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Sens. Carl Levin and Richard G. Lugar voiced their concerns Sunday about the war in Afghanistan, its cost, and the troop increase that President Obama is expected to announce on Tuesday.

In making a case for the expansion of the war in Afghanistan Tuesday, President Obama will take up the difficult sales job he has so far largely avoided.

WASHINGTON -- The 60 votes aren't there anymore. With the Senate set to begin debate today on the health-care overhaul, the all-hands-on-deck Democratic coalition that allowed the bill to advance is fracturing.

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In his Crib Sheet, CNN's John King looks back at Sunday's talk shows and ahead to the topics that will be making news this week.

Nicholas Kristof from a couple of weeks back: President Obama and Congress will soon make defining choices about health care and troops for Afghanistan.

The Afghanistan strategy President Barack Obama will detail Tuesday involves more than sending additional forces, experts and officials say, and will give the president a chance to address growing public skepticism.

With Republican opposition unanimous so far, the Senate debate starting Monday on a comprehensive health care bill will focus on bridging differences among the majority Democrats.

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A top Republican senator wants to postpone efforts to overhaul health care until next year so Congress can concentrate on how to pay for President Barack Obama's expected plans for expanding military operations in Afghanistan.

Hoosiers were well represented at President Barack Obama 's first state dinner, honoring Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India.

Democrats and their staff members on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee have spent more on international travel in 2009 than they have in any other year, reflecting a greater focus on up-close tours and investigations in foreign countries by its new chairman, John F. Kerry of Massachusetts, according to a Globe analysis of expense reports filed ...

Mike Pence may not be running for president, but he sure sounds like a candidate.

When Congress this year eased some restrictions on travel to Cuba, Toledo travel executive Polly Caumartin heard from customers eager to visit the birthplace of Desi Arnaz and his alter ego, Ricky Ricardo, Fidel Castro, and Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez.

What is the definition of a political hack? It's a senator who does one thing when it's in his party's political interests, and then does the opposite thing when it's in his party's political interest.

Washington D.C., Nov 21, 2009 / 06:03 pm .- The U.S. Senate voted 59-39 to confirm the appointment of U.S. District Judge David Hamilton to the Chicago-based Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

A proposed tax levy on the medical device industry has been reduced by $20 billion, Sen.

Pop quiz: Which of the following names represents a nonsectarian, universal deity? Allah, Dios, Gott, Dieu, Elohim, Gud, or Jesus? If you answered "none of the above," you are right as a matter of fact but not law.

Indiana's senators will split their votes today when the Senate decides whether to allow a health insurance overhaul bill to move forward.

DC Buzz takes on a whole new meaning this week, Charlene Lugar is in a spot of trouble with Virginia police for an alleged driving under the influence charge by authorities, combined with a car collision.