The Note’s Must-Reads for Monday, October 5, 2009
The Note’s Must-Reads are a round-up of today’s political headlines and stories from ABC News and the top U.S. newspapers. Posted Monday through Friday right here at http://www.abcnews.com
Compiled by ABC News Desk Assistants KRISTEN RED-HORSE, JAYCE HENDERSON, CLAUDIA MORALES, DOMINIK TAO AND CARRIE HALPERIN
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HEALTH CARE:
The Washington Post’s Shailagh Murray: “States Resists Medicaid Growth” LINK
The Washington Post’s Ceci Connolly: “Democrats Wyden, Rockefeller Withhold Support of Panel’s Bill” LINK
USA Today’s Mimi Hall: “Health care bills tackle gender gap in coverage” LINK
The Boston Globe’s Foon Rhee: “Obama gets back to health care” LINK
The Wall Street Journal’s Alicia Mundy and Martin Vaughan: “Medical-Device Makers Push to Cut New Fees in Health Bill” LINK
The Associated Press: “New health care still out of reach” LINK
PRESIDENT OBAMA & HIS ADMINISTRATION:
ABC News’ Huma Khan: “Health Care Reform, Unemployment Top Obama’s Domestic Agenda” LINK
Politico’s Carol E. Lee and John Bresnahan: “Joe Biden: Patron saint of House freshman” LINK
Newsweek’s Katie Connolly: “GOPers Snicker Over Obama’s Loss” LINK
Newsweek’s Katie Connolly: “Losing the Olympics Bid Is Good for Obama “LINK
AFGHANISTAN:
ABC News’ Kristina Wong: “Eight U.S. Troops Killed in Afghanistan, as White House Debates Sending More” LINK
Politico’s Harry Siegel: “Zinni: W.H. close to ‘dithering’ on troop request” LINK
Politico’s Harry Siegel: “Jones: ‘Important’ Karzai ‘seen as legitimate’” LINK
The Washington Times’ Tom LoBianco: “Afghan attacks add to call for more troops” LINK
The Hill’s Michael O’Brien: “House liberals float bill to bar ‘surge’ of troops for Afghanistan” LINK
The Washington Post’s Joshua Partlow and Greg Jaffe: “Deadly Attack By Taliban Tests new Strategy” LINK
The Washington Post’s Scott Wilson:”McChrystal Faulted On Troop Statements” LINK
USA Today’s Susan Page: “Security adviser downplays call for additional Afghan Troops” LINK
The Wall Street Journal’s Matthew Rosenberg in Islamabad and Siobhan Gorman in Washington: “Al Qaeda’s Diminished Role Stirs Afghan Troop Debate” LINK
Bloomberg’s Viola Gienger: “Afghan Forces Must Be Boosted, Jones Says as 8 Soldiers Killed” LINK
IRAN:
Politico’s Laura Rozen: “Iranian nuclear know-how” LINK
Politico’s Kenneth P. Vogel: “Rice on Iran: tough talk, few specifics” LINK
Newsweek’s Fareed Zakaria: “Containing a Nuclear Iran” LINK
The New York Times’ David Sanger and Nazila Fathi: “Iran Agrees to Allow Inspectors on Oct. 25” LINK
The Wall Street Journal’s Joe Lauria and Jay Solomon: “U.N. Inspectors to Examine Nuclear Site in Iran” LINK
FOREIGN AFFAIRS:
The Los Angeles Times’ Melissa Healy: “War injury leads to advances at home” LINK
Newsweek’s Jorge Castañeda: “Obama must split Caracas from Cuba” LINK
The New York Times’ Elisabeth Bumiller: “Clear Vice of Bush’s Pentagon Becomes Harder to Hear” LINK
The Wall Street Journal’s Gina Chon: “Iraq Vote on Pullout Put on Back Burner” LINK
Bloomberg’s Bomi Lim: “China Pledges Strong North Korea Ties as Wen Meets Kim Jong Il” LINK
ECONOMY/BAILOUT:
ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos: “Greenspan Predicts: 3% Growth, 10% Unemployment”
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