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McCartney dedicates 'Michelle' to FLOTUS
Politico - The former Beatles star dedicates their song 'Michelle' to the first lady.
Lawmaker: UK may have recruited al-Qaida backers
AP - A legislator has called for an investigation into whether British secret services may have mistakenly recruited people sympathetic to al-Qaida, a newspaper reported Saturday.
Geithner: Lower deficit key to sustaining recovery
AP - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (GYT'-nur) says a smaller federal deficit is vital to sustaining an economic recovery. But Geithner isn't saying how exactly the Obama administration plans to achieve that.
McCartney dedicates song to FLOTUS
Politico - The former Beatles star dedicates their song 'Michelle' to the first lady.
Steele finds his voice
Politico - RNC chief has calmed some in GOP who wondered if they compounded their problems by electing him.
Geithner: Consensus is for growth later this year
AP - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (GYT'-nur) says the economy is expected to grow later this year and unemployment could ease in the second half of 2010.
Pope meets swimming worlds athletes
AP - Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday met athletes participating in the swimming world championships in Rome and urged them to act as role models for fellow youths 'in sports and in life.'
Merkel urged to stand up to Obama on Opel jobs
AFP - Amid transatlantic tensions over a state-backed takeover of stricken car company Opel, a German state leader Sunday urged Chancellor Angela Merkel to pressure Washington to back a plan that saves jobs.
McCain: Palin to be `force' in Republican Party
AP - Sen. John McCain says he sees Sarah Palin continuing to play a major role in the future of the Republican Party.
Obama may extend jobless aid
Politico - The administration may support extension in benefits.
Off to Africa, Clinton to pledge new Somali aid
AP - On a seven-nation tour of Africa this week, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will pledge more U.S. assistance, including military aid, to Somalia's shaky government as it fights for survival against Islamist extremists.
McCain: Obama flunks bipartisanship
Politico - Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) says in an interview aired Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that President Barack Obama needs to “be more specific” about his prescription for health reform.
Officials to seek unemployment benefits extension
AP - President Barack Obama's top economic advisers say the administration will work with Congress to extend unemployment benefits for millions of Americans.
Greenspan says no need yet to raise interest rates
AP - Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan says he doesn't think the Fed should be considering raising interest rates to ward off inflation — at least not yet.
McCain gives Obama credit on economy
Politico - McCain says Obama should get 'credit' for short-term improvements in the economy.
Geithner: New taxes may be needed
Politico - “We're going to have to do what’s necessary,” he says.
LaHood: Car rebates will stop unless Senate acts
AP - The Obama administration says the popular 'cash for clunkers' program will be suspended unless the Senate approves an additional $2 billion.
McCain undecided on vote for Sotomayor
AP - Sen. John McCain says he is still on the fence when it comes to voting for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.
Six chosen for Medal of Honor
AP - Six soldiers who were killed in action have been chosen for the Medal of Honor during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Pre-dawn art festival wakes up Paris
AP - As dawn breaks over a sumptuous Paris garden that was once the playground of kings, a lone horseman puts his mount through his paces. The magnificent steed prances in fancy circles, stretches his forelegs and canters almost in place — in short, he dances.
2 Obama officials: No guarantee taxes won't go up
AP - President Barack Obama's treasury secretary on Sunday said he cannot rule out higher taxes to help tame an exploding budget deficit and his chief economic adviser would not dismiss raising them on middle-class Americans as part of a health care overhaul.
Warsaw marks 65 years since revolt against Nazis
AP - To the sounds of the national anthem, Poland's leaders and World War II veterans paid silent honor Saturday to the fighters of Warsaw's 1944 uprising against the city's Nazi occupiers.
Political Economy: Logic Prevails
CQPolitics.com - Congress often takes its time to come around to an idea that others have long before concluded makes sense. And sometimes it never does, chiefly when ideology is allowed to trump logic.
South Ossetia claims Georgian mortar attack
AP - Authorities in the separatist Georgian region of South Ossetia said Saturday that two mortar shells had fired into the territory from Georgia proper, and Russia quickly warned that it might retaliate.
Senate Dems spar over public plan
Politico - Internal clashes about the government insurance option have begun to spill into the open.
American-Dutch gay couples wed in Amsterdam
AP - The mayor of Amsterdam presided over the weddings of five American-Dutch gay, lesbian and transgender couples on a boat during the city's Gay Pride festival Saturday, challenging the United States to legalize gay marriage, as well.
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