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Obama Begins Bid for 2012 Re-Election With Video and E-MailPresident Barack Obama began his bid for re-election in 2012 by releasing a campaign video on his website and sending an e-mail to supporters that said the job of preparing for his campaign “must start today.”
Tea Party’s Power Tested With Lawmakers Divided Over Budget Cuts
U.S. budget talks are testing the Tea Party’s power as Republican freshmen in Congress must decide whether to accept a bipartisan compromise or side with the anti-spending activists who helped get them elected.
Fight for Abidjan Enters Fifth Day as Food Runs Short
The fight for Abidjan, the commercial capital of Ivory Coast, enters its fifth day today with few people daring to go outdoors and food supplies in the city of four million beginning to run short.
Qaddafi Envoy Meets Greek Leader; U.S. Extends Air Raids
Muammar Qaddafi’s acting foreign minister met with Greece’s prime minister in what the government in Athens described as an attempt to find a political solution to hostilities in Libya.
Obama’s Health Network Rules May Speed Hospitals’ Doctor Hiring
The formation of new medical alliances under the U.S. health-care law may accelerate a race by hospital chains to hire more doctors.
Fed Fights Debit Card Fee Lawsuit in Court Far From Washington
Lawyers for Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke and a regional savings and loan association are squaring off over debit-card fees in a South Dakota courtroom 1,075 miles from the debate in Congress on the same issue.
Ryan Budget Seeks $4 Trillion in Cuts, Pares Medicare (2)
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said he will release a budget plan Tuesday designed to cut more than $4 trillion from federal spending over the next decade, in part by paring Medicare and Medicaid.
Congress Had Power to Enact Obama Health-Care Reforms, U.S. Says
A judge’s ruling striking down health-care reform legislation requiring almost every American to obtain health insurance should be reversed, the Obama administration said in a court filing.
TODAY ON BLOOMBERG TV: Alice Rivlin, a member of President Obama’s debt-reduction commission, appears at 10:15 a.m. to discuss the budget; and Fred Hassan of Warburg Pincusappears at 3:14 p.m. from the World Health Congress in Washington.
WHITE HOUSE President Barack Obama meets this afternoon with Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the White House.
Sources: http://www.bloomberg.com
