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Jun 22, 2009 08:56 AM
Our favorites this morning from around the web:
Bills online: Campaign promise broken?
During the campaign, Candidate Obama vowed to allow public comment on
every bill before he signed it. Now acknowledging that the pledge was
easier to make
than to fulfill, the White House is adjusting when a bill will be
posted online for review. (NY Times)
Island people, fear not
The fact that North Korea plans to launch a
missile toward Hawaii next month seems to hit oddly close to home for
Obama, who was raised on the islands. Speaking in an CBS interview this
morning, Obama gave assurances that the military is ready to intercept
if necessary and that all "t's are crossed and the i's are dotted." (AP)
Get to work, California
Usually around budget crunch time in California, legislators point
fingers and feign melodramatic anger. Not this year. The state is too
low on cash with too few options for the usual partisan dance. (LA
Times)
Belusconi's feet to the fire
First it was one, then it turned into several. The growing number of
women escorts claiming physical relationships with Prime Minister
Silvio Berlusconi paints the Italian leader in a hue of sleeze -- and
one that threatens to bring him down. (Times online)
