Political News http://enews.earthlink.net/channel/news/pol Political News Supplied by AP en-us (c) 2009 EarthLink Networks Inc. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:58:59 PST Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:02:37 PST 5 Afghanistan announcement expected next week http://enews.earthlink.net/article/pol?guid=20091124/4b0b7660_3426_1335020091124989755466 WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama held a "rigorous final meeting" with his Afghanistan war council and is expected to announce his revised strategy for the eight-year-old conflict early next week. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:58:59 PST 20091124/4b0b7660_3426_1335020091124989755466 By ANNE GEARAN and JENNIFER LOVEN (Associated Press Writers) Associated Press CPSC chief: Agency moved too slowly on crib safety http://enews.earthlink.net/article/pol?guid=20091124/4b0b7660_3421_1334520091124-421329186 WASHINGTON - The head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission conceded Tuesday the agency "hasn't been acting as quickly as it should" on crib safety problems. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:43:53 PST 20091124/4b0b7660_3421_1334520091124-421329186 Associated Press CPSC chief concedes it moved slowly on crib safety http://enews.earthlink.net/article/pol?guid=20091124/4b0b7660_3421_1334520091124-746937362 WASHINGTON - The head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission concedes it has not been "acting as quickly as it should" on crib safety problems. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:23:02 PST 20091124/4b0b7660_3421_1334520091124-746937362 Associated Press Govt issues record 2.1M recall for dropside cribs http://enews.earthlink.net/article/pol?guid=20091124/4b0b7660_3421_1334520091124-1374517191 WASHINGTON - More than 2.1 million drop-side cribs by Stork Craft Manufacturing are being recalled, the biggest crib recall in U.S history, following reports of four infant suffocations. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:57:23 PST 20091124/4b0b7660_3421_1334520091124-1374517191 By JENNIFER C. KERR (Associated Press Writer) Associated Press SPIN METER: Legislation inflation grips GOP http://enews.earthlink.net/article/pol?guid=20091124/4b0b7660_3421_1334520091124-1323682211 WASHINGTON - Republicans love to get their hands on the Democrats' health care legislation. They show it to the cameras at every opportunity, even piling one version on top of another to make a big pile look even bigger. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:25:52 PST 20091124/4b0b7660_3421_1334520091124-1323682211 By CALVIN WOODWARD and DOUGLASS K. DANIEL (Associated Press Writers) Associated Press