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The must-read stories from around the web and in today’s papers:
- Obama tackles the deficit by rolling out a plan to freeze non-security government spending… [Washington Post]
- …Yet at the same time Obama requests $14 billion more to train Afghan forces: [Reuters]
- Have Obama’s attorneys spent $1.7 million fighting “birther” lawsuits? [Mother Jones]
- A top US envoy’s secret cables, obtained in full, reveal wider skepticism about Afghan surge: [NYT]
- Felons trained to tame to mustangs save not only the wild horses but potentially themselves: [MoJo]
- Suicide bombings in near popular Baghdad hotels kill 37, wound 104: [MSNBC]
- In State of the Union, Obama will announce tax credits, spending to help middle class: [AP]
- Pakistani intelligence guru: US must negotiate with Afghan Taliban leader: [McClatchy DC]
- Obama’s liberal backers say the obstacle to the president’s success is Rahm Emanuel: [WSJ]
- Bailout watchdog Neil Barofsky announces probe of AIG’s back-door bailout: [WSJ]
- Does the collapse of New York’s Stuy Town herald a new real estate collapse? [The Atlantic]
