Obama will call again Armenian deaths "Genocide" - the associated press

Obama will call again Armenian deaths ' genocide'(AP) - 13 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama on Saturday the anniversary of the massacre of Armenians in Turkey nearly a century ago by marked called it a "horrific" massacre, but briefly stopped by branding genocide.

In a written statement, Obama said that the 1915 killings of some represent "one of the worst atrocities of the twentieth century" 1.5 million Armenians. But he could use the third year in a row the word genocide to describe it.

As candidate for the Presidency vowed always to recognize the genocide to Obama, once in Office, take "principled obliged as a memorial to and ending genocide."

But declined since 2009 Obama use the word in the face of furious opposition from Turkey, a key NATO ally.

Most historians see the killings as the first genocide of the twentieth century, and accept the figure of Armenian 1.5 million deaths. However Government rejected Turkish State and long the concept, contending, that the numbers are inflated and say, there were many deaths on both sides as the Ottoman Empire in the first world war collapsed.

In his statement, Obama said "contested history the present destabilised and stains the memory of those whose living were taken." He said that America knows this by the dark chapter in its own history.

He praised efforts in Armenia and the Turkey ", promote a dialogue which confirms their shared history."

But Obama limited use of Armenian called for the killing, meds Yeghern, and homage "to the memories of those who perished."

He said that his point of view what happened the amended has, since the campaign, adding "a full, frank, and is the only acknowledgment of the facts in our interest."

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Invitation to the Israeli leader is Obama spot - New York Times

Discuss White House officials have for three months, whether Mr Obama turbulence, including the upheaval in the Arab world, make a major address on the region the time has come, and whether he should use the opportunity, propose a new plan for peace between Israelis and Palestinians.

An administration official said this course was Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the President himself, but by Dennis B. Ross, senior advisor to the President to the Middle East.

Because the Administration has brooding, Mr Netanyahu, was been scary, that his country floor plan would lose administration with no Obama, has consideration, whether in the White House with a proposal of his own, before a friendly Congress, prejudice, according to American officials and diplomats from the region.

"People seem to think that if you go first gets the upper hand," said Daniel Levy, a former Israeli peace negotiator and Director at the new America Foundation. Mr Netanyahu nickname, he said: "If Bibi went first and layout, would a bold peace plan to put it more difficult for Obama actually despite what you said Congress and their applause, that is what I think you should do."

The political diversion between the two men demonstrates how the calculation has changed East in the Middle for a variety of reasons, including the political unrest in the Arab world. But it shows the lack of trust and personal animosity of Mr Obama and Mr Netanyahu is what some officials say.

White House officials to draft a possible proposal which work, but they not decided how detailed it will be or even whether the President will deliver it in a planned speech. If Mr Obama submit to an American plan, officials say it could have four principles or negotiators have cursed mandate, to the final status issues, the peace since 1979.

The terms of reference might call for Israel, to accept a Palestinian State on the basis of the 1967 borders. You would have to accept Palestinians, that they end up not the right to return to Israel would get, from which they fled or were forced to flee. Jerusalem would be the capital of both States, and Israeli security would need to be protected.

Mr Netanyahu has made it clear that he wants to Israel's security before any deal needs dealt with peace with the Palestinians. He has worried more about security, because layers in power among the Arab States have weakened in recent months Israel's already fragile relations with its neighbours, in particular Egypt.

The fighting between the Obama administration and the Israeli Government reached a peak last week when Mrs. Clinton, in Washington for a meeting of the U.S.-Islamic World Forum, announced that Mr Obama "more detail would talk East and North Africa about America's policy in the middle in the coming weeks."

Their announcement electrified Israeli officials who got with American officials and journalists quickly on the phone whether Mr Obama had decided to put on the table an American plan. He had not such a decision, and White House officials pointed out that the internal debate was still going on.

But two days later, the House speaker, John A. Boehner of Ohio, his intention announced, Mr Netanyahu, invite, to address a joint session of Congress. "America and Israel are the closest friends and allies, and we are looking forward to the Prime Minister's views on how we can continue working together for peace, freedom and stability," Mr. Boehner said in a press release.

Like many other foreign leaders, Mr Netanyahu spoke in Congress. He did so in 1996, and four other Israeli Prime Ministers have in the past 35 years. The platform is American elected leaders the possibility of public support for Israel for the politically crucial Israel lobby to demonstrate.

Mr Netanyahu will address the planned meeting of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, probably the most powerful of the American groups together, which advocate for Israel.

Brendan buck, Mr Boehner spokesman, said that staff had received no pushback from the White House about the invitation to Mr Netanyahu. "Of course, it's a troubled time for the region," he said. "Our members were very interested to demonstrate that we are with Israel."

In November last year, representative Eric Cantor, Republican of Virginia, said Mr Netanyahu, that would the new GOP majority in the House "review of the Administration, in a statement serve", put the rare his blunt disagreement on American foreign policy as a leading provider of foreign.

Mr. Cantor put out a statement after a meeting with Mr Netanyahu said that he "clearly, that the Republican majority understands the special relationship between Israel and the United States and the security of every nation of the other independent is made."

Brian Katulis, a national security expert with the Center for American progress, a liberal research organization, said that Republicans were trying "Israel a partisan wedge issue."

"And that's bad for Israel, and that's bad for the United States", said Mr Katulis. But he added that the Administration would never publicly or privately, against the idea of one Israeli leader addressing Congress.

Two American officials, on condition of anonymity by diplomatic caution, speaking, said they thought that if Mr Netanyahu, a bold proposal for peace with the Palestinians should deal, he would do before his own people in the Knesset.

"Instead of concentration on the establishment of peace, everyone seems speech-making, in the Centre of the stand", said Martin S. Indyk, Vice President for foreign policy at the Brookings Institution and a former US Ambassador to Israel. "And unless that talk that generate peace negotiations, so that no peace talk generated."

The debate is in a pending deadline by the United Nations General Assembly meeting in September, when the Assembly is expected to Palestinian statehood in a vote on the whole, support that deeply embarrassing could prove for Israel and the United States planned, both are expected to vote against it.

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Correction: April 22, 2011

An article on Thursday between President Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Israel falsified the location of a speech in which Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced that Mr Obama soon would provide policy in the Middle East details of America's last week. It was in Washington, D.C., Forum, not in Qatar, at a meeting of the U.S.-Islamic world.

