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Saturday, April 4, 2009

Democratic News Chatter 4-4-2009

George Wenschhof Bio

Today, in his weekly address to the nation, President Barack Obama speaks of the global challenges we face. He discusses the highlights of his overseas trip to date and the potential for the U.S. to face these challenges with renewed international alliances.



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NATO Summit has shaky start - Turkey was the only one of 28 nations who would not agree on the new Secretary-General. This blocked the announcement of danish prime Minister Andres Fogh Rasmussen to the post. Violent demonstrations continue to mar the site of the meeting in Strasbourg, France. President Obama announced he was not asking for NATO troops in Afghanistan but was looking for support. Reuters.com has more here.

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Will NY special election be a Minnesota redo? - as the final vote tallies are coming in from precincts the vote is now tied between Republican Jim Tedisco and Democrat Scott Murphy for the Congressional seat in District 20. Let's hope this is settled in a shorter time frame than the U.S. senate race in Minnesota where legal maneuvering has kept that seat open with no winner decided between Norm Coleman (R) and Al Franken (D). Politico.com has more here.

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Top Obama economic adviser Lawrence Summers earned 5 million salary while working for Hedge fund D.E. Shaw & Co. - Summers was named by the president to be director of the White House National Economic Council. Summers also earned considerable speaking fees from the same Banks receiving federal bailout funds today. Bloomberg.com has more here.

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