political news 3/02/2010

'Don't ask, don't tell' policy to change

Defense officials will announce changes to the government's policy of barring open homosexuals from serving in the military, though amendments may take years to implement.

Latest Political Headlines

Obama proposes $30 billion allocation for small-business loans (By David Cho and Binyamin Appelbaum)

Racial issues intensify Illinois gubernatorial primary (By Lois Romano)

Obama budget would spend billions more: Focus is lowering unemployment rate and boosting middle class (By Lori Montgomery and Michael A. Fletcher)

How Obama's budget would affect each agency | Federal budget: Full coverage

Budget analysis: In budget, Obama tries to balance vision against current needs (By Alec MacGillis)

President Obama seeks to revamp No Child Left Behind teaching standards (By Nick Anderson)

Obama officials present a strategic redefining of Homeland Security's mission (By Spencer S. Hsu)

Washington Sketch: Orszag is one hot number (By Dana Milbank)

Obama's struggle with health-care reform echoes Clintons' failure in 1994 (By Abigail Trafford)

The Obama Presidency

• Palin's PAC brings in $1.4 million in 2nd half of 2009
• Sarah Palin magazine hits newsstands and convenience stores
• Jenny Sanford: Son called my husband's affair 'worse than Eliot Spitzer'

The Fix by Chris Cillizza

• Illinois primary day: The year of the outsider (continued)?
• Poizner Accuses Whitman of Intimidation
• Should Charlie Crist run as an independent in Florida's Senate race?

Economic & Domestic Policy by Ezra Klein

• Tab dump
• Rep. Paul Ryan's daring budget proposal
• Even Al Franken's got one

Live Discussions

Post Politics Hour: 'Don't ask, don't tell' and more - 11 a.m. ET (Ed O'Keefe)

Opinions

Jimmy Carter: A crisis in Sudan (By Jimmy Carter)

Tone-deaf on terrorism: The Obama administration slowly wakes up to reality (By Richard Cohen)

Out of one, many: Scott Brown and all-about-me politics (By Eugene Robinson)

Where the real budget savings lie (By Len Burman)

Learning to be a better role model (By Gilbert Arenas)

Reaching across the aisle (By Howard Kurtz)

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