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AP Sources: Reid eyes payroll tax hike on wealthy
By News on Nov 11, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Majority Leader Harry Reid is considering a plan for higher payroll taxes on the upper-income earners to help finance health care legislation he intends to introduce in the Senate in the next several days, numerous Democratic officials said Wednesday....
Official: Obama won't take any current war options
By News on Nov 11, 2009
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government, a senior administration official said Wednesday....Report: 10 states face looming budget disasters
By News on Nov 11, 2009
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A study released Wednesday warns that nine states are barreling toward an economic disaster similar to California's ongoing fiscal crisis that has been marked by IOUs and budget-busting deficits....Petraeus: Decision near on troops to Afghanistan
By News on Nov 11, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The commander of the U.S. Central Command says a decision is near on sending more American forces to Afghanistan....
US presses diplomacy with NKorea despite skirmish
By News on Nov 11, 2009
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SINGAPORE (AP) -- Amid rising tension between North and South Korea after a naval skirmish, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday urged calm and said diplomatic efforts to resolve the nuclear standoff with the North would continue....