Daily Democratic Wire 7-3-2009

George Wenschhof

Today, president Barack Obama will head to Camp David - to celebrate his daughter Malia's 11th birthday. She was able to invite 20 of her girlfriends to join her. Tomorrow, the president will return to D.C. and host a barbecue at the White House for military and White House staff with their families. The Chicgao Tribune has more here.

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Russia to agree to allow U.S. to ship weapons across their borders to Afghanistan - next week when President Obama meets with Russian President Dimitry Medvedev an agreement is expected to be signed. You can read more here.

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Vice President Joe Biden meets with General Ordierno in Iraq - this is the second day of the Vice President's visit that comes as the U.S. military has withdrawn from cities in Iraq as part of the agreed up timetable for complete withdraw. ThePage.Time has more here.

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OAS Chief Insula visits Honduras - The Organization of American states has opposed the removal of President Zelaya and installation of Roberto Michelleti as interim President. Jose Miguel Insula will meet with leaders of Honduras Supreme Court and Congress but not Michelleti. There are rumors interim president Michelleti would be willing to conduct an election in the near future. You can read more here.

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Back in California, the state began issuing IOUs due to their inability to reach a budget agreement - the state with the worst credit rating in the country is issuing IOUs to creditors. Included is 53.3 million to people owed income tax returns. McClatchydc.com has more here.

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Bankruptcy Judge to decide on sale of GM soon - the hearing has concluded and the judge will be making a determination of the sale of on some assets to a group led by the US Treasury. Bloomberg.com has more here.

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