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Obama Panel to curb Medicare finds enemies in both parties

Mr Obama wants to extend the power of the area 15 members that health care was created by the new law to curb Medicare costs.

But not only do, Republicans and some Democrats are against the powers of the Management Board, they want to eliminate you. Opponents fear that the Panel, known purchasing power of one of the most important and expensive social programs of the Government would seize payment, Congressional as independent Advisory Board.

According to the law issues would be recommended cuts of the appointed Panel automatically effective when the Congress voted to block or modify it. In General, federal courts could actions for the implementation of the recommendations not review board. The effects of decisions of the Board of Directors can be, increased because private insurers in Medicare rates often as a guide or as a benchmark for use in paying doctors, hospitals and other providers.

Last week, Mr Obama said in his speech on deficit reduction, he wants beef of boards cost powers in an indeterminate way the growth of Medicare spending exceeds certain objectives. Proponents say that the Board, to take tough decisions, since it will be isolated from legislative politics.

Legislators agree not. Representative Paul D. Ryan, Republican of Wisconsin and Chairman of the House Budget Committee, called it "a rationing Board" and said Congress should not "delegate Medicare decision making on 15 people by the President appointed." He said that that proposal would allow the Board Mr Obama "impose more price controls and other restrictions for providers that are cutting services for senior citizens at the end."

Senator John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, that a bill last month introduced, pick up, the Medicare Board, said the proposal of the President "Difficult decisions on health issues on a Board of unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats punts."

Representative Allyson y. Schwartz, Pennsylvania Democrats on health care issues, said: "It is our constitutional duty as members of Congress, responsibility for Medicare take over and not turn around decisions to a Board." "This responsibility, depriving whether our ability, our constituents, including senior citizens undermines insurance companies or by an unelected Commission, and with disabilities represent."

Woman on Friday as a co-sponsor of a law, the Board lift Schwartz logged.

The Panel, in accordance with the health care law aims to reduce the rate of growth in Medicare spending per beneficiary and per. The law sets annual goals - "target growth rates" - for Medicare spending under the average of the last 15 years.

Board members are subject to change - Senate no easy task in the current political climate. Terms are six years. Members may serve no more than two full terms. The White House has to submit more nominations for the Board.

"Why have legislators?" asked representative Pete Stark of California, senior Democrat on the ways and means Subcommittee on health.

In a sense Mr Stark said the performance of the Board extended as bad as buy Medicare beneficiaries, private insurance companies could give vouchers. "Theoretically, at least you can the vouchers put on an adequate level," he said. "But in his effort to limit growth of Medicare spending, which is Board expected to inadequate payment rates for health care providers, set you could compromise patient care."

Representative Shelley Berkley, Democrat from Nevada, said she wanted to pick up the Medicare Board. "I trust, that this Administration together can have a strong, independent and knowledgeable Board," said Mrs Berkley, but she said that she had less confidence in future administrations.

Mark Parkinson, President who American Association health care, which represents nursing homes, said that its members did not like the Board of Directors, so that Congress and the President of "Difficult decisions to subcontract."

However, could the idea, a potent Medicare Board a live option, if the White House in budget negotiations with Congress on.

Mr Obama said last week that he issues "wasteful subsidies and erroneous payments, would reduce" to cut back on prescription drugs and 2023 to save $500 billion in Medicare and Medicaid other steps. "But if we are wrong and Medicare costs rise faster than we expect," he said, the Medicare Board would have "the authority additional savings by further improving Medicare."

Proposal of the President put more stringent targets for Medicare spending and some kind of automatic cutting device as an "enforcement mechanism" to establish, but Mr Obama said not exactly how it would work.

Kathleen Sebelius, the Secretary of health and human services, described the Board as a stop "to ensure that health costs are reduced." The Board not to act if the President slow the growth of Medicare spending can have other proposals, said it.

The Committee is of the proposals of Mr Obama and Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, Democrat of West Virginia.

Mr Rockefeller said "Medicare payment terms should be found by experts, with evidence, not through the influence of special interests,".

Association expressed concern about the latest proposal of the President of the American Medical Association, AARP and the American Hospital.

"Before relying on any spending objectives no good way to health policy, especially when decisions to the unelected and unaccountable, can be left to", said A. Barry RAND, Chief Executive of the AARP, the lobby for older Americans.

According to the law, not the Board may increase referrals to "Ration health care," sales or beneficiary premiums to increase deductibles or co-payments. This increases the likelihood that the Board will try to save money by cutting Medicare reimbursements to health care providers.

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Aircraft with Michelle Obama breaks landing

The aircraft with the first lady, a military version of Boeing 737, three miles behind the C-17 was but should be five miles behind, because of the possibility of encountering turbulence of the transport aircraft be wake. The aircraft were too close to an error by a civilian air traffic controllers at a low altitude control center in Virginia, according to an official involved in the incident. But the event described the official as "Routine".

The controller in Virginia, distorted passing the approaching level from the control of the controller in the Tower in Andrews, at first separation of the two aircraft, saying that they four miles were away from each other, when in fact had closed the gap, three miles away, the official said.

To try the aircraft come to how controller ordered would do the aircraft to maneuver width with Mrs. Obama, the letter S, a skier to prevent spread to another too fast from behind.

But that was not enough and the controller in the tower at Andrews ordered to "bypass the Boeing" because they were concerned that the Jet cargo to slow down, not touch and stop the start and runway on a taxiway before that would have exceeded passenger aircraft which start and runway threshold. This problem is dozens of times per day with airliners on civil airports of the country, according to aviation experts.

The incident occurred just after 5 P.m. on Monday, the F.A.A. said in a statement, adding that "The aircraft were never in any danger." The Agency said in its statement that the problem was controller error.

The incident was reported for the first time on the website of the Washington Post.

Airliners do sometimes "go arounds", as a pilot in the cockpit judges that the aircraft forward is unclear, the start and runway will soon enough; in this case it was controller in the tower at Andrews, the aircraft to go with Mrs. Obama to order. Although Andrews is a military area, employees involved in this incident were all controller F.A.A..

Niedergelegte "Go Arounds" follow-up procedures, which give to turn the direction and the altitude that should climb the aircraft.

