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    Amid 2008 Talk, Giuliani Flies Under Radar (AP)

AP - New York's celebrity senator, Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton,
 generates near-constant buzz about a possible 2008 presidential bid.
 The outgoing governor, Republican George Pataki, has been making
 campaign reconnaissance trips to Iowa, site of the first-in-the nation
 presidential caucuses.

    Domestic Agencies Face Cuts in Bush Budget (AP)

AP - Domestic priorities like federal aid to schools and health research
 are squeezed under President Bush's proposed budget for next year, but
 funding for the Pentagon, the war in Iraq and anti-terrorism efforts
 get impressive increases.

    Gonzales Slated to Defend Bush Spy Program (AP)

AP - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales heads to Capitol Hill on Monday
 to defend the Bush administration's warrantless eavesdropping program
 to skeptical lawmakers from both parties. It's a job for which the
 low-key, presidential confidant has shown himself well-suited.

    Bush: U.S. Economy Must Stay Competitive (AP)

AP - The United States cannot afford to be complacent and must meet
 head-on the competition from burgeoning economies such as China and
 India, President Bush said Saturday.

    Rumsfeld Urges Unity in Terror Fight (AP)

AP - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld pushed Saturday for unity in
 the fight against terrorism, telling a meeting of the world's top
 security officials that "a war has been declared on all of our nations
 and on our people."

    Katrina-Ravaged States Plan for Elections (AP)

AP - Louisiana officials are preparing to send out nearly 1 million
 mailers as part of a campaign to tell voters who fled the wrath of
 Hurricane Katrina how to cast ballots from afar, a problem not as
 widespread in other Gulf Coast states.

    Gonzales to downplay spy program's scope: Time (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales plans to tell a Senate
 committee on Monday that President George W. Bush's warrantless
 domestic surveillance program is carefully targeted and "not a
 dragnet," Time magazine reported on its Web site on Saturday.

    N.H. Town Rejects Plan to Evict Souter (AP)

AP - Residents on Saturday rejected a proposal to evict U.S. Supreme
 Court Justice David Souter from his farmhouse to make way for the "Lost
 Liberty Hotel."

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