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  Tough decisions, showdown votes await Obama on health care, Afghanistan, jobs, banks
08:06:59 PM (ET), Thursday, November 19, 2009
(AP Photo) Byline: Cliff Owen

President Barack Obama will have scant time to rest up from his eight-day Asia trip. On Saturday, two days after his return to Washington, the Senate plans a make-or-break vote on his hard-fought plan to overhaul the nation's health care system. Obama also confronts a difficult choice on strategy and troop levels in Afghanistan, which will be criticized no matter what he decides.His bid to re-regulate the financial industry faces stiff opposition in Congress. The decision to try high-profile terror suspects in federal courts has drawn withering Republican attacks. And he faces a problematic push by House Democrats for a new and costly jobs bill.

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Presidential Articles

Friday, November 20, 2009
  • Back from Asia, Obama pauses for daughter Sasha's school event on Friday

  • Thursday, November 19, 2009
  • Tough decisions, showdown votes await Obama on health care, Afghanistan, jobs, banks
  • Who's invited? Don't ask White House, which is mum on details of Obama's first state dinner
  • Tough decisions, showdown votes await Obama on health care, Afghanistan, jobs, banks
  • President Obama, taking a page from Nixon, backtracks after saying 9/11 mastermind is guilty
  • White House notes from Watergate era are being explored for hidden clues to enduring mystery

  • Wednesday, November 18, 2009
  • Obama: Professed 9/11 mastermind will be executed; Holder: Trial will reveal he's a coward
  • Obama predicts conviction of professed 9/11 mastermind; Holder calls failure 'not an option'
  • White House: Israeli housing plans in Jerusalem dismaying, make US peace effort more difficult

  • Tuesday, November 17, 2009
  • SPIN METER: Conservatives blast Obama, but his bow isn't unprecedented

  • Monday, November 16, 2009
  • Highlights of Obama's trip to Asia

  • Saturday, November 14, 2009
  • Obama asks Congress to wait for other investigations before launching Fort Hood shooting probe
  • US, Russia nearing replacement for expiring arms control treaty, but technical issues remain

  • Friday, November 13, 2009
  • Recall: Blue Bonnet Spread

  • Thursday, November 12, 2009
  • President Obama orders intelligence review on alleged Fort Hood shooter
  • Obama sets White House jobs summit in December, experts to discuss how to spur economic growth
  • AP source: US envoy in Afghanistan, an ex-general, objects to big increase of troops

  • Wednesday, November 11, 2009
  • First lady Michelle Obama urges public to work with veterans on community service needs
  • Obama uses stimulus money to prod states to embrace his school agenda
  • Vice President Joe Biden praises military and veterans' service at luncheon in their honor
  • Petraeus: Decision near on additional troops for Afghanistan, White House study 'productive'
  • Obama asks war council how long it would take to implement Afghanistan strategy
  • AP-GfK Poll: Obama governing an increasingly dispirited country a year after euphoric election
  • Obamas to hold breakfast for veterans, pay respects at Arlington cemetery

  • Tuesday, November 10, 2009
  • Text of President Barack Obama's remarks at the Fort Hood memorial service in Texas
  • White House messaging chief Dunn to step down, will be replaced by deputy Pfeiffer
  • Obama administration picks Gates Foundation official to run US foreign aid
  • CAPITAL CULTURE: To-die-for pies just the beginning for White House pastry chef Bill Yosses
  • The man who bakes for the Obamas shares pie recipe that earned him the nickname "crustmaster"