Too narrow for a large aircraft such as a C-17 is at low altitude, considered particularly risky if one upset would be rather a crash cause. In this case, the amount of the 737 was not immediately clear, but it was more than three miles from the start and runway threshold, because it was more than three miles behind the cargo Jet, and the transport aircraft still not reached the starting and runway, officially according to the Government.

In the aerial choreography in this case is not unusual, is it traffic system after several weeks of high-profile issues in the air, which in the Washington area began.

March 2005 the only controller used in the Tower of Ronald Reagan National Airport, Virginia across the Potomac River from Andrews, sleeping on his post, and two incoming aircraft were establish no connection with him. Both ended up anyway. The controller on duty at the Reno-Tahoe airport in Nevada not to queries from one incoming aircraft last week to respond. And on Thursday, the official air traffic control, Henry p. Krakowski, Chief Operating Officer of the Agency of air traffic organization, resigned.

At the time of the administrator of F.A.A., j. Randolph Babbitt, said in a statement: "in recent weeks we have seen examples of unprofessional conduct of some individuals, which rightly our ability to ensure their security have caused the travellers public on the issue." "This behavior must stop immediately."

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Plane carrying Michelle Obama aborts landing

The American authorities federal aviation said a plane carrying Michelle Obama abandoned landing Monday after his arrival too close to a military cargo jet.

The Federal Aviation Administration said that a Boeing 737, the fleet of presidential aircraft, came to within five kilometres of a C-17 massive as aircraft approached Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland to the Earth.

The FAA requires a minimum separation of eight kilometres between plans to avoid the dangerous wake turbulence.

Andrews Air ordered traffic controllers plane of Ms. Obama to abort its landing and the circle of the airport to give time to larger aircraft to clear the runway.

The FAA reviewed the incident as a possible error by the controllers in a regional radar facility in Warrenton, Virginia.

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Opinion: Obama wasted chance

President Obama said Wednesday on the budget offered by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan.Keith Hennessey says that Obama wasted to chance says about aisle in the household of SpeechHe, Obama Ryan attacked the plan, which would put expenditure, deficit, taxes on sustainable PathObama refused, clean energy, infrastructure, education Hennessey change on medical research funding,: Obama was launches 2012 offer; poisoned well for bipartisan negotiationsEditor's Note: Keith Hennessey is a fellow at the Hoover research teaching institution, a public policy Center, at the Stanford business school, and writes about American economic policy at KeithHennessey.com. He served as a senior of White House of economic adviser to President George W. Bush.

(CNN) --hatten with his budget speech Wednesday President Obama opportunity of the political aisle to achieve. He could have proposed that a budget plan, combined oriented needs in the long term, structural changes to the big three entitlement programs-social security, Medicare and Medicaid--with the tax increases he wants.

He was the proposals of his tax Commission of co-Chairman, former Clinton Chief of staff Erskine Bowles and former Republican Senator Alan Simpson signed off. Their proposal would these claims, limit government spending and finally it brings reform up to 21% of GDP.

He was a bipartisan Medicare reform proposal signed off. He could have proposed a specific social security reform proposal for the program to make sustainable. He could have taken probably a political risk for the nation.

The President opened his remarks by attacking the only budget to solve America's long-term fiscal problems instead which would, offered of House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan.

This budget contains a Medicare reform plan, makes sustainable Medicaid spending, would mean that Government would shrink debt to the economy from three years from now and put America's spending, deficits and taxes on a sustainable path.

Borger: Budget goodwill disappeared without a trace

The President attacked the Ryan plan and stressed what he will not do: he will reduce expenditure not in medical research or clean energy technology, or roads or airports or broadband access or education or job training. It can be no changes to the affordable health care for America Act, the two large and unsustainable pension entitlements of the already prohibitive promise of past politicians added.

If your goal is it, a cross-party discussion promote, search to say something constructive about the ideas of your negotiating partners. You are against their proposals without attacking their motives. You create a constructive environment, which encourages the politicians on both sides, for principled cross-party compromise take political risks in search.

Instead, the President threw down the gauntlet. He made it clear that if you the Ryan budget support, he will attack you. He will blame you ", keep the promise, that we have made to the care for our seniors," not despite the explicit commitment in the budget of Ryan, that it would affect only future pensioners.

The President offered two new expenditure cut proposals. He proposed to the amount, pay the Government for prescription drugs in Medicare and Medicaid. He suggested that down on States that their Medicaid accounting gimmick.

Gergen: Obama--brilliant politician, timid leader

All other expenses cut, which he proposed is a mirage. His proposed tax Commission, "the phantom replace savings by scheduled Medicare reimbursement cuts which never materialize be... with real, sensible reforms." The President proposed instead that this very same phantom increase savings and he claims hundreds of billions of dollars do deficit reduction from.

He committed to defence spending cut but gave no specifics. He said, he would a month after us forces to a "missions, functions, and our role in a changing world lead a fundamental review of America 's" third front, to commit in Libya. It is dangerous, at the same time extend the Mission of America's military and cut their resources.

And he keeps the taxation on the rich. But while the policy differences between the parties that are real and significant, they are small compared to the differences expenses claim.

Opinion: Obama's focus should be on jobs, not deficit

Speech of the President's budget was excellent, to start the 2012 campaign. He has set up a debate on the future of tax policy and the role of the Government.

He has become against those the an alternative-propose positioned and seems more verantwortlich-- fiscal path for America. He has electrified the track and now dares to take the other party.

He has the well for the all-party negotiations, poisoned, any chance of a grand budget to kill bargain over the next 18 months. With a single speech, he has two more years of partisan budgetary stalemate, America get closer as we and drifting closer to fiscal oblivion.

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Obama signs short-term spending bill

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Obama signs short-term dealNEWbudget: President makes quick trip to Lincoln Memorial Memorial tea party "not very impressed" with budget dealA temporary measure will keep the government funded through April 15 the deal calls for $38.5 billion in spending cuts

Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama of signed a short-term funding extension on Saturday hours after Democrats and Republicans narrowly averted a partial shutdown of the federal government by agreeing on the measure and a budget deal.

The new funding extension, which cuts spending by $2 billion, will last through next Friday, April 15.

The Senate immediately passed the extension on a voice vote. The House of representatives followed suit early Saturday morning.

Administration and congressional officials made clear that there would be no lapses in government funding.

