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Top Obama lawyer quits amid Guantanamo setbacks

AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama’s top lawyer Greg Craig formally resigned Friday in his highest-level White House shake-up to date, amid a struggle to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp by early 2010.

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Obama aide: urgency for regulation may be fading

Reuters – WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top economic adviser to U.S.

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Obama Guantanamo advisor steps down

AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama Friday announced the resignation of one his key legal advisors, Greg Craig, who has battled for almost a year with the thorny problem of trying to close Guantanamo Bay.

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Obama: Key for Afghans to provide for own security

Reuters – TOKYO (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Friday he would make a decision soon on his Afghanistan strategy and the plan would make clear the goal is for Afghans to provide for their own security.

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U.S., Japan vow to revitalize strained ties

Reuters – TOKYO (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and Japan’s new prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, pledged on Friday to revitalize their strained security alliance as they adapt to a rising China, set to overtake Japan as the world’s No.2 economy.

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U.S., Japan vow cooperation on non-proliferation

Reuters – TOKYO (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama promised on Friday close cooperation on nuclear non-proliferation and Japan agreed to host a conference in January on nuclear security.

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Syria urges firm U.S. plan on Middle East peace

Reuters – PARIS (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that U.S.

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