The Note’s Must-Reads for Monday, July 13, 2009
The Note’s Must-Reads are a round-up of today’s political headlines and stories from ABC News and the top U.S. newspapers. Posted Monday through Friday right here at http://www.abcnews.com
Compiled by ABC News? KRISTEN RED-HORSE, JAYCE HENDERSON, CLAUDIA MORALES, VALENCIA WICKER and GEORGIA DAWKINS
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PRESIDENT OBAMA AND DOMESTIC AFFAIRS:
The New York Times? Scott Shane: ?Obama Faces a New Push to Look Back? LINK
The Washington Post?s Carrie Johnson and Joby Warrick: ?Bush Anti-Terror Policies Get Reluctant Revisit? LINK
Newsweek?s Daniel Klaidman: ?Independent?s Day: Obama doesn?t want to look back, but Attorney General may probe bush-era torture anyway? LINK
PRESIDENT OBAMA AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS:
The Wall Street Journal?s Jonathan Weisman: ?Obama’s Foreign Strategy Mixes Encouragement, Demands? LINK
ABC News? Karen Travers: ?G-8?s Broken Promises to Africa? LINK
Time Magazine?s Michael Scherer: ?The Five Pillars of Obama’s Foreign Policy? LINK
Newsweek?s Aku Ammah-Tagoe: ?In Ghana, Obama is ?President of the World?? LINK
USA Today?s Richard Wolf: ?Obama meets pope, says U.N., G-8 must tackle problems faster? LINK
Newsweek?s Holly Bailey: ?Why Obama chose Ghana? LINK
Newsweek?s Holly Bailey: ?Obama delivers Letter from Senator Kennedy to Pope? LINK
USA Today?s Aamer Madhani: ?Bomb explodes near U.S. ambassador?s convoy in Iraq? LINK
PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE UNITED STATES’ ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE:
The Wall Street Journal?s Matthew Benjamin and Alison Fitzgerald: ?Obama?s Stimulus Money Starts to Flow as Jobless Await Results? LINK
GOVERNOR SARAH PALIN:
The New York Times? Jim Rutenberg and Serge F. Kovaleski: ?Palin?s Route to Resignation: Missteps and Ignored Advice? LINK
ABC News? Rachel Martin: ?Palin Says She?ll Stump for Conservative Democrats? LINK
The Los Angeles Times? Mark Z. Barabak: ?Republican pundits open fire on Sarah Palin? LINK
THE SUPREME Court AND SOTOMAYOR:
The New York Times? Ron Nixon: ?G.O.P. Senators Are Set To Question Judge?s Impartialiality? LINK
The Washington Post?s Michael D. Shear: ?Hearings Not Just About Sotomayor? LINK
Politico?s Glen Thrush: ?Obama chats with Sonia?about Stare Decisis? LINK
Politico?s Manu Raju: ?Sonia Sotomayor battle may jolt Republicans? LINK
ABC News? Viviana Hurtado: ?Latinos Will Be on Lookout for Sotomayor Abuse? LINK
The Washington Times? Kara Rowland: ?Sotomayor faces easy route to confirmation? LINK
New York Daily News? Elizabeth Hays: ?NAACP supports Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor: Warns Senate foes to focus on qualifications? LINK
USA Today?s Joan Biskupic: ?With Sotomayor enters a new era in judicial politics?LINK
Newsweek?s Evan Thomas, Stuart Taylor Jr. and Brian NoLINK
Newsweek?s Mark Hosenball: ?The end of the Rainbow: Will Obama scrap Bush?s color-coded terror alerts?? LINK
DEMOCRATS/G.O.P.:
New York Daily News? Helen Kennedy: ?Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin plans to hit campaign trail after leaving office? LINK
The Hill?s Molly K. Hooper: ?GOP, Holder battle over New Black Panthers? LINK
The Washington Times? Jon Ward and Jennifer Haberkorn: ?’Ration’ is GOP’s weapon in health care war? LINK
The Washington Times? Ben Conery: ?Republicans hit pursuit of torture probe? LINK
The Washington Post?s Nick Anderson: ?GOP Leaving No Child Behind? LINK
The Wall Street Journal?s Jess Bravin: ?Parties Set to Paint Opposing Pictures of Nominee? LINK
Boston Herald Op-Ed by Jeff Sessions: ?We can?t be blind to bias? LINK
Boston Herald Op-Ed by Bonnie Erbe: ?More than justice hangs in balance? LINK
Politico?s Jonathan Martin: ?Cantor wants focus on ?ideas? not ?personalities?? LINK
CONGRESS:
Politico?s Alex Isenstadt: ?Kent Conrad: the Senate Grinch who stole Christmas?? LINK
CIA/NSA:
The Wall Street Journal?s Siobhan Gorman: ?CIA Had Secret Al Qaeda Plan? LINK
The Wall Street Journal?s Siobhan Gorman: ?Report Cites Weaknesses in Wiretapping Program? LINK
The Wall Street Journal?s Cary O?Reilly: ?Senate Democrats Say Cheney May Have Broken Law on CIA Program? LINK
Politico?s Alex Isenstadt: ?More Democrats call for investigating the CIA? LINK
ABC News? John Hendren and Jonathan Karl: ?Former Agents Say Stop Picking on the CIA? LINK
The Los Angeles Times? Julian E. Barnes: ?Clamor grows over CIA secrets? LINK
The Washington Times? Kara Rowland: ?Senators say CIA program secrecy wrong? LINK
Politico?s Harry Siegel: ?McCain says ?no? to potential DOJ torture probe? LINK
HEALTH CARE REFORM:
The Wall Street Journal?s Kate Linebaugh: ?Slump Spreads to Health Care as Michigan Loses Auto Jobs? LINK
Politico?s Carrie Budoff Brown: ?Health care deadline unlikely to be me met? LINK
The Los Angeles Times? Noam N. Levey: ?Concern grows that healthcare overhaul won’t cut costs? LINK
Los Angeles Times Opinion: ?Improve care, lower costs? LINK
Los Angeles Times Opinion: ?Our great hidden healthcare system? LINK
USA Today?s Charisse Jones: ?Doctors express hopes to franchise urgent care in U.S.? LINK
USA Today?s Mimi Hall: ?Obama begins health care push? LINK
ENVIRONMENT:
The Wall Street Journal?s Stephen Power: ?Climate Bill Splits Industry Coalition? LINK
OTHER MUST-READS:
The Wall Street Journal?s Miriam Jordan: ?New Curbs Set on Arrests of Illegal Immigrants? LINK
ABC News? Scott Mayerowitz: ?Will Ghosts of Bush Administration Derail Obama?s Agenda?? LINK
The Los Angeles Times? Teresa Watanabe: ?Activists push ballot initiative to end state benefits for illegal immigrants and their U.S.-born children? LINK
Los Angeles Times Opinion: ?A bipartisan blueprint for immigration reform? LINK
The Washington Times? Christina Bellantoni: ?Obama enters fray in governors’ races? LINK
USA Today?s Kevin Johnson: ?Officer deaths up in first half of ?09? LINK
ABC NEWS VIDEOS:
?Burris Won’t Seek Re-election to Senate? LINK
?Obama Meets Pope at the Vatican? LINK
?G-8’s Broken Promises to Africa? LINK
?Signs of Stimulus Wasting? LINK
?Inside Sotomayor’s Family Heritage? LINK
?The Bottom Line on Stimulus Spending? LINK
The Note: A Bit Outside — Sotomayor Hearings Could Boost Obama Agenda
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