In his weekly address Saturday, the president explained that the agreement meant that small businesses can get the loans they need, families can get the mortgages they applied for, "folks can visit our national parks and museums" and paychecks, including those for the military, will be delivered on time.

"This is an agreement to invest in our country's future while making the largest annual spending cut in our history," Obama said.

Behind the scenes of budget battle

The president later made at announced visit to the Lincoln Memorial, where he shook hands, and sprinted down its steps.

"I just want to say real quick that because Congress which able to settle its differences - that's why this place is open today and everybody's able to enjoy their visit," Obama said. "That's the kind of future cooperation I hope we have going forward."

Negotiators capped days of frantic-closed-door talks and public recriminations by agreeing on a framework for a package of $38.5 billion in spending cuts covering the rest of the fiscal year, which expires September 30. The budget deal still needs to pass in both houses, with the expectation that lawmakers will approve it and will the president sign it before the short-term funding measure expires.

The House is scheduled to begin considering that budget deal on Monday, with a vote slated for Wednesday. The Senate would take up the bill at some point after that, said spokesman Jon summers of Senate majority leader Harry Reid's office.

Budget deal: good news, bad news

Republicans, bolstered by their capture of the House of representatives in last November's mid-term elections, had initially pushed for $61 billion in cuts.

A GOP push to strip $317 million in federal funding from planned parenthood failed. Democrats also turned back Republican attempts to get federal dollars currently set aside for family planning and women's health turned into block grants for states.

Such a move would have given governors and state legislatures more ability to cut funding for services opposed by conservatives.

Sources told CNN, however, that leaders of the Democratic-controlled Senate agreed to hold separate votes on both measures, as well as on an initiative to repeal Obama's health care overhaul.

Obama praised the agreement, calling the cuts "painful" but necessary to secure the country's economic future.

This "is what the American people expect US to do," the president said at the White House. "That's why they sent US here."

Zakaria: Proof of broken government?

He also praised the deal as a model of bipartisan cooperation.

"Like any worthwhile compromise, both sides had to make tough decisions and give ground on issues that were important to them," he said.

"This has been a lot of discussion and a long fight," said House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. Republicans fought to "create a better environment for job creators in our country."

Senate majority leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, called the deal "difficult but important for the country."

Nevertheless, the furious down-to-the-wire talks portend even tough rounds of negotiations when Congress takes up an increase in the nation's debt ceiling and the fiscal year 2012 budget in the months ahead.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich echoed that thought Saturday. In 1995, Gingrich and Republicans controlling the Senate clashed with President Bill Clinton over the federal government, forcing a shutdown.

"It's the first big step in the right direction," said Gingrich, a possible Republican presidential candidate, of Friday night's legislation. "John Boehner got the largest spending cut in history."

If the negotiations had failed, approximately 800,000 government workers would have been furloughed. A range of government services would have come to halt.

Obama noted earlier in the week that the mechanism of shutting down government operations had already started. On inability to reach a deal would have hurt federal workers, people who rely on government services and the nation's broader economic recovery, he warned.

"For US to go backwards because Washington could not get its act together is unacceptable," the president said.

Top aides on both sides of the aisle had seemed increasingly resigned to the prospect of a shutdown. Congressional staffers started receiving their furlough notices Thursday afternoon.

Friday's agreement to slash $38.5 billion in spending comes on top of two previous funding extensions that included $10 billion in cuts.

Republicans, under pressure from the conservative tea party movement to reduce the size of government, blame Democrats for failing to pass a fiscal year 2011 budget last year when they controlled both the Senate and the House. They also say Obama and his party are ignoring the peril of rising federal deficits and the national debt.

Democrats call the $61 billion in cuts initially pushed by the Republicans extreme and argue reductions of that scale would have harmed the economic recovery while damaging education and innovation programs essential for continued growth.

The budget brinkmanship showed the political stakes of the situation, with both parties trying to depict the other as of have to do what's right for the country.

It also demonstrated the cavernous gap between the two parties on social issues.

Lawmakers react to budget deal

Democrats said the Republican drive to defund planned parenthood proves the GOP is fixated on abortion and other issues related to women's health. Republicans repeatedly insisted that the size of spending reductions which the main cause of the dispute in recent days.

Levi Russell, a spokesman for the tea party Express, told CNN the group isn't "very impressed" with the budget deal and said the agreement proves the party has a lot more work to do to ensure deeper cuts.

Planned Parenthood claimed victory for American women.

"A handful of members of Congress tried to use the debate over our nation's deficit to pursue an extreme agenda that would'nt cut millions of women off from Pap tests, breast exams and birth control - without reducing the deficit," said President Cecile Richards.CNN's Dana Bash, Deirdre Walsh, Ted Barrett, John King, Kate Bolduan, Brianna Keilar, Terry peace, Ed Henry, Dan Lothian and Tom Cohen contributed to this report

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Budget talk Obama, key legislators

Tea-party budgetary positions too extreme?House Republicans propose an other short-term ExtensionDemocrats, Republicans differ on cuts in mandatory ProgrammenDie meeting takes place on Tuesday, the White House SaysWithout an agreement, the Government would shut down after Friday

Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama has Congressional leaders for Tuesday invited to try through a budget deal, press a partial Government three days before the deadline to avoid shutdown.

The meeting comes the Republican and democratic leaders a continued deadlock in negotiations over how much signals you to cut government spending for the rest of the current fiscal year, which ends on 30 September.

Without shutdown from Friday, when approving measure expires the current expenditure, parts of the Government.

White House spokesman, Jay Carney reporter Monday, which said "Progress" in talks so far was conducted including agreement on a target of 33 billion dollars in total expenditure cuts below the current level.

Republican leaders, did not agree, however, that any agreement was reached to a total, and said that a shutdown would be Government for failure to act on the parts of Obama and Democrats.

On Monday evening, GOP said leaders that resolution proposed a one-week extension of current expenditure, avoid the a shutdown and include spending cuts while also means of the US Department of Defense for the rest of the fiscal year. The business also about $12 billion would cut House said means Chairman HAL Rogers, in a statement.

The new extension is "an option" for now, a senior House GOP leadership aide stressed, planned with no to it by the House. If negotiators come up with a broader agreement, the new house proposal could be modified, the aide said.

Republican leaders rejected before the possibility of one more short-term spending have kept resolution such as those who financed the Government for the first half of fiscal year 2011.

