President Barack Obama will meet with U.S. Army Gen. Ray Odierno at the Oval Office Wednesday morning to get a first-hand account of conditions in Iraq from the top commander for the country.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=Pg3qI2gYLEU:h4-ofwXEE8k:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=Pg3qI2gYLEU:h4-ofwXEE8k:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=Pg3qI2gYLEU:h4-ofwXEE8k:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=Pg3qI2gYLEU:h4-ofwXEE8k:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=Pg3qI2gYLEU:h4-ofwXEE8k:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=Pg3qI2gYLEU:h4-ofwXEE8k:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=Pg3qI2gYLEU:h4-ofwXEE8k:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/Pg3qI2gYLEU" height="1" width="1"/

Bidding to be Alabama's first African-American governor, U.S. Rep. Artur Davis downplayed race and bucked the state's black establishment. That ended up costing him the race.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=HjdFNuS1boY:LIwbC4gO5xI:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=HjdFNuS1boY:LIwbC4gO5xI:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=HjdFNuS1boY:LIwbC4gO5xI:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=HjdFNuS1boY:LIwbC4gO5xI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=HjdFNuS1boY:LIwbC4gO5xI:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=HjdFNuS1boY:LIwbC4gO5xI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=HjdFNuS1boY:LIwbC4gO5xI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/HjdFNuS1boY" height="1" width="1"/

The United States was identified Wednesday as the world's No. 1 user of targeted killings -- largely as a result of its dependence on unmanned drone attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=tyMEzOjY4xM:W_oLyrWd_fE:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=tyMEzOjY4xM:W_oLyrWd_fE:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=tyMEzOjY4xM:W_oLyrWd_fE:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=tyMEzOjY4xM:W_oLyrWd_fE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=tyMEzOjY4xM:W_oLyrWd_fE:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=tyMEzOjY4xM:W_oLyrWd_fE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=tyMEzOjY4xM:W_oLyrWd_fE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/tyMEzOjY4xM" height="1" width="1"/

Rep. Artur Davis failed to become Alabama's first African-American Democratic nominee for governor when he lost the state's primary to Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=gEPwWNtJg9E:wet4ltSKCL0:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=gEPwWNtJg9E:wet4ltSKCL0:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=gEPwWNtJg9E:wet4ltSKCL0:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=gEPwWNtJg9E:wet4ltSKCL0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=gEPwWNtJg9E:wet4ltSKCL0:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=gEPwWNtJg9E:wet4ltSKCL0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=gEPwWNtJg9E:wet4ltSKCL0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/gEPwWNtJg9E" height="1" width="1"/

President Barack Obama will meet Thursday with Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, a White House official told CNN on Tuesday.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=A0qaBzYSS_I:Y9J2dJbw7PU:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=A0qaBzYSS_I:Y9J2dJbw7PU:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=A0qaBzYSS_I:Y9J2dJbw7PU:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=A0qaBzYSS_I:Y9J2dJbw7PU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=A0qaBzYSS_I:Y9J2dJbw7PU:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=A0qaBzYSS_I:Y9J2dJbw7PU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=A0qaBzYSS_I:Y9J2dJbw7PU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/A0qaBzYSS_I" height="1" width="1"/

Out: Harvard Law School graduates who are scary smart -- having served as editor of the Harvard Law Review -- but come across as unemotional, aloof and uninterested in the demands of leadership even during a national catastrophe.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=nUrNm5Jexg4:WPSHPkWogmw:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=nUrNm5Jexg4:WPSHPkWogmw:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=nUrNm5Jexg4:WPSHPkWogmw:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=nUrNm5Jexg4:WPSHPkWogmw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=nUrNm5Jexg4:WPSHPkWogmw:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=nUrNm5Jexg4:WPSHPkWogmw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=nUrNm5Jexg4:WPSHPkWogmw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/nUrNm5Jexg4" height="1" width="1"/

Former Vice President Al Gore and his wife Tipper have decided to separate after 40 years of marriage, the couple said in an email to friends.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=YyWg5jfBoX0:JK0wHmTase0:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=YyWg5jfBoX0:JK0wHmTase0:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=YyWg5jfBoX0:JK0wHmTase0:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=YyWg5jfBoX0:JK0wHmTase0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=YyWg5jfBoX0:JK0wHmTase0:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=YyWg5jfBoX0:JK0wHmTase0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=YyWg5jfBoX0:JK0wHmTase0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/YyWg5jfBoX0" height="1" width="1"/

President Barack Obama said Tuesday he expects a new presidential commission tasked with investigating how to prevent future oil spills to "follow the facts wherever they may lead" and report back to him in six months.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=2oX0EVVg_Jc:HiB0ki-cQ4Y:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=2oX0EVVg_Jc:HiB0ki-cQ4Y:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=2oX0EVVg_Jc:HiB0ki-cQ4Y:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=2oX0EVVg_Jc:HiB0ki-cQ4Y:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=2oX0EVVg_Jc:HiB0ki-cQ4Y:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=2oX0EVVg_Jc:HiB0ki-cQ4Y:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=2oX0EVVg_Jc:HiB0ki-cQ4Y:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/2oX0EVVg_Jc" height="1" width="1"/

The Obama administration will no longer do joint briefings with BP on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and instead will have former Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad Allen handle the daily briefings on his own, senior administration officials told CNN on Tuesday.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=CcZwxGucISQ:tRwR9FS5cHA:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=CcZwxGucISQ:tRwR9FS5cHA:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=CcZwxGucISQ:tRwR9FS5cHA:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=CcZwxGucISQ:tRwR9FS5cHA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=CcZwxGucISQ:tRwR9FS5cHA:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=CcZwxGucISQ:tRwR9FS5cHA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=CcZwxGucISQ:tRwR9FS5cHA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/CcZwxGucISQ" height="1" width="1"/

Turkey's foreign minister said Tuesday that his government is "not happy" with the U.S. response to Israel's raid on an aid flotilla carrying humanitarian goods bound for blockaded Gaza.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=lG6JTOxC82o:oknbrJghQik:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=lG6JTOxC82o:oknbrJghQik:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=lG6JTOxC82o:oknbrJghQik:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=lG6JTOxC82o:oknbrJghQik:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=lG6JTOxC82o:oknbrJghQik:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=lG6JTOxC82o:oknbrJghQik:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=lG6JTOxC82o:oknbrJghQik:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/lG6JTOxC82o" height="1" width="1"/

Rep. Edward Markey on Monday challenged the assertion by oil giant BP's chief executive that no underwater oil plumes have formed because of the Gulf of Mexico spill.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=8mqTVgZUCmY:v0Dx6-mqN8Y:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=8mqTVgZUCmY:v0Dx6-mqN8Y:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=8mqTVgZUCmY:v0Dx6-mqN8Y:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=8mqTVgZUCmY:v0Dx6-mqN8Y:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=8mqTVgZUCmY:v0Dx6-mqN8Y:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=8mqTVgZUCmY:v0Dx6-mqN8Y:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=8mqTVgZUCmY:v0Dx6-mqN8Y:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/8mqTVgZUCmY" height="1" width="1"/

President Barack Obama will meet Tuesday at the White House with former Sen. Bob Graham of Florida and former Environmental Protection Agency administrator William Reilly, the co-chairs of a new presidential commission investigating how to prevent another oil spill like the devastating leak in the Gulf of Mexico.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=HT03jwFMHGg:cMSLDHH3Ijo:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=HT03jwFMHGg:cMSLDHH3Ijo:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=HT03jwFMHGg:cMSLDHH3Ijo:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=HT03jwFMHGg:cMSLDHH3Ijo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=HT03jwFMHGg:cMSLDHH3Ijo:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=HT03jwFMHGg:cMSLDHH3Ijo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=HT03jwFMHGg:cMSLDHH3Ijo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/HT03jwFMHGg" height="1" width="1"/

Three states hold primaries Tuesday, and voters in Alabama could make history in electing the state's first black gubernatorial candidate.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=PAAW1Lmmx9c:9Re1CNo_4e8:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=PAAW1Lmmx9c:9Re1CNo_4e8:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=PAAW1Lmmx9c:9Re1CNo_4e8:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=PAAW1Lmmx9c:9Re1CNo_4e8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=PAAW1Lmmx9c:9Re1CNo_4e8:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=PAAW1Lmmx9c:9Re1CNo_4e8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=PAAW1Lmmx9c:9Re1CNo_4e8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/PAAW1Lmmx9c" height="1" width="1"/

Now that Dennis Blair has packed his bags after 16 months as the nation's chief intelligence officer, finding a new director to lead the 16 agencies of the intelligence community is turning out to be a tough sell.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=p_deFQt41CM:Cu_c9ePvGzs:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=p_deFQt41CM:Cu_c9ePvGzs:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=p_deFQt41CM:Cu_c9ePvGzs:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=p_deFQt41CM:Cu_c9ePvGzs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=p_deFQt41CM:Cu_c9ePvGzs:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=p_deFQt41CM:Cu_c9ePvGzs:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=p_deFQt41CM:Cu_c9ePvGzs:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/p_deFQt41CM" height="1" width="1"/

From a wreath-laying ceremony at Virginia's Arlington National Cemetery to a moment of silence at Major League Baseball games across the country, America on Monday stops and remembers the sacrifices of those who fell in military service to the country.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=mwmA2xkgkfY:EoDYUv4-70s:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=mwmA2xkgkfY:EoDYUv4-70s:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=mwmA2xkgkfY:EoDYUv4-70s:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=mwmA2xkgkfY:EoDYUv4-70s:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=mwmA2xkgkfY:EoDYUv4-70s:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=mwmA2xkgkfY:EoDYUv4-70s:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=mwmA2xkgkfY:EoDYUv4-70s:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/mwmA2xkgkfY" height="1" width="1"/

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has canceled this week's scheduled meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama, Israeli government officials said Monday. The two leaders were slated to meet Tuesday during a visit by Netanyahu to Washington, D.C.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=VVOXP3AS1IM:TO2_5Ax4ODg:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=VVOXP3AS1IM:TO2_5Ax4ODg:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=VVOXP3AS1IM:TO2_5Ax4ODg:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=VVOXP3AS1IM:TO2_5Ax4ODg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=VVOXP3AS1IM:TO2_5Ax4ODg:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=VVOXP3AS1IM:TO2_5Ax4ODg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=VVOXP3AS1IM:TO2_5Ax4ODg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/VVOXP3AS1IM" height="1" width="1"/

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It may surprise the casual visitor at Arlington National Cemetery to see a rubber duck on a headstone or an old football helmet lying in the manicured grass of a fallen soldier's grave.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=iP3hic8uiOM:lDQuivWyjOU:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=iP3hic8uiOM:lDQuivWyjOU:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=iP3hic8uiOM:lDQuivWyjOU:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=iP3hic8uiOM:lDQuivWyjOU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=iP3hic8uiOM:lDQuivWyjOU:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=iP3hic8uiOM:lDQuivWyjOU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=iP3hic8uiOM:lDQuivWyjOU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/iP3hic8uiOM" height="1" width="1"/

Even though we as a nation and a people are enmeshed in two wars that have dragged on for nearly a decade, the days set aside each year to honor our veterans and remember those who have fallen in combat seem to have lost their meaning for most.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=CQifURPgSMA:QEEVvQrBC_M:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=CQifURPgSMA:QEEVvQrBC_M:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=CQifURPgSMA:QEEVvQrBC_M:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=CQifURPgSMA:QEEVvQrBC_M:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=CQifURPgSMA:QEEVvQrBC_M:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=CQifURPgSMA:QEEVvQrBC_M:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=CQifURPgSMA:QEEVvQrBC_M:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/CQifURPgSMA" height="1" width="1"/

A leading Democratic voice on military affairs has criticized members of his own party for the hurried way in which congressional Democrats and the White House are pushing through the repeal of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.div class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=pRrjxRkYqy4:3Ow5EG8TVyY:yIl2AUoC8zA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=pRrjxRkYqy4:3Ow5EG8TVyY:7Q72WNTAKBA"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=pRrjxRkYqy4:3Ow5EG8TVyY:V_sGLiPBpWU"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=pRrjxRkYqy4:3Ow5EG8TVyY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=pRrjxRkYqy4:3Ow5EG8TVyY:qj6IDK7rITs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?a=pRrjxRkYqy4:3Ow5EG8TVyY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rss/cnn_allpolitics?i=pRrjxRkYqy4:3Ow5EG8TVyY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~4/pRrjxRkYqy4" height="1" width="1"/