quite dishing, but Palin chats to Oprah about Levi, Couric

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 681
  Apparently all is forgiven. Sarah Palin tells Oprah Winfrey she wants to welcome Levi Johnston back into the fold. Her daughter’s ex-fiance and father of her grandchild has been all over TV shows and in print media making unflattering comments about Palin, but the former Alaska governor says he’s part of the ...
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• Shades of intelligence failures past? Blame game percolating

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 681
  The shooting rampage that killed 13 people at Fort Hood in which a Muslim Army psychiatrist is the suspected gunman has set off a chain of inquiries into who knew what when. In the post-9/11 era, government officials want to show that they are doing everything they can to protect the public and, when something ...
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• Will latest polls weigh on Obama?

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 681
  President Barack Obama summoned his war council today for what may be a pivotal meeting as he decides what to do in Afghanistan. While Obama weighs up his options on whether to send in more troops — with most money on about 30,000 more – he might also glance at the latest round of public opinion polls on ...
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• Get ready, America: Here comes Sarah Palin

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 681
  Get ready, America. Like her or not, Sarah Palin is coming to a city near you. Last year’s Republican vice presidential nominee is starting a book tour next week to promote her memoir, “Going Rogue: An American Life.” Is it a thinly-veiled bid to test the waters for a possible 2012 Republican presidential bid, ...
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• Obama walks in rain-soaked cemetery of U.S. war dead

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 681
  President Barack Obama walked in the rain among the graves of U.S. casualties from the Iraq and Afghan wars at Arlington National Cemetery and took an unscheduled detour into section 60 , a thicket of simple white headstones, to mark Veterans Day. Underscoring the poignancy of the visit, Obama was due to hold a ...
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• The First Draft: should Obama embrace new structural reforms?

  
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  Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut and Columbia University economist Jeffrey Sachs are two guys who think President Barack Obama better embrace new structural reforms if he wants a growing economy that isn’t hard-wired to go bust. Dodd, a Democrat fighting for his political life at home, proposed sweeping ...
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• Calls growing for Congress to investigate Fort Hood gunman

  
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  Amid the growing calls for congressional investigations into the Fort Hood rampage, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton is advocating a different approach — wait and see how investigations by the Army and the FBI progress. “It is important that we get to the bottom of this incident, but we must be ...
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• Republican senators call for ending era of ‘permanent politicians’

  
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  Don’t expect the U.S. Congress — packed with old men and women who have been in office for decades — to embrace a proposal to term limit themselves. Republican senators Jim DeMint, Tom Coburn, Kay Bailey Hutchison and Sam Brownback offered such a measure on Tuesday, saying it would be good to get fresh blood on ...
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• Clinton hopes for success where his effort failed

  
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  Former President Bill Clinton is clearly hoping that Congress succeeds this time around where his administration failed 15 years ago. And perfection is not required — just get healthcare reform done. That was Clinton’s message to Senate Democrats who are now behind the steering wheel in trying to move ...
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• Latest book on Obama’s reading list: Life of Pi

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 681
  Presidential reading lists have a tendency to set Washington abuzz. Last month, when the Wall Street Journal reported that President Barack Obama was reading Gordon Goldstein’s “Lessons in Disaster,” pundits wondered if the book about the mistakes of the Vietnam War might hold clues to the president’s ...
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• FBI latest computer overhaul has more glitches

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 681
  The FBI’s trouble-plagued, long-running effort to put in place a new computer system has hit a few more glitches. An audit report Tuesday by the Justice Department’s inspector general said the latest phase of the project for a fully electronic case management system will take three months longer than last ...
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• Obama: Not worrying about perceptions on Afghanistan

  
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  As President Barack Obama nears a decision on whether to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, some experts say he should consider the signal his decision will send about his broader commitment to the war, which has grown increasingly unpopular at home. The White House has been frustrated that its internal ...
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• The First Draft: Democrats turn to Clinton in Senate healthcare push

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 681
  Former President Bill Clinton is due to visit Capitol Hill today to talk healthcare reform with Senate Democrats and their independent allies. The meeting’s important because Democrats have yet to find the 60 votes they need to stop Senate Republicans from blocking President Barack Obama’s signature ...
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• Obama admits to mistakes, but no big ones

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 681
  Barack Obama says he probably makes one mistake a day, but doesn’t think he has made any fundamental ones in almost 10 months as president of the United States. Toward the end of his first term, his predecessor George W. Bush famously said in answer to a question that he could not think of any mistakes he had ...
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• Dr. No in the Front Row

  
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  Democrats.Senate.Gov: Unexpected Guest, "Dr. No," Blocks Veterans Bill Democratic Senators Daniel Akaka, Jon Tester and Mark Begich held a press conference today calling on Republican Senator Tom Coburn to release his hold on a veterans’ health bill.Senator Coburn showed up to the press conference attacking him and ...
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• See Bette Midler from front row, help turn Big Apple green

  
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  Bette Midler will allow one lucky fan to see her in concert, and not “ from a distance .” The Divine Miss M., as she likes to be known, is participating in an online auction that ends on Friday. One of the items in the auction is the chance to meet the “ Wind Beneath My Wings ” singer and watch her perform ...
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• Abortion issue hard to avoid in healthcare debate

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 681
  Like it or not, the healthcare debate has turned into a fracas over abortion rights. U.S. House Democratic leaders had hoped to avoid just that in their push to expand healthcare coverage and reform the health insurance market. But getting the votes to pass the historic legislation on Saturday boiled down to ...
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• Abortion issue hard to avoid in healthcare debate

  
  FaithWorld — Authority: 612
  Like it or not, the healthcare debate has turned into a fracas over abortion rights. U.S. House Democratic leaders had hoped to avoid just that in their push to expand healthcare coverage and reform the health insurance market. But getting the votes to pass the historic legislation on Saturday boiled down to ...
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• Prosecutors urge throwing the book at convicted ex-lawmaker

  
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  A U.S. judge on Friday will sentence former Congressman William “Cold Cash” Jefferson after he was convicted on multiple bribery and money laundering charges. And prosecutors want to throw the book at him. The former Louisiana lawmaker faces between 27 and 33 years in prison according to federal sentencing ...
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• Clinton and the Berlin Wall domino

  
  Front Row Washington — Authority: 681
  When the Berlin Wall topples for a second time Monday, more may be laid bare than the inherent weakness of a political system. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the wall, Berliners have erected a wall of giant painted dominoes. During the evening’s festivities the domino wall will be toppled along ...
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