Have been through the publication of the new short-term proposal on Monday evening, House Republicans will make sure that she could be measure before the end of the current issues on Friday. Invoices must be online available for 72 hours before a vote under the rules adopted in January.

Adviser to House majority leader John Boehner said, that the legislators also said House Administration of Chairman Dan Lungren, R-California, to issue instructions to all the members Tuesday on how the House of the Government shutdown would work.

Earlier, House majority leader accused Democrats, Eric Cantor, R-Virginia "promotion of false promises and use sleight of hand budgeting, to obtain an imaginary expenditure figure, much to is low."

However, said Senate majority leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, it was Republicans denied were, on a bill passed by the GOP controlled House, which cut $61 billion in discretionary funding would endanger.

Democrats consider the House Bill, draconian, complain that it would cut the main programmes for continued economic recovery, and eliminates funding for others by conservative public, such as such as planned parenthood and national radio.

Reid cited movement conservatives supported by the tea party for their unwillingness to work with his side.

"Tea party Republicans refuse to recognize that their budget is simply a frightening proposal", Reid said the House Bill. "they stamp their feet and calling"Compromise"a dirty word and insist on a budget, which will hurt America rather than help."

Carney called for "Solutions, the support of both parties, can accumulate" pushing a process "where both sides come together, calm, ready to throw because they know not get them all, what they want their maximalist position on board."

He said, invitations for the meeting Tuesday on Reid; Boehner, R-Ohio; Senate resources of Committee Chairman Dan Inouye, D-Hawaii; and Rogers, R-Kentucky.

A senior democratic source with knowledge of the negotiations said the main remaining obstacle to a deal includes whether called part of expenditure should be reductions in mandatory spending programs in media language "Changes in compulsory expenditure", or CHIMPANZEE, cuts.

Examples of compulsory expenditure are programs Pell grants, health insurance programme for children, and some types of highway funding. Such programs are for several years at a time, with the expenditure for the period covered, free funding for each year of congressional approval.

According to senior democratic source, the chiefs of staff Inouye and Rogers during the weekend negotiated, and the gap between them is about $ 8 billion to $10 billion.

Several democratic sources say it about half the total cuts in this spending bill programs want to come of compulsory expenditure, and that they have put forward the necessary reductions in programs at the U.S. Department of agriculture, the Ministry of Justice, the Treasury and Pell grants.

Republicans, who want a reduction in the size of government expenditure according to note that the reduction in the expenditure in mandatory activities for a year that prevent amount does not go back to the original version in the following year.

"I have made clear that their $33 billion is not enough, and many of the cuts, which Democrats say the White House and Senate full of smoke and mirrors are," said Boehner Monday.

Other questions include negotiating the number of cuts in military discretionary spending and so-called "policy driver" by Republicans to federal funds it to prevent such as planned parenthood oppose programs sought. Democratic sources also say Republicans Cut on a democratic proposal to $2 billion to $3 billion in military spending are to take.

On Sunday, top senators from both sides said she expected to avoid much to a Government shutdown but clearly one that other looming budget battles, that there is little consensus.

Reid said on the CBS program "face the nation", that fears a backlash by the conservative movement tea party, Republican negotiators if they meet the Democrats half way on a budget deal.

As a result of an increase in the conservative support driven by the tea party movement Republicans won control of the House in November and reduced the Democratic majority in the Senate.

Tea of party activists criticized already Boehner for data control signals agreement on smaller cuts as passed in the Bill by the House demanded but rejected by the Senate.

Boehner's uncompromising attitude to Monday of the conservative concern against.

"It is clear unfortunately to me, and to the American people, that the White House and Senate Democrats simply not serious yet on adoption of real expenditure cuts," Boehner said in a statement. "And real expenditure restraint is important if we are going to create a better environment for job growth in our country."CNN's Dana Bash, Deirdre Walsh and Tom Cohen contributed to this story

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Budget talk Obama, key legislators

Tea-party budgetary positions too extreme?House Republicans propose an other short-term ExtensionDemocrats, Republicans differ on cuts in mandatory ProgrammenDie meeting takes place on Tuesday, the White House SaysWithout an agreement, the Government would shut down after Friday

Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama has Congressional leaders for Tuesday invited to try through a budget deal, press a partial Government three days before the deadline to avoid shutdown.

The meeting comes the Republican and democratic leaders a continued deadlock in negotiations over how much signals you to cut government spending for the rest of the current fiscal year, which ends on 30 September.

Without shutdown from Friday, when approving measure expires the current expenditure, parts of the Government.

White House spokesman, Jay Carney reporter Monday, which said "Progress" in talks so far was conducted including agreement on a target of 33 billion dollars in total expenditure cuts below the current level.

Republican leaders, did not agree, however, that any agreement was reached to a total, and said that a shutdown would be Government for failure to act on the parts of Obama and Democrats.

On Monday evening, GOP said leaders that resolution proposed a one-week extension of current expenditure, avoid the a shutdown and include spending cuts while also means of the US Department of Defense for the rest of the fiscal year. The business also about $12 billion would cut House said means Chairman HAL Rogers, in a statement.

The new extension is "an option" for now, a senior House GOP leadership aide stressed, planned with no to it by the House. If negotiators come up with a broader agreement, the new house proposal could be modified, the aide said.

Republican leaders rejected before the possibility of one more short-term spending have kept resolution such as those who financed the Government for the first half of fiscal year 2011.

Have been through the publication of the new short-term proposal on Monday evening, House Republicans will make sure that she could be measure before the end of the current issues on Friday. Invoices must be online available for 72 hours before a vote under the rules adopted in January.

Adviser to House majority leader John Boehner said, that the legislators also said House Administration of Chairman Dan Lungren, R-California, to issue instructions to all the members Tuesday on how the House of the Government shutdown would work.

Earlier, House majority leader accused Democrats, Eric Cantor, R-Virginia "promotion of false promises and use sleight of hand budgeting, to obtain an imaginary expenditure figure, much to is low."

However, said Senate majority leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, it was Republicans denied were, on a bill passed by the GOP controlled House, which cut $61 billion in discretionary funding would endanger.

Democrats consider the House Bill, draconian, complain that it would cut the main programmes for continued economic recovery, and eliminates funding for others by conservative public, such as such as planned parenthood and national radio.

Reid cited movement conservatives supported by the tea party for their unwillingness to work with his side.

