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...next day, Obama asked Holder for "options" - the word this White House uses when it needs to start over. The day after, Holder delivered them in the Situation Room. He urged the President to stick to his guns, and Obama seemed to agree. But in the same session, Emanuel presented a game plan for negotiations with Graham in which the White House would seek to try KSM in a military tribunal in exchange for winning Graham's support for a new U.S. detention facility to replace the controversial military facility at Guantánamo Bay. Obama expressed skepticism about Emanuel...
Calls for Holder to resign - coming now from Republicans like Lamar Alexander - aren't likely to move either the Attorney General or his boss. Holder says he won't budge, even if Obama eventually overrules his KSM decision. "I don't think it would have any impact on the relationship I have with him," Holder says. "I'm committed to making sure that he is as successful as he can be." For now, it seems Obama would say the same thing about Holder...
...Green Seat at the Table" [March 15]: President Obama promised to curb the influence of wealthy special interests in Washington. Your account of venture capitalist John Doerr's clout is the best illustration I've seen that nothing has changed except the name on the door...
JOHN PAUL STEVENS, the 89-year-old Supreme Court Justice who leads the court's liberals, suggesting that President Obama will likely nominate his successor...
...March 15, President Obama unveiled his plan for reforming the nation's education system. The bulk of the plan, which looks to overhaul George W. Bush's frequently criticized No Child Left Behind law, advances the bold ideas with which this Administration has already become closely associated. The President wants to link billions of federal dollars to initiatives like ending the achievement gap between white and nonwhite students, evaluating teachers and awarding performance bonuses to principals and teachers who've earned them. On the basis of what we know has worked in New York City with our 1.1 million schoolkids...