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Surgeon General pick has ATL ties
Associated Press
President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Morehouse School of Medicine graduate Regina Benjamin to become the nation's highest-ranking health official and a national spokesperson for health-related issues. Senate confirmation is not expected to be a challenge. • Story
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Obama meets with Jewish leaders on Israel, Iran
President Barack Obama told Jewish leaders Monday that eight years of U.S.-Israeli unison in demanding Palestinian concessions has produced no results and asked leaders to give him time to try his tactics for a Middle East peace.
Different views of Sotomayor
Senate Democrats praised Sonia Sotomayor as a judicial pioneer, but Republicans questioned her impartiality at the start of confirmation hearings for the nation's first Hispanic nominee to the Supreme Court.
Alleged Nazi camp guard charged
The legal saga of John Demjanjuk neared its final chapter as prosecutors set the stage for one of Germany's highest-profile war crime trials in years.
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