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February 23, 2009
• President Obama Holds Fiscal Responsibility Summit; Will U.S. Government Nationalize Big Banks?
• Conservative Dems Dog President; Budget Axe Hits Pentagon; President Obama's Possible Commerce Choice
• President Obama Vows to Slash Deficit; Fiscal Health of Nation


February 21, 2009
• Stimulus Package Examined; Stephen Harper Interview


February 20, 2009
• President Obama Meets With America's Mayors; More Calls For Senator Roland Burris to Resign
• Iran At Nuclear "Breakout Capability"; Israeli Hawk Taking Charge; Cartoon Half-Apology; Taxing Your Miles; Obama Honeymoon: Not Over Yet
• President May 'Call Out' Mayors; Illinois Governor to Senator Burris: Resign; Clinton Softens Tone in China


February 19, 2009
• President Obama Meets With Canadian Prime Minister; GM Jobs on the Line
• Financier Found; Warning Issued Before Buffalo Crash; Last Moments of Doomed Flight; "These Troops Are Necessary"
• Buffalo Airport Safety Concerns; President Obama in Canada; California Avoids Budget Disaster


February 18, 2009
• President Obama's Lifeline to Homeowners; More U.S. Troops Headed to Afghanistan
• Foreclosure Fix Revealed; Financier Accused of $8 Billion Fraud; Swiss Bank Shocker; CSI Science Under Fire
• $75 Billion Lifeline for Homeowners; Carmakers Want Bigger Bailout; Interview With Canadian Prime Minister


February 17, 2009
• President Obama Signs Stimulus Bill; Cheney Furious With Bush?
• Pilots' Training Getting 2nd Look; Pet Chimp Mauls Woman; President Obama's Message to Canada
• President Obama OKs Buildup in Afghanistan; $787 Billion Rescue Signed Into Law; Roland Burris Fights Perjury Questions


February 16, 2009
• President Obama Heads West to Sign Stimulus Bill; What Roland Burris Left Out
• Taliban in Charge; Nuclear Submarines Collide; President Obama's Next Moves; Terrifying Final Moments; Mystery Fireball Over Texas; TV Exec Accused of Beheading Wife
• NTSB Briefing; President Obama Heads West to Sign Stimulus Bill; Bill Clinton on Wife's Role


February 14, 2009
• Investigating the Bush Administration; Obama Stimulus Plan; Senator Leahy Interview


February 13, 2009
• New Clues Emerge in Commuter Crash; House Passes Economic Stimulus Plan
• 50 Dead in Buffalo Plane Crash; Crash Landing in London; Dramatic Video Right After Crash
• Continuing Coverage of The Crash of Flight 3407; Passenger Jet Crash Lands at London City Airport


February 12, 2009
• Another Obama Cabinet Nominee Withdraws; Top Spy on Top Threats
• Judd Gregg Opts Out; Should U.S. Troops Enter Pakistan to Fight Taliban?; U.S. Weapons Lost in Afghanistan; Karzai: Can Work with President Obama
• President Obama Speaks in Peoria; Interview with Former Secretary of State Colin Powell; Interview with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai


February 11, 2009
• Stimulus Compromise; Bailout Backlash
• Stimulus Compromise, But No Deal; 9th Death in Salmonella Outbreak; Plea to President Obama Pays Off; Stimulus Snag Resolved; YouTube Ad Dust Up
• Talking Economic Reform in Virginia; House and Senate Working Out Stmulus; Csatro Rags Emanuel


February 10, 2009
• New Danger For Economic Stimulus Plan; Iranian Outreach to United States
• Israelis Picking A New Leader; Race Against Time for Rescue Plan; Obama Administration's Golden Parachutes
• Obama Administration Takes Steps to Solve America's Economic Crisis; Grading President's First Press Conference


