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A A Will jobs summit produce a plan? Nov. 30: NBC News' Chuck Todd explains the challenges with the White House's Jobs Summit, and shares details on the preparations for the president's address on Afghanistan.

They took off my shirt and beat me. I have terrible marks now. --Mary, victim of war in Congo Introduced by Sens.

NBC's Norah O'Donnell reports. INTERACTIVE Who's who in the health care debate A look at the key players shaping the national debate over health care - including the legislators and policymakers at the center of it all.

WASHINGTON - The switchboards and e-mail inboxes of members of Congress are not seeing much of a surge from President Barack Obama's plan to send more U.S. troops into Afghanistan.

It's become a tradition for lawmakers to reach the final weeks of a session without yet renewing programs that expired with the start of the budget year on Oct.

WASHINGTON President Barack Obama has yet to convince Washington state's Democratic lawmakers that additional troops should be deployed to Afghanistan.

19, 2008 file photo, incoming Congressional Black Caucus Chair Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Lawmakers in both the House and Senate introduced bills this week to push the deadline to apply for unemployment benefits to as far back as 2011.

Senior House Republicans, including a key supporter of a 2006 law designed to curb Internet gambling, said Wednesday that the Obama administration's decision to delay implementing the law thwarts the will of Congress.

A Washington state congressman plans to introduce a high-stakes bill today for tens of thousands of laid-off Michigan workers who face cashing their last unemployment check in January.

Experts to Discuss Opportunity to Effectively Regulate Internet Gambling Industry and Collect Up to $42 Billion in New Revenue WASHINGTON, Dec.

Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Aid / Disasters Article Date: 02 Dec 2009 The "National Institutes of Health - perhaps our best hope for funding a cure for AIDS - has been underfunded since 2003," Kate Krauss, director of the AIDS Policy Project, writes in a Philadelphia Inquirer opinion piece .

That's the potential price of a push by Democrats in Congress to continue providing extra help to the jobless beyond the core 26-week unemployment insurance package provided under permanent law.

Small investments can make a huge difference in the health of people around the world, write guest columnists Steve Gloyd and Jim McDermott.

Why it's Rep. Jim McDermott , Democrat of Seattle. How come he gets to rub elbows tonight with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Deepak Chopra, David Geffen, Dr.

Bipartisan legislation on so called "conflict minerals" was recently introduced in the US House of Representatives.

Washington It was a taste of India at President Barack Obama's First State Dinner, where he welcomed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Hindi and treated him to a range of vegetarian delicacies, including dishes prepared with herbs from the White House kitchen garden.

With arugula straight from his garden and entertainment by two Oscar winners, President Barack Obama offered a fresh take on the state dinner Tuesday in Washington's top social event since his inauguration.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged to work with the U.S. in securing Afghanistan and curbing the spread of nuclear weapons the day before he was to be welcomed by President Barack Obama to the White House at a state dinner.

Washington: The United States Senate has adopted a bipartisan resolution by unanimous consent a oehonouring the Prime Minister of India, Dr.