Archive for June 8th, 2009
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Varied prescriptions on health reform
U.S. decision makers agree that the health system needs a major overhaul, but the consensus breaks down on the question of how best to create a coordinated, high-performing, evidence-based system. -
Official: NKorean events potentially dangerous mix (AP)
AP – North Korea’s nuclear tests and missile launches follow a familiar pattern of provocation but take on dangerous significance with Kim Jong Il’s designation of his successor last week, the top U.S. intelligence official said Monday.
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Palin makes little splash at dinner (Politico)
Politico – Ending weeks of she-said, they-said drama, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin turned in a cameo appearance at the gala fundraising dinner for her party’s House and Senate candidates in Washington Monday night. -
CIA urges judge to keep detainee papers secret (AP)
AP – CIA Director Leon Panetta told a federal judge Monday that releasing documents about the agency’s terror interrogations would gravely damage national security. -
CAPITAL CULTURE: World hangs on Obama’s every bite (AP)
AP – At the bustling Pi pizza restaurant in St. Louis, the staff has come up with a new mantra: “It’s just pizza!” -
Gingrich urges GOP inclusion at fundraiser (AP)
AP – Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Monday urged some 2,000 Republican party loyalists to stand up for GOP principles but to be inclusive as the party tries to retake the majority. -
Man ordered to face charge of threatening Obama (AP)
AP – A federal judge in Las Vegas has ordered a man be transferred to Utah to face a charge of threatening President Barack Obama, even as the man’s defense attorney and family pleaded that the suspect get mental health treatment.
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GOP, 2 Dems flip power balance in NY senate (AP)
AP – Republicans and two dissident Democrats took control of New York’s Senate on Monday after the two New York City renegades voted with the GOP to throw the fledgling Democratic majority out of power. -
GOP, 2 Dems flip power balance in NY senate (AP)
AP – Republicans and two dissident Democrats took control of New York’s Senate on Monday after the two New York City renegades voted with the GOP to throw the fledgling Democratic majority out of power. -
U.S. working to free journalists jailed in North Korea, Clinton says
The United States is using “every possible channel” to seek the release of two journalists sentenced to 12 years of hard labor in North Korea, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday.
