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House health care overhaul faces Senate stone wall
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in the Senate....

Obama calls new election law a milestone for Iraq
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama hailed the Iraqi parliament's passage Sunday of a much-delayed election law, declaring it a milestone as the Iraqi people take charge of their future....

GOP officials say Dems put agenda ahead of country
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats just don't get the election message from voters and are pushing a liberal, big government agenda at their party's peril, Republican officials said Sunday as they predicted a political price after the majority's victory on health care....

Senator: Senate will investigate Army shootings
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee says he plans to begin a congressional investigation of the shootings at Fort Hood....

Clinton: Berlin Wall festivities not just a party
BERLIN (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Europeans and Americans on Sunday to see the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall as a call to action against new global threats....

Obama confronts an Asia reshaped by China's rise
BEIJING (AP) -- Days after coming to power in September, Japan's new prime minister broached forming a new East Asian trading bloc with rival China - one that would exclude the United States....

Casey says war in Afghanistan needs more US troops
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Army's chief of staff says he believes more troops are needed in Afghanistan. But Gen. George Casey isn't saying exactly how many more should be sent into the war....

Casey: Shootings leading to a hard look at Army
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Army's chief of staff says the Army is taking a hard look at itself to make certain that something like the Fort Hood rampage doesn't happen again....

Alleged shooter tied to mosque of 9/11 hijackers
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The family of the alleged Fort Hood shooter held his mother's funeral at the same Virginia mosque that two Sept. 11 hijackers attended in 2001, at a time when a radical imam preached there....

Obama will meet Netanyahu at White House
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House announced Sunday that President Barack Obama would be meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu during the Israeli prime minister's trip to Washington to address Jewish groups, ending days of uncertainty....