"Tea party Republicans refuse to recognize that their budget is simply a frightening proposal", Reid said the House Bill. "they stamp their feet and calling"Compromise"a dirty word and insist on a budget, which will hurt America rather than help."

Carney called for "Solutions, the support of both parties, can accumulate" pushing a process "where both sides come together, calm, ready to throw because they know not get them all, what they want their maximalist position on board."

He said, invitations for the meeting Tuesday on Reid; Boehner, R-Ohio; Senate resources of Committee Chairman Dan Inouye, D-Hawaii; and Rogers, R-Kentucky.

A senior democratic source with knowledge of the negotiations said the main remaining obstacle to a deal includes whether called part of expenditure should be reductions in mandatory spending programs in media language "Changes in compulsory expenditure", or CHIMPANZEE, cuts.

Examples of compulsory expenditure are programs Pell grants, health insurance programme for children, and some types of highway funding. Such programs are for several years at a time, with the expenditure for the period covered, free funding for each year of congressional approval.

According to senior democratic source, the chiefs of staff Inouye and Rogers during the weekend negotiated, and the gap between them is about $ 8 billion to $10 billion.

Several democratic sources say it about half the total cuts in this spending bill programs want to come of compulsory expenditure, and that they have put forward the necessary reductions in programs at the U.S. Department of agriculture, the Ministry of Justice, the Treasury and Pell grants.

Republicans, who want a reduction in the size of government expenditure according to note that the reduction in the expenditure in mandatory activities for a year that prevent amount does not go back to the original version in the following year.

"I have made clear that their $33 billion is not enough, and many of the cuts, which Democrats say the White House and Senate full of smoke and mirrors are," said Boehner Monday.

Other questions include negotiating the number of cuts in military discretionary spending and so-called "policy driver" by Republicans to federal funds it to prevent such as planned parenthood oppose programs sought. Democratic sources also say Republicans Cut on a democratic proposal to $2 billion to $3 billion in military spending are to take.

On Sunday, top senators from both sides said she expected to avoid much to a Government shutdown but clearly one that other looming budget battles, that there is little consensus.

Reid said on the CBS program "face the nation", that fears a backlash by the conservative movement tea party, Republican negotiators if they meet the Democrats half way on a budget deal.

As a result of an increase in the conservative support driven by the tea party movement Republicans won control of the House in November and reduced the Democratic majority in the Senate.

Tea of party activists criticized already Boehner for data control signals agreement on smaller cuts as passed in the Bill by the House demanded but rejected by the Senate.

Boehner's uncompromising attitude to Monday of the conservative concern against.

"It is clear unfortunately to me, and to the American people, that the White House and Senate Democrats simply not serious yet on adoption of real expenditure cuts," Boehner said in a statement. "And real expenditure restraint is important if we are going to create a better environment for job growth in our country."CNN's Dana Bash, Deirdre Walsh and Tom Cohen contributed to this story

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Budget talk Obama, key legislators

Tea-party budgetary positions too extreme?House Republicans propose an other short-term ExtensionDemocrats, Republicans differ on cuts in mandatory ProgrammenDie meeting takes place on Tuesday, the White House SaysWithout an agreement, the Government would shut down after Friday

Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama has Congressional leaders for Tuesday invited to try through a budget deal, press a partial Government three days before the deadline to avoid shutdown.

The meeting comes the Republican and democratic leaders a continued deadlock in negotiations over how much signals you to cut government spending for the rest of the current fiscal year, which ends on 30 September.

Without shutdown from Friday, when approving measure expires the current expenditure, parts of the Government.

White House spokesman, Jay Carney reporter Monday, which said "Progress" in talks so far was conducted including agreement on a target of 33 billion dollars in total expenditure cuts below the current level.

Republican leaders, did not agree, however, that any agreement was reached to a total, and said that a shutdown would be Government for failure to act on the parts of Obama and Democrats.

On Monday evening, GOP said leaders that resolution proposed a one-week extension of current expenditure, avoid the a shutdown and include spending cuts while also means of the US Department of Defense for the rest of the fiscal year. The business also about $12 billion would cut House said means Chairman HAL Rogers, in a statement.

The new extension is "an option" for now, a senior House GOP leadership aide stressed, planned with no to it by the House. If negotiators come up with a broader agreement, the new house proposal could be modified, the aide said.

Republican leaders rejected before the possibility of one more short-term spending have kept resolution such as those who financed the Government for the first half of fiscal year 2011.

Have been through the publication of the new short-term proposal on Monday evening, House Republicans will make sure that she could be measure before the end of the current issues on Friday. Invoices must be online available for 72 hours before a vote under the rules adopted in January.

Adviser to House majority leader John Boehner said, that the legislators also said House Administration of Chairman Dan Lungren, R-California, to issue instructions to all the members Tuesday on how the House of the Government shutdown would work.

Earlier, House majority leader accused Democrats, Eric Cantor, R-Virginia "promotion of false promises and use sleight of hand budgeting, to obtain an imaginary expenditure figure, much to is low."

However, said Senate majority leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, it was Republicans denied were, on a bill passed by the GOP controlled House, which cut $61 billion in discretionary funding would endanger.

Democrats consider the House Bill, draconian, complain that it would cut the main programmes for continued economic recovery, and eliminates funding for others by conservative public, such as such as planned parenthood and national radio.

Reid cited movement conservatives supported by the tea party for their unwillingness to work with his side.

"Tea party Republicans refuse to recognize that their budget is simply a frightening proposal", Reid said the House Bill. "they stamp their feet and calling"Compromise"a dirty word and insist on a budget, which will hurt America rather than help."

Carney called for "Solutions, the support of both parties, can accumulate" pushing a process "where both sides come together, calm, ready to throw because they know not get them all, what they want their maximalist position on board."

He said, invitations for the meeting Tuesday on Reid; Boehner, R-Ohio; Senate resources of Committee Chairman Dan Inouye, D-Hawaii; and Rogers, R-Kentucky.

A senior democratic source with knowledge of the negotiations said the main remaining obstacle to a deal includes whether called part of expenditure should be reductions in mandatory spending programs in media language "Changes in compulsory expenditure", or CHIMPANZEE, cuts.

Examples of compulsory expenditure are programs Pell grants, health insurance programme for children, and some types of highway funding. Such programs are for several years at a time, with the expenditure for the period covered, free funding for each year of congressional approval.

According to senior democratic source, the chiefs of staff Inouye and Rogers during the weekend negotiated, and the gap between them is about $ 8 billion to $10 billion.

Several democratic sources say it about half the total cuts in this spending bill programs want to come of compulsory expenditure, and that they have put forward the necessary reductions in programs at the U.S. Department of agriculture, the Ministry of Justice, the Treasury and Pell grants.

Republicans, who want a reduction in the size of government expenditure according to note that the reduction in the expenditure in mandatory activities for a year that prevent amount does not go back to the original version in the following year.

"I have made clear that their $33 billion is not enough, and many of the cuts, which Democrats say the White House and Senate full of smoke and mirrors are," said Boehner Monday.

Other questions include negotiating the number of cuts in military discretionary spending and so-called "policy driver" by Republicans to federal funds it to prevent such as planned parenthood oppose programs sought. Democratic sources also say Republicans Cut on a democratic proposal to $2 billion to $3 billion in military spending are to take.

On Sunday, top senators from both sides said she expected to avoid much to a Government shutdown but clearly one that other looming budget battles, that there is little consensus.

Reid said on the CBS program "face the nation", that fears a backlash by the conservative movement tea party, Republican negotiators if they meet the Democrats half way on a budget deal.

As a result of an increase in the conservative support driven by the tea party movement Republicans won control of the House in November and reduced the Democratic majority in the Senate.

Tea of party activists criticized already Boehner for data control signals agreement on smaller cuts as passed in the Bill by the House demanded but rejected by the Senate.

Boehner's uncompromising attitude to Monday of the conservative concern against.

"It is clear unfortunately to me, and to the American people, that the White House and Senate Democrats simply not serious yet on adoption of real expenditure cuts," Boehner said in a statement. "And real expenditure restraint is important if we are going to create a better environment for job growth in our country."CNN's Dana Bash, Deirdre Walsh and Tom Cohen contributed to this story

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Yemen President gets a stern warning of Obama spokesman - Los Angeles Times

Statement of spokesman Jay Carney on violence in the Yemen, the White House provided
The United States condemns the use of force by the Yemeni Government forces against demonstrators in Sana'a, Taiz and Hodeida in the past few days.

The Yemeni people have to a right to demonstrate peacefully, and we remember its President Ali Abdullah Saleh rEsponsibility so that the safety and security of the Yemenis, are their universal right of to political expression exercise.

We call for the Government of Yemen to carry out full investigations into these events and responsible drawn for their actions to the responsibility.

The United States strongly supports the Yemeni people in the search for more options and their exercise of political and economic reforms, which will meet their expectations.

President Saleh has to resolve the political impasse, so that meaningful political change in the near future in an orderly and peaceful manner can take place with the opposition.

We call for all sides and a course of charts, who is Yemen's unity, progress and future prosperity before the individual agendas to conduct a constructive political dialogue.???? ####

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Photo: Yahya Arhab / EPA ('protestors faces in the Yemen of this week). Associated press (Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh).

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Link by link: a wiki takes aim at Obama

"WikiLeaks was suddenly a household name," he said, and he thought "in the midst of all this bad behavior, there is a certain genius of Los."

Began last week in an attempt to tap into this genius junction to Wikicountability.org, a collaborative website a database of freedom of information requests to create, the the actions of the Obama administration to investigate.

Many companies and organizations, including the United States Army, have on the seized the information Wikipedia model to promote its members build together. This seems to be an early attempt to use the idea behind WikiLeaks, a repository for documents secret or difficult-to get, for a political purpose.

In large parts that have tried the same manner and to news agencies use social networking tools to improve their reports and to popularize it, then, the crossroads of GPS is experimenting with a system of distributed accountability (or distributed opposition research,) If you prefer.

"One of the advantages of the wiki platform that want to us develop led to the site,", said Mr Law, is, that you "Crowd source the information and analysis of information."

A group is crossroads GPS or strategies involve popular sports, was part of Mr. Rove leaving the Bush White House in 2007. Because of its designation, the control to it should above all questions rather called law candidates to focus, and Mr, as Wikicountability was concentrated on topics such as health care and high speed rail. The Organization was the vehicle for millions of dollars of display during the Congress 2010 campaign.

The fact that a conservative organization that has adopted wiki brand speaks for the widespread recognition makes a collective networked travel travel bans whether to build an encyclopedia audience, or a Cabinet Secretary.

Mr Law said that it work not to the people of Wikicountability had been hard. "Of course, WikiLeaks has a very bad brand under the Conservatives," he said, "but Wikipedia is mainstream like Facebook or Twitter."

The site is clearly a work in progress: while it published new articles every day, they come just a few beigesteuert. It started with some documents that set the tone: a list of trade union leaders, 2009 by the labour, Hilda Solis, and the production costs for an advertisement for Medicare with Andy Griffith ($ statutory) are met.

If it is running as planned, Mr Law said Wikicountability have a community "of several dozen groups or participants", that either publish material they have received their own requests or analyze, what others have to above set.

In contrast to Wikipedia, users must apply to the editing permissions. "We would do some vetting" of the applicant to be editors, he said "a balance between full openness and some management to ensure that the larger purposes by the frustrated not, get that the project not good."

"We have a point of view," Mr Law said.

"Wikicountability takes to differ from WikiLeaks, explains that his policy is not to solicit or knowingly accept documents for publication, the information open, which legally privileged is classified, set, or with the established statutory exceptions under FOIA."

For now, Mr Law said the site is focused on educating the potential contributors of requirements under the Federal freedom of information act.

"The first hurdle we overcome time spend a lack of understanding of FOIA process is," he said. "People assume automatically that requirements can store only journalists FOIA."

Mr Law said he hoped that the website attention was what he described as the poor record of compliance by the Obama administration; many of the articles on Wikicountability concerns still unanswered requests information from the Government.

Thomas S. Blanton, Director who was national security archive, an independent non-governmental Research Institute at the George Washington University, he said this questions, had committed like cross GPS, runs a website that would bring transparency to measures of the Government. He said he thought winning the true motive to donors.

Still, he said, improved transparency required, one "constant push the Government to account, a perfect storm outsider, reporter, interest groups (partisan or not), make common cause with within reformers."

He said that while he administration wanted the Obama really on disclosure issues believed more network policy, the bureaucracy was difficult to move. "Still a wide gap between the really strong message on high and the actual performance of the agencies, which is mixed," he said.

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Sources: Obama, run to announce

Several sources tell CNN that President Obama, that his campaign for re-election could announce as early as Monday.President Obama plans, supporters send an electronic message with the NewsThe announcement could come as early as MondaySources say Obama's team is also hoping, with the FEC Monday file

Washington (CNN) President Barack Obama, supporters a message text or E-mail his intention to stand for re-election, announced plans result in several democratic sources tell CNN.

The message that could contain would be posted online a video could come as early as Monday morning. The sources say Obama's team hopes also file papers with the Federal Election Commission on Monday his campaign for re-election 2012 start.

Events could change depending on the outside, the timing of the announcement and the submission. The White House is closely just negotiations on Capitol Hill on the 2011 spending bill this week must be solved in order to avoid a Government shutdown.

This would be more than a week before the President his first reelection fundraiser in Chicago hosts on 14 April. These Democrats say that no public event is planned, as the White House wants to downplay the announcement, and minimize the political distraction.

The President makes his campaign official earlier as is typical of an incumbent, so that he is jumping on fundraising in a season to get to break that probably all records. Obama's team asked each, not an easy task campaign bundlers to $350,000 since campaign finance laws gifts to $2500 per dispenser to limit. Two sources say that the campaign team hopes that their Bundler are total raised to $500 million, leaving the campaign to another $500 million, and collect a record $1 billion war chest CNN.

It has according to sources, the President asks top donors made and Conference calls are planned supporters and key democratic groups this week. Vice President Joe Biden already plans to be in New Hampshire Monday and will meet important supporters in this crucial early voting State. For the last few weeks have Jim Messina, who manage the campaign, and Patrick Gaspard, Executive Director of the DNC, were flying around the country meeting with frustrated donors to work again.

So far, no Republican candidates have officially announced. But these days that make likely Republican presidential candidate endless visits to key early voting States and meeting with supporters in the country.

A top Democrat says, "the Republicans are out there day in and day of the President beat up - they are basically without an account." "So not to say that we first completely fair." This person adds: "no one wants now started." "The President is engaged in the country, here it is about (campaign) staff set up and launch."

In addition, top Democrats say two former White House employees, third parties outside group expenditures are expected to set up. Former Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton and Sean Sweeney, former adviser of the Chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, have raised Democratic donors, who are opposed to the influence of Karl Rove and the Koch brothers in the coming 2012 worried choice.

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A Obama inside, running the race from a distance

Mr Messina, before a White House Deputy Chief of staff, the President is running campaign for re-election, which formally opens its doors in a high-rise building in Chicago this week, and file the paperwork for Mr Obama begin campaign to accept contributions.

Mr Messina traded a windowless view in the West Wing for a spacious Office overlooking the Park, where Mr Obama of his historic victory speech.

It is his responsibility to ensure that the President 6, 2012 is another in November.

Run a presidential campaign is a grueling task. Even before Mr Obama announced his intentions – he plans, already on Monday in a message, was occupied by supporters to do - Mr. Messina fund-raisers, courting the top tier of which are required to raise $350,000.

But in this case the job with an additional challenge comes: the first attempt of the re-election of one established monitoring of far outside Washington, are run separately by the candidates of both distance and focus.

Movement, said Mr. Messina, is not only symbolic. It allows the campaign to distrusting the clatter of the capital and focus on policy, without the requirements of governance to juggle to optimize. And there will be supporters whose Begeisterung was in 2008 Mr Messina and his team closer to the grassroots.

"The President and I discussed the challenges - and there are challenges," he said. "But I want people in the Chicago Central, the life and sleep and food and re-electing Barack Obama as President to breathe."

For the first half of the term of Office of the President, Mr. Messina, 41, was a universal problem solver with a portfolio that was enough to push dinner to examine health care legislation by the Congress of Party Crashers in the State. Now he will oversee what could be the first billion dollar campaign.

But Mr Messina will sell one incumbent, which no longer easily even when the face of the changing positions. And he is in a far more hostile political climate, with surveys to suggesting, that significant convince moderate and independent voters will be running again in large numbers to vote democratic.

"I really think that the President is the art and science am," said Mr Messina. "You have to start with the assumption that this not 2008 again."

A morning in the last week he appeared from a taxi, and in the lobby of one prudential Plaza. He had marked abandoned his West wing credentials "Tenants" for an inconspicuous badge.

The central room is bare. At the moment there is no Obama signs or posters, only a paper bag filled with Office supplies, and a stack of cards from the American Automobile Association, that an early reference to the battlefields of State make available.

"It is too early to look at the stuff," said Mr. Messina, a seat in an empty cabin. "If you look at the new census numbers, you would think that Georgia would be in the game." You would definitely think that Arizona would be in the game - as I think it is. "These are States where we recently play not."

One reason for the he explores new territory is the difficult way in some States, the Lord of Obama in the year 2008, such as Indiana, North Carolina and Virginia, which saw that large Republican gains in the last year.

The distance between Washington and Chicago raises about questions whether decisions are made here or in the White House, is where David Plouffe, the last campaign manager, now a senior consultant, and William M. Daley, the Chairman of Al Gore's presidential campaign, the now Chief of staff, are available to the President.

"We are, where appropriate, coordinated, but they go to the campaign," said Mr. Plouffe. "they go to innovate and make what we apparently some prehistoric in the year 2008".

Leave tour, donors and activists in almost two dozen cities since the White House two months ago, Mr Messina listening to one to visit. The private sessions aimed at improving frayed relations, in particular some liberal groups, and reconnecting with supporters.

The slide show presents he shows how the President has approval in States such as Florida, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania. He shows a video of potential Republican Challengers, including representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, a popular figure in the tea party movement, and Jon Huntsman Jr., Governor of Utah, who will step down as Ambassador to China.

"If all you do is to not raise the money you" Mr Messina said several top donors.

In an interview on a lunch Steak Salad and several glasses of Pepsi Mr Messina said, that he an artistic of President messaging on health care, extension of the Bush-era tax cuts and error close the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

"We're Democrats!" Mr Messina responded when asked whether he was surprised by the criticism. "Beginning this agreement heard people only hearing out there."

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