Politico - Commentators react just as they did after the discovery of the writings of the IRS suicide pilot.

Politico - Embattled pols embody legendary leaders' failure to cultivate a strong second generation.

AP - Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (seh-BEEL'-yuhs) says health care reform would have been 'dead on arrival' if the White House had sent a finished proposal to Congress last year.

Politico - Embattled pols embody legendary leaders' failure to cultivate a strong second generation.

Reuters - Sri Lanka's president has told U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon a proposed U.N. panel to look into possible human rights abuses in the country's civil war was unwarranted, the president's office said on Saturday.

AP - President Barack Obama plans to host a conference in Florida next month on his administration's approach to the next step in space exploration.

AP - President Barack Obama is congratulating Iraqis for turning out for elections despite 'acts of violence' aimed at discouraging them from participating.

AP - The Senate's top Republican says he didn't like a recent GOP appeal to party donors that was based on stoking fear and negative feelings toward President Barack Obama and other Democrats.

AP - Sri Lanka's president has rejected the U.N. secretary-general's plan to appoint a panel of experts to look into alleged rights abuses in the island nation's civil war, a statement from the president's office said Saturday.

AFP - President Barack Obama paid tribute to the 'courage' of Iraqis who 'defied threats to advance their democracy' by voting Sunday in Iraq's second general election since the 2003 invasion.

AP - A Republican senator is offering the White House a deal on terror trials.

AP - A convict has offered new testimony in the murder case of American student Amanda Knox, according to the lawyer for Knox's former boyfriend.

AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he sees surprisingly little violence associated with the Iraq elections and that security improvements have forced al Qaida-linked militants to change tactics.

AP - As Hillary Rodham Clinton was leaving the White House, she asked Laura Bush first lady to first lady to continue one program if nothing else — the historic preservation program Save America's Treasures.

CQPolitics.com - The Senate's top Republican on Sunday joined the chorus of criticism at the Republican National Committee's fundraising strategy that openly acknowledged a plan to stoke the politics of fear.

AP - President Barack Obama praised the Iraqi people for passing 'an important milestone' Sunday, when millions turned out for national elections despite insurgent attacks that killed more than 30 people.

AFP - The top US Senate Republican predicted Sunday that President Barack Obama would pay a hefty price in upcoming mid-term elections if he forces his health care reforms through Congress.

Reuters - President Barack Obama called Iraq's election an 'important milestone' on Sunday despite deadly violence, praising Iraqi security forces and repeating his end-2011 goal for removing all U.S. troops from the country.

Politico - So far, success at the ballot box has been elusive for these grass-roots conservative activists.

McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan — Hours before boarding a flight out of Kabul, Norwegian diplomat Kai Eide delivered a final warning Saturday as he wrapped up his two-year tenure as the top United Nations diplomat in Afghanistan.

Reuters - President Barack Obama plans to nominate retired Army Major Gen. Robert Harding to head the Transportation Security Administration after his first pick withdrew under political pressure, an administration official said Sunday.