Obama wants to repeal tax on company cell phones (AP)
AP - Ever make a personal call on your company cell phone? Did you record the value of that call as taxable income, as required by law?
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U.S. beefing up missile defenses in Persian Gulf (AP)
AP - As the Obama administration edges toward imposing tougher sanctions on Iran, it has begun upgrading its approach to defending its Persian Gulf allies against potential Iranian missile strikes, officials said Saturday.
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Newt’s 527 hauls in $6.4 million (Politico)
Politico - His 527 took in more cash than the PACs of Palin, Romney and Pawlenty combined.
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Obama taking populist tone in fight over jobs (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama is shifting his administration’s emphasis to battling unemployment, the scourge that is hurting households nationwide and threatening to inflict heavy losses on Democrats in November’s elections.
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Report: No sanctions for lawyers who OK’d torture (AP)
AP - Bush administration lawyers who drafted legal theories that led to waterboarding and other harsh treatment of terrorism suspects showed poor judgment but won’t face sanctions for professional misconduct, according to a published report.
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Obama seeks $200M to help cities host 9/11 trials (AP)
AP - The Obama administration is proposing a $200 million fund to help pay for security costs in cities hosting the trials of accused terrorists such as Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
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House GOP Focuses Troops on Winning Majority (CQPolitics.com)
CQPolitics.com - BALTIMORE — The House Republican Conference completed a three-day retreat Saturday with a renewed sense of purpose going into the 2010 elections — and an overwhelming feeling of satisfaction that it finally had its say with President Barack Obama.
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Salt Lake a finalist to host 2012 GOP convention (AP)
AP - Salt Lake City has been selected as one of four finalists to host the 2012 Republican National Convention.
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Primary time: Let the political family feuds begin (AP)
AP - ‘Tis the season when Democrats and Republicans eat their own. Eight months of primaries for party nominations get under way next week in House, Senate, gubernatorial and legislative races. The outcomes will set the stage for the first midterm elections of Barack Obama’s presidency.
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GOP faults Obama’s handling of terrorism fight (AP)
AP - The Obama administration’s handling of the suspect in the airline bomb plot on Christmas exposed a vulnerability in the U.S. fight against terrorism, a Republican lawmaker said Saturday.
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