February 09, 2009
• President Obama Set to Address Nation; Economic Stimulus Bill Advances in Senate
• Poll Numbers on President's Side; Toxic Assets Poison Lending; "We Cannot Afford Failure"; 3,600 Face U.S. Deportation; Key Vote Underway on Economic Rescue
• President Barack Obama Sells Economic Plan to Indiana, Interview with Lawrence Summers


February 07, 2009
• Senate Bipartisan Group Compromises on Stimulus; Jimmy Carter Interview; Michael Steele Elected RNC Chair


February 06, 2009
• Tentative Deal Reached in Senate on Stimulus Bill
• Economy Hemorrhaging Jobs; We're Delaying Justice; President Obama Put to the Test; Best Fix for the Economy; Help-Wanted Sign Still Hanging; Polls Cooling, Talk Heats Up
• President Obama Blasts Delay of Stimulus Plan; Setback for Stimulus Compromise; Nearly 600,000 Jobs Lost in January


February 05, 2009
• Another Obama Cabinet Nominee Facing Tax Questions; Cancer Surgery For U.S. Supreme Court Justice
• Tax Trouble Dogs Labor Pick; Senate Debates Economic Plan; President Obama Strikes Back; How to Spend the Money; New Al Qaeda Safe Haven; Mixing Politics & Religion
• President Obama: 'Time for Action is Now'; Justice Ginsburg's Cancer Surgery; Revamping White House Faith Agency


February 04, 2009
• Is D.C. Recession-Proof?; President Obama Caps Executive Pay
• President Obama Signs SCHIP Into Law/President Puts Lid on Executives' Pay/Cheney Warns of Catastrophic Attack/From Stand-Off to Love-In/Volcano on the Verge/Something's Better Than Nothing
• President Obama Slaps Pay Cap on Execs; Sparring Over Economic Plan; Interview With Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa


February 03, 2009
• Michelle Obama's Listening Tour; Interview With Barack Obama
• One-On-One with the President; Lawmakers Mull 4 Percent Loan; The Economy's "Dr. Doom"; Pleasure Boats Sail Away
• Holes in Obama Vetting Process; GOP Blocks Add-Ons in Senate


February 02, 2009
• Rescuing the Rescue Plan; More U.S. Troops to Afghanistan
• Rescuing the Rescue Plan; Interview with Michael Steele; Outright Fraud on Taxpayers; Badminton Diplomacy with Iran; Twisting on the Economy
• President Obama Holds Stimulus Talks; New Economic Rescue Roadblocks; Clinton Taking the Oath


January 31, 2009
• Replays of Week's Noteworthy Interviews


January 30, 2009
• White House vs. Rush Limbaugh; FDA Launches Criminal Probe Into Peanut Plant
• "Disaster" for the Middle Class; "Bad Bank" for Toxic Assets; Economy on a Tightrope; GOP Picks First Black Leader
• 'Disaster' for Middle Class; Michael Steele Elected as RNC Chairman; Middle Class Task Force


January 29, 2009
• Blagojevich Ousted; Obama Outraged at Wall Street Bonuses
• Illinois Senate Weighs Ousting Governor; Thousands More Jobs Cut; Conflict of Interest Questions
• Debating Blagojevich's Fate; Wall Street Bonuses 'Shameful'; GOP Turns Back on President


January 28, 2009
• House Votes on Economic Stimulus Plan; President Obama Meets With Business Leaders
• CIA Drug and Rape Allegations; Plan to End Saturday Mail; Governor Asks to Speak at Trial; President: U.S. at Perilous Moment; Obama Look-Alikes Abound
• President Obama at Pentagon; House Nears Vote on Economic Rescue; Governor Blagojevich's Request; Interview With Jimmy Carter


January 27, 2009
• From Iraq to Afghanistan; Interview With Virginia Congressman Eric Cantor
• Wiretap Tapes Released; President Obama Answers al Qaeda; "He Was Really Cool"
• White House Briefing


January 26, 2009
• Tens of Thousands of American Jobs Wiped Out; Joe Biden's Influence
• President: Extraordinary Action Needed; Report: Bailed-Out Bank Buys Jet; President Obama Pushing Green
• Major Companies Make Staggering Job Cuts; Middle East Mission Has New Envoy; Blagojevich's Impeachment Trail Begins


January 24, 2009
• Changes in the War on Terrorism; Musharraf Interview; Colin Powell Speaks about Obama


January 23, 2009
• What Happened to Caroline Kennedy?; Hillary Clinton's Power Grab; Stem Cell Research
• Arm Twisting on the Economy; Interview with Pervez Musharraf
• SOS on Economic Relief; President Obama's First Strikes; In Hillary Clinton's Footsteps


January 22, 2009
• Obama Breaks With Bush Terror Tactics; Michelle Obama's Agenda
• Hillary Clinton Takes Charge; Defending the Defense Lobbyist; President Obama: Day 3; Caroline Kennedy Pulls Out of Senate Race
• War on Terror Overhaul; In Charge of Your Security; Pushing Back on Obama's Strategies


January 21, 2009
• Treasury Pick Grilled on Capitol Hill; First Lady's First Moves
• Barack Obama's First Executive Orders; Drama on Capitol Hill; Obama's War Plan; Kenya's Favorite Son
• Obama Gives New Orders; Judging Hillary Clinton; Taxing Questions for Treasury Pick


January 20, 2009
• President Obama Reviews Inaugural Parade
• The Inauguration of Barack Obama
• President Obama, First Lady Walk in Parade; Collage of Photos of Inauguration Day


January 19, 2009
• Barack Obama Prepares to Become 44th President
• Final Preps At Inaugural Site; Secret Service Countersnipers; "A Dream Come True"; Changing Views of Obama
• Obama: What You Can do for U.S.; Revealing Details of Obama Inaugural Address; Interview With Congressman James Clyburn


January 16, 2009
• Interview With Barack Obama; Hudson River Crash Details
• "Heroism in the Hudson"; How to Ditch an Airliner; Hailed As Hero; Obama Planning Dramatic Moves; Military Combats Bird Strikes;
• Obama Scores First Major Victory; NTSB Holds News Conference on Hudson River Crash


January 15, 2009
• Airliner Goes Down in Hudson River
• US Airways Plane Down in Hudson River
• U.S. Airways Plane Goes Down in Hudson River


January 14, 2009
• Obama Defends Treasury Pick; President-elect Meets With Critics
• Apple Boss Taking Medical Leave; Bin Laden Challenges President-Elect, Blair; Obama Version 2.0
• Obama Defends Treasury Choice; Madoff Remains Out On Bail; Pentagon Official Speaks Out About Gitmo; NY'ers Cool on Caroline Kennedy


January 13, 2009
• Hillary Faces Confirmation Hearing; Hurdles to Closing Guantanamo?
• Obama to Dems: Give Me the Money; Treasury Pick's Tax "Mistake"; Bush Administration Profits; Governor's Senate Pick; Clinton Team Turf Wars; Bill's Backseat to Hillary
• Hillary Clinton Faces Congress; Barack Obama Confronts Skeptical Democrats


January 12, 2009
• Obama Asks For Bailout Billions; Blagojevich Pick Will Replace Obama in Senate
• Obama Asks for Bailout Billions; Awaiting Trial in A Penthouse; Obama's Hope Yielding to Sacrifice
• President Bush Unplugged; Roadblocks to Obama's Agenda; Israel Insecure About Iran's Nuclear Agenda


January 09, 2009
• Israel, Hamas Reject U.N. Appeal; Illinois Governor Impeached
• Obama's Cloak-And-Dagger Team; Jobless Rate Highest in 16 Years; Carter: Obama Vows "Active Role"; Interview with Nancy Pelosi; Loot Parachuted to Pirates; "The Mama Grizzly Rises Up in Me"


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