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Eric Kleefeld | December 29, 2010, 9:05AM

Obama's Budget Proposal Will Be Delayed A Bit
The Washington Post reports: "President Obama now expects to release his fiscal 2012 budget in mid-February, about a week later than the timetable set out under the Budget Act of 1974, administration officials said Tuesday. The White House needs additional time in part because of a six-week delay in the Senate confirmation of new budget director Jacob Lew."

Obama's Traveling Team Stays Focused on Terror
The New York Times reports on President Obama maintaining closer contact with his counterterrorism team this holiday season: "The communications upgrade -- Mr. Obama now has 'more diverse and reliable secure voice capability in his vacation residence, with the best possible quality available,' said Ben Rhodes, a deputy national security adviser traveling with him -- is just one example of how the memory of the attempted bombing last Christmas Day hangs over the presidential Hawaiian escape. Mr. Obama and his advisers, still smarting over the criticism they received for the seemingly flat-footed response, have gone into overdrive to prepare for what counterterrorism experts say is a heightened threat this holiday season."

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