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Kenya Looks for Obama’s Support After Diplomacy Tussle
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Wilson funds reach $1 million after ‘you lie’ cry, aide says
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Game, music industries look to Beatles for ‘Help!’
The fourth quarter of 2009 for the music and video game industries is shaping up to be all about the Beatles. And both could use some “Help!” The band, which released its last full album of original music in 1970, is the focus of the simultaneous Wednesday release of “The Beatles: Rock Band” for the Rock Band video game franchise, as well as the digitally remastered box set of the Beatles 13-album discography by EMI
Obama Looks to Dennis Ross for Strategic Advice
The number of Obama Administration figures losing power to Dennis Ross is growing longer by the day, but one addition to the list is particularly surprising: General James Jones. Obama picked the 6’4″ former Marine to be his National Security Adviser last November after meeting him only a handful of times. And while Obama is happy with his strategic military advice, the President seeks more guidance on the “political and diplomatic” front than he’s getting from Jones, two senior Administration officials tell TIME
U.S. officials headed to Asia for ‘intensive’ talks on North Korea
A high-level U.S. delegation is going to Asia for "intensive consultations" on what North Korea’s increasingly alarming behavior means for U.S. security alliances in the region, senior administration officials tell CNN.
The ‘day of reckoning has arrived,’ Obama will say
President Obama will tell the country the "day of reckoning has arrived, and the time to take charge of our future is here" in his first speech to a joint session of Congress, according to excerpts of his address. “Now is the time to act boldly and wisely — to not only revive this economy, but to build a new foundation for lasting prosperity,” Obama will say. Obama’s address comes two days before he will submit his budget summary to Congress.
Obama to tell country to ‘take responsibility’ for future
President Obama will call on Americans to "pull together" and "take responsibility for our future" in his first speech to a joint session of Congress, according to excerpts of his address.
Obama to lay out ‘game plan’ on fixing economy
In his first speech to a joint session of Congress, President Obama is planning to strike a more optimistic tone than he has in recent days by laying out a "game plan" to beat the financial crisis, according to a senior White House official.