Sharp tones kick off Senate debate (Politico)
Komentarze (0) Politico - Historic debate opens on a fiercely partisan note.
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Trial ordered after high court age bias ruling (Reuters)
Reuters - A federal appeals court on Monday ordered a new trial in a case that led the U.S. Supreme Court in June to make it harder for workers to win age discrimination lawsuits.
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AP - Italian state TV: 2 Tunisians held at Guantanamo have arrived in Italy.
Robocalls (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - Robocalls Causing Static for Politicians
Obama War Speech to Outline Costs, Limits for U.S. (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg - Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama will outline
for the public tomorrow the cost of his new strategy in
Afghanistan and the limits on U.S. involvement there, White
House press secretary Robert Gibbs said.
Divided Senate plunges into health care debate (AP)
AP - Riven by partisanship, the Senate plunged into a widely anticipated debate Monday over sweeping health care legislation that President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats have vowed to approve and Republicans have sworn to block.
Whitman tries courting women in Calif. gov race (AP)
AP - As Meg Whitman has been introducing herself to California voters, she retells a line that usually generates a chuckle: “The next governor of California needs to know exactly what SHE believes.”
3 airlines fined in Minnesota tarmac stranding (AP)
AP - The government is imposing fines for the first time against airlines for stranding passengers on an airport tarmac, the Transportation Department said Tuesday.
Sahara activist reported weak from hunger strike (AP)
AP - An award-winning Western Sahara independence activist who has been on a nearly two-week hunger strike since Morocco expelled her from the disputed territory is so weak she can hardly stand or speak, supporters said Saturday.
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AP - Russian news agencies: Security chief says traces of explosives found at train crash site.
Obama prepares to announce Afghan surge (AFP)
AFP - Barack Obama is set to make the boldest strategic move of his presidency on Tuesday and order a surge of tens of thousands more US troops into an increasingly unpopular war in Afghanistan.
South Carolina conservative sets himself up as kingmaker (McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint is using his rising national profile among conservative activists to support and bankroll Republican Senate candidates around the country, some of them underdogs challenging GOP establishment favorites.