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    GOP's Legislative Agenda Losing Steam (AP)

AP - A year's work hangs in the balance for the Republican-controlled
 Congress, its conservative agenda sketched confidently last winter: cut
 taxes, open wildlife refuge in Alaska to oil drilling, and hold down
 the cost of health, education and nutrition programs that serve
 millions.

    Arnold Travels to China on Trade Mission (AP)

AP - After the bruising defeat of his reform package in last week's
 special election, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's trade mission to China
 offers him the chance to represent California in a country where his
 political woes are overshadowed by his celebrity.

    Ellsberg Warns Iraq Is Similar to Vietnam (AP)

AP - The former Defense Department official who leaked secret documents
 about the Vietnam War said Saturday that he sees many similarities
 between that conflict and the one in Iraq.

    Carter 'Disturbed' by Direction of U.S. (AP)

AP - Former President Jimmy Carter, on a tour to promote his latest
 book, is sharply questioning the direction the Bush administration has
 taken the country.

    Retired General Urges Better Vets Benefits (AP)

AP - The federal government should strengthen the health care system for
 veterans, retired Marine Gen. Joseph P. Hoar said Saturday in the
 Democratic Party's weekly radio address.

    Strategists: Bush Has Time to Come Back (AP)

AP - Republican strategists say President Bush has time to snap out of a
 three-month run of bad luck and setbacks, including GOP losses Tuesday
 in gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey.

    Corzine Tied Opponent in N.J. Hometown (AP)

AP - While he was romping over Republican Doug Forrester statewide in
 the governor's race, Democrat Jon Corzine was less popular in the tony
 northern New Jersey enclave where he lived for more than 25 years.

    Concerns on Bush powers used at Guantanamo (AFP)

AFP - The US Senate has allowed the Bush administration discretionary
 power to treat terror suspects as it wishes by voting to revoke their
 right to appeal their detention in civilian courts, a move that has
 legal experts worried.

    U.S. Will Maintain Higher Mad Cow Standard (AP)

AP - The government plans to maintain indefinitely its faster level of
 testing for mad cow disease, rather than scaling back testing in
 December as originally envisioned.

    Public's faith in Bush, Cheney eroding: poll (AFP)

AFP - Americans' faith in President George W. Bush and Vice President
 Dick Cheney is eroding, a poll showed, as the US administration tries
 to recover from the withdrawal of Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers
 and the indictment of Cheney's former chief of staff in a CIA leak
 probe.

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