U.S. health leaders to go to China over food safety

Transition Heads for State Department About to Be Named
blogs.abcnews.com 11/12/2008 — ABC News has learned that Tom Donilon, Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Chief of Staff during the Clinton Administration, will serve as the head of the Obama-Biden Transition Team's Agency Review Team preparing for the transfer of...

Iraq to vote on US pact at weekend: minister
afp.google.com 11/13/2008 — 1 day ago BAGHDAD (AFP) The Iraqi cabinet will vote on a controversial military pact to govern the presence of US troops in the country on either Saturday or Sunday, Iraq's finance minister said. "We received the last draft from the Americans and now ...

Iran Scared Of Non-Preconditions Negotiations
washingtonindependent.com 11/13/2008 — Let’s say you’re a high-ranking figure in the Iranian religious-political establishment. For 30 years, you’ve used U.S. bellicosity as an excuse for social repression. “How can we relax restrictions on organizing and demonstrating? After all, the ...

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps News & Articles on washingtonpost.com
washingtonpost.com 11/13/2008 — Search results: News articles and analysis about " Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps " from washingtonpost.com Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Articles on washingtonpost.com Bush's Legacy of Cynicism Iran Becomes an Issue In Democratic Contest U.S. ...

CIA Chief: Iraq Not Main Front
washingtonpost.com 11/14/2008 — But Hayden Says Al-Qaeda Remains Greatest Threat to U.S. Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, November 14, 2008; Page A12

Taliban denies negotiating with Karzai government; Karzai to brief British on secret negotiations with Taliban — Jihad Watch

Another Hamas-Linked Islamic Charity — Little Green Footballs

Chinese Prof: If the US wants to be saved, it should be saved the way the IMF “saves” countries — Firedoglake

Soldiers Build Up Infrastructure in Iraq — Victory Caucus -- All Content

Coalition Kills Four in Afghanistan Bomb Network — Victory Caucus -- All Content

Those pending races, & Senate History 101 — First Read 11/13/2008
From NBC's Ken StricklandIf the contested elections of the Minnesota, Alaska, and Georgia Senate races aren't resolved before the new Congress convenes in January, the Senate has the power to seat someone to the position until the matter is resolved. ...

Treasury adds to Myanmar drug trafficker list — Reuters: Politics 11/13/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday added the names of 26 people and 17 companies linked to Myanmar's military government to its list of accused traffickers of opium, the raw material of heroin, and other drugs.  ...

Ga. officials confirm US Senate runoff necessary (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/13/2008
AP - Georgia's secretary of state has certified election results that make a Dec. 2 U.S. Senate runoff official.

Reduced sentence for Swedish man in al-Qaida scam (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/13/2008
AP - A man who falsely told the FBI that his son-in-law visiting the United States had links to al-Qaida and supported the "Muslim world's revenge on U.S. terror" had his prison sentence reduced on Thursday.

A Survivor Of Terror Aids Other Victims — Wash Post Federal Page 11/14/2008
Clutching tender ribs, a kidney pocked with shrapnel, teacher Patsy Spier came to Washington in early 2003 seeking justice, only months after her husband was killed in an overseas terrorist ambush.