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Obama's Familiar Orbit

by: Michael Winship, t r u t h o u t | Perspective

President-elect Barack Obama at news conference.
President-elect Barack Obama's financial and national security appointments - "a team of rivals" or "the same old, same old"? (Photo: Charles Dharapak / AP)

    I keep thinking about that tool bag. You know - the one that the astronaut accidentally let loose while she was repairing the International Space Station last month. Now it's in orbit, more than 200 miles above the Earth. There's even a Web site where you can track its exact location, if that's your idea of a good time. NASA figures the 30-pound bag of equipment will burn up harmlessly as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere sometime next June. »

Bomb attacks in Baghdad.

Iraq Blasts Kill at Least 18, Including Two US Soldiers

by: Tina Susman, The Los Angeles Times

    As Iraq's Presidency Council ratifies a deal allowing U.S. forces to remain in the country, explosions rip through police stations and a suicide bomber strikes a U.S. patrol.

    Baghdad - Explosions tore through two police stations in the western Iraq city of Fallouja on Thursday, leaving at least 16 people dead, and a blast in a northern city killed two U.S. soldiers in the latest reminders of country's fragile security situation.

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Barack Obama with Veterans of Foreign Wars in Kansas City, Missouri.

Obama Partially Rescinds Promise to "End the War"

by: Thom Shanker, International Herald Tribune

    Washington - On the campaign trail, Senator Barack Obama offered a pledge that electrified and motivated his liberal base, vowing to "end the war" in Iraq.

    But as he moves closer to the White House, President-elect Obama is making it clearer than ever that tens of thousands of American troops will be left behind in Iraq, even if he can make good on his campaign promise to pull all combat forces out within 16 months.

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