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  1. US President Barack Obama has offered Pakistan an expanded strategic partnership, including additional military and economic cooperation, The Washington Post reported Monday.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)
    7 stories Obama doesn't want told Politico - Mon Nov 30, 5:45 AM ET

    Presidential politics is about storytelling. Presented with a vivid storyline, voters naturally tend to fit every new event or piece of information into a picture that is already neatly framed in their minds.

  2. FILE - In this April 1998 file photo, exiled al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is seen in Afghanistan. Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of U.S. troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made the crucial and costly decision not to pursue the terrorist leader with massive force, a Senate report says. (AP Photo, file)
    Senate report: Bin Laden was 'within our grasp' AP - Sun Nov 29, 9:00 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of U.S. troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made the crucial and costly decision not to pursue the terrorist leader with massive force, a Senate report says.

  3. The Senate and Capitol Dome on Capitol Hill in Washington. The US Senate is to begin debate on a massive health care reform bill that is a key priority for President Barack Obama but faces stiff Republican opposition and is plagued by divisions in Democratic ranks.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)
    Senate ‘Horse Trading’ Begins as Democrats Take Up Health Bill Bloomberg - Mon Nov 30, 12:01 AM ET

    Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid begins this week pushing for Democratic unity on health-care legislation, which may mean catering to the whims of 60 lawmakers who know that each of their votes is essential.

  4. In this photo provided by CBS, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., appears on CBS's 'Face the Nation' in Washington, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009. (AP Photo/CBS Face the Nation, Karin Cooper)
    Obama Plan Must Help Speed Build-Up of Afghan Army, Levin Says Bloomberg - Mon Nov 30, 12:01 AM ET

    Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama must show how more U.S. combat troops will speed the build-up of the Afghan army to generate Democratic support for his new war strategy in Afghanistan, Senator Carl Levin said.

  5. U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington October 7, 2009. Obama faces pressure from fellow Democrats, opposition Republicans and the international community even before he announces long-awaited plans on Tuesday for a big U.S. troop increase in Afghanistan. REUTERS/Jim Young/Files
    Senator: Local forces key to Afghan war success AP - Mon Nov 30, 8:11 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - As President Barack Obama prepares to announce a new blueprint for the war in Afghanistan, the leading Senate Democrat on military matters says any plan to significantly expand U.S. troop levels must show how those reinforcements will help increase the number of Afghan security forces.

  6. FILE - This Oct. 11, 2002 , file photo provided by the U.S. Navy shows Navy Capt. Michael 'Scott' Speicher, the F/A-18 'Hornet' pilot who was shot down over Iraq on the opening night of Operation Desert Storm Jan. 17, 1991. The Pentagon initially declared him killed, but uncertainty led officials over the years to change his official status a number of times to 'missing in action' and 'missing-captured.' (AP Photo/US Navy Photo, File)
    Saddam was telling truth in missing Gulf War pilot AP - Sat Nov 28, 2:25 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Saddam Hussein was telling the truth, this time. The United States just didn't believe him.

  7. In this Nov. 17, 2009, photo, Candice Singer, 49, holds her 2-year-old daughter Alesha Singer in their home in Hamilton, N.J. In a five year span, Singer went from being a respected juvenile defense lawyer to a homeless New Jersey meth addict. By the time she was arrested, Singer was charged with 24 separate burglaries and a first degree count of cooking up meth in her mother's house. She could have spent at least five years in prison, but her lawyer was able to steer her to a New Jersey drug court that kept her in treatment instead of behind bars. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
    Drug courts successful for few who get in AP - Mon Nov 30, 4:36 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - In a five-year span, Candice Singer went from being a respected juvenile defense lawyer to a homeless meth addict who once broke into a house just to take a shower.

  8. Dems seek deal as Sen. debate begins Politico - Sun Nov 29, 6:53 PM ET

    After months of buildup, the historic debate on health care reform opens on the Senate floor Monday — but the C-SPAN cameras won’t see the real action.

  9. FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 file photo, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, right, arrive at a State Dinner hosted by President Barack Obama for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House in Washington. This time, the picture is the story. After the Secret Service insisted that President Barack Obama was never endangered by a security breach that allowed a couple to crash his first state dinner, the White House has released a photo showing that not only did the pair get close to Obama, they actually shook hands and talked to him. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file)
    Exec: Obama dinner crashers shopping interview AP - Sun Nov 29, 1:55 PM ET

    NEW YORK - The couple who crashed President Barack Obama's first state dinner are peddling their story to broadcast networks for hundreds of thousands of dollars, a television executive says.

  10. South Carolina conservative sets himself up as kingmaker McClatchy Newspapers - Sat Nov 28, 4:07 PM ET

    WASHINGTON — South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint is using his rising national profile among conservative activists to support and bankroll Republican Senate candidates around the country, some of them underdogs challenging GOP establishment favorites.

  11. Gop CQPolitics.com - Sun Nov 29, 5:35 PM ET

    GOP Comeback: Not